Football Grounds group
About the group British league and non-league football grounds - please feel free to join in!
Created 2 July 2012
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Mick joined the "Football Grounds" group
SheerFortitude added image EPW051130 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Sunderland AFC 1897 to 1997"- cell added image SAW009720 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Ibrox home of Rangers"
- SheerFortitude added image EPW029946 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Edgar Street, Hereford United FC since 1924"
- SheerFortitude added image EPW040078 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury Town FC, 1910 - 2007"
- Paulie added image EPW025247 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Hosted the FA cup finals from 1895 to 1914. In 1905 the ..."
- Paulie added image EPW009246 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 1923."
- Paulie added image SPW040583 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Links Park the home of Montrose since 1887."
- David Parry replied to image EPW016813 in the "Football Grounds" group - "The county ground, owned by Northamptonshire County ..."
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- Paulie added image EPW045359 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Notts County Meadow Lane - Nottingham Forest City Ground ..."
- Paulie added image EPW042019 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Bury-Gigg Lane, 1933 "
- cell added image SAW024456 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Easter Road Stadiumhome of Hibernian FC
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- cell added image EPW009271 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Manchester City Football Club, Maine Road Ground"
- cell added image SAW009727 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Ibrox home of Rangers FC"
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- cell added image SPW022191 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Yoker Juniors, Holm Park and Clydebank Juniors, ..."
- cell added image SPW056752 to the "Football Grounds" group - "East Stirlingshire FC, Firs Park, in 2008 the club ..."
- cell added image SPW056747 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Falkirk FC Brockville original home of the "bairns""
- Joe added image SAW033081 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Blantyre Celtic and Blantyre Victoria football grounds ..."
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- Dom McKenzie replied to image EPW022719 in the "Football Grounds" group - "Main Stand was originally at Park Royal Stadium.. ..."
- Dom McKenzie replied to image EPW033804 in the "Football Grounds" group - "Home to QPR from 1907–1917, they took their main stand ..."
- roy added image EPW037247 to the "Football Grounds" group - "The Goldstone ground , original home of Brighton and ..."
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- haflinger121 replied to image EPW024263 in the "Football Grounds" group - "I'm afraid this is not The Memorial Grounds; it is ..."
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- kevin_s added image EPW037308 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Callenders Athletic Football Club"
- kevin_s added image EPW025832 to the "Football Grounds" group - "Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge."
- cell replied to image SAW051739 in the "Football Grounds" group - "I think it is Carntyne dog track and I don't believe ..."
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Sunderland AFC 1897 to 1997
Thursday 9th May
1:06pm
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Ibrox home of Rangers
Wednesday 8th May
6:33pm
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Edgar Street, Hereford United FC since 1924
Tuesday 7th May
12:49pm
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Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury Town FC, 1910 - 2007
Tuesday 7th May
12:43pm
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Hosted the FA cup finals from 1895 to 1914. In 1905 the owners wanted a professional club to play at venue so a new Crystal Palace FC was formed. They were forced to leave by the military, in 1915, and now play at nearby Selhurst Park.
Tuesday 7th May
12:56am
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Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 1923.
Tuesday 7th May
12:21am
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Links Park the home of Montrose since 1887.
Tuesday 7th May
12:13am
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Northampton Town FC
Sunday 16th December
10:40pm
The county ground, owned by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, was shared with Northampton Town FC until 1994 when the football club relocated to Sixfields Stadium on the west side of town.
Monday 6th May
12:25pm
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Notts County Meadow Lane - Nottingham Forest City Ground
On the banks of the river trent three hundred yards apart.
The two grounds are the closest professional football stadiums in England.
Monday 6th May
12:18am
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Bury-Gigg Lane, 1933
Sunday 5th May
11:18pm
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Easter Road Stadiumhome of Hibernian FC
Sunday 5th May
4:50pm
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Manchester City Football Club, Maine Road Ground
Sunday 5th May
4:02pm
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Ibrox home of Rangers FC
Sunday 5th May
3:51pm
Does anyone have any idea which junior club(s) may have played on the pitch/sheep grazing plot seen in SPW060068, 069, 070, and 071? Maitland Thistle? (Mid-Craigie Housing estate Dundee) My grandparents moved into the estate. (After the war I think). At some point my Granda was a trainer for this club. In the photos their home is not yet built.
