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I wasn't mistaking it for Withdean, my friend. The point I was making was that one of the magical early memories I have of the Goldstone was how green the pitch looked next to the reddish perimeter. I thought it was fantastic. I close my eyes now and can see it and smell that aroma of the...

The players used to run along it when warming up, so I'd say running track. It wasn't an eight-lane Olympic sized running track, I'll give you that. It also wasn't oval, so I'll give you that one too. And I don't ever recall seeing a man with a gun shouting on your marks, get set, Go! Though of...

.......and there are people smoking, of course. My very first memory of the Goldstone in the mid-70s (at an evening game) were the number of little red dots appearing as people inhaled. That and the smell. And of course how green the pitch looked against the running track. Wonderful.

Which part of the North is that? The centre or the right (if viewed from the pitch?). I'm assuming it's the centre as it is quite full - also if it was the right I should be able to see myself. Amazing how few people wore replica kits back then, isn't it.