So lovely to see this, but also incredibly poignant. I lived 'down south' in Co Waterford. Literally the other end of the country. And I supported Distillery all my life. God knows why? I never saw them play. Never even visited Belfast, never mind Grosvenor Park. And never met a single other Distillery fan. My family think I'm crazy. And yet the extraordinary impact football makes on us made me a Distillery fan. And I still am. Even here in London where I have lived for almost 40 years. This video is really well made and helps me visualise what the ground used to look like. Many thanks for posting it! I often wondered what became of the site. It is devastating to see that virtually no trace of it remains. Come on you Whites!
A compact wee ground full of atmosphere, especially when Glentoran or Linfield were the visitors. On a Saturday afternoon thousands of fans used to dander up the Grosvenor Road for the match. Fans packed closely together on the terraces right up to near the edge of the pitch. Happy memories mixed with saddness those days are gone and Distillery FC are no longer in the top fight of the Irish League.
I was at plenty of matches at Grosvenor Park as a visiting blueman. It was a great atmospheric ground. It was the first ground to have floodlights and I had the good fortune to be there for the first match when they were used. Unfortunately Grosvenor Park was a victim of the population movement at the start of the troubles. I have some great memories of going there and Distillery were always a good team.
I remember Grovesnor park and that big stand. I remember Glenavon winning 4-1 there on a dull Saturday about 1968.. There were good floodlights, I remember.
I trained with Martin Oniel at GROSVENOR I was 15 Martin was just about to go to Mr Clough I was a little prod and was granted freedom to train with DISTILLERY and made one pre season appearance at GROSVENOR if only .
Looking back it still is so sad and demoralizing 2 c.what was once the home of distillery f c gone for ever and now playing in the middle of no where at ballyskeagh and no hope off ever getting back into Irish league football were they belong they cannot even beat intermediate teams of same status.as they are now It is heart breaking watching them now from old grosvernor park supporter in belvoir park belfast
How convenient , it was firebombed and they were a non sectarian club. Hopefully someone with money who is connected to the club in some distant way ,will bring them back to the glory days, and ask the IFA to let them use Windsor park as their home ground, alongside the Blues, would that not be beautiful , and great for the Irish league. Just look at what has happened at larne.
So lovely to see this, but also incredibly poignant. I lived 'down south' in Co Waterford. Literally the other end of the country. And I supported Distillery all my life. God knows why? I never saw them play. Never even visited Belfast, never mind Grosvenor Park. And never met a single other Distillery fan. My family think I'm crazy. And yet the extraordinary impact football makes on us made me a Distillery fan. And I still am. Even here in London where I have lived for almost 40 years.
This video is really well made and helps me visualise what the ground used to look like. Many thanks for posting it! I often wondered what became of the site. It is devastating to see that virtually no trace of it remains.
Come on you Whites!
A compact wee ground full of atmosphere, especially when Glentoran or Linfield were the visitors. On a Saturday afternoon thousands of fans used to dander up the Grosvenor Road for the match. Fans packed closely together on the terraces right up to near the edge of the pitch. Happy memories mixed with saddness those days are gone and Distillery FC are no longer in the top fight of the Irish League.
I was at plenty of matches at Grosvenor Park as a visiting blueman. It was a great atmospheric ground. It was the first ground to have floodlights and I had the good fortune to be there for the first match when they were used. Unfortunately Grosvenor Park was a victim of the population movement at the start of the troubles. I have some great memories of going there and Distillery were always a good team.
Good video mate, I always wondered where exactly Grosvenor Park stood.
I remember Grovesnor park and that big stand. I remember Glenavon winning 4-1 there on a dull Saturday about 1968.. There were good floodlights, I remember.
I trained with Martin Oniel at GROSVENOR I was 15 Martin was just about to go to Mr Clough I was a little prod and was granted freedom to train with DISTILLERY and made one pre season appearance at GROSVENOR if only .
My da lifted me over the wee wall to collect corner flegs. I was six!
Looking back it still is so sad and demoralizing 2 c.what was once the home of distillery f c gone for ever and now playing in the middle of no where at ballyskeagh and no hope off ever getting back into Irish league football were they belong they cannot even beat intermediate teams of same status.as they are now It is heart breaking watching them now from old grosvernor park supporter in belvoir park belfast
i ive in the grovenor estate and allways wondered what the back fields were now I no there was rumors of it being a church or a graveyard
How convenient , it was firebombed and they were a non sectarian club.
Hopefully someone with money who is connected to the club in some distant way ,will bring them back to the glory days, and ask the IFA to let them use Windsor park as their home ground, alongside the Blues, would that not be beautiful , and great for the Irish league. Just look at what has happened at larne.