Tuesday 16th April
7:36am
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Ardrossan Winton Rovers
Sunday 31st March
4:04pm
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Yoker Juniors, Holm Park and Clydebank Juniors, Clydeholm Park located by Gerry_R
Sunday 17th March
4:04pm
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East Stirlingshire FC, Firs Park, in 2008 the club vacated this site, its home for 87 years.
Falkirk FC, Brockville also visible
Wednesday 13th March
4:43pm
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Falkirk FC Brockville original home of the "bairns"
Wednesday 13th March
12:47pm
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Blantyre Celtic and Blantyre Victoria football grounds in Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone and Jock Stein played for these clubs respectively.
Saturday 23rd February
9:28pm
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White City. QPR 31-33 and 62-63. Uruguay v France 66 World Cup.
Wednesday 20th February
9:55am
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Old Trafford, 1932
Tuesday 19th February
3:01pm
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Swansea City
Friday 8th February
3:51pm
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QPR 1928.
Saturday 7th July
3:12pm
Main Stand was originally at Park Royal Stadium.. Rangers brought it with them when they moved here!
Tuesday 15th January
1:35am
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Park Royal Football Club
Friday 14th December
12:21pm
Home to QPR from 1907–1917, they took their main stand with them and rebuilt at their new Loftus Road ground. Also used for one international Rugby League match.
Tuesday 15th January
1:31am
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The Goldstone ground , original home of Brighton and Hove Albion 1931.
Tuesday 8th January
9:32pm
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The Goldstone ground , original home of Brighton and Hove Albion 1921.
Tuesday 8th January
9:28pm
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West Ham Stadium, home of Thames AFC from 1928 to 1932.
Tuesday 3rd July
11:06pm
I'm afraid this is not The Memorial Grounds; it is Custom House - they are not the same places. The Custom House Stadium, as already remarked, has long since gone and is now a housing estate with road names which echo famous speedway riders. The Memorial Grounds was the original home of Thames Ironworks FC. It still exists as a sports arena (look here: http://maps.google.co.uk/) in which you will also be able to discern the faint outline of a cycle and motorcycle track (it was concrete and not a speedway) around the outside of the ground itself. The stands are all gone however. It is adjacent to the East London Cemetary.
So this photo should be re-titled as Custom House Stadium.
Saturday 29th December
10:26pm
Thames Ironworks became West Ham United (thus their nicknames of 'The Hammers' or 'The Iron' pertaining to their historical connection to iron-working). Thames Association were a short-lived attempt to make use of this stadium which was great in extent than Wembley! They got into Division 3 South but soon foundered. There was NO connection between the two clubs other than the work Thames which is quite common in London!!!
The stadium later became known as the Custom House Stadium and West Ham Hammers Speedway team raced there. It was pulled down some time again and is now a housing estate. I visted it and drove round it earlier this year (2012).
There is a better history of this venue in Simon Inglis' the Football Grounds of Britain/Great Britain books.
Tuesday 20th November
12:30am
Is Thames AFC the same as Thames Iron works F.C as a book i've got states that Thames wound up in June 1900 and relaunched a month later playing at Memorial Ground,Canning Town until 1904 when they moved to the Boleyn Ground.Wonder if another Thames played there from '28 to '34?
Tuesday 3rd July
11:28pm
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West Bromwich Albion
Highest attendance in '31-32 was Nov 14 v Aston Villa 59,674
The Throstles won 3-0
Monday 24th December
12:01am
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Doncaster Rovers FC Belle Vue Football Stadium
Saturday 22nd December
2:05pm
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Watford FC Vicarage Rd
Saturday 22nd December
1:34pm
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Peterborough & Fletton United FC
Sunday 16th December
10:54pm
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Newcastle United FC
Sunday 16th December
4:29pm
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Callenders Athletic Football Club
Saturday 15th December
10:41am
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Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge.
Friday 14th December
11:46pm
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Expand this photo to the max and look in the extreme top left hand corner.
Is that the Celtic ground ?
Friday 30th November
4:43pm
I think it is Carntyne dog track and I don't believe football was ever played there
Friday 14th December
5:36pm
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Albion Rovers Football Ground, Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge
Friday 14th December
5:31pm
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Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, Champion Hill.
