Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
- 1,126
That is World Class fannying about at the back, very impressive and heart stopping!
Is Fernando Dinez our succession plan when RDZ does a Poyet?
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[Albion] Fannying about at the back
- Thread starter Icy Gull
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That is World Class fannying about at the back, very impressive and heart stopping!
Is Fernando Dinez our succession plan when RDZ does a Poyet?
Si Gull
Way Down South
That is unreal. I can only think that they were drawing with two minutes to go and neither side needed a win
Shropshire Seagull
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Think your info on pitch widths is a bit off - see link here
Most appear to be 74 yards wide, including the Amex.
According to my "Supporters' Guide [2005]" Muff is also 74 yards wide and Luton is 72 yards wide - does the 2 fewer yards at Kenilworth Road really make a difference?
Anyone who has played at Wild Park will have experienced a truly narrow pitch - The touch line is only a couple of steps outside the penalty area and to maintain 10 yards distance from a corner-kick means being close to the edge of the six-yard box - mind it was all hoof-ball there, as I recall ....
thedonkeycentrehalf
Retired
- Jul 7, 2003
- 8,635
I only played there once in a cup game and couldn’t believe how narrow the pitch was.
Saw the highlights of this on Soccer Saturday yesterday, Portsmouth screwing up from 01.09 in this one
Anyone who has played at Wild Park will have experienced a truly narrow pitch - The touch line is only a couple of steps outside the penalty area and to maintain 10 yards distance from a corner-kick means being close to the edge of the six-yard box - mind it was all hoof-ball there, as I recall ....
I am sure that I read somewhere a few years back that these pitches were in fact not legal size and that no games should have been played on them...
I am sure that I read somewhere a few years back that these pitches were in fact not legal size and that no games should have been played on them...
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
- 2,335
No wonder Ashworth is off
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Played there in the 70’s….seems like a long time ago…..in fact it is!
SIMMO SAYS
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Wild Park was our 'home' pitch for a couple of seasons in the eighties. We played on the middle pitch. A few memories:
Yobs driving a car down the steep grass bank and across the pitch as we warmed up before kick off.
The changing room broken into numerous times and some players having their stuff nicked including shoes and jeans.
A burnt out car in the middle of the first pitch.
Dead fox in the penalty area along with other deceased wildlife including rats having to be cleared off.
Not to mention the dog crap.
Great memories
I guess so. But if they weren't using the keeper as an outfield player, it wouldn't have happened.
Still funny, whatever it was!!
Two fabulous goals for Swindon today
Not squarely on topic (topic adjacent?), but the other day my 3 yr old daughter used "fannying about" to explain why she had gone upstairs to use the loo in plenty of time, yet still had an accident.
I am more proud than her mother
I am more proud than her mother
GT49er
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Yes, it is. Apart from being a direct result of fannying around at the back, of course.
Wild Park was our 'home' pitch for a couple of seasons in the eighties. We played on the middle pitch. A few memories:
Yobs driving a car down the steep grass bank and across the pitch as we warmed up before kick off.
The changing room broken into numerous times and some players having their stuff nicked including shoes and jeans.
A burnt out car in the middle of the first pitch.
Dead fox in the penalty area along with other deceased wildlife including rats having to be cleared off.
Not to mention the dog crap.
Great memories
You played at Selhurst Park
