Newport Cewnty Tomorrow

[Mr Soul '68]

Anyone else heading to Newport to see their big game tomorrow?

Good luck Cewnty

I remember being there in April '77 for their last "must not lose to be relegated from the football game" v Workington.

I'm sure the result was 1-1 which meant Workington lost their league status and County remained in the football league

Think maybe Bob Wilson and one or two others that regularly read this board were there that night too?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

When I was a kid (in the seventies) I used to go and watch County at home when City were away and all I can remember is walking past some prefabricated bugalows and arriving at a ground which seems to be surrounded by corrugated iron. And the corners of the pitch were worn away by the speedway. Some of the corner-takers had problems placing the ball as a result.

[Former Labour leader]

When I was a kid (in the seventies) I used to go and watch County at home when City were away and all I can remember is walking past some prefabricated bugalows and arriving at a ground which seems to be surrounded by corrugated iron. And the corners of the pitch were worn away by the speedway. Some of the corner-takers had problems placing the ball as a result.

Yep, the speedway was good in the day. Last time I was there it was the bog promotion match 1984?. We lost 1-0 but I came away happy knowing we were the better side. We were promoted that year, Cwnty weren't.
Anyway, good luck Cwnty. Don't want the eggers to have it all their own way in Newport.

[Mr Soul '68]

When I was a kid (in the seventies) I used to go and watch County at home when City were away and all I can remember is walking past some prefabricated bugalows and arriving at a ground which seems to be surrounded by corrugated iron. And the corners of the pitch were worn away by the speedway. Some of the corner-takers had problems placing the ball as a result.

I too went to watch cewnty occasionally with my dad, when City were playing away in the 70s. My abiding memory is of the whole ground seemingly shaking whenever a high speed inter-city train sped by, almost as it had been hit by an earthquake