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Pete’s Picture Palace Forum Moderator
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:09 am
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Friday 3rd August - my 2012 Olympic odyssey continued and I got myself tickets for the opening day of athletics, both morning & evening sessions) in the Olympic Stadium.
My Travelcard
My morning ticket
My programme (oh my word, was it worth the fiver!)
I took my seat and the Men's Shot Put kicked it all off, the opening event. Then came the girls for the Heptathlon 100m hurdles and Katarina Johnson-Thompson was in one of the heats, running well. But in the last heat out came the Poster Girl and cover girl above, the lovely Jessica Ennis. The roof lifted off, an explosion from the 80,000 crowd.
"On your marks, get set"............
My seat was handily placed for this shot!
And Jessica broke the British 100m hurdles record with 12.54 sec. She was on her way to a fantastic Gold Medal and the hearts of the nation. A star was born. |
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sharrowblade Forum Moderator
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:10 pm
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Must get my act together
August 1st: 60 years ago 1955
A scorecard from the end of the 2nd day play at Bramall Lane.
Love the old adverts, Housley's still there.
August 2nd, 46 years ago, 1969
A single sheet programme from a pre-season run out for United reserves.
August 3rd, 42 years ago 1973
An oversize programme from united's pre-season tour of Europe 1973.
against german side Wuppertahler Don't see too many of these knocking about.
August 4th, 3 years ago, 2012
Haway the lads, St James Park, Newcastle, Olympic Quarter Finals Brazil v Honduras, 'Golden Saturday' as it became known. The little uns loved it. Great day.
and finally today: August 5th 25 years ago 1990.
The Wigan Summer Sevens. Newly promoted Sheffield Eagles are invited to the 8 team competition and promptly beat Wakefield, Leeds and St Helens to lift the trophy, I have to admit I had a few that day.
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clsyorkshire
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derby1884 Forum Moderator
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:10 pm
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Opening match of the 86/7 Highland League season - Forres Mechanics v Huntly.
I was there but had to leave at half-time to attend a family function - so if anyone knows the final score, please let me know!
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manchesterunitedman1
Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Posts: 3339 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:03 pm
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When Arsenal lifted the trophy at Wembley last week, 48 years earlier Manchester United contested the shield[Charity then, Community now] as the first game of the season at Old Trafford against Tottenham Hotspur as it will be tomorrow except the competition is different, but these two clubs have never had a 0-0 to my knowledge, well not Post War I do not think!.
For anyone who is a little unaware the League Champions always played the FA Cup Winners at the home of the Champions before it all got switched to Wemberley.
This match ended 3-3 and both teams shared the Charity Shield for 6 months despite Denis Law and Dave Mackay wanting to rip each others throats out!
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manchesterunitedman1
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:18 pm
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JJPROGRAMMES
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:24 pm
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Heres one from the future....... well ok tomorrow....
Aldershots opening match of the 2015/2016 season against Gateshead in the Vanerama National League, £3.00 for 64 pages, overall I would say its an excellent read.
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Tynie Topics
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derby1884 Forum Moderator
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:02 pm
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AberdeenBob
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derby1884 Forum Moderator
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:11 am
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You're making me feel very old, Aberdeen Bob!
My first European game at Pittodrie was the Juventus tie - 1972?
Remember asking my Dad why the Aberdeen players could never get hold of the ball
I went to all the European games between about 1974 and 1985 - shame you couldn't have been there for the Bayern Munich semi-final.
I'm no fan (obviously) but I was in the Beach End that night and the place was absolutely rocking! _________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/derby1884/sets/ |
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Sir Moses Hill
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:32 am
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Glentoran v Manchester United XI, 8th August 2007.
Glentoran 125th anniversary.
Top prize for identifying the Glentoran player on the far left in the same fixture from 1982 shown on the cover.
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clsyorkshire
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Pete’s Picture Palace Forum Moderator
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 12:37 am
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Sat 9th August 1969
Much like AFC Bournemouth yesterday, Palace made their top flight debut on this day 46 years ago, after 3 promotions in 9 seasons, hosting Manchester United in front of a then record gate of 48,610. This programme cover was designed by a fan in a competition.
The result was a 2:2 draw, goals from Mel Blyth, Bobby Charlton, Gerry Queen and finally Willie Morgan.
United's 9, 10 and 11 were Charlton, Law, and Best. Palace's were Cliff Jackson, Queen and Blyth.
There were 40 minutes of highlights on MOTD, hosted by Frank "Sniffer" Bough, with very interesting commentary by Barry Davies. In the MOTD studio afterwards Roger Hynd and Gerry Queen were grilled about the game and their hopes & expectations on their first day in English football. Hynd's contribution was priceless, saying it had taken him the whole of the first half to get up to speed with the English game after a career in Scotland. At least, I think that's what he said as there were no sub-titles in 1969.
John Jackson turns a George Best shot round the post. I met John McCormick a few years ago and asked him to sign this photo. "Did Denis Law score? If he did, I'm not signing". He signed. Lovely bloke.
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clsyorkshire
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derby1884 Forum Moderator
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:37 pm
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At the same time Crystal Palace were being held to a draw on their big day, it was also their promotion colleagues Derby's return to the big time after 16 years away.
The cover featured the newly-built Ley Stand (though a photograph might have been more in keeping?) - but with the goalkeeper (who may or may not be Les Green) facing the wrong way!
Goalless draw in front of a surprisingly low attendance of 29,451.
After 5 issues, the club reverted to incorporating a photograph on the front cover.
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Pete’s Picture Palace Forum Moderator
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:31 am
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Friday 10th August 2012
More from my Olympic adventure, the penultimate night of athletics in the stadium and I won the tickets in the lottery a year before. Highlight of the night was a brilliant gold medal by the French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie who jumped 5m 97cm to win by 6 cm from a couple of Germans. Britain's Steve Lewis finished fifth on 5m 75cm. Lewis is pictured below.
My travelcard
My Ticket
My programme
And a final goodnight to the wonderful stadium, soon to be home of West Ham Utd, at our expense.
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