| Things I miss at the footer ... 17:04 - Feb 12 with 6520 views | TexacoCup |
Silk scarves
Arriving 2 hours early to get a good spot
Throwing toilet rolls
The smell of cigarettes and chewing gum
The alphabetical halftime scoreboard
Scarves tied around wrists
Lace up boots
Lace up footballs
Home made banners - felt-tip on a sheet |  | | |  |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:02 - Feb 13 with 1319 views | Blue_badge |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 10:08 - Feb 13 by Portmanteauxcurling |
Was it something by Ed Sheeran's granddad  ? |
Maybe so ... the song was
"Congratulations"
by
Cliff Richard
- we knew how to rock it up iin those days! |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:05 - Feb 13 with 1298 views | Beattie78 |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 10:07 - Feb 13 by Blue_badge |
This thread has given me a "flashback", a long buried memory from my teens...
if you are old enough to have been there (no looking it up on YT) can you remember:
Final game of 67/68 season, top of the league confirmed - what song was played while we ran on the pitch in our delight? |
I was there but can't remember what was played. I'll guess it was Congratulations. i was at Pompey the previous week when it was played as we clinched premotion. |  |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:10 - Feb 13 with 1282 views | Blue_badge |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:05 - Feb 13 by Beattie78 |
I was there but can't remember what was played. I'll guess it was Congratulations. i was at Pompey the previous week when it was played as we clinched premotion. |
Congratulations - it was Congratulations.
(now I've remembered I can't get it out of my head...) | | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:17 - Feb 13 with 1268 views | trncbluearmy |
Getting to scum hours before the game, taking the middle section of the barclay
TWTD
butchers coats
Saw on badges
The bogs at the back of the Northstand
Third round of the FA cup,massive game then
Big Al booting the ball out of the ground |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:25 - Feb 13 with 1252 views | norfsufblue |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:17 - Feb 13 by trncbluearmy |
Getting to scum hours before the game, taking the middle section of the barclay
TWTD
butchers coats
Saw on badges
The bogs at the back of the Northstand
Third round of the FA cup,massive game then
Big Al booting the ball out of the ground |
Splash patches I think they were called.... had a denim jacket completely covered with them! |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 13:45 - Feb 13 with 1185 views | Sharkey |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 12:17 - Feb 13 by trncbluearmy |
Getting to scum hours before the game, taking the middle section of the barclay
TWTD
butchers coats
Saw on badges
The bogs at the back of the Northstand
Third round of the FA cup,massive game then
Big Al booting the ball out of the ground |
I'd forgotten about butchers coats, though I've seen pictures. I think it maybe was just slightly before my time. Was it 'a thing' for long, or just a one-season fad? Was it big in Ipswich? |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 14:24 - Feb 13 with 1161 views | Heathlander |
Bit weird but the new silk scarves smelt so good. i can almost smell it now :). I had one with Ipswich town on one side and Churchmans on the other.
Old football smelt of cigars and beer breath. Used to have a crate to watch the game and we'd push through the crowds to get a space.
Vouchers given out for cup games. For the FA Cup final you would have had to have quite a few.
Gerry Harrison and Match of the Week. After Farming Diary on a Sunday.
Match of the Day after Starsky and Hutch. A treat being allowed to stay up to watch it.
Ipwich being the best team in Europe.... I miss that. |  | | |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 15:25 - Feb 13 with 1119 views | ITFC_Forever |
I know (knew) him.
He was a line supervisor at a factory I worked during the summer in the mid-90s in Ipswich.
Used to print and pack Trivial Pursuit, in virtually every language in Europe. |  |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 15:55 - Feb 13 with 1092 views | OldFart71 |
Standing halfway up the North Stand behind the goal with my dear dad in the late fifties. Travelling on a coach to away matches singing all the way. Tears welling in my eyes in the 80-81 season when the crowd sang "You'll never walk alone" even Churchmans joined in. Seeing all the fantastic footballers we have had over the years from Ray Crawford, Frank Brogan, Danny Hegan to Paul Mariner, Beattie Hunter, Burley, Mills. The two David Johnsons. Colin Viljoen, Diesel Morris, Brian Talbot, Muhren and Tyssen. Sir Bobby, Sir Alf. What a fantastic club we have. |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 16:00 - Feb 13 with 1084 views | hoppy |
Jay Tabb.
