| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 21:32 - Jan 26 with 4072 views | vapour_trail |
Roof looks nice and clean. |  |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 22:06 - Jan 26 with 3970 views | floridablue |
64....thinking back this was my first year of going to PR without the company of an adult....great memories and times! |  | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 22:27 - Jan 26 with 3872 views | linhdi |
That is a thing of beauty!!! | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 23:01 - Jan 26 with 3815 views | EatonBlue |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 22:06 - Jan 26 by floridablue |
64....thinking back this was my first year of going to PR without the company of an adult....great memories and times! |
Likewise - made my own way there from Felixstowe to see Town v Preston in August 1964
(lost 1-5). I think that the aerial photo was used on the programme cover that season. |  | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 09:45 - Jan 27 with 3580 views | SamWhiteUK |
Did we get a lot of snow that year? |  | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 09:51 - Jan 27 with 3559 views | PJH |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 09:45 - Jan 27 by SamWhiteUK |
Did we get a lot of snow that year? |
Early 1963 there was a lot of snow.
Football almost shut down for two or three months.
ITFC played on Boxing Day 1962 and next league game played was 23rd February although two away F.A. Cup games got played in January.
As the Boxing Day game and the 23rd Feb game were both away we went from 21st December 1962 until 3rd March 1963 without a first team game at PR.
edit-to answer your question, I don't remember but certainly nothing like 1963.
Snow back then in this region (from memory) was an annual event anyway not the rarity that it is now. [Post edited 27 Jan 2020 10:04]
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 10:46 - Jan 27 with 3487 views | Freddies_Ears |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 09:51 - Jan 27 by PJH |
Early 1963 there was a lot of snow.
Football almost shut down for two or three months.
ITFC played on Boxing Day 1962 and next league game played was 23rd February although two away F.A. Cup games got played in January.
As the Boxing Day game and the 23rd Feb game were both away we went from 21st December 1962 until 3rd March 1963 without a first team game at PR.
edit-to answer your question, I don't remember but certainly nothing like 1963.
Snow back then in this region (from memory) was an annual event anyway not the rarity that it is now. [Post edited 27 Jan 2020 10:04]
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There are photos of my childhood in the mid-60s which evidence snow every winter (in Cambridge), around 4-6 inches not unusual. It was a big deal though - I think we likely only had one decent snowfall a year, though it was cold enough for it to hang around for 2-3 weeks. | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:30 - Jan 27 with 3406 views | The_Last_Baron |
A great photo. The East Stand was tiny. |  |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:44 - Jan 27 with 3356 views | PJH |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 10:46 - Jan 27 by Freddies_Ears |
There are photos of my childhood in the mid-60s which evidence snow every winter (in Cambridge), around 4-6 inches not unusual. It was a big deal though - I think we likely only had one decent snowfall a year, though it was cold enough for it to hang around for 2-3 weeks. |
I think that is right.
Winters were winters and summers were summers generally. | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:48 - Jan 27 with 3339 views | Chrisd |
Loved her character in Modern Family!  | |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:50 - Jan 27 with 3328 views | bluefunk |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:30 - Jan 27 by The_Last_Baron |
A great photo. The East Stand was tiny. |
It was tiny, a small terrace in front of a few rows of seats. They rebuilt it in 2 phases, with the bulk of the work completed a couple of seasons before they added the 2 ends to make the back tier stretch the length of the pitch. If memory serves, the record attendance (38k ish) came when those 2 ends were fully occupied for the Leeds Cup tie in 1974.I think the old stand went to Foxhall stadium. |  | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 13:05 - Jan 27 with 3276 views | PJH |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:50 - Jan 27 by bluefunk |
It was tiny, a small terrace in front of a few rows of seats. They rebuilt it in 2 phases, with the bulk of the work completed a couple of seasons before they added the 2 ends to make the back tier stretch the length of the pitch. If memory serves, the record attendance (38k ish) came when those 2 ends were fully occupied for the Leeds Cup tie in 1974.I think the old stand went to Foxhall stadium. |
The old stand did end up at Foxhall Stadium.
The construction of The Portman Stand(as it was) was started in the summer of 1971 and was in use at the start of 71/72 season and it was extended as you say.
The 38010 Leeds attendance was in 1975. | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 13:23 - Jan 27 with 3244 views | bluefunk |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 13:05 - Jan 27 by PJH |
The old stand did end up at Foxhall Stadium.
