blanket collections : Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:28 pm  

just to lighten the mood.

me and my mates were remembering the seventies when a collection was made at hilton park by four people walking round the pitch each holding the corner of a blanket.
the crowd would then throw their donations from the terraces.
those people used to get hit with so many coins.

also used to be a load of young kids following them to see what coins they could snaffle that missed the blanket

can you imagine the health and safety allowing that now

: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:50 pm  

I remember a mate of mine hitting this poor lad clean in the face with a coin at Oldham's old Watersheddings ground.
Week after a collection was made for the victims of the blanket collectors

: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:59 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

i was one of them kids , i suppose i will be blamed for leigh's financial problems now

how much did you make mr chairman ?

Re: blanket collections : Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:09 pm  

soldiers field wrote:

just to lighten the mood.

me and my mates were remembering the seventies when a collection was made at hilton park by four people walking round the pitch each holding the corner of a blanket.
the crowd would then throw their donations from the terraces.
those people used to get hit with so many coins.

also used to be a load of young kids following them to see what coins they could snaffle that missed the blanket

can you imagine the health and safety allowing that now

Not at LSV!

: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:29 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

i was one of them kids , i suppose i will be blamed for leigh's financial problems now

So it was you

Re: blanket collections : Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:13 pm  

soldiers field wrote:

can you imagine the health and safety allowing that now

I'm sure it was a practice that continued until the late 90's, at the very least?

: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:19 pm  

mr. chairman wrote:

i was one of them kids , i suppose i will be blamed for leigh's financial problems now

Keith you were in your 20s in the 70s , so why were you stalking the blanket ?

: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:58 pm  

I remember back in the 60,s early 70,s when they use to come round
with the blanket when they got to the Railway End we use to lob owt we could get our hands on to try and knock someones yed off usually
coppers hats.. When i think back what we where like as teenagers
watching Leyth we where totally bonkers Al Rowleys brother Don my mate was really nuts aye them Railway Enders mad people..
I us to be mad but i,m alright nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:05 pm  

Who remembers players actually spending half time walking round the terraces in full kit (sweat and mud) with collection buckets?

These lads worked all week, often played 2 games in a week and played for the full 80mins with just 10mins for half time.
Todays SL props don't have jobs, they play 15mins then have a break for anything between 30 & 60mins before doing another short spell - that's it for the week

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:13 am  

Leigh24.7 wrote:

Who remembers players actually spending half time walking round the terraces in full kit (sweat and mud) with collection buckets?
These lads worked all week, often played 2 games in a week and played for the full 80mins with just 10mins for half time.
Todays SL props don't have jobs, they play 15mins then have a break for anything between 30 & 60mins before doing another short spell - that's it for the week

I'd forgotten that, it's amazing how normally tight fisted speccies would contribute, particularly when confronted by Stan Owen with a tin