| Portman Road 1984 photos 09:16 - Oct 12 with 3204 views | unstableblue |
Am sure these have been posted before but really take me back to formative years going to Portman Road, and although Ferguson was in charge in 84, reminds me a lot of the Duncan years. Which despite seeming like a low time for the club, there were some great players and games.
The photos show the Pioneer looking quite archaic, with no executive boxes (will they ever finish the current set?!), and standing in the lower tier.
Me and my mate used to climb up into the camera scaffold that can be seen behind the home dugout and sit there every game, whilst our dads stood in that Pinoeer terracing below.
When I was very young we first started going we’d stand at the bottom of the Churchmans, which looking back was quite a big terrace.
The Cobbold looks by far the most modern stand, despite not being.
Also it reminded me of that terracing between the North and Pioneer, which was rarely used. But I do remember when the North became a home end only, and then seats were introduced, it used to get filled. When home tickets became difficult to buy under the glorious rise and football of Burley, I remember sitting/standing there regularly with a big group of us (we’d often come straight from a rave in East London … and there was for a number of months a large group of drummers/bongo players in there… to generate more atmosphere
Anyone else remember them?
Finally the terraced, electric score board bedecked and caged North Stand… some of the youngsters on here (I’m not old!!) would have marvelled at the scenes in there when full… it was tribal, bonkers… with ripples flowing down the crowd as people surged forward when it was packed. Remember going to a Tuesday night game under he lights after some seriously underage drinking in a rough pub near the docks… and it was mental
Ah memories… and thanks goodness with McKenna we’re getting them back… can’t wait for the Derby game under the lights.. where a black kit with bring further memorable moments! [Post edited 12 Oct 2022 9:33]
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 09:30 - Oct 12 with 3100 views | Keno |
I miss that North Stand [Post edited 12 Oct 2022 9:41]
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| I lichened it too. (n/t) on 09:36 - Oct 12 with 3069 views | Bloots |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 09:30 - Oct 12 by Keno |
I miss that North Stand [Post edited 12 Oct 2022 9:41]
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| I lichened it too. (n/t) on 09:37 - Oct 12 with 3058 views | BlueBadger |
| I lichened it too. (n/t) on 09:36 - Oct 12 by Bloots |
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My dad used to take me when I was a lad. A lot of fungis in there. |  |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 10:27 - Oct 12 with 2941 views | Jedmac |
The Portman stand looked so smart and uncluttered,the original orange and grey seats suited it much better plus the boxes had a nice clean look without the hoardings tacked on to the roofs. |  | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 10:37 - Oct 12 with 2909 views | brazil1982 |
Beautiful stuff. |  | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 12:12 - Oct 12 with 2755 views | ITFC_Forever |
Exactly how I remember it when I started going - it started to change in the late 80s, when the Pioneer terrace was seated, then after the Hillsborough disaster when the fence dividing the two away pens was taken down. |  |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 15:21 - Oct 12 with 2513 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 10:27 - Oct 12 by Jedmac |
The Portman stand looked so smart and uncluttered,the original orange and grey seats suited it much better plus the boxes had a nice clean look without the hoardings tacked on to the roofs. |
It does look tidy doesn't it! Those fences in the North, hung on them a few times, ended up somewhere on the other side of stand, just through movement of crowd. |  | | |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 16:18 - Oct 12 with 2417 views | MillsyVOR |
Wonderful post!! ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👠|  | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 16:28 - Oct 12 with 2367 views | Dubtractor |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 10:27 - Oct 12 by Jedmac |
The Portman stand looked so smart and uncluttered,the original orange and grey seats suited it much better plus the boxes had a nice clean look without the hoardings tacked on to the roofs. |
It's odd that in those pics it looks much smarter, even newer, than the Pioneer stand that was pretty much brand new. |  |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 16:38 - Oct 12 with 2358 views | Churchman |
Great post. Gosh, where’s the time gone? I’d forgotten how the ground looked with so much standing and less adverts round it. Rather smart.
