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didn’t we train on the car park at VP?

 

Yes we did.

 

I can't remember a car park at Valley Parade, where the frontage of the Sunwin Stand is now used to be a row of terrace houses.

 

They were knocked down long before the fire and a car park created which was also used for training. In terms of the defeat it was said that a few City players had celebrated Christmas a bit too much

 

Looks like a scene from a desert somewhere

 

I too was invited by the club as a 12 year old under the said Jimmy Wheeler to train in the car park on a Thursday, and kept the attached picture from the T&A as I am on it.

I also remember later a few years on, some of the older lads who had cars, were sometimes asked to put their car headlights on to illuminate the area as I don’t think there was any/very little light in the car park.

 

Really pleased it’s been of use to you. Are you on it too?

Jimmy Wheeler always found time to talk to us afterwards in the dressing room on tactics etc, and he seemed a really nice guy I recall, and had a lot of time for us kids.

 

Here's the picture I promised, the picture on the left shows better what I was trying to say with regards the row of terraced houses before they were demolished, I started watching in the late 50s and can remember the terrace houses, not sure what year they were demolished, maybe @Park bantam, @wetherbywhaler, @Kevin1954 or may be a fellow poster who lived around the Valley Parade area at the time.
In my original post I said I thought the GPO owned the building above but it says of the map at the time it was the drill hall for the "4 YORKS" who were the Army Reserve infantry unit, part of 4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East - the famous 'Black Rats'. The Battalion recruits and trains out of nine Army Reserve Centres located in York, Hull, Beverley, Barnsley, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Leeds, Bradford and Middlesbrough.

 

No mate Charlie wasn't in the side in 1962 Arsenal FA Cup side be he was in the 1973 Arsenal FA Cup side that beat us 2 - 0, we stood amongst the Arsenal fans on the Clock End having a bit of banter saying squeaky voiced Bally was having a quite game no sooner had I said it Bally opened the scoring needless to say I got some squeaky voice replies, what a stadium Highbury was, marble halls with the clubs past great managers, Herbert Chapman and the likes, great day out apart from the result.

 

"If you think today was poor" take a look at Morecambe.

Losing 3-0 at half time at home to rock bottom Doncaster...

Looks like they will be coming back down after all.

 

maybe time for a cheeky bid for Stockton

 

Doncaster are worse than us and that’s saying something.

 

Yes i'm on it, i think that's me far right.

 

Winning 4 3 now unbelievable

 

Unbelievable Dave.

Now I'm watching Liverpool Chelsea on catch up. 2-0 Liverpool at the moment, Chelsea dead and buried!

 

No

 

Me too, says an heartbroken 12 year old who got dumped by Jimmy!