The Spion Kop, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool FC.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- This short but revealing colour film features the former Spion Kop at Bloomfield Road from the early 1970's. The camera follows the familiar route supporters would take along the car park through the turnstiles then up the steps before walking out onto the back of the Kop and down the terracing. What is strikingly captured in this film and unlike on photographs of the time is when it pans around and the actual sheer size of that terracing stretching out from under the roof. Yes there were bigger Spion Kops but this one was ours. A great walk down memory lane for those of us who recall standing there to watch the Seasiders and before the segregation fences were put up and later the removal of the entire roof.
The original film has been slowed down, to view at normal speed select x2 but why would you? just enjoy it!
Kevin Olson, rip were Blackpool forever.
As a boy i ran up them stairs to the kop with great excitement ♥️
Amazing snapshot in time 🧡
My father used to tie the dog up,outside and get in free after half time...he used to bring a kitchen knife in and peel,apples on the Kop..early 1960s
Thats what you call a proper ground
That place was a part of my growing up. From sitting by the goal on the wall in '69 to the taking off the roof and our exodus t'scratching shed. Happy, sad and occasionally scary times but always exhilarating!
My first ever match I went to I was in the kop and I loved it now I go in the north stand I was brought up a cross the road from bloom field I could the goals from my bedroom I was 8yrs old.but good video up the pool
Man n boy season ticket holder saw G. Best playing here early 70s , John Craven got sent off with Paddy Crearend
Such fond memories .
Up the Pool .
Priceless document of the old Bloomfield Road. The clip was featured in the BBC's Blackpool on Film programme but do not know where it comes from originally or who the man is.
It's a shame that the camera did not pan out to show the entire Kop.
It always looked impressive on TV.
Think it was 4 th or 5 th biggest kop in England great times 80 s blackpool fc .
Brilliant. I first stepped on the Kop 82/83 Season was 8. Looked a bit different. Dad took me he didn't realised it was split in half and we ended in away end but soon moved.
Didn't really watch the games busy running round playing tig
I'm here again with all the love and memories for my club on the kop, great old days we love you Blackpool we do.
What a shame that the cameras did not zoom out to show the full size of this terrace.
Pommo started the chants
POMMO OF THE KOP! Last saw him at Bury match 1984.
Best part of the ground, Let's be honest the rest of it was a dump.
Great nostalgic video thanks for the memories
Roof should have covered the whole kop and should have been just for pool fans ,that feeling entering the back of the kop and seeing the green base of a pitch plus the smell of cigars Happy days
From what I have read somewhere. When the roof was originally added to the existing Kop. It could not extend the whole length because it would have effectively blocked out the floodlights. If you view from 1.32 onwards you can see the legs of the floodlight tower set back and the roof line. It is the only reason I've ever come across as to why the roof did not cover the full terrace.
My first game v Bristol City 2-0 win. Alan Suddick &Alan Skirton got the goals. The Kop could be a lively place saw a Blackburn fan arrested because he had a fairy liquid bottle full of Ammonia under a top hat and was squirring it about. Games against Bolton,Preston and Burnley were always "atmospheric " 🤣
My first away game for wolves 1976 finished 2 -2. Spion kop full of wolves fans .great game great atmosphere .never forgotten it
Wow so many memories my Dad took me to most home games throughout the 60’s and we always stood in the cop with one exception when Man Utd took over the whole of the cop and the police wouldn’t let us in much to my Dads disgust, that’s probably why I can’t stand Utd.
Arsenal 76 and we were pelted with darts
My first ever away game v southampton.
Last game of the season around 1978 ?
14 years old.
Not 1978, not if it was Southampton. The last game in 1978 is engraved on my heart. It was away at Brighton - we lost 2-1 but it didn't seem to matter, because we were safe from the drop, weren't we? Not quite mathematically safe, and it all went horribly wrong, and we spent the next 29 years in the bottom two divisions.
@@JohnSecker 14 May 1977
@@greenway2006 Due to the bad weather in Feb/March 77 in north west causing I believe postponed games there was a Blackpool home game that survived featured on the ITVs Sunday match but I can,t remember who against , it was a change from the usual Liverpool, Everton, man utd, man city games.
@@roderickscott7429 it was (I think ) v Charlton.... I had a season ticket at Blackburn... match postponed so off to Blackpool...
@@servicecrew6813 a 25 -30 mile trip ?
But orange is better than tangerine. That’s just fact. Luton are THIRD! On our way to the Premier League!
And on your way back down again.
@@ianwhitehead691 you're a bit late to the party mate. The greatest story in all of football and it's not done yet. We are staying up.