Colour pic of Meadow Lane in 1968

[Bohinen]

If it's not Southend due to the socks, it could be the Grimsby away kit, as they would have had to change. They did have red socks too, but only from 69.

[upthemaggies]

If it's not Southend due to the socks, it could be the Grimsby away kit, as they would have had to change. They did have red socks too, but only from 69.

State of the pitch suggests it's some way into a season, Grimsby was a night match in August 1968.
Weather for when Southend visited in May 1968 was apparently cold and damp but the crowd on County Road looks too populated for what would have been the 2nd lowest crowd of the 67/68 campaign, 3,848, wshilst http://www.historicalkits.co.uk says Southend had the navy shirts for 68/69 only.

A pic outside the ground taken by the same photographer and also dated 1968 (probably the same day) shows three people wearing red and white scarves but I guess they could be F-word fans.

[Frigiliana Pie 1]

I think it might be the game against Brentford on 2nd March 1968. I still have a programme for that match which states that Brentford would be playing in navy blue shirts and white shorts (no information about the socks). That would fit with the red and white scarves.

There was another game against Brentford on 26 October 1968 but the state of the pitch suggests it was the earlier game.

Notts won the March fixture 2-1 with goals from Jim Murphy and Ron Farmer. The attendance was 4486. We lost the October fixture 0-2 in front of 4173. I have a vague recollection of Notts being ripped apart by a winger called Allan Mansley who later played a few games for us without success. The Brentford Manager at the time was Jimmy Sirrel.

[upthemaggies]

I think it might be the game against Brentford on 2nd March 1968. I still have a programme for that match which states that Brentford would be playing in navy blue shirts and white shorts (no information about the socks). That would fit with the red and white scarves.

There was another game against Brentford on 26 October 1968 but the state of the pitch suggests it was the earlier game.

Notts won the March fixture 2-1 with goals from Jim Murphy and Ron Farmer. The attendance was 4486. We lost the October fixture 0-2 in front of 4173. I have a vague recollection of Notts being ripped apart by a winger called Allan Mansley who later played a few games for us without success. The Brentford Manager at the time was Jimmy Sirrel.

Thanks for that. I think this is historically significant for being the first Notts match in history to be captured in colour.
2nd March 1968 v Brentford would make sense. There's no badge on their shirts, which Southend had and would be clearly visible as it was on a large white backdrop.
If these pictures were commissioned by the club then it would probably be no coincidence that it was the first time Notts played Brentford at home after Chairman Jack Dunnett left them for us.
I've found a slightly larger version of the pic and magnified it, but it's still very difficult to make out any of the players.

[Bohinen]

It's Brentford then, that clears that up. The fans with the red and white scarves look too cool to be Forest anyway, they have always been a scruffy bunch. The Brentford fans are clearly dedicated followers of fashion, with a bit of a mod look. Apart from the girls in mini skirts and white boots, we've got a pork pie hat in there, an Arthur Daley leather coat and a couple of matching donkeys jackets (in 1968?).

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Thanks for posting these. For people like myself who were not alive in the 70's and before it's good to see pictures of what Meadow Lane used to look like before it was redeveloped in the early 90's as it's current guise.

[lunaspie]

Definitely the Bees [ how appropriate ]


The May Southend game was a blazing hot day.

[Old_pie]

Thanks for posting these. For people like myself who were not alive in the 70's and before it's good to see pictures of what Meadow Lane used to look like before it was redeveloped in the early 90's as it's current guise.

Perhaps for you young folk we should explain that we had cable TV back in those days! - note the Rediffusion advert on the Meadow Lane stand.

Oh and weren't the floodlights, only installed a few years before, the most advanced in the country at the time?