Five hours, no goals

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The club employed (I use the term loosely) another gentleman who was a resident of Ely Hospital. His name was Sammy, he was around 5ft 2, wore a fur coat, and would be in charge of the tea room which adjoined the home changing room at Ninian park. He would supply the players, home and away, and officials with their pre, half time and post match brew. I have some funny memories of Sammy as I would be on match duty as a 15 year old (Hoovering, collecting kit, assisting Harry Parsons etc) Anyone remember John (Think that was his name) who used to work the gate on match days? Lived on Western Avenue, was as fit as a gypsies whippet. If ever there was a "Man that works at the fairground" look, John had it. Happy memories.

[Tuerto]

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Sorry to derail thread...👍

[poc]

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Sorry to derail thread...��

nice to hear stories like these:thumbup:

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I wasn't born, I don't know about what happened in the olden days, was it good there, I didn't even know it existed?

where did you come from then?

[Henry Hill]

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where did you come from then?

Chat GPT

[splott parker]

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I wasn't born, I don't know about what happened in the olden days, was it good there, I didn't even know it existed?

Terry wasn’t in the olden days. Extremely well known character. Haven’t you ever used 1-9-2-7 as a pin or as a hotel safe number, part of a passcode etc? That’s to do with the olden days but many present day City fans fit those four numbers in somewhere. Olden days indeed!

[olderblue]

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Terry wasn’t in the olden days. Extremely well known character. Haven’t you ever used 1-9-2-7 as a pin or as a hotel safe number, part of a passcode etc? That’s to do with the olden days but many present day City fans fit those four numbers in somewhere. Olden days indeed!

I would say 70s to 80s?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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The club employed (I use the term loosely) another gentleman who was a resident of Ely Hospital. His name was Sammy, he was around 5ft 2, wore a fur coat, and would be in charge of the tea room which adjoined the home changing room at Ninian park. He would supply the players, home and away, and officials with their pre, half time and post match brew. I have some funny memories of Sammy as I would be on match duty as a 15 year old (Hoovering, collecting kit, assisting Harry Parsons etc) Anyone remember John (Think that was his name) who used to work the gate on match days? Lived on Western Avenue, was as fit as a gypsies whippet. If ever there was a "Man that works at the fairground" look, John had it. Happy memories.

Remember him well, bandy legs, rosy cheeks, mad hair. Used to see him often but not for about 8/9 years now.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Terry wasn’t in the olden days. Extremely well known character. Haven’t you ever used 1-9-2-7 as a pin or as a hotel safe number, part of a passcode etc? That’s to do with the olden days but many present day City fans fit those four numbers in somewhere. Olden days indeed!

I seem to remember him, but that must have been years ago. I didn't know Cardiff had two mental hospitals, one in Ely, but then again, I don't know much about Ely really, other than Trelai (apparently once a racecourse), where I played football and the riots.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Chat GPT

Say's the Poundland JR Hartley :hehe:

[Nobody's Rep]

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I seem to remember him, but that must have been years ago. I didn't know Cardiff had two mental hospitals, one in Ely, but then again, I don't know much about Ely really, other than Trelai (apparently once a racecourse), where I played football and the riots.

I think Ely was more learning disabilities and a death of a person there led to a wide scale review of learning disabilities services which led to the closure of most long stay learning disability hospitals like Ely and Hensol - Whitchurch which is the other one I assume you are referring to is I think a mental health service in the main ,👍

[North Cardiff Blue]

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I think Ely was more learning disabilities and a death of a person there led to a wide scale review of learning disabilities services which led to the closure of most long stay learning disability hospitals like Ely and Hensol - Whitchurch which is the other one I assume you are referring to is I think a mental health service in the main ,��

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[William Treseder]

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Sorry to derail thread...👍

Think i’m to blame for that, for mentioning Ely Hospital 😁

[Michael Morris]

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Another 90 minutes in the bag for me without a home goal.

This time the team in blue was Malaga. 0-0 v Leganes.

Home team frustrated and frustrating at times. More possession and effort on goal (some really good ones) but no goal and almost 28000 left disappointed with the team missing out on going into the automatic promotion places.

Lovely stadium. Good level of football as well. Spanish second tier.

[Underhill1980]

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Another 90 minutes in the bag for me without a home goal.

This time the team in blue was Malaga. 0-0 v Leganes.

Home team frustrated and frustrating at times. More possession and effort on goal (some really good ones) but no goal and almost 28000 left disappointed with the team missing out on going into the automatic promotion places.

Lovely stadium. Good level of football as well. Spanish second tier.

We’ve found the root cause of our problems, can you take an extended International break please Mike?