Of course, when the East (Cobbold) stand was built in 1971, that was all standing from the seats down. No exec boxes either. Where the orange seats are show the extensions that were added and opened in I think 74/75. I’m not sure why the stand wasn’t completed in one go (money?) but I did remember how posh it all felt.
With regard to the Pioneer Stand, the back of it has never been developed properly. Part of the problem is all the girders, but assuming the stand isn’t going to be replaced, there’s plenty of space to add and upgrade behind it. |  | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 16:55 - Oct 12 with 2301 views | Matterhorn |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 16:38 - Oct 12 by Churchman |
Great post. Gosh, where’s the time gone? I’d forgotten how the ground looked with so much standing and less adverts round it. Rather smart.
Of course, when the East (Cobbold) stand was built in 1971, that was all standing from the seats down. No exec boxes either. Where the orange seats are show the extensions that were added and opened in I think 74/75. I’m not sure why the stand wasn’t completed in one go (money?) but I did remember how posh it all felt.
With regard to the Pioneer Stand, the back of it has never been developed properly. Part of the problem is all the girders, but assuming the stand isn’t going to be replaced, there’s plenty of space to add and upgrade behind it. |
In the pic of churchman’s you can see clegg painting the crowd barrier |  | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 18:25 - Oct 12 with 2161 views | unstableblue |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 16:28 - Oct 12 by Dubtractor |
It's odd that in those pics it looks much smarter, even newer, than the Pioneer stand that was pretty much brand new. |
Yes it really looks like the Pioneer was not finished; and the Cobbold looks much smarter.
The Exec boxes and blue seats throughout and now the new dug outs have completely changed the look.
I assume the current Exec Boxes are all sold out for the season and maybe promotion might encourage the remaining 2 or 3 boxes to be built. | |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 19:24 - Oct 12 with 2078 views | Vic |
Nice one.
What strikes me is the state of the pitch! |  |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 19:58 - Oct 12 with 2010 views | LowroadBlue |
I remember the North Stand before the fencing was erected, there was only a line of police separating the home fans from the away fans.
Every now and again you would some nutters trying to break through the police line to get to the other fans.
When we scored you would have no choice but to move with the crowd down to the front.
These were the days before fans wore football shirts and you never new who was standing behind you and would start a fight.
As much as I now love sitting in my seat on match days and visiting the fanzone before the match, I have so many crazy memories of those days. | | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 20:15 - Oct 12 with 1972 views | Swansea_Blue |
TWTD. I was a young teenager then, so was used to Churchman’s rather than the NS. Those blue crowd barriers bring back (painful) memories. |  |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 20:36 - Oct 12 with 1935 views | Plums |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 09:30 - Oct 12 by Keno |
I miss that North Stand [Post edited 12 Oct 2022 9:41]
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I feel as though I grew up in there. As we moved house so much, it was probably an anchor point for my formative years |  |
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| Portman Road 1984 photos on 00:05 - Oct 13 with 1697 views | itfc1108 |
We should bring those goal nets back.
Does anybody know if you must have these box goal nets that everybody seems to have nowadays?
I remember every team had their own style, and you could tell the ground just by the goal nets, twtd.
I used to go with my dad and watch when he played for southwold in the 80s, and a local fisherman at the harbour used to make the nets! | | | |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 07:34 - Oct 13 with 1553 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Portman Road 1984 photos on 00:05 - Oct 13 by itfc1108 |
We should bring those goal nets back.
Does anybody know if you must have these box goal nets that everybody seems to have nowadays?
I remember every team had their own style, and you could tell the ground just by the goal nets, twtd.
I used to go with my dad and watch when he played for southwold in the 80s, and a local fisherman at the harbour used to make the nets! |
'Goal nets and stanchions' FB page , some beauts on there! | | | |
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