The construction of The Portman Stand(as it was) was started in the summer of 1971 and was in use at the start of 71/72 season and it was extended as you say.
The 38010 Leeds attendance was in 1975. |
memory didnt serve all the details then...... | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 13:55 - Jan 27 with 3179 views | TJS |
Am I correct in thinking the only surviving part of the ground from that picture is the lower tier of the Churchmans / Alf Ramsey which just had the seats added in 1992 ? [Post edited 27 Jan 2020 13:56]
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 14:03 - Jan 27 with 3158 views | bluefunk |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 13:55 - Jan 27 by TJS |
Am I correct in thinking the only surviving part of the ground from that picture is the lower tier of the Churchmans / Alf Ramsey which just had the seats added in 1992 ? [Post edited 27 Jan 2020 13:56]
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I think you are right and I think the old West stand survives, as they merely added the new tier behind and above the old stand, much the same as they did to Churchmans. It may also be that the original terracing for the East stand survives for the same reason. | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 14:58 - Jan 27 with 3110 views | floridablue |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 14:03 - Jan 27 by bluefunk |
I think you are right and I think the old West stand survives, as they merely added the new tier behind and above the old stand, much the same as they did to Churchmans. It may also be that the original terracing for the East stand survives for the same reason. |
I'm sure the old East stand terrace was removed and relaid. I was also told years ago by someone who worked security at the 'centre spot' there was an underground gym/squash court close by....is that true? | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 15:13 - Jan 27 with 3072 views | ElephantintheRoom |
The only crowd on that day would be the ladies working in the Churchman's factory | |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 17:09 - Jan 27 with 2964 views | Sarge |
It looks nothing like Ariel Winter. And there’s no way she’d have been around in 1964. | | | |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 17:30 - Jan 27 with 2937 views | ITFC_Forever |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 13:05 - Jan 27 by PJH |
The old stand did end up at Foxhall Stadium.
The construction of The Portman Stand(as it was) was started in the summer of 1971 and was in use at the start of 71/72 season and it was extended as you say.
The 38010 Leeds attendance was in 1975. |
As you say, the stand went to Foxhall.
Part of it blew down in the hurricane of October 1987, but two-thirds of it survived, but then was demolished in the early 90s as part of the Bradford Fire report regulations outlawed stands of that type.
If you go to Foxhall now, there has been a stand on the back straight for around 6-7 years, as Spedeworth bought a couple of stands that were used in the 2012 Olympics, but under them, you can still see the concrete footings of where the old football stand stood. |  |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 17:31 - Jan 27 with 2934 views | ITFC_Forever |
Is it snow on the ground, or just a poor quality photo? | |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 17:37 - Jan 27 with 2924 views | Oldsmoker |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 12:30 - Jan 27 by The_Last_Baron |
A great photo. The East Stand was tiny. |
I never knew it as the The East stand. It was always called the Chicken run. |  |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 08:43 - Jan 28 with 2676 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
In the sixties you could get to any part of the ground regardless of which turnstile you used. My pal and I regularly switched ends at half time to be behind whichever goal we were attacking. |  |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 10:41 - Jan 28 with 2557 views | Oldsmoker |
Nice one.
The second picture is almost taken from where my mates and I used to stand which was halfway up the North stand and about 5 people in from the side.
I collected every program from late 60's to mid 70's but when my parents sold up and moved they threw them all out. | |
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| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 11:05 - Jan 28 with 2526 views | TeHuia |
| aerial winter picture of portman road from 1964 on 09:51 - Jan 27 by PJH |
Early 1963 there was a lot of snow.
Football almost shut down for two or three months.
ITFC played on Boxing Day 1962 and next league game played was 23rd February although two away F.A. Cup games got played in January.
As the Boxing Day game and the 23rd Feb game were both away we went from 21st December 1962 until 3rd March 1963 without a first team game at PR.
edit-to answer your question, I don't remember but certainly nothing like 1963.
Snow back then in this region (from memory) was an annual event anyway not the rarity that it is now. [Post edited 27 Jan 2020 10:04]
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The winter of 1963 was cold.
I remember going with my Dad down to Dovercourt beach so he could show me the sea, which was frozen for 100 yards from shore. |  | | |
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