Posted ‘high noon bells’ 🔔Munday 2nd Joon 2025
I woz watchin’ a programme on the ‘BBC I Player’ aboot the Bradford fire on the 40th anniversary of the tragedy in May 1985, when 56 fans perished in the dilapidated wooden main stand! (54 Bradford fans and 2 Lincoln fans)
Then we had the Heysel Stadium disaster which killed 39 Juventus who were crushed when a waall collapsed after they were attacked by Livaapool fans, later that same month!
Fast forward 4 years to 1989 when 97 Livaapool fans were crushed to death on the Hillsborough terraces and unable to escape because of the high metal security fence!
The stadiums everywhere were indeed dilapidated and something had to change!
To put things into context Goodison Park and Old Trafford were considered to be 2 of the best stadiums in the country at the time!—And look at them now!—Evaatin are movin oot of their old oot of date home to a brand new stadium 2 miles away and Old Trafford iz faallin doon with leaky roofs and rat 🐀 infestations!
While Hillsborough, which had a huge open terrace at the time looks old and dilapidated now!
The Taylor report after Hillsborough woz a game changer and NUFC were forced to demolish the wooden main West stand which woz built in 1905!
It woz replaced by a bigger concrete stand, which became The Milburn Stand after ‘Wor Jackie’ Milburn who won 3 FA Cup winners medals with NUFC in the 1950s! Jackie had passed away just after the stand opened in 1988
The other stands at The Leazes and Gallowgate ends were built and then extended to the current 52,300 aall seater capacity!
Aroond Europe unbelievable stadiums have since been built since those dark 'stone age' days 40 years ago!
In The Geordie Times next article to be published soon, we list the teams groonds that NUFC could well play in the group stage of The Champions Leegue which we have never previously visited!
There are some absolutely mind blowing’ stadiums that have been built since the days of open terraces and 12foot high fences to stop pitch invasions!
So “Watch this space intently for pix of these super space age stadiums!”
PS: When the old West Stand woz gettin demolished aa nipped into the groond and 'nicked' 2 wooden seat from the stand az a souviner and made a coffee table oot of them!🠟🠟🠟(Looks a bit nackered now!)🠟🠟🠟
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