[Football] John Byrne tweet.

[AmexRuislip]

Received this off a QPR chum at work today.
John Byrne still reminiscing.

 

[vegster]

I had almost forgotten how bleak the East could be !

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Helicopter hovering probably around West Blatchington windmill

 

[Norman Potting]

I had almost forgotten how bleak the East could be !

It was nice on fine day but you then would get the sun in your eyes.

 

[Caveman]

Still miss it in someways as nice as the Amex is.

 

[jonsey]

Still miss it in someways as nice as the Amex is.

Same, miss the feel of the north stand. As great as the Amex is the Goldstone had an old school atmosphere that modern grounds cannot create

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

When I was a kid, my dream was to buy one of the houses behind the East Terrace, so I could watch the games, free, with my mates

 

[Rugrat]

Didn't look that nice in real life

Looking at that it amazes me that we could get a fair bit more in there than the Amex

 

[Box of Frogs]

Oh for the smell of the urinals as you were buying your burger at the back of the North Stand.....!

 

[Return of the Rev]

When I was a kid, my dream was to buy one of the houses behind the East Terrace, so I could watch the games, free, with my mates

Mine to!

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Same, miss the feel of the north stand. As great as the Amex is the Goldstone had an old school atmosphere that modern grounds cannot create

So true

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Top of the chicken run you could watch boats going up and down the channel if the football was boring and keep your eye on your Lambretta parked by the park

 

[Return of the Rev]

Night game against palace 33,000+ nowhere better to be!

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

The North stand was the best place on earth

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Didn't look that nice in real life

Looking at that it amazes me that we could get a fair bit more in there than the Amex

Hmmm.... if nearly everyone stood in the Amex we'd take 50,000 easily. I was at the Goldstone among, 32,000 versus, I think, Reading. It was an absolute nightmare, and we saw nothing.

My feelings about the place at the time (late 60s onward) was that it was small, crappy looking (especially the North West corner and South East corner), and a bit embarrassing, yet of course I LOVED it there. However, if I were a kid now, my heart would skip a beat every time I got close to the Amex. As far as my grumpy old self will allow, it pretty much does, actually.

The thing about the 60s, 70s, 80 and 90s is . . . . they're gone! Gone.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Helicopter hovering probably around West Blatchington windmill

Either that, or a bloody big tripod!!

 

[Stat Brother]

Same, miss the feel of the north stand. As great as the Amex is the Goldstone had an old school atmosphere that modern grounds cannot create

It's just a shame that, on the whole, the atmosphere at the Goldstone was on a par if not worse than what is currently generated at the AMEX.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Hmmm.... if nearly everyone stood in the Amex we'd take 50,000 easily. I was at the Goldstone among, 32,000 versus, I think, Reading. It was an absolute nightmare, and we saw nothing.

My feelings about the place at the time (late 60s onward) was that it was small, crappy looking (especially the North West corner and South East corner), and a bit embarrassing, yet of course I LOVED it there. However, if I were a kid now, my heart would skip a beat every time I got close to the Amex. As far as my grumpy old self will allow, it pretty much does, actually.

The thing about the 60s, 70s, 80 and 90s is . . . . they're gone! Gone.

In the glory days 75-79 we used to get to the ground at 130 to secure a place above the walkway on the East Terrace. Perfect view, but that 85 minutes before the teams emerged used to drag so slowly. [MENTION=46]Lush[/MENTION] used to stand just along from me with her Dad. It seemed like we won every week. Wardy was our idol, of course. But Nobby was the heartbeat of the Goldstone for me.

By the first division I was 16 and had migrated to the North. Different ball game, we won less but they were more memorable. Wardy's return to beat Man U at the death. Gary Williams' screamer against Shilton. Thumping John Bond's City in the Cup. The north jammed full an hour before ko against Palace, Boxing Day, Nobby's emphatic penalty sending us all cavorting to victory.

Great memories.

PG

 

[portlock seagull]

Those away fans arrived early...

 

[doogie004]

The North stand was the best place on earth

Great memories