islandboy wrote:The 1950's!!! The good old days, I was working at the age of 15 at Simpsons in Piccadilly and every saturday that the gunners were at home we finished work at 1pm and went straight into the Three Crowns Pub for an hour before travelling on the tube to Arsenal and getting in the North End queue and paying a bob to get in (my wages in those days were £1-7-6d) and I lived in Romford, our group were always on the step at the lefthand side of the goal and I can remember little Jo Haverty running down right wing, Tommy Docherty, John Radford, Don Roper and many more that I have forgotten.
If anybody attempted to stand on our wall it did'nt take us long to remove them and we never got put in the cage as we were to clever for that, all the mates I had then have all disappeared from the face of the earth we did'nt have segregation in those days but we had a very good time.
THOSE REALLY WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Rainham Red wrote:islandboy wrote:The 1950's!!! The good old days, I was working at the age of 15 at Simpsons in Piccadilly and every saturday that the gunners were at home we finished work at 1pm and went straight into the Three Crowns Pub for an hour before travelling on the tube to Arsenal and getting in the North End queue and paying a bob to get in (my wages in those days were £1-7-6d) and I lived in Romford, our group were always on the step at the lefthand side of the goal and I can remember little Jo Haverty running down right wing, Tommy Docherty, John Radford, Don Roper and many more that I have forgotten.
If anybody attempted to stand on our wall it did'nt take us long to remove them and we never got put in the cage as we were to clever for that, all the mates I had then have all disappeared from the face of the earth we did'nt have segregation in those days but we had a very good time.
THOSE REALLY WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
I remember Joe Haverty tricky little winger he was tiny made Cazorla look like Peter Crouch.He died in 2009 aged 72
islandboy wrote:Rainham Red wrote:islandboy wrote:The 1950's!!! The good old days, I was working at the age of 15 at Simpsons in Piccadilly and every saturday that the gunners were at home we finished work at 1pm and went straight into the Three Crowns Pub for an hour before travelling on the tube to Arsenal and getting in the North End queue and paying a bob to get in (my wages in those days were £1-7-6d) and I lived in Romford, our group were always on the step at the lefthand side of the goal and I can remember little Jo Haverty running down right wing, Tommy Docherty, John Radford, Don Roper and many more that I have forgotten.
If anybody attempted to stand on our wall it did'nt take us long to remove them and we never got put in the cage as we were to clever for that, all the mates I had then have all disappeared from the face of the earth we did'nt have segregation in those days but we had a very good time.
THOSE REALLY WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
I remember Joe Haverty tricky little winger he was tiny made Cazorla look like Peter Crouch.He died in 2009 aged 72
Wow I did'nt know that, he was the same age as me, "It must be the Isle of Wight air that does the trick, I am 75 now and still visiting the Emirates Stadium.
dropshort wrote:This is a good thread can I ask some of the more senior posters if you've noticed a change in the Polices' attitude over the years? As when I first went to the North bank it was terraced and was also during the early 80's and fans were viewed quite shoddily by all.Was it like this during the 50's and 60's?
StefanSchwarz wrote:Where was this cage then for detaining trouble makers?
595 wrote:StefanSchwarz wrote:Where was this cage then for detaining trouble makers?
Below the Clockend ........................
So I'm told
Swede wrote:Rip roar
StefanSchwarz wrote:Anyone got anything else to add to these memories of the old North Bank?
Rainham Red wrote:StefanSchwarz wrote:Anyone got anything else to add to these memories of the old North Bank?
I remember that the passageways were so narrow that half-time you couldn`t move to get to the loo or refreshments. You could have chariot races in the Emirates passageways.
Red Snapper wrote:Rainham Red wrote:StefanSchwarz wrote:Anyone got anything else to add to these memories of the old North Bank?
I remember that the passageways were so narrow that half-time you couldn`t move to get to the loo or refreshments. You could have chariot races in the Emirates passageways.
I'd pay to watch that!
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