Filbert Street photo…
- Thread starter Feckit
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Brusselsfox
Roofer
And how bloody good does the ‘Royal’ blue look with white shorts and socks. Still don’t really like the ‘middle’ blue with bits of gold on it.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
I’d forgotten about Fresha bread.
neverbemastered
Roofer
Poor attendance in the double decker.?
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
There were considerably fewer left in by the time Venus started the fightback in what was, if I've got the right one, a dreadful game with a great end.
ClaphamFox
Roofer
Indeed. Venus's goal was a cracker as I recall. Didn't Ramsey get one of the others?
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
Just had to check, yes he did. Remembered Venus's strike & Walsh's goal but Ramsey's not so much (clearly). Pure delirium when the winner went in, jumping around like mad around a by-that-point sparsely populated Pen 3.
Breadfan
Round the Bend
It is Ally Mauchlen is it?
Any idea who has has just upended or the player looking on?
ClaphamFox
Roofer
Didn't we have an amazing comeback against them the following season too - from 0-3 to 3-3?
glosfox
"A picture of sartorial elegance!"
Who is it?
Feckit
Roofer
I spoke to him in The Brickies after a game, looked like a doorman all dressed up, decent sort and a cracking player for us…
sixthswan
Non-Member
Swindon
Feckit
Roofer
87?
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
Robbie James is the city player in the background if that is who you mean
Breadfan
Round the Bend
Good spot. Hasn’t even seen him. Was thinking about the Swindon players.
snootyfox
Roofer
Just over 10k. The dark years in terms of attendances. 6 years of increasing FV culture …..by then, this was on the decrease but the damage was done.
Look at pen 4, literally just a handful in there
sixthswan
Non-Member
The late 80s were dreadful for attendances.
Sub 10k crowds were common and I was at most of the games.
Which is why I always resist the idea that Filbert Street was always great - because it wasn't in that period.
Often it was quiet, a bit dull and the team were crap...not only modern football was rubbish...
Sub 10k crowds were common and I was at most of the games.
Which is why I always resist the idea that Filbert Street was always great - because it wasn't in that period.
Often it was quiet, a bit dull and the team were crap...not only modern football was rubbish...
snootyfox
Roofer
But look at those stands……. like a proper cathedral, dwarfing everything else around.
Not like the new one, overlooked by a second rate hotel.
sixthswan
Non-Member
Yeah I prefer the look of the two good stands at the old Filbo.
That Double Decker/Main Stand corner is etched in my soul.
There were great times as well - many memories and where I spent a lot of my youth.
Filbert Way isn't pretty, but it has built one hell of a legacy in its 21 years...
That Double Decker/Main Stand corner is etched in my soul.
There were great times as well - many memories and where I spent a lot of my youth.
Filbert Way isn't pretty, but it has built one hell of a legacy in its 21 years...
Wigston_Fox
Roofer
If you looked the other side it wouldn't be
Feckit
Roofer
Was thinking the same, anyone got a photo of the opposite end at a similar angle…
snootyfox
Roofer
…..shhhhhhhh!!
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Tuz_Not_Tuzz
Guest
but that wasn't just limited to Leicester, there were very few teams in the 80's that could count on pretty full grounds week in week out. A less than half full Stamford Bridge even with a lot of people in the shed for example.
I was in the East Stand, virtually on my own.