I miss Jay Tabb. |  |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 16:56 - Feb 13 with 1057 views | FullerFlavour |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 06:35 - Feb 13 by franz_tyson |
Yep, that air horn was iconic. Would be good to know where that tune came from. Good to hear it on old YT videos from the glory days. Sets of images of the red and white panelled footballs and Gerry Harrison. |
The tune is 'La Cucaracha'
I found out the story behind this a couple of years ago...A lady called Sheila spoke on Radio Suffolk and said that the horn was actually sounded by her brother who watched the games from his wheelchair. He had Motor Neurone Disease and because he was unable to clap or cheers the goals, he would sound his air horn attached to his wheelchair when we scored... [Post edited 13 Feb 16:57]
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:07 - Feb 13 with 995 views | tractorshark |
My favourite thread for a long time…
So many happy memories, everything pretty much covered here.
But I’ll add outfield players having to go in goal due to keepers getting injured or sent off.
And replica kits lasting 2-3 seasons. | | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:08 - Feb 13 with 993 views | strikalite |
When we were away, the vidiprinter on Grandstand..
Coventry City.....pause...1....Ipswich Town....pause felt like an hour......3
All afternoon you had no idea what the score was, only on Final Score at 4.45 would you get to know, unbelievable now, Jeff... |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:31 - Feb 13 with 980 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:08 - Feb 13 by strikalite |
When we were away, the vidiprinter on Grandstand..
Coventry City.....pause...1....Ipswich Town....pause felt like an hour......3
All afternoon you had no idea what the score was, only on Final Score at 4.45 would you get to know, unbelievable now, Jeff... |
Or the classifieds on the radio when you just could tell by the intonation of the readers voice on reading the home teams score whether you'd won or lost (or drew). |  |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:38 - Feb 13 with 966 views | Churchman |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 16:00 - Feb 13 by hoppy |
Jay Tabb.
I miss Jay Tabb. |
Most people miss the Tabbmeister.
Mainly because they are not looking down. |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:53 - Feb 13 with 956 views | jontysnut |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:31 - Feb 13 by gainsboroughblue |
Or the classifieds on the radio when you just could tell by the intonation of the readers voice on reading the home teams score whether you'd won or lost (or drew). |
Standing outside telly shops waiting for full times ( see also test match scores)
King of the North
Doing the Laurel and Hardy theme when police walked in front of the stand |  | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 19:24 - Feb 13 with 934 views | hoppy |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 18:38 - Feb 13 by Churchman |
Most people miss the Tabbmeister.
Mainly because they are not looking down. |
You forget how he can leap, salmon-like? | |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 19:32 - Feb 13 with 923 views | Churchman |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 19:24 - Feb 13 by hoppy |
You forget how he can leap, salmon-like? |
Only the once and that was because he’d brought out that little trampoline thing gymnasts use to launch over the box. I know, I saw him carrying it, I was there (Middlesbrough at home!). | | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 19:32 - Feb 13 with 923 views | You_Bloo_Right |
A proper dress code.
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 19:34 - Feb 13 with 917 views | hoppy |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 19:32 - Feb 13 by Churchman |
Only the once and that was because he’d brought out that little trampoline thing gymnasts use to launch over the box. I know, I saw him carrying it, I was there (Middlesbrough at home!). |
To his credit.. he did well to carry it, as it was much bigger than him. | |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 20:28 - Feb 13 with 891 views | azuremerlangus |
Getting in for free at HT.
HT scoreboard with letters (never saw it used)
St John’s ambulance
Floodlights taking ages to warm up
Walking home after the match (or getting the football specials outside the ground) |  |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 20:30 - Feb 13 with 887 views | hjerman |
The sign in Portman Road that was changed from ‘guard dogs loose in compound’ to ‘Boro loose in compound’ and stayed that way for years
The punks sitting in the windows of the big squatter house near GRE car park
Chants of ‘Dino’ at the police as they paraded the pitch ( remembered that from the laurel and hardy tune reference )
Overflow kids sitting round the pitch
Churchman’s dodgy wooden terrace
The scouse haircuts and jumpers tucked into jeans
The sudden influx of Kingfisher boys at the bottom of churchmans
Pale Ale | | | |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 20:59 - Feb 13 with 849 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
Boys 1/- above the entrance to Churchmans
Rattles and rosettes
Scoreboards where someone had to physically hang a plate on a hook with the score like at village cricket |  |
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| Things I miss at the footer ... on 21:13 - Feb 13 with 833 views | WeWereZombies |
| Things I miss at the footer ... on 17:44 - Feb 12 by monkeymagic |
All of the above, plus, in no particular order :
Getting players autographs
Tannoy announcements that someones wife/girlfriend had gone into labour
Various chants/songs
Green un
Hearing other scores/results via someone’s radio
Barrier 171 in Churchmans, where it all started for me |
Tannoy announcements that someone had left their car headlights on or had blocked someone else in, complete with the vehicle numberplate numbers. No escaping the shame when you drove into work on Monday morning. |  |
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