| Do you remember the days 12:28 - Dec 18 with 14352 views | swancity |
When there were just 3000 fans dotted around the Vetch Field?
When Prosser used to wheel up and down the track along the South Stand making funny faces
When away trips to places like Rochdale, Hartlepool, Cambridge and Chesterfield were to be cherished
When you were ankle deep in piss in the North Bank toilets
When you knew at the games you were surrounded by genuine fans of the football club and not people with a passing interest who have jumped onto a bandwagon
Where you could smoke a cigarette if you wanted one
When the pasties were lovely and the tea like hot water
When you could pay cash at a turnstile to go in.
When Robbie James would stride purposefully from the halfway line before unleashing a thunderbolt
When the players were not vastly over paid. Really can any footballer be worth a salary of a cool £1m a month? Or even £1m a year.
Our story has indeed been an incredible one....but there was also something special about supporting our Swans through the bad times as well. The FA cup draw at Oxford brought back some good memories of standing on the terrace behind the goal at Oxford when I think we beat them on pens?
Good old days....
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| Do you remember the days on 10:24 - Jan 24 with 2198 views | E20Jack |
| Do you remember the days on 10:07 - Jan 24 by STID2017 |
BTW in case you think I'm a plastic too because I don't buy all the romanticism about the Vetch, I renewed in December |
Nothing to "buy", these are peoples accounts and honest feelings. It is just the way it is.
You may not feel the same way maybe you mean? In which case that is such a shame for you, genuinely. [Post edited 24 Jan 2018 11:15]
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| Do you remember the days on 10:28 - Jan 24 with 2199 views | WarwickHunt |
Got talking to the umpire of one of our cricket matches a couple of years ago who said he was also a football league ref back in the day.
Ever ref at the Vetch, I asked?
"God, yes. Terrifying..."  |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 10:32 - Jan 24 with 2184 views | perchrockjack |
And they were days of high unemployment and 18 per cent interest rates with industries vanishing without trace .
Best gone .
and forgotten | |
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| Do you remember the days on 11:00 - Jan 24 with 2165 views | MoscowJack |
| Do you remember the days on 10:32 - Jan 24 by perchrockjack |
And they were days of high unemployment and 18 per cent interest rates with industries vanishing without trace .
Best gone .
and forgotten |
Perchie, I think that adds to the Vetch's attraction, in those days. It was a good escape and a place where people could forget about troubles at home and worry about all the troubles on the pitch!
Sometimes it was good to see the team struggling more than you were!
Nobody's saying that they were great times with no problems in the world, but that we have incredible memories that shaped us as fans today. In 20 years, the fans of today will look back at these times with incredible memories too, regardless of the team's results, employment levels, family problems, etc. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 11:18 - Jan 24 with 2147 views | E20Jack |
| Do you remember the days on 10:32 - Jan 24 by perchrockjack |
And they were days of high unemployment and 18 per cent interest rates with industries vanishing without trace .
Best gone .
and forgotten |
That was the Vetch Field's fault?
I am struggling to see your point there. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 11:38 - Jan 24 with 2131 views | 1983 |
Pasties freezing cold on the inside and would burn your lips on the outside.
When the North bank was fully open everyone up the back p1ssing against the corrugated sheeting and p1ss dripping down underneath on everyone.
Just about everyone getting in for under 16yrs old right up until about 21-22yrs old.
All policemen had moustaches! |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 12:20 - Jan 24 with 2093 views | perchrockjack |
Diminish.
I'm struggling as to how you could conflate that | |
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| Do you remember the days on 12:22 - Jan 24 with 2092 views | E20Jack |
| Do you remember the days on 12:20 - Jan 24 by perchrockjack |
Diminish.
I'm struggling as to how you could conflate that |
You said everyone should forget their great memories of the Vetch Field as during that time unemployment was fairly high.
That was your point yes? | |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:41 - Jan 24 with 2028 views | BillyChong |
I went to a FAW cup game in what must have been the late 90’s/very early 2000’s at the vetch against Barry Town. I think only the east stand was open and I’m sure we lost, I remember Gary Lloyd scored for Barry. I’d like to see what the attendance was for that one. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:09 - Jan 24 with 1997 views | STID2017 |
| Do you remember the days on 10:24 - Jan 24 by E20Jack |
Nothing to "buy", these are peoples accounts and honest feelings. It is just the way it is.
You may not feel the same way maybe you mean? In which case that is such a shame for you, genuinely. [Post edited 24 Jan 2018 11:15]
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I enjoyed many great moments following the Swans at the Vetch.
However times have moved on and I wouldn't want to be back there watching the Swans. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:22 - Jan 24 with 1987 views | Legend83 |
I was a wee 7 year old when my Dad started taking me to the Vetch and this would have been early Burrows days as I can just about remember watching Jimmy Gilligan and recall the solid pairing of Mark Harris and Keith Walker (he seemed to be around for ever!).
Fond memories:
- the banging on the North Bank as the teams came out was always bloody exciting for a young lad.
- some bloke with a very posh English accent randomly shouting "Up the Whites!" in the NB always made me giggle.
- Watching Jon Ford score against Middlesborough in the FA Cup (we went and beat them at their place in the replay).
- Jan Molby scoring a last minute penalty winner against....can't remember, but it was near the end of his tenure when we were struggling. You just knew he was going to score.