Their first ground at Champion Hill, they played there from 1912 to 1931. To the right of the ground can be seen the site of the new ground opened in 1931, it appears to be in the very early stages of being developed.
Friday 14th December
3:00pm
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Watford FC
Friday 14th December
9:32am
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A better view of the City ground on the banks of the River
Trent,home to Nottingham Forest since 1898. Three hundred
yards away on the opposite side of the Trent was Meadow Lane
home of Notts county. The two grounds are the closest professional football stadiums in England.
Thursday 13th December
9:46pm
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Belle Vue was the home of Doncaster Rovers from 1922 to 2006.
The ground was affectionately called by fans as 'Old Belle Vue' or OBV.
Thursday 13th December
9:24pm
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Motherwell-'The Dossers' is that really their nlckname?
Thursday 6th December
3:39pm
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The Baseball Ground permanent home of the Rams 1895-1997 as they had played twice there in 1892 as a clash with horse racing at the Racecourse Ground meant that they were to seek a better option,although the Racecourse or the County Ground had held five F.A.Cup semis and a Final replay,matches were often windswept affairs, so players preferred the new ground.
Tuesday 3rd July
9:59pm
It was a Baseball Ground! Derby County twice won the English Baseball Championship!!
Tuesday 20th November
12:32am
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Arsenal Highbury 1929.
FA Cup Semi Final Aston Villa V Portsmouth
Friday 26th October
9:08pm
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Manchester United, Old Trafford 1929
Friday 26th October
8:57pm
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Burnley, 1929.
Friday 19th October
8:12pm
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An unusual view of Arsenal's ground.
Friday 19th October
8:10pm
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Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 1928
Thursday 11th October
8:15pm
Charlton Athletic Football Ground (The Valley).Charlton won the FA Cup in 1947 beating Burnley. Charlton were the losing finalists the previous year. The ball burst on both occasions.
Thursday 4th October
7:52pm
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Not a league ground but It has hosted an individual club's league matches on two occasions.....In 1930 when Leyton Orient F.C played two home Third Division South games there!
Tuesday 17th July
5:57pm
Orient won both games and didn't return until the 1999 play-off final against Scunthorpe when they lost 0-1. Have any other clubs remained unbeaten at Wembley for nearly 70 years?
Thursday 27th September
9:19am
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Aston Villa 1920
Tuesday 4th September
7:41pm
Gods little acre. Aston Villa V Liverpool 1907.
Tuesday 4th September
7:55pm
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Chelsea 1928
Monday 2nd July
6:08pm
Stamford Bridge 1947, two lads get passed down to the front
Tuesday 4th September
7:18pm
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Cardiff City showing boxing match.
Monday 2nd July
6:10pm
Ninian Park 1921 the good old days.
Tuesday 4th September
7:11pm
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This is a double for Leicester City! Their old ground, Filbert Street, and the site used for their new ground are both shown.
Monday 3rd September
9:23pm
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Alloa Athletic Football Ground,
what year?
Monday 2nd July
6:43pm
It says 1928 in the description. Great pic.
Tuesday 28th August
10:43pm
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Watford FC
Wednesday 8th August
3:32pm
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Shawfield Park original home of Clyde FC located by bullywee
Friday 27th July
12:26pm
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3 Glasgow junior football grounds located by peasy23
New Springfield Park, home of the now defunct Strathclyde Juniors FC.
New Barrowfield Park, home of the now defunct Bridgeton Waverley FC.
Helenslea Park, home of the now defunct Parkhead Juniors FC.
Friday 27th July
12:18pm
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Central Park Football Ground home of Cowdenbeath or the "Blue Brazil" as they are also known.
Friday 27th July
11:41am
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Newcastle United 1927
Monday 2nd July
6:13pm
St James Park Newcastle 1927.
Wednesday 18th July
8:49pm
St James Park Newcastle 1930.
Monday 2nd July
6:19pm
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Luton Town 1927.
Wednesday 18th July
12:33pm
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St Mirren, Love Street 1927.
Tuesday 17th July
7:47pm
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Southampton-The Dell 1928.
