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It was a midweek night game at NP from Feb - Mar 1970 and I can remember coming through the turnstiles at the Grange End with the floodlights on, misty playing surface looking across to the Bob Bank and this song being distorted through the PA system of Radio Ninian https://open.spotify.com/track/4o7pd...Qdek8cenU5JPlw
or another link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daxiMb0rITA
Can't remember the match but the song always brings back memories of NP. :thumbup: over 50 years ago.
My fave that always brings me back to memories of Ninian Park is this one from 1968:
https://youtu.be/hWUJGPBmiLE
Ahhhhhhhhhh.
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another classic, those old stands didn't half echo the sounds around :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
What a song:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
That, 'Three Little Birds,' thingy is tawdry in comparison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire
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I can almost taste the Oxo and feel the uneven sleepers going up the Grangetown End as I listen to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
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This one for me, early 60's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5OEa9DV4wY
Would Jumbo have been the DJ or announcer in those days.
My dad started taking me down to Ninian Park after 1970 World Cup when I was 8 years old. I somehow remember Elvis Presley “Wonder of You” and Freda Payne “Band of Gold” playing and radio Ninian in the corner of grange and grandstand.I know we sat in Canton Stand near the Bob Bank on the benchesQuote:
Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire
A couple of years later, I know we were in the Bob bank and being passed over head to sit on the wall at the front for Leeds in FACup.
‘The Wonder Of You’ was given a brilliant rendition by us at Filbert St, first game of the season I think about 1971, better than Elvis, it was:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by billy.ronson
oooh I do remember band if gold being belting outQuote:
Originally Posted by billy.ronson
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Originally Posted by splott parker
Sat Aug 15th 1970
Leicester City 0-1 Cardiff City
Brian Clark (41 mins)
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
I was there, too.
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:thumbup:knew it was first game of season, wasn’t quite sure of the yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
I loved watching Clark score :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Bit later this one, and possibly relative to our ages TBiB, but this one for me evokes memories of the Bob Bank.
A hit in '76 but It could well have been 1980 such was the money being spent on the fan experience back in those days...
https://youtu.be/yHRYYtiIMJY
By the way, what a wanker Button was!
That particular song brings back early memories for me too. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by billy.ronson
A bit more up to date, but when I hear simply the best by Tina Turner it reminds me of the teams coming out of the tunnel during the Eddie May era
For some reason I remember Chanson D'amour by Manhatton transfer belting out around 1977-78 as the whole of the Bob bank ran towards the back to see the Wolves special pulling in to Ninian haltQuote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Funny how certain songs stick in your mind???
And ‘Bring out your dead’ during the Durban era:yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
This comment just conjures up an image in my head of the City fans chanting “ you’re gonna get your f***ing heads kicked in “ at the train ...Quote:
Originally Posted by olderblue
Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi sticks in my mind
Love the song but my favourite version is by Southside Johnny. Fell in love with this when they performed at the Tramshed last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWaoGFfCAMQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
Just played them both. It’s the Four Tops version for me, absolute classic:thumbup:
Hey, ta for posting. I'd not heard it before. They do a really good take on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garth Blue
Here's a live version for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TqO9VMPes
Two of the earliest versions of the song from 1966 and 1967:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqBTzfcIk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20icLYvrYwI
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Thanks for those Steve, it really is a marvellous song, as I say it’s The Four Tops for me. Listening to it just now, took me and the missus back to our schooldays together, some songs pinpoint times in your life and this is certainly one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
All I can remember from Ninian Park are occasional matches but especially the toilets. I always remembered to wear waterproof shoes before going to a football match! I can't remember any of the tracks previously mentioned despite supporting the club since 1958. Oh dear!
Pleasure sp. Theres loads of versions on YouTube; quite a number of the early ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Another from '67:
https://youtu.be/IdnEDT5Vxzo
And '66:
https://youtu.be/dLd0cNQ2fdM
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One that sticks in my mind was "oh what a night" by the 4 seasons, at the famous game against Hereford Utd back in 1976.
https://youtu.be/iHrFkSeLukAQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Ever heard this before?
https://youtu.be/KWYyejcHqIg
This has always been my favourite NP tune.
Only need to here the intro and it takes me straight back 😢😢
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGD9dT12C0
This was always playing in the late 80s.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGD9dT12C0