Anyone got any pics of Roker Park?

[Cambridge]

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by Corvus

No shit marra. The Roker End in all it's glory held 19,000. There's nowt new about my garden shed .

The Roker End was reduced, in 2 stages, from the early/mid 80's to what it was over the last 10 or so seasons, 1/3rd ish of what it was before, before we left Roker Park.

Big matches at Roker Park, before the Roker End was reduced, when the crowd started to fill the areas around the bottom of the floodlight pylons on the Roker End, you just knew that there was 40,000 already in RP and more to come.

The SOL rocked back at the height of the Peter Reid days, but it was nowt to touch when RP rocked. As a kid I was in a few 60,000 crowds at RP, the Man Utd cup replay in 1964 there must have been at least 75,000 in the ground (the official attendance doesn't reflect what happened that night). Roker Park after the 60's saw 2 outstanding nights. The FA Cup replay v Man City in 1973, 50,000+, when you feel the terrace vibrating beneath your feet, and the 1980 promotion match v West Ham, a couple of days after they'd won the cup, 48,000+. By the time the last season at RP came around the capacity had been reduced to 22,000, RP was a shadow of its former self, we had to move.

I was at the City and West Ham games. Atmosphere like that will never be repeated until they allow standing again in certain areas.

[gards2]

I've got a signed (by team and management) framed picture of the stadium

It was the last game ever played at the ground.

[Davyred]

[bongo]

Originally Posted by Corvus

That photo looks to me like late 40's/early 50's. It's definately the Roker End and it's mint.

Personally i would say late 60's by the amount of cars in the car park.

[Gav_ftm]

Originally Posted by Cambridge

When's this photo from and what's the occasion for celebration ?

[Corvus]

Go on then whos Dad made a swing thing to hang over the railings around Roker Park.

[bongo]

Originally Posted by Gav_ftm

When's this photo from and what's the occasion for celebration ?

73 semi if i'm not mistaken?

[Davyred]

Originally Posted by Corvus

Go on then whos Dad made a swing thing to hang over the railings around Roker Park.

Mine

[Joe Fabulous]

Originally Posted by Gav_ftm

When's this photo from and what's the occasion for celebration ?

Its either the night they brought the cup back or when we had just beaten The Hammers to go up.