Graves Park

[tomytony]

Can remember playing in Graves Park in the local leagues,one pitch sloped that bad it was like playing on the side of Everest,and the showers,you had to pull a chain to make the water flow and keep it pulled,so it was quite a job to clean yourself

Thanks for the Mount Pleasant steer.

Played an U13 game for City GS v Firth Park GS at FirthPark and the pitch somehow sloped downhill BOTH ways from the halfway line. I was a goalie and could not see one goal from the other whichever way we kicked!

Happy days

[BlockD]

Thanks for the Mount Pleasant steer.

Played an U13 game for City GS v Firth Park GS at FirthPark and the pitch somehow sloped downhill BOTH ways from the halfway line. I was a goalie and could not see one goal from the other whichever way we kicked!

Happy days

Character building TT,what about the pitch at Woodhouse rec,I can remember watching Woodhouse Ashberry playing on that,the players used to get changed round the back of the George and walk down,then playing on it many timesin the Sunday league

[tomytony]

Character building TT,what about the pitch at Woodhouse rec,I can remember watching Woodhouse Ashberry playing on that,the players used to get changed round the back of the George and walk down,then playing on it many timesin the Sunday league

That was just behind where I lived just off Station road.A longer walk to get to it than the yards covered in a game!

Our favoured pitch was the one across from the Brunswick which was at least flat but had more ruts than a ploughed field. There's a school on it now. Mother still lives on Goathland Road.

[BlockD]

That was just behind where I lived just off Station road.A longer walk to get to it than the yards covered in a game!

Our favoured pitch was the one across from the Brunswick which was at least flat but had more ruts than a ploughed field. There's a school on it now. Mother still lives on Goathland Road.

Brunswick was our school pitch when I was at Woodhouse County,top half was a smashing pitch,bottom half just a quagmire there was a pond at the side of the pitch can you remember that?

[tomytony]

Brunswick was our school pitch when I was at Woodhouse County,top half was a smashing pitch,bottom half just a quagmire there was a pond at the side of the pitch can you remember that?

I certainly do, always used the top goals as that half was much better. Used for school sports days as well. I was at Woodhouse West, just above the Brunswick with Anderson's shop opposite.

What years were you there? i would be early 60's going to City GS in 1964

[BlockD]

I certainly do, always used the top goals as that half was much better. Used for school sports days as well. I was at Woodhouse West, just above the Brunswick with Anderson's shop opposite.

What years were you there? i would be early 60's going to City GS in 1964

Moved from Woodbourn Road school in 1968 to Woodhouse County,left in 1970 to attend the country's finest secondary modern educational establishment

[tomytony]

Moved from Woodbourn Road school in 1968 to Woodhouse County,left in 1970 to attend the country's finest secondary modern educational establishment

Do we Brook no argument or Beaver along up the Hill for the answer?

[bulmer1889]

Brunswick was our school pitch when I was at Woodhouse County,top half was a smashing pitch,bottom half just a quagmire there was a pond at the side of the pitch can you remember that?

This probably explains why none of you could play football only having half a pitch Athelstan meanwhile had 2 fine pitches that were like bowling greens either side of a mighty fine cricket square (proper school sports field) no need to take a rubber ring with you out on the pitch. I remember playing at Brunswick I came back thinking not everyone was as fortunate as us one of my first life lessons

[tomytony]

This probably explains why none of you could play football only having half a pitch Athelstan meanwhile had 2 fine pitches that were like bowling greens either side of a mighty fine cricket square (proper school sports field) no need to take a rubber ring with you out on the pitch. I remember playing at Brunswick I came back thinking not everyone was as fortunate as us one of my first life lessons

Yet we struggled on through the adversity and became connoissuers of the finest of football.

Best school pitch I played on was at Westfield Comp near Mosborough/Halfway. perfectly flat with lush grass whatever time of year.

The cricket square at City GS was more like the bottom half of the Brunswick- it was a brave lad who played forward on that!