Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
I always found that the Izal greasy, school type toilet roll unravelled the best and travelled a lot further. Late 60s/early 70s you couldn’t have a tom tit in Lady Mary on a Friday afternoon, every toilet roll was bagged up ready for a Grangetown End launching on Saturday. Away games the football special would be stripped of the very same standard paper. The demise of toilet rolls decorating goalnets was a watershed moment in football, very, very sad.
I have to disagree with you on the choice of Izal. It was similar to 'tracing paper' in appearance and didn't stand out as much once on the pitch or draped over the goal as your bog-standard (pun intended) white toilet paper.
Also, those Izal toilet rolls were always too small they'd often fully unravel before clearing the terrace.

Anyway, back to their intended purpose - it failed miserably (although I conditioned myself never to have a 'number two' in school).