Larbert_Par Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I think that there is a current amaetur team called Leith Athletic, playing at the higher end of the Edinburgh amateur leagues. Ah, that may explain it then. I have seen the occasional games of football on the Links but wasn't sure if an amateur team or whatever played there as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 There was a game circa 2004 between Pars and Motherwell at EEP ('Well won 3-0) and a fan somehow clambered up on to the North Stand (the wee one along the touchline) roof. The highlight of the afternoon for the home fans in attendance! it? Cheers that will be the one mate. I wasn't there but I remember lots of posters on steelmen online talking about it at the time. I'm sure there was pictures as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Post-war plans for a Leith St Bernard's FC would have played out of Woods Park, which I think was out towards Portobello. Sir Alick of Milne told me that Woods Park was where Sir Harry Lauder Road is now and was used by Junior club Portobello Thistle. Anybody got any memorobilia of old grounds? I have a shower tap rescued from the ruins of Victoria Park, Newtongrange after the stand was demolished. It was probably touched by greats such as Willie Bauld and Dave McKay in its time. I also have a sink tap from Dunbar's Countess Park and a wee souvenir of the East Terrace at Easter Road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Cheers that will be the one mate. I wasn't there but I remember lots of posters on steelmen online talking about it at the time. I'm sure there was pictures as well I was there and it was funny - especially once he dropped his breeks As he climbed down the drainpipe afterwards, there were 4 of Fife's finest standing there waiting for him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You have to wonder how the likes of leith athletic and St Bernard's could afford to move about so much. Cheers for the info btw HJ it's brilliant hearing about these old clubs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larbert_Par Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 that's the reformed Leith Athletic Football team- they started off as amateurs and had youth teams playing at Leith Links. The club were accepted into the East of Scotland League after a merger with the existing Edinburgh Athletic and played at Civil Service's ground at Muirhouse for a number of seasons before conning persuading Edinburgh Council to let them use the new astroturf pitch at Meadowbank and thus 1) going back to Leith Ath's old home and 2) becoming our lovely little neighbours, bless 'em. Excellent information that, ta! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I was there and it was funny - especially once he dropped his breeks As he climbed down the drainpipe afterwards, there were 4 of Fife's finest standing there waiting for him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooper Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Outstanding thread. An unbridled nostalgia-fest. Fantastic stuff! Well done all! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You have to wonder how the likes of leith athletic and St Bernard's could afford to move about so much. Cheers for the info btw HJ it's brilliant hearing about these old clubs They seldom owned their grounds... although I think St Bernard's did latterly as they'd the club, a seperate stadium company and a seperate grandstand company (Charles Green would approve). Most were rented from the local authority, or from entrepreneurs who also ran whippet racing or pedestrianism.... Royal Gymnasium's origins were mentioned last night; Marine Gardens opened in 1909 with buildings resited from the 1908 'Scottish Exhibition' at Saughton; etc. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/lost-edinburgh-the-marine-gardens-1-3082648 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Murrayfield is Scotland's only other great stadium, and it has hosted some football in recent years. Here are some shots of its evolution. Couldn't find any aerial shot of the late 1980s with the old Main Stand and the new East Stand opposite but the ends still open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Gibson Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Luckily I was usually in the corner and there were urinals of reasonable quality in the open air behind the corner. I remember as a school kid going to use that lavy during a derby.There was a chap getting his Gary Locke sucked by his lady friend.I was told to Fu*k aff yah wee Cu*t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Are there any pictures of the 1952 SC Final where we played Motherwell with a Non-OF related record attendance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Are there any pictures of the 1952 SC Final where we played Motherwell with a Non-OF related record attendance? Footage a bit grainy. Kilmarnock lifts the cup fir Motherwell in front of 136,000 spectators. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Sir Alick of Milne told me that Woods Park was where Sir Harry Lauder Road is now and was used by Junior club Portobello Thistle. Anybody got any memorobilia of old grounds? I have a shower tap rescued from the ruins of Victoria Park, Newtongrange after the stand was demolished. It was probably touched by greats such as Willie Bauld and Dave McKay in its time. I also have a sink tap from Dunbar's Countess Park and a wee souvenir of the East Terrace at Easter Road. I've got a chunk of the old Firhill shed terracing sitting somewhere in my mum and dad's attic. Who knows who could have spat, pished, or spilt bovril on it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Prince Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Loving this thread. In an era where I've grown up with the logo brick stadiums, it's nice to see grounds in their former guise. Easter Road always amazes me with how it used to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Match day programme Some Dees getting behind their favourites in the club's first FA Cup Final. Actually theyvcould have been at the Easter Road semi against Third Lanark butbyou get the idea. Motherwell ran out 4-0 winners after a goal-less first half. Dundee also had a goal ruled out. So Motherwell had the open-top bus parade and commerative team pics. However only ten years later Dundee would go on to win the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Loving this thread. In an era where I've grown up with the logo brick stadiums, it's nice to see grounds in their former guise. Easter Road always amazes me with how it used to be. With regards to Easter Road, can anyone tell me the reason that one stand has always had a corner cut off? I'm guessing when it was rebuilt the top corner was shaped as a tribute to the old terrace, but why did the terrace have that shape? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloop John B Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Palmerston isn't exactly the most modern stadium but how the Cowshed manged to pass the safety tests I'll never know Edited January 24, 2014 by Sloop John B 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 With regards to Easter Road, can anyone tell me the reason that one stand has always had a corner cut off? I'm guessing when it was rebuilt the top corner was shaped as a tribute to the old terrace, but why did the terrace have that shape? Do you mean why both the end stands have a slight 'chink' out of the top tier on the lefthand side? (S) (N) AFAIA, it's just since the streets behind both stands come too close to have them full height all the way over? Same reason the terraces had to 'dip'. (S) (N) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 We ended up at a railway shunting yard down south somewhere! The lights were spaced just as you would expect a football pitch. We ended up at a railway shunting yard down south somewhere! The lights were spaced just as you would expect a football pitch. Can't believe you made the same mistake twice tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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