Your favourite old ground/stand

[Pistolpete]

Do Halifax still play at the Shay, I remember a cold Tuesday night stood on the hill watching us to a 4-0 victory but can’t even remember the scorers. Going back about 30 years

[mikemiller]

Do Halifax still play at the Shay?

Yes, they do. Shared with Halifax rugby league, and owned by the local council. It has been modernised quite a bit in recent times. They had an FA Cup tie live on BBC tv fairly recently.

[mikemiller]

Given our forthcoming friendlies - anybody been to see the Millers play at the old Park Avenue ground? I've been for the cricket, but not football, and it looked like a mini-Headingly complex or a bit like Feethams. Come to think of it Feethams was quite good. Fairly close to Darlo town centre too.

[wrinkly]

A Burnley fan once bleeted at me whilst I was walking to the ground. Funny how they see us that way yet we don't them

Me and my mates got that coming out of Bolton after a night match (about 1970 I think). Mind you we did all have wellies on and a jar of vaseline each.
We also got surrounded in a pub before the match and told to f off back to Rotherham. We left

[mikemiller]

I remember on Match of the Day some camera long shots of the areas around various grounds. When Carlisle Utd. were leading the top division (briefly) they definitely showed sheep grazing fairly near the ground. Also at a couple more - one may have even been Burnley!

[wrinkly]

We did beat Northampton 4-1 on their ground on Boxing Day 1976, and the pub next to the ground used to brew its own beers. Remember us getting five and later four goals in different games at Underhill, but there were some awful Millers performances there too. Maybe CAM saw those wins too?

Ah yes the old County Ground at Northampton. 3 sided because it was also a cricket ground. That pub was great. They had a game in the tap room which involved wanging a heavy wooden "cheese" at some skittles/pins. Real character

[CAMiller]

Ah yes the old County Ground at Northampton. 3 sided because it was also a cricket ground. That pub was great. They had a game in the tap room which involved wanging a heavy wooden "cheese" at some skittles/pins. Real character

The County Tavern.

Cheese skittles was just one more life skill that I managed to acquire during my time down there to add to darts, dominoes, cribbage, pool, Space Invaders. It's a great 'sport' for working off some aggression but a bit dangerous after one or two too many.

[mikemiller]

Ah yes the old County Ground at Northampton. 3 sided because it was also a cricket ground. That pub was great. They had a game in the tap room which involved wanging a heavy wooden "cheese" at some skittles/pins. Real character

That pub is still there, and still had real ale the last time that I went (to see cricket), but sadly no longer brews it's own beers. Never had a go on the skittle game, don't think that it is still in there. I've still not been to the "new" football ground yet.

[frogmiller]

Me and my mates got that coming out of Bolton after a night match (about 1970 I think). Mind you we did all have wellies on and a jar of vaseline each.
We also got surrounded in a pub before the match and told to f off back to Rotherham. We left

If you'd have had a snake belt on I'd have been worried

[wrinkly]

If you'd have had a snake belt on I'd have been worried

Not on that occasion but, if you mean the elasticated belts with the S shaped "snake" buckle - they were obligatory clothing when I was a nipper. I didn't know that they were somehow linked with sheep romancing though.