Workington Town fc.

Ive just watched a video on Workington their ground is about to be knocked down. It was built in 1921 and looks like it still.

Truly when i grew up it was the golden era of football, Workingtons ground a masterpiece of old fotballing architecture, we should be preserving it, not knocking it down.

It even had a boot room where Bill Shankly worked.

And there is a link to Cambridge, Bill Leivers, he who took United into the football league could have chosen Workington over United, he chose United.

Old terraces survive one with a roof behind the goal, it was easy to imagine a game on a tueday night in 1953.

It reminded me of Millmoor, the old Rotherham ground, and Fellows park, the old Walsall ground, i was a regular at both for a while.

How sad, Buddhism teaches Impermanence, everything changes, it cant be escaped, all comes and goes. This goes with a tear.

Cambridge and Workington played many football league games, with Budgie in goal.

Budgie still owes me a tanner. He bet me sixpence that I couldn’t put the ball past him. Fool.

I remember when Budgie was on tv back in the day and he is a right chancer so you never had a chance of him paying up your tanner griff,I never realised that he played in goal for Workington though as it was never mentioned in the series

In the early 1970s United were at home to Workington, United were putting pressure on and Workington resorted to time wasting to slow the game down, gamesmanship was happening even in the era of being a gentleman, playing fair.

The ball dissapeared, it could not be found for a free kick to be taken.

A Workington player had put it behind his back away from the ref, the crowd behind the player could see it, and howled, including me, only the crowd behind him could see it. A lot of time was wasted, arguing and hiding the ball, it then miraculously reappeared.

The ref never twigged. Budgie was a talented keeper, he would be worth milions now, a bit small though.