Another one for stood to the side of the score board with my old man back in the day.



The joys of an old traditional stadium.



Yup @Wire71 my old man was at the match the night before the stand got burnt down, discarded cig wasn't it?



Nowadays we have been south stand bandits since the new place opened.

Some say it may not have been an accident ....

I used to stand near the tunnel at Wilderspool ,the smell of liniment didn't half clear the nostrils. I seem to remember a tea & Arrowsmith's pie kiosk at the corner of the main stand & Spion Kop.

Last time i was at Wilderspool was to watch the Wizards with my grandson.

Sometimes use to sit on them seats under the club, can’t believe even now how close to the pitch you was when sat there.

I guess you all refer to pondline corner as the small terrace under the hospitality boxes at the Fletcher st end?

As a child i stood in the Fletch but could never get a good view. Later moved to the open section (in summer) underneath the scoreboard. Maybe looking back with nostalgia but the place always made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when you got onto the terrace. Not wure what is was. I can't really say i've had the same feeling when entering the HJ. Wilderspool could look a bit of a dump but it was a traditional RL ground with lots of history so it had a bit of an aura about it. I don't remember changing ends much. Maybe once or twice.

I'm amazed I out-survived Wilderspool tbh.



Negotiating the crumbling Fletcher St terraces whilst carrying 3 pints and still to sober up from the night before.



Visiting the WWI latrines that claimed to be the toilets.



Player of the Year awards in The Touchdown Club when the awards took second place to drunkeness of Led Zeppellin proportions.



2023 health and safety would have shut the whole site down instantly. Thankfully, we enjoyed it in a time when you didn't have to conduct a census to make sure you didn't offend anyone in the name of fun.

Wasn't there a toilet past the dugout, as you went towards the corner nearest the railway end? Have a vague memory of opening it and seeing a Workington fan going about his business! Scarred young me, that did!

You mean THE Workington fan

Quote wirecation="wirecation"I guess you all refer to pondline corner as the small terrace under the hospitality boxes at the Fletcher st end? As a child i stood in the Fletch but could never get a good view. Later moved to the open section (in summer) underneath the scoreboard. Maybe looking back with nostalgia but the place always made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when you got onto the terrace. Not wure what is was. I can't really say i've had the same feeling when entering the HJ. Wilderspool could look a bit of a dump but it was a traditional RL ground with lots of history so it had a bit of an aura about it. I don't remember changing ends much. Maybe once or twice.'" Pond life was the corner of the Railway End and Bevin Stand. I know what you mean about the hairs on the neck. Something about old stadiums with bags of history and character, a soul almost. The smell of wintergreen and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0

Quote wirecation="wirecation"I guess you all refer to pondline corner as the small terrace under the hospitality boxes at the Fletcher st end? As a child i stood in the Fletch but could never get a good view. Later moved to the open section (in summer) underneath the scoreboard. Maybe looking back with nostalgia but the place always made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when you got onto the terrace. Not wure what is was. I can't really say i've had the same feeling when entering the HJ. Wilderspool could look a bit of a dump but it was a traditional RL ground with lots of history so it had a bit of an aura about it. I don't remember changing ends much. Maybe once or twice.'" Pond life was the corner of the Railway End and Bevin Stand. I know what you mean about the hairs on the neck. Something about old stadiums with bags of history and character, a soul almost. The smell of wintergreen and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0

Quote Wires71="Wires71"Pond life was the corner of the Railway End and Bevin Stand. I know what you mean about the hairs on the neck. Something about old stadiums with bags of history and character, a soul almost. The smell of wintergreen and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0'" More associated with clowns than anything, seems more apt nowadays than ever.

Quote Wires71="Wires71"Pond life was the corner of the Railway End and Bevin Stand. I know what you mean about the hairs on the neck. Something about old stadiums with bags of history and character, a soul almost. The smell of wintergreen and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0'" More associated with clowns than anything, seems more apt nowadays than ever.

Should be played at end of some of recent games.

You must be 103 by now.