| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? 22:31 - Jan 15 with 1726 views | ITFC_Forever |
Quiz question at the ITFC quiz this evening mate was at, apparently the quizmaster said 2001.
I’d put my life on it being the start of the 2002-03 season.
The Inter game was December 2001, and the upper tier wasn’t even built then. The lower tier had only opened on a restricted basis shortly before.
Edit; actually the Inter home game was November 2001, but th point still stands, the upper tier wasn’t even built when that game was played.
Even though I wasn’t at the quiz, this is annoying me more than it should. [Post edited 16 Jan 7:29]
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 22:36 - Jan 15 with 1642 views | FrimleyBlue |
They were thinking of churchmans i reckon. |  |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 22:39 - Jan 15 with 1640 views | ITFC_Forever |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 22:36 - Jan 15 by FrimleyBlue |
They were thinking of churchmans i reckon. |
Or it was a lazy google, as the ITFC wiki page says North Stand was rebuilt in 2001. | |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 23:46 - Jan 15 with 1510 views | stonojnr |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 22:39 - Jan 15 by ITFC_Forever |
Or it was a lazy google, as the ITFC wiki page says North Stand was rebuilt in 2001. |
which is technically correct up to a point.
but for instance there werent any seats up there till Feb 2002. the roof wasnt on till end of March 2002. you couldnt get upper tier tickets till 2002/03
south stand opened formally/officialy for the Helsingborg game in 2001 by UEFA head at the time Lennart Johansson, when the lower north was still closed.
(top tip there are some good shots of the progress from the West Ham game in 2001)
but the lower tier was open in time for the Milan game. |  | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 00:27 - Jan 16 with 1460 views | football |
Early 90's I think but still to this day think, and all them, north and Churchman's | | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 02:12 - Jan 16 with 1405 views | Illinoisblue |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 00:27 - Jan 16 by football |
Early 90's I think but still to this day think, and all them, north and Churchman's |
Early 90s - summer of 92 - was when seats went in the North. Upper tier would have been sometime in 2002. Come to think of it, was there any kind of grand opening event for it? |  |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:07 - Jan 16 with 1208 views | ITFC_Forever |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 23:46 - Jan 15 by stonojnr |
which is technically correct up to a point.
but for instance there werent any seats up there till Feb 2002. the roof wasnt on till end of March 2002. you couldnt get upper tier tickets till 2002/03
south stand opened formally/officialy for the Helsingborg game in 2001 by UEFA head at the time Lennart Johansson, when the lower north was still closed.
(top tip there are some good shots of the progress from the West Ham game in 2001)
but the lower tier was open in time for the Milan game. |
Technically correct in that the North Stand was rebuilt, but not in terms of answering the question of when the upper tier opened. | |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:26 - Jan 16 with 1144 views | Blueschev |
The Milan game was 2001. The lower north was partially open but the upper wasn’t finished until 2002. |  | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:30 - Jan 16 with 1120 views | ITFC_Forever |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:26 - Jan 16 by Blueschev |
The Milan game was 2001. The lower north was partially open but the upper wasn’t finished until 2002. |
Yes, sorry, sausage fingers with my edit, the Inter game was November 2001, corrected it now. | |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:30 - Jan 16 with 1126 views | Steve_M |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:26 - Jan 16 by Blueschev |
The Milan game was 2001. The lower north was partially open but the upper wasn’t finished until 2002. |
Yes, with you and ITFC_Forever on this one. We were back in the lower North, after the South Upper hiatus, for Newcastle and Arsenal at the end of 2001 but the upper tier was nowhere near done then. |  |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 08:04 - Jan 16 with 1017 views | Blueschev |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:30 - Jan 16 by ITFC_Forever |
Yes, sorry, sausage fingers with my edit, the Inter game was November 2001, corrected it now. |
Almost 25 years ago! I do feel old. | | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 08:07 - Jan 16 with 1003 views | Reuser_is_God |
Yeah first game of the upper north was Leicester at home August 2002.
6-1 win. |  |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:19 - Jan 16 with 870 views | runaround |
Upper North was open for the last 2 or 3 home games of the 2001/2 season so would have been calendar year 2002 |  | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:32 - Jan 16 with 816 views | loyalfan |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:19 - Jan 16 by runaround |
Upper North was open for the last 2 or 3 home games of the 2001/2 season so would have been calendar year 2002 |
I am sure we sat there for the RVN game- end of 2001/2 season. | | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:39 - Jan 16 with 791 views | FifeITFC |
Can't remember if a home prior to this had the upper tier in any sort of operation. |  |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:39 - Jan 16 with 785 views | Swansea_Blue |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 23:46 - Jan 15 by stonojnr |
which is technically correct up to a point.
but for instance there werent any seats up there till Feb 2002. the roof wasnt on till end of March 2002. you couldnt get upper tier tickets till 2002/03
south stand opened formally/officialy for the Helsingborg game in 2001 by UEFA head at the time Lennart Johansson, when the lower north was still closed.