Tuesday 17th July
7:43pm
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Brentford, Griffin Park 1921
Thursday 12th July
12:15pm
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Arsenal, Highbury 1921.
Wednesday 11th July
6:39pm
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Coventry City, Highfield Road 1926.
Wednesday 11th July
6:07pm
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Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen in the top corner beside where the negative is damaged.
Wednesday 11th July
9:53am
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The grounds of both Dundee's senior clubs are visible close together on the same street near the top left. Dundee FC's distinctive "curved" stand can be seen and to the north of it is United's undeveloped Tannadice Park.
Wednesday 11th July
9:49am
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Muirton Park, former home of St Johnstone FC, Perth can be seen in the top right quarter of this photo if you zoom in. Now the site of an Asda.
Wednesday 11th July
9:41am
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Norwich City Football Club, The Nest 1921, damaged negative so you can only make part of it out.
Tuesday 10th July
5:42pm
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Sunderland AFC, Roker Park 1928.
Monday 9th July
8:40pm
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Craven Cottage, Fulham 1928
Monday 9th July
7:04pm
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Fulham 1928.
Monday 9th July
7:03pm
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Gainsborough Trinity FC, Northolme 1925.
Monday 9th July
5:37pm
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Nottingham Forest 1928.
Saturday 7th July
9:20pm
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Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Molineux 1927.
Saturday 7th July
7:41pm
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Wolverton Town FC, Wolverton Park 1928. Note the banked cycle track.
Saturday 7th July
3:45pm
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QPR Loftus Road 1928
Saturday 7th July
3:11pm
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Lowestoft Town FC, Crown Meadow 1928.
Friday 6th July
9:50pm
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Wimbledon Plough Lane 1928.
Friday 6th July
9:25am
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Wycombe Wanderers Football Club, Loakes Park 1927.
Thursday 5th July
10:22pm
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Luton Town FC, Kenilworth Road 1929.
Thursday 5th July
9:57pm
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Ipswich Town FC, Portman Road ground during their Southern Amateur League days, note that the football ground is three sided as cricket was also played there at this time.
Wednesday 4th July
12:31pm
Thanks Paulie, yes just found out that they played at Roots Hall when they were founded in 1906 and moved to Kursaal in 1920 then moved to Southend Stadium in 1934 and back to Roots Hall in 1955.Thanx for the good idea of this group.Soz(sorry) for cluttering it up with views of the Baseball Ground,Derby but they have got a slight difference with year and stands etc, and i miss the place as compared to Pride Park there's no comparison,We used to be so loud in that small ground now there's nearly twice the capacity and sometimes im sure a tumbleweed will roll by,it's dead,unless we're playing Forest!
Wednesday 4th July
12:20am
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Southend United 1928
Monday 2nd July
9:39pm
BrewerRamFan I think they've had three different grounds.
They moved to Roots Hall in the 1950s,this was taken at The Kursaal which was/is an amusement park.
Tuesday 3rd July
11:50pm
Hi Paulie, just a quick note to see if you know if this is Roots Hall as I can't seem yo make out Shakespeare Drive (which is where an ex girlfriend of mine's Dad lives and when i visited you could just make out the pitch from the back bedroom window),and when i went last year with Burton Albion you accessed the away terracing from Victoria Avenue into a big open area used for car and coach parking,that in this picture looks like where the funfair is situated but it is just there's no Shakespeare Drive? I had heard that Utd played At Roots hall before the war and during it was turned into an allotment but can't find out where they played during this period, unless they folded during the war?
Tuesday 3rd July
10:22pm
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Derby County's Baseball Ground in 1921 before Osmaston End stand,which has been built by the 1928 views.
Tuesday 3rd July
11:10pm
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Derby County F.C. another view but more clearer of the B.B.G.
Tuesday 3rd July
10:37pm
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Stoke City FC, the Victoria Ground
Tuesday 3rd July
6:28pm
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Swansea City Vetch Field,
with match in progress date unknown.
Tuesday 3rd July
6:14pm
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Ibrox Park Rangers 1927
Monday 2nd July
10:27pm
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Bristol Rovers Eastville Stadium 1926
Monday 2nd July
10:04pm
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Liverpool,Stanley Park,Everton 1928.
Monday 2nd July
7:18pm