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[Football] Was your Sunday morning football ever like this?



AmexRuislip

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Watching this short video, reminds me of the conditions I used to play in, on a Sunday morning.
Sliding tackles were bordering on how much mud one got up your shorts.
Poignant memories, even at Gullivers and Egerton Park were a blast in Bexhill :thumbsup:
 




Westdene Seagull

Westdene Seagull

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Oct 27, 2003
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The arse end of Hangleton
Reminds me of Withdean before the pitch was relayed .... the sliding tackle by Gary Hart that took half the length of the pitch to stop. Other than that, you should have tried playing on the slope at the park in Ditchling Road !!!!!!!
 


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scooter1

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Sep 12, 2006
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Past the Leisure Centre, left at the lights
Westdene Seagull said:
Reminds me of Withdean before the pitch was relayed .... the sliding tackle by Gary Hart that took half the length of the pitch to stop. Other than that, you should have tried playing on the slope at the park in Ditching Road !!!!!!!
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Ha, I played on that slope for the old blue bus company. And waterhall used to be bad(probably still is) after a few days of heavy rain
 




Westdene Seagull

Westdene Seagull

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Oct 27, 2003
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The arse end of Hangleton
scooter1 said:
Ha, I played on that slope for the old blue bus company. And waterhall used to be bad(probably still is) after a few days of heavy rain
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It was always a lottery as to who had to fight the nettles to get the ball back !
 






portlock seagull

portlock seagull

Why? Why us?
Jul 28, 2003
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Yes. Our ‘ground’ wasn’t called the cabbage patch out of irony.
 


Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Nov 4, 2006
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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...
I don't recall the stand.

Some of the "pitches" were mere ploughed fields. I stopped playing when I discovered other ways of spending my time than standing for 90 minutes in a puddle while it teemed with rain, hail and snow.

Also I was crap.
 




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Seasidesage

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May 19, 2009
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Brighton, United Kingdom
I played at Waterhall once in a cup Qtr final. We were 1-0 up when a storm came in. The wind was so fierce that a goal kick from our lump of a keeper blew back over his own crossbar. Ref refused to take us off. Storm lasted 10 mins at the end of it we were losing 5-1
 




Birdie Boy

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Jun 17, 2011
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scooter1 said:
Wild Park in the snow wasn’t a great deal of fun either. The changing rooms there were freezing cold in the summer..
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I think hollingbury park changing rooms, showers were freezing, and the pitch was about the worst out there but there were a lot of close seconds!
 






GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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In my glorious times in my school 2nd. eleven I played on a few pitches like that. At times it was very difficult to stay on my feet - and as for changing direction ..............
 


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Rowdey

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Jul 7, 2003
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Saltdean tigers pitch was out by both angles, and a pitch just outside Eastbourne had a manhole/drain cover in it.

Bevendean Barcelona we used to get changed in cars parked up side of The Avenue.
 






Worried Man Blues

Worried Man Blues

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Feb 28, 2009
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Swansea
Also no showers and had the mud cracking on my legs as I drove home. Boots covered in liquid mud and hands so cold couldn't undo laces, real football.
 


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