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So have you been to Scunthorpe before?
Perhaps you were there last November in the Cup?
Or on our first visit to the Old Show Ground in 1964?
What are your memories?
My two outstanding memories are quite obscure matches:
Tuesday 7th October 1969 Scunny 2-0 Southend
We had a lift to Scunthorpe from someone who knew the family of our then full-back Keith Lindsay and we stopped at his mothers house and had a cup of tea with her. He also had a brother Barry who played for Scunthorpe. Sadly Keith died in 2003 aged 57. The match was a totally forgettable 2-0 loss.
Saturday 22nd August 1970 Scunny 3-0 Southend
I had no intention of going to this match, but drinking down the Spread on the Friday night we found out that quite a few of our group were. At closing time myself and Mick changed our minds went home changed, got some money and started hitch-hiking about midnight from Eastern Avenue by Priory Park. It was hard work but we made the match in good time, but very tired and didn't fancy hitching back. A bloke had room in the back of his van and half heartedly offered us a lift back but when we got there the van had left without us. We had a consoling drink in their social club (one of our players Peter Hunt was drinking Brown Ale Shandy!). We reluctantly started to hitch home but did it in two lifts and were in a Pub in North London in time to watch Match of the Day. The match was a totally forgettable 3-0 loss.
So what are you memories?
Perhaps you were there last November in the Cup?
Or on our first visit to the Old Show Ground in 1964?
What are your memories?
My two outstanding memories are quite obscure matches:
Tuesday 7th October 1969 Scunny 2-0 Southend
We had a lift to Scunthorpe from someone who knew the family of our then full-back Keith Lindsay and we stopped at his mothers house and had a cup of tea with her. He also had a brother Barry who played for Scunthorpe. Sadly Keith died in 2003 aged 57. The match was a totally forgettable 2-0 loss.
Saturday 22nd August 1970 Scunny 3-0 Southend
I had no intention of going to this match, but drinking down the Spread on the Friday night we found out that quite a few of our group were. At closing time myself and Mick changed our minds went home changed, got some money and started hitch-hiking about midnight from Eastern Avenue by Priory Park. It was hard work but we made the match in good time, but very tired and didn't fancy hitching back. A bloke had room in the back of his van and half heartedly offered us a lift back but when we got there the van had left without us. We had a consoling drink in their social club (one of our players Peter Hunt was drinking Brown Ale Shandy!). We reluctantly started to hitch home but did it in two lifts and were in a Pub in North London in time to watch Match of the Day. The match was a totally forgettable 3-0 loss.
So what are you memories?