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Can't tell from the photo, were the football pitches next door in existence then ?

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Yes im pretty sure they were! Im sure St Josephs FC of all ages used to play and train on there and also im pretty sure Blackburn Rovers used to train on there for a while too! If im wrong im sure someone will correct me! :)

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If you look very closely at the top end of the stand, you can see the piles of waste from the digging of the foundations for the small stand extension, which was required for the NPL (we went up by default after Shepshed Charterhouse folded, if I remember correctly, or it may have been South Liverpool).

We dug those foundations by hand. None of this mechanical digger nonsense. ;)

I'd forgotten that we'd used that picture on the programme. I remember getting my copy from the club.

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You're right, FC. It was Rovers' training ground in the 70's.

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Definitely South Liverpool. However, following their demise, Worksop were due to go up by default, but their ground didn't meet regulations, so we went up in their place.

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Ah memorys, that hole we dug was never ending,we need to go deeper!!Thought we were going to need ladders to get out of it!! I think we had to bring our own spades!! :)

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I was actually there when Holands pies launched their sponsorship of Stanley, think John Alty was the Chairman at the time and Ken Hargreaves was the President if I remember rightly, he came up from Westminster especially for the launch

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Hollands started their sponsorship in season 1990/91. They had the new kit specially designed 1st choice was red with yellow trim, and the 2nd was yellow. John Alty was indeed Chairman and Chris Leech ( remember him ) did the deal with Hollands. It was also in 90 that Colne Dynamoes folded just before the season got under way. This allowed us to sign Simon Westwell & Duncan Mc Fadden. Jock Wylie had signed from Colne in the summer.

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and if anyone has the yellow shirt I have £30 waiting regardless of condition :D

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That reminds of another relic I found in my loft excavation. In amongst loads of other stuff I found a copy of Phil Terry's history of Colne Dynamoes. I had a quick flick through it and saw a picture of Colne's last ever programme, which was an unplayed pre-season friendly against Garstang FC. Stanley played that game instead and Garstang sold the Colne programme to the few Stanley fans who turned up.
The programme is apparently quite collectable and I donated my copy to the club for resale, but I think it ended up in a skip somewhere.....lol

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sorry TM it was Gargrave, you went to that game i could'nt go lol

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I meant to type Gargrave, but my poor fingers were too tired to type it properly....lol

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What was the name of the guy who played for Stanley at that time, he worked for HBC in the office, think his first name was Paul:confused:

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say ooh aah Paulie Beck
say ooh aah Paulie Beck!

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Thanks macca, he lived on Laburnum Drive Ossy