Conference Oxford City

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[QR]

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How the hell did they squeeze 9,756 into The White House Ground?!!

 

[Malc]

How the hell did they squeeze 9,756 into The White House Ground?!!

My uncle was secretary than and he pushed them all together in a corner.

 

[SteMerritt]

How the hell did they squeeze 9,756 into The White House Ground?!!

Only possible answer is people were thinner back then, remember we managed to fit 22,750 into The Manor... (I'm sure a few on here were in that crowd as well)

 

[bazzer9461]

Only possible answer is people were thinner back then, remember we managed to fit 22,750 into The Manor... (I'm sure a few on here were in that crowd as well)

Wouldn’t been nice if some farted

 

[QR]

Only possible answer is people were thinner back then, remember we managed to fit 22,750 into The Manor... (I'm sure a few on here were in that crowd as well)

Wasn't that with temporary terracing behind the Beech Road?

 

[Marked Ox]

How the hell did they squeeze 9,756 into The White House Ground?!!

We got 22,750 in the Manor.

 

[SteMerritt]

Wasn't that with temporary terracing behind the Beech Road?

Yeah it sort of extended the Beech Road shelf. I've a pic of it somewhere...

...taken from the back of the Howland book...



...you can see it went quite a way back. God knows what you could see from there however.

 

[Malc]

Wasn't that with temporary terracing behind the Beech Road?

Yes, I stood on it for both big matches, Blackburn and Preston.

 

[tonto]

View wasnt that bad as I remember

 

[SteMerritt]

View wasnt that bad as I remember

It looks from the photo that half the pitch would have been obscured by the Beech Road roof I guess it's just a trick of the perspective.

 

[Sarge]

Yes, I stood on it for both big matches, Blackburn and Preston.

me too

 

[SteMerritt]

me too

How steady was it? Looks a bit scary up there...

 

[Sarge]

How steady was it? Looks a bit scary up there...

it was a very long time ago (60 years)- as an anklebiter (6/7 years old), the view standing on the scaffolding plank terracing wasn't that good, me dad hoisted me up on his shoulders a few times during both those historic Fa Cup games. better view then.

It was surprisingly solid and steady on the temporary , scaffolding based extra terracing.I don't remember any feelings of it being unstable, not even when the 3 goals went in v Blackburn , nor the 1 V PNE , nor for that matter at the final whistle V Blackburn.