Sheff Utd 5 City 1

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Originally Posted by Moodybluebird

I've always wondered what a 3-sided ground felt like for atmosphere. Were there fans in the cricket stands too because they would have been a long way from the action ? Also did they have loads of ballboys to retrieve balls kicked onto the cricketing area ?

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Goalkeepers had bats :hehe:

I cannot remember there being a radio commentary but I do seem to remember there being a special score line telephone number you could ring .
Is my memory playing tricks or can anyone else remember the GPO (as was) providing that one off service for the game?

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Originally Posted by Steve the Tea

I was there. I travelled up to Sheffield on a special from Cardiff General. Sheffield had 6 shots and scored 5. It was unbelievable.

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Gosh tough long round trip for you to witness

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Originally Posted by Majorblue

I cannot remember there being a radio commentary but I do seem to remember there being a special score line telephone number you could ring .
Is my memory playing tricks or can anyone else remember the GPO (as was) providing that one off service for the game?

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We used to phone the echo. Gotta be fair, they always answered, whatever the time

The County Ground, Northampton was three sided, shared with the cricket as well.

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Originally Posted by alfie

Any of you old dogs remember this promotion game being on the radio. Im guessing it was not. The reason i say that is when the game was almost over i went around to the phone box as we did not have a phone to call the club for the score. When i got to the telephone box there were about 8-10 people waiting to use it.With that a guy came out and asked if any of us if we were phoning to find out the score. Everyone said yes and he told us th bad news.I think i cried myself to sleep that night.

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Yes there was a phone service with a recorded score for away games and I remember going down to a phone box and being very disappointed and surprised.

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Originally Posted by Majorblue

I cannot remember there being a radio commentary but I do seem to remember there being a special score line telephone number you could ring .
Is my memory playing tricks or can anyone else remember the GPO (as was) providing that one off service for the game?

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Quite right, but I don’t think it was a one off.

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Originally Posted by life on mars

Gosh tough long round trip for you to witness

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The journey back to Cardiff was as long as it was silent. Then a long walk walk followed once in Cardiff.

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