Author Topic: Anfield through the ages (pics) (Read 45761 times)

rob1966 · « **Reply #122 on:** February 4, 2023, 10:43:35 am »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 4, 2023, 09:26:10 am

I still remember walking onto the Kop, first game of the season and seeing a fully seated Annie Road (except for the away corner), all done in Crown paints colours and thinking what the fuck?

"You'll never seat the Kop" and "You can shove yer fucking seats up yer arse" rang out that day.

rob1966 · « **Reply #123 on:** February 4, 2023, 10:46:35 am »

mikeb58 · « **Reply #124 on:** February 4, 2023, 11:44:13 am »

As pictures or illustrations go, they don't get much older than this one!

TepidT2O · « **Reply #125 on:** February 4, 2023, 11:46:59 am »

Predates the battle of Spion Kop!

meady1981 · « **Reply #126 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:05:39 pm »

Working through the night to melt the ice

meady1981 · « **Reply #127 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:06:04 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #128 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:06:32 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #129 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:07:09 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #130 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:07:58 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #131 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:08:47 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #132 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:09:28 pm »

vs Ajax

meady1981 · « **Reply #133 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:09:51 pm »

mikeb58 · « **Reply #134 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:17:49 pm »

This could be any footy pitch or stadium in the World...but no mistaking Tommy Lawrence in goal (also the Ajax game)

This thread is absolutely brilliant by the way, Anfield was a bit of a dump years ago but nobody gave a shit, as long as you got in, that was all that mattered.

It's all very clean and beautiful now of course, but sterile too my opinion. But that's progress, I suppose.

meady1981 · « **Reply #135 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:30:56 pm »

Quote from: mikeb58 on February 4, 2023, 12:17:49 pm

This could be any footy pitch or stadium in the World...but no mistaking Tommy Lawrence in goal (also the Ajax game)

This thread is absolutely brilliant by the way, Anfield was a bit of a dump years ago but nobody gave a shit, as long as you got in, that was all that mattered.

It's all very clean and beautiful now of course, but sterile too my opinion. But that's progress, I suppose.

The Kop and Annie really were in a state by 1990 to be honest. The Kop in particular looks decrepit in some of the close-up photos. It's just a completely different world now, and why I laugh at the nitpicking online about modern construction. The broken glass was always a nice touch.

meady1981 · « **Reply #136 on:** February 4, 2023, 12:31:22 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #137 on:** February 4, 2023, 01:59:46 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #138 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:26:43 pm »

Annie re-do 97

meady1981 · « **Reply #139 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:29:03 pm »

Kop construction

meady1981 · « **Reply #140 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:30:09 pm »

Can't figure out where this is

meady1981 · « **Reply #141 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:30:47 pm »

High-end media facilities

meady1981 · « **Reply #142 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:31:23 pm »

Ready for the new Anfield

meady1981 · « **Reply #143 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:32:10 pm »

Horses ready for the ruffians

rob1966 · « **Reply #144 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:32:22 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 4, 2023, 03:30:09 pm

Can't figure out where this is

Left hand side of the Kop, right in the bottom corner I think.

meady1981 · « **Reply #145 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:32:49 pm »

Fences being cut down after Hillsborough

meady1981 · « **Reply #146 on:** February 4, 2023, 03:42:04 pm »

Quote from: rob1966 on February 4, 2023, 03:32:22 pm

Left hand side of the Kop, right in the bottom corner I think.

This bit under the stairs?

only6times · « **Reply #147 on:** February 4, 2023, 05:04:03 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 3, 2023, 07:21:34 am

Front of the kop/kenny

Saw this a while back, the lads in front of barrier looking at camera man thinking "I'm having that camera".

rob1966 · « **Reply #148 on:** February 4, 2023, 06:31:12 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 4, 2023, 03:42:04 pm

This bit under the stairs?

Yeah, pretty sure that's them - we used to go in either in the turnstiles on the front, but mainly the Main Stand side and they look dead familiar to my addled brain

Son of Spion · « **Reply #149 on:** February 4, 2023, 06:58:32 pm »

^
That's where we used to always go into the Kop. Off the bus at Spellow Lane. Walk past the Pit of Despair. Through the park, through the little alleyway off the park where the away fans would get smashed everywhere, down the side of the Main, then in at those turnstiles.

Those were the days...

meady1981 · « **Reply #150 on:** February 4, 2023, 07:18:13 pm »

Any idea why they chopped part of the original ramp up and put in the black staircase? Maybe it was just too steep/unsafe.

Peter McGurk · « **Reply #151 on:** February 4, 2023, 07:18:15 pm »

Quote from: meady1981 on February 4, 2023, 12:30:56 pm

The Kop and Annie really were in a state by 1990 to be honest. The Kop in particular looks decrepit in some of the close-up photos. It's just a completely different world now, and why I laugh at the nitpicking online about modern construction. The broken glass was always a nice touch.

Something in that. Basic but brilliant for it.

Best thread in a decade BTW.

meady1981 · « **Reply #152 on:** February 4, 2023, 07:31:07 pm »

Quote from: Peter McGurk on February 4, 2023, 07:18:15 pm

Something in that. Basic but brilliant for it.

Best thread in a decade BTW.

It why I've always searched for these images and stuck them in a folder. You have the one view - the mighty Anfield and Kop, European nights and superstars, but on the other hand its just a few patched up bricks, whitewash and grime with wires sticking out in places and glass cemented on the walls. But the collective civic pride of the people elevated it far beyond the most expensive buildings now. And now it's all gone, and societies sense of personal freedom in public spaces fading with it. It's fascinating.

Son of Spion · « **Reply #153 on:** February 4, 2023, 07:45:55 pm »

The old Spion Kop was always impressive to me. I never even gave the rest of the ground a thought though. It was just 'home' and the aesthetics didn't come into it. It was all about the atmosphere and the football itself.

My first game was against the Mancs in 1971. We were right at the front of the Road End and I remember looking at the heaving Kop and thinking Wow!

These days you've got keyboard fans more interested in whether the roofs are symmetrical or not.

The Anfield I grew up with had very ordinary brick facade, but history, hopes, dreams, magnificent triumphs and bitter defeats oozed out of their pores.

meady1981 · « **Reply #154 on:** February 4, 2023, 07:56:51 pm »

Posted this in the AR expansion before, but one of my all time favs

meady1981 · « **Reply #155 on:** February 4, 2023, 07:58:59 pm »

Screen shots from a Youtube home video

meady1981 · « **Reply #156 on:** February 4, 2023, 09:10:01 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #157 on:** February 4, 2023, 09:11:17 pm »

Squint a bit and you can see Anfield (middlish) 1948

meady1981 · « **Reply #158 on:** February 4, 2023, 09:12:00 pm »

meady1981 · « **Reply #159 on:** February 4, 2023, 09:12:39 pm »

Not sure the year, possibly 60's - from one of the taller buildings down at Canada dock.
Actually, looks like a big red crane on the main stand side, and actually no sign of the main stand, so maybe construction In progress. edit: Its 1970