WATCH: Cine Film Ground Footage

[Vincent 402]

"Following an agreement with the copyright holder I'm adding links to Cine film footage of a number of English and Scottish Football grounds taken during the 1979/1981 seasons. The cine film was shot in Super 8 format in colour and have been encoded into windows media format at a resolution of 600x480 the clips only last approximately 90 seconds and the quality is variable the same background sound track is used for all clips.

The film footage attempted to pan around inside the grounds revealing all the stands and terraces and consequently they are a unique snapshot of how the grounds appeared at the time before many of which had yet to redeveloped or have any major structural work carried out.

They can be viewed following the links below and the size of the clip can be changed using the controls on the bottom right hand side of the google viewer. In providing these clips all I ask is that you respect the copyright holder and do not download, edit, redistribute or store the footage on your PC.

My thanks to Duncan and all at the Internet Football Ground Guide for their support.

Links will be provided below for each ground featured if you have any comments about individual grounds please feel free to post hopefully you will enjoy viewing them."

English/Welsh Grounds 1979-1981.

(1) Plainmoor, Torquay United added 27/3/07 Plainmoor, Torquay United

(2) St James Park, Exeter City added 28/3/07 St James Park, Exeter City

(3) Dean Court, A.F.C. Bournemouth added 29/3/07 Dean Court, AFC Bournemouth

(4) Home Park, Plymouth Argyle added 30/3/07 Home Park, Plymouth Argyle

(5) Fratton Park, Portsmouth added 31/3/07 Fratton Park, Portsmouth

(6) Eastville Stadium, Bristol Rovers added 1/4/07 Eastville Stadium, Bristol Rovers

(7) Ashton Gate, Bristol City added 1/4/07 Ashton Gate, Bristol City

(8) Plough Lane, A.F.C. Wimbledon added 2/4/07 Plough Lane, A.F.C. Wimbledon

(9) Craven Cottage, Fulham added 3/4/07 Craven Cottage, Fulham

(10) Stamford Bridge, Chelsea added 4/4/07 Stamford Bridge, Chelsea

(11) Loftus Road, Queens Park Rangers added 5/4/07 Loftus Road, Queens Park Rangers

(12) Highbury, Arsenal added 6/4/07 Highbury, Arsenal

(13) The Den, Millwall added 7/4/07 The Den, Millwall

(14) The Valley, Charlton Athletic added 8/4/07 The Valley, Charlton Athletic

(15) Upton Park, West Ham United added 9/4/07 Upton Park, West Ham United

(16) Brisbane Road, Leyton Orient added 10/4/07 Brisbane Road, Leyton Orient

(17) White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur added 11/4/07 White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur

(18) Somerton Park, Newport County A.F.C. added 12/4/07 Somerton Park, Newport County AFC

(19) Edgar Street, Hereford United added 13/4/07 Edgar Street, Hereford United

(20) Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury Town added 14/4/07 Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury Town

(21) St Andrews, Birmingham City added 15/4/07 St Andrews, Birmingham City

(22) Villa Park, Aston Villa added 16/4/07 Villa Park, Aston Villa

(23) The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion added 17/4/07 The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion

(24) Fellows Park, Walsall added 18/4/07 Fellows Park, Walsall

(25) Victoria Ground, Stoke City added 19/4/07 Victoria Ground, Stoke City

(26) Vale Park, Port Vale added 20/4/2007 Vale Park, Port Vale

(27) Gresty Road, Crewe Alexandra added 21/4/07 Gresty Road, Crewe Alexandra

(28) Racecourse Ground, Wrexham added 22/4/07 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

(29) Sealand Road, Chester City added 23/4/07 Sealand Road, Chester City

(30) Edgeley Park, Stockport County added 24/4/07 Edgeley Park, Stockport County

(31) Maine Road, Manchester City added 25/4/07 Maine Road, Manchester City

(32) Old Trafford, Manchester United added 26/4/07 Old Trafford, Manchester United

(33) Boundary Park, Oldham Athletic added 27/4/07 Boundary Park, Oldham Athletic

(34) Spotland Stadium, Rochdale A.F.C. added 28/4/07 Spotland Stadium, Rochdale AFC

(35) Gigg Lane, Bury added 29/4/07 Gigg Lane, Bury

(36) Burnden Park, Bolton Wanderers added 30/4/07 Burnden Park, Bolton Wanderers

(37) Springfield Park, Wigan Athletic added 1/5/07 Springfield Park, Wigan Athletic

(38) Anfield, Liverpool added 2/5/07 Anfield, Liverpool

(39) Goodison Park, Everton added 3/5/07 Goodison Park, Everton

(40) Haig Avenue, Southport added 4/5/07 Haig Avenue, Southport

(41) Turf Moor, Burnley added 5/5/07 Turf Moor, Burnley

(42) Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers added 6/5/07 Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers

(43) Deepdale, Preston North End added 7/5/07 Deepdale, Preston North End

(44) Bloomfield Road, Blackpool added 8/5/07 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

[middleoftheshed 388]

Fascinating , thanks for sharing.

[Vincent 402]

Fascinating , thanks for sharing.

You're very welcome, pleasure to share it with you guys.

[cfc-meleady 192]

I really do wish the ground still had the same style of terrace.

[Madmax 9,219]

OMG thank you so much for this!

[Vincent 402]

I really do wish the ground still had the same style of terrace.

so do I.

OMG thank you so much for this!

Like I said: You're very welcome, pleasure to share it with you guys.

[Fulham Broadway 16,858]

Cheers for those Vincent.

Mixed memories. The pitch could be a bog sometimes, and there were proper tackles flying about. Had a few top players Clive Walker, Ray Wilkins, Fillery etc -but Geoff Hurst was rubbish as manager.

oh and the Den was a scary place to visit....

[Vincent 402]

Cheers for those Vincent.

Mixed memories. The pitch could be a bog sometimes, and there were proper tackles flying about. Had a few top players Clive Walker, Ray Wilkins, Fillery etc -but Geoff Hurst was rubbish as manager.

oh and the Den was a scary place to visit....

Your welcome Fulham Broadway, your also intrested in the history of English football and especially Chelsea's? Or you just have the age for it?

I've also made a topic last week, a view old matches. I don't know if you noticed the topic yet: http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/8118-classic-images-of-chelsea/

It seems most of the members here prefer the future, not the history. They kind of right but it's just a fact that the history is so beautiful!