Anyone know where this is ?

operationpig

bolloxbolder

Hillsborough, when it was a decent ground.

heckington_reds

ummm gotta be the old away end at York????

Viewfinder

Fantastic picture. Leeds in white?

cashncarry

Was it wed v Leeds?

operationpig

Viewfinder said:

Fantastic picture. Leeds in white?

No

chester_conrad

Glastonbury?

Henry Irving

Don't think Pele ever played for Leeds : - )

Massives v Santos early 70s?

operationpig

Henry Irving said:

Don't think Pele ever played for Leeds : - )

Massives v Santos early 70s?

Winner

nth_london_addick

Great pic though regardless of the subject matter

operationpig

operationpig

I love old football pics, brilliant.

Henry Irving

Were they third division then?

EDIT no, second division. I remember them sliding down the division from about 1970.

1972 that was.

Viewfinder

Excellent, OP. Peter Grummitt - they don't make 'em with names like that any more.

DaveMehmet

Love the goalkeeper, Peter Grummitt, proper northern name.

operationpig

Henry Irving said:

Were they third division then?

Second division, Feb 1972, kick off was 2.30 pm

LenGlover

Did you go Piggy or are you a youngster?

operationpig

Viewfinder said:

Excellent, OP. Peter Grummitt - they don't make 'em with names like that any more.

Absolutely.

cashncarry

Arnold Sidebottom another great northern name , cricketer

operationpig

LenGlover said:

Did you go Piggy or are you a youngster?

Sadly not mate but my Uncle did and Pele was amazing, no one could touch him that day.

Stig

Wasn't that Rildo that showed up on SSN last night?

operationpig

Henry Irving said:

Were they third division then?

EDIT no, second division. I remember them sliding down the division from about 1970.

1972 that was.

Yeah the 70s wasn't a good decade for us.

ShootersHillGuru

Why have Wednesday stopped plaing in those shirts ?

DaveMehmet

ShootersHillGuru said:

Why have Wednesday stopped plaing in those shirts ?

They've probably fallen apart seeing as they're 42 years old

operationpig

ShootersHillGuru said:

Why have Wednesday stopped plaing in those shirts ?

We had them briefly in the 1960s and early 70s, and for a season in 1996 (I think)

Always has to be stripes though.

Davo55

Great pic but it looks a bit like the crowd are standing on a pyramid! Could have been Egypt v Syria :-)

operationpig

Davo55 said:

Great pic but it looks a bit like the crowd are standing on a pyramid! Could have been Egypt v Syria :-)

Old kop before it was roofed and extended in 86' it was excellent.

operationpig

Santos won that game 2-0, it was originally due to be played at 7.30 but due the a national coal strike, energy had to be saved so the floodlights couldn't be used, so it was switched to a 2.30 kick off on a Wednesday afternoon. Many schools were deserted that day with kids and even teachers not turning in due to Pele being at Hillsborough.

That's me done guys lol

Goonerhater

The santos names look like a line up of any of the Prem teams in 2014

charltonkeston

operationpig said:

LenGlover said:

Did you go Piggy or are you a youngster?

Sadly not mate but my Uncle did and Pele was amazing, no one could touch him that day.

Or most days. I wonder if the gap between Div 1 players and Div 2 players was as great in those days?

operationpig

charltonkeston said:

operationpig said:

LenGlover said:

Did you go Piggy or are you a youngster?

Sadly not mate but my Uncle did and Pele was amazing, no one could touch him that day.

Or most days. I wonder if the gap between Div 1 players and Div 2 players was as great in those days?

I very much doubt it, even right up to the late 80s you had second division players playing for England.