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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:10 amWhat was here a century ago.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:18 amjohn68?
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:19 amKaiser Wilhelm's spies?
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:56 amthe_georgian_genius wrote:What was here a century ago.
the original Scum pitch.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:04 amDoomMerchant wrote:the original Scum pitch.
I hope thats not right!
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:41 amScum weren't far away, but they weren't in that picture
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:51 amAlex Sapphire wrote:Scum weren't far away, but they weren't in that picture
They played at Bank Street in Clayton til they moved to the Swamp, so that's probably right.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:54 amDingus McDouchey wrote:john68?
Ha ha, harsh but funny
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:00 amBradford Colliery
might fit the bill. It was around until 1968 it says here
might fit the bill. It was around until 1968 it says here
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:36 amFish111 wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:the original Scum pitch.
I hope thats not right!
Doom Merchant is spot on, shocked me, didn't know that.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:07 pmthe_georgian_genius wrote:Fish111 wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:the original Scum pitch.
I hope thats not right!
Doom Merchant is spot on, shocked me, didn't know that.
don't think so. They were Newton Heath (near) then Clayton (nearer) but not Bradford. There was a gasworks and a coal mine
Where did you get this from?
MINE
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:08 pmKanu?
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:10 pmAlex Sapphire wrote:the_georgian_genius wrote:Fish111 wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:the original Scum pitch.
I hope thats not right!
Doom Merchant is spot on, shocked me, didn't know that.
don't think so. They were Newton Heath (near) then Clayton (nearer) but not Bradford. There was a gasworks and a coal mine
Where did you get this from?
I read that Newton Heat played on North Road, probably near/around Clayton park (but that's just a guess).
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:12 pmAlex Sapphire wrote:the_georgian_genius wrote:Fish111 wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:the original Scum pitch.
I hope thats not right!
Doom Merchant is spot on, shocked me, didn't know that.
don't think so. They were Newton Heath (near) then Clayton (nearer) but not Bradford. There was a gasworks and a coal mine
Where did you get this from?
They played at Bank Street in Clayton til they moved to the Swamp
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:23 pmThe Original pitch the rags played at was on Monsall Road in Newton Heath as Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club.
So it's bollocks their pitch was there
So it's bollocks their pitch was there
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:24 pmScatman wrote:Alex Sapphire wrote:the_georgian_genius wrote:Fish111 wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:the original Scum pitch.
I hope thats not right!
Doom Merchant is spot on, shocked me, didn't know that.
don't think so. They were Newton Heath (near) then Clayton (nearer) but not Bradford. There was a gasworks and a coal mine
Where did you get this from?
They played at Bank Street in Clayton til they moved to the Swamp
After some reading, this seems to be true. Apparently only 200 yards from COMS.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:32 pmBingo Lewis wrote:After some reading, this seems to be true. Apparently only 200 yards from COMS.
at least 1k away other side of the canal
but we're agreed it's not the same site then?
Edit: I've been ignoring that blue box haven't I?
Here it was
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:34 pmBingo Lewis wrote:After some reading, this seems to be true. Apparently only 200 yards from COMS.
The Bank Street United Stadium was where the Velodrome car park is now on the opposite side of that picture above
EDIT: Oops...I was looking at the A logo arrow and not the blue square...yes that's about right
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:37 pmAlex Sapphire wrote:Bingo Lewis wrote:After some reading, this seems to be true. Apparently only 200 yards from COMS.
at least 1k away other side of the canal
but we're agreed it's not the same site then?
It is the same site, here is the site with the road names attached
Here is a map of the old ground, look at the road names.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:48 pmDelete this thread immediately. I feel a bit sick reading this.