(top tip there are some good shots of the progress from the West Ham game in 2001)
but the lower tier was open in time for the Milan game. |
Top sleuthing 👍 |  |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:59 - Jan 16 with 729 views | FifeITFC |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:39 - Jan 16 by Swansea_Blue |
Top sleuthing 👍 |
Not quite right as the upper tier was operational - even if not completely but almost - for the final few games of 2001/02. | |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 11:45 - Jan 16 with 603 views | stonojnr |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 07:07 - Jan 16 by ITFC_Forever |
Technically correct in that the North Stand was rebuilt, but not in terms of answering the question of when the upper tier opened. |
But was the question North Stand or SBR ? as you could pedantically say the SBR only opened when Lady Elsie officially named the stand in 2009 before the Newcastle game... | | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 11:54 - Jan 16 with 587 views | stonojnr |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 09:59 - Jan 16 by FifeITFC |
Not quite right as the upper tier was operational - even if not completely but almost - for the final few games of 2001/02. |
Lol well i wasn't going for the exact dates, simply proving it wasn't 2001.
A simple check of attendances would have actually shown it was the Aston Villa game 23 March 2002, week before Chelsea where we went from the 24000/25000 attendances we'd had from December 2001 onwards to 28053. And finished against Man Utd with 28433 | | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 12:21 - Jan 16 with 530 views | Smoresy |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 11:54 - Jan 16 by stonojnr |
Lol well i wasn't going for the exact dates, simply proving it wasn't 2001.
A simple check of attendances would have actually shown it was the Aston Villa game 23 March 2002, week before Chelsea where we went from the 24000/25000 attendances we'd had from December 2001 onwards to 28053. And finished against Man Utd with 28433 |
A worthy correction imo rather than pedantry. It confirms the season was 01/02 and not 02/03, as thought at the beginning of the thread. The Villa attendance was 25,247, so believe Fife has it spot on and the correct fixture was Chelsea, 01/04/02, our third last (league) game of that season. I don't remember any of that period so thanks to posters for imparting their knowledge. | | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 14:28 - Jan 16 with 423 views | FifeITFC |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 12:21 - Jan 16 by Smoresy |
A worthy correction imo rather than pedantry. It confirms the season was 01/02 and not 02/03, as thought at the beginning of the thread. The Villa attendance was 25,247, so believe Fife has it spot on and the correct fixture was Chelsea, 01/04/02, our third last (league) game of that season. I don't remember any of that period so thanks to posters for imparting their knowledge. |
Exactly.
9th Feb vs Liverpool - 25,608
2nd Mar vs Southampton - 25,440
23rd Mar vs Aston Villa - 25,247
1st Apr vs Chelsea - 28,053
24th Apr vs Middlesbrough - 25,979
27th Apr vs Man Utd - 28,433 | |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 15:29 - Jan 16 with 382 views | ITFC_Forever |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 12:21 - Jan 16 by Smoresy |
A worthy correction imo rather than pedantry. It confirms the season was 01/02 and not 02/03, as thought at the beginning of the thread. The Villa attendance was 25,247, so believe Fife has it spot on and the correct fixture was Chelsea, 01/04/02, our third last (league) game of that season. I don't remember any of that period so thanks to posters for imparting their knowledge. |
Very true.
As the OP, I stand corrected that it wasn't the start of the following season.
But the quizmaster (who should know better) was also wrong with 2001. | |
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| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 15:43 - Jan 16 with 355 views | squiz |
No, everyone does not get one point. Carpet munchers don't get a point, Stephen Hawkin's football boots don't get a point. I had to go home to get a book to prove it.
They went, 'Oh, yeah, you're right. Well done. You've won. Sorry'.
no apologies necessary.
Let's get on with the quiz. |  | | |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 20:01 - Jan 16 with 263 views | Jon_456 |
| What year did the upper tier of the SBR open? on 23:46 - Jan 15 by stonojnr |
which is technically correct up to a point.
but for instance there werent any seats up there till Feb 2002. the roof wasnt on till end of March 2002. you couldnt get upper tier tickets till 2002/03
south stand opened formally/officialy for the Helsingborg game in 2001 by UEFA head at the time Lennart Johansson, when the lower north was still closed.
(top tip there are some good shots of the progress from the West Ham game in 2001)
but the lower tier was open in time for the Milan game. |
There were definitely seats up there in 2001, albeit not available for purchase and may not have been the entire tier.
A family member worked there which allowed us to watch the 2nd half of the Sunderland 5-0 game up there, just after Christmas if memory serves me right. | | | |
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