- The sound of a header coming off Matthew Bound's bonce.
- "For f*cks sake, Roger!!".
Great times, not least for me personally as my parent's were going through divorce so it was nice bonding time with the old man. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:51 - Jan 24 with 1963 views | E20Jack |
| Do you remember the days on 15:09 - Jan 24 by STID2017 |
I enjoyed many great moments following the Swans at the Vetch.
However times have moved on and I wouldn't want to be back there watching the Swans. |
If it would give all the same feelings back that were around then, the buzz, the passion, the intensity - then I would give it all back in a heart beat. Although I am acutely aware that it will never be the same, football has moved on as a whole - so agree on that front.
That is not to say those days were not so much better from a fan perspective than now though, because they were - no question about it. But the discussion is about how things were not what they can be like if we are to go back down to that level.
Having nice toilets, a swanky club shop, burger vans, seats et al has done nothing for my football experience other than sterilise it and water it down. If I started going to the Liberty now, I think I would quickly lose interest, the only reason I am a fan today is due to the electric and addictive belonging achieved at the Vetch Field. The Liberty is a shell in comparison. Truly. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 16:09 - Jan 24 with 1955 views | Jack59 |
| Do you remember the days on 10:32 - Jan 24 by perchrockjack |
And they were days of high unemployment and 18 per cent interest rates with industries vanishing without trace .
Best gone .
and forgotten |
Yes - but nobody starved, and you couldn't find beggars anywhere, there were one or two tramps that we used to see and help out occasionally, but that was it.
Now we've got almost full employment, currently around just 4% unemployed, and yet we've now got beggars all over the place.
People of a different time, and of a different quality to today.
Everyone contributed in their own way. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 18:35 - Jan 24 with 1914 views | STID2017 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:51 - Jan 24 by E20Jack |
If it would give all the same feelings back that were around then, the buzz, the passion, the intensity - then I would give it all back in a heart beat. Although I am acutely aware that it will never be the same, football has moved on as a whole - so agree on that front.
That is not to say those days were not so much better from a fan perspective than now though, because they were - no question about it. But the discussion is about how things were not what they can be like if we are to go back down to that level.
Having nice toilets, a swanky club shop, burger vans, seats et al has done nothing for my football experience other than sterilise it and water it down. If I started going to the Liberty now, I think I would quickly lose interest, the only reason I am a fan today is due to the electric and addictive belonging achieved at the Vetch Field. The Liberty is a shell in comparison. Truly. |
I agree there was something about attending the Vetch, even when it was in the mid-70's and only 2,000 of us there.
Can't explain it really, but it isn't something you can replicate today. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 18:43 - Jan 24 with 1910 views | builthjack |
That tv gantry on the north bank. Thinking about it, it was bloody dangerous. The metal ladder with the ring around it, and having to pull down a wooden one to get you started. Then they must have froze their bllocks off in winter up there. Brrrrrrrrrrr.t |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 19:02 - Jan 24 with 1892 views | plasjack |
Being a STH in the East stand, when the rain was lashing down, I have more love for the Liberty. |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 19:11 - Jan 24 with 1887 views | longlostjack |
| Do you remember the days on 18:35 - Jan 24 by STID2017 |
I agree there was something about attending the Vetch, even when it was in the mid-70's and only 2,000 of us there.
Can't explain it really, but it isn't something you can replicate today. |
My years were 74- 79. Sporadically between 80 - 83. Then off to Pikey Paul's dream zone. No internet no Ryanair. No recollection of my last game at the Vetch :-( |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 19:13 - Jan 24 with 1881 views | Loyal |
| Do you remember the days on 19:11 - Jan 24 by longlostjack |
My years were 74- 79. Sporadically between 80 - 83. Then off to Pikey Paul's dream zone. No internet no Ryanair. No recollection of my last game at the Vetch :-( |
No paedophiles then either ......
It's a mad world.. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 19:34 - Jan 24 with 1854 views | icecoldjack |
I miss the vetch but i don't miss the vetch ! |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 19:36 - Jan 24 with 1849 views | BillyChong |
What happened to the original Swans drummer? He used to stand at the back of the North Bank towards the away end probably late 90’s/early 2000’s.
Remember seeing Freestone score a pen at the vetch. Fans throwing ripped up newspaper as the teams ran on. Someone setting fireworks off one half time behind the North Bank. The Mongolian bbq mascot. Random memories. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 19:44 - Jan 24 with 1838 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Do you remember the days on 19:34 - Jan 24 by icecoldjack |
I miss the vetch but i don't miss the vetch ! |
I think that sums it up perfectly. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 21:01 - Jan 24 with 1788 views | perchrockjack |
Wrong again Dimi.. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 21:08 - Jan 24 with 1774 views | lifelong |
I can remember the North Bank when it didn’t have a roof. |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 21:16 - Jan 24 with 1758 views | sherpajacob |
I remember in the 80s people harking back to the dark days of the 70s when attendances were circa 2,000.
Every swans related letter to the evening post was signed by supporters calling themselves one of the 2,000.
I think about 15,000 people claimed to be one of the 2,000. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 21:20 - Jan 24 with 1752 views | E20Jack |
Perch getting all brave with his old useame back. What a cretin. | |
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