The Old Main Stand >> Filbert Street

[truefox]

Was just wondering what the inside layout was of the old Filbert Street Main Stand?

 

I can remember next to the changing rooms was the Board Room which also held all of the Trophys etc.

 

The far Corner of the Main Stand where it joined the double decker had a very large unoccupied space!

 

I remember walking around the ground one summer and in this area the players had actually parked their cars whilst preparing to get on the bus for an away friendly!

 

Apparently there was a gymnasium but I have never seen pictures of this!

 

I also remember when I had a season ticket, in the centre of the main stand was a players bar!!   You could walk past and look in but security would wave you on!

 

If anyone else has any photos or memories of anything else tucked inside the stand please share for nostalga purposes!!

 

Thankyou!!!

Edited 14 February 2021 by truefox
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[st albans fox]

13 minutes ago, truefox said:

Was just wondering what the inside layout was of the old Filbert Street Main Stand?

 

I can remember next to the changing rooms was the Board Room which also held all of the Trophys etc.

 

The far Corner of the Main Stand where it joined the double decker had a very large unoccupied space!

 

I remember walking around the ground one summer and in this area the players had actually parked their cars whilst preparing to get on the bus for an away friendly!

 

Apparently there was a gymnasium but I have never seen pictures of this!

 

I also remember when I had a season ticket, in the centre of the main stand was a players bar!!   You could walk past and look in but security would wave you on!

 

If anyone else has any photos or memories of anything else tucked inside the stand please share for nostalga purposes!!

 

Thankyou!!!

I think I got changed in the gym when I was mascot ....remember frank coming in and banging a ball against the wall pre game 

[rico]

Had a season ticket in old Main Stand and the Carling Stand 

[Wymsey]

Did anyone take anything from the old ground, as a souvenir, at the last game played at Filbert Street?

[Angus Scott]

What wonderful photos, spent so many happy hours watching from those terraces

[dayday]

12 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Did anyone take anything from the old ground, as a souvenir, at the last game played at Filbert Street?

Got a seat from the carling stand

[Tuna]

Some of the seats from the Carling Stand are now installed on Stafford Rangers main stand:

 

[dayday]

I would of loved a version of the old double decker in the KP, shame we didn’t do it.

 

 

[truefox]

There were plans for a Stadium expansion at Filbert St, one idea was to turn the pitch around so that the Double Decker would have ran across the length of the pitch!

 

Does anyone have any of these illustrations?

[Spudulike]

Always first thing after climbing the Kop stairs was a quick walk down to the front to see if the cameras were in the box on top of the Main Stand. Very rarely saw the City on telly so an appearance on MotD or Star Soccer was a treat. 

 

Remember a trip to Filbert Street with the Cubs (I was a sixer) and having a go with a medicine ball in the Gym. Also recall a tank with some sort of warm brown tar/wax liquid substance in the treatment room which we all stuck our hands in. No idea why or what it was for. 

[AyewJoking]

13 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Always first thing after climbing the Kop stairs was a quick walk down to the front to see if the cameras were in the box on top of the Main Stand. Very rarely saw the City on telly so an appearance on MotD or Star Soccer was a treat. 

 

Remember a trip to Filbert Street with the Cubs (I was a sixer) and having a go with a medicine ball in the Gym. Also recall a tank with some sort of warm brown tar/wax liquid substance in the toilets which we all stuck our hands in. No idea why or what it was for. 

 

[David Hankey]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing. We always stood in the 'Popular Stand' opposite the tunnel. I well remember the cinder track round the outside of the pitch. One game, in particular stands out against the 'Spuds' and the tannoy blaring out for youngsters to be seated on the track to allow more folk in. Gilzean, Greaves and keeper Brown were in their team. Halcyon days!!

[hebangsthedrums]

53 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Did anyone take anything from the old ground, as a souvenir, at the last game played at Filbert Street?

Posted before its now on a wall outside but cant find that pic. Actually took the penultimate game as was worried someone else would get there first

[Heathrow fox]

50 minutes ago, truefox said:

There were plans for a Stadium expansion at Filbert St, one idea was to turn the pitch around so that the Double Decker would have ran across the length of the pitch!

 

Does anyone have any of these illustrations?

That was definitely seriously considered I remember it well.

[Raw Dykes]

1 hour ago, truefox said:

There were plans for a Stadium expansion at Filbert St, one idea was to turn the pitch around so that the Double Decker would have ran across the length of the pitch!

 

Does anyone have any of these illustrations?

I remember that. I think the club were in the process of buying up all the houses that backed onto the ground.

[1972 Fox]

1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

I think I got changed in the gym when I was mascot ....remember frank coming in and banging a ball against the wall pre game 

I think Frank wasn't always just banging a ball against the wall pre game. 

[Farrington fox]

I remember ole Hugh Johns in the commentary box on the roof, Sunday Star Soccer. 

[davieG]

1 hour ago, truefox said:

There were plans for a Stadium expansion at Filbert St, one idea was to turn the pitch around so that the Double Decker would have ran across the length of the pitch!

 

Does anyone have any of these illustrations?

I think it was reject due to the new stand needed along Burnmoor Street was deemed to be blocking out all the daylight to the houses opposite.

[Hammo]

4 minutes ago, Farrington fox said:

I remember ole Hugh Johns in the commentary box on the roof, Sunday Star Soccer. 

Yep, 2.00 ITV on Sunday. On after The Persuaders with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis.

[st albans fox]

12 minutes ago, Blue Fox 72 said:

I think Frank wasn't always just banging a ball against the wall pre game. 

I have to tell you that he was only wearing a jockstrap and a t shirt .....he was probably hoping that my elder sister was with me and not my brother ! 

[SkidsFox]

2 hours ago, truefox said:

Was just wondering what the inside layout was of the old Filbert Street Main Stand?

 

I can remember next to the changing rooms was the Board Room which also held all of the Trophys etc.

 

The far Corner of the Main Stand where it joined the double decker had a very large unoccupied space!

 

I remember walking around the ground one summer and in this area the players had actually parked their cars whilst preparing to get on the bus for an away friendly!

 

Apparently there was a gymnasium but I have never seen pictures of this!

 

I also remember when I had a season ticket, in the centre of the main stand was a players bar!!   You could walk past and look in but security would wave you on!

 

If anyone else has any photos or memories of anything else tucked inside the stand please share for nostalga purposes!!

 

Thankyou!!!

My memory has played tricks on me. I thought it was a lot bigger than these photos indicate.

[Spudulike]

1 hour ago, truefox said:

There were plans for a Stadium expansion at Filbert St, one idea was to turn the pitch around so that the Double Decker would have ran across the length of the pitch!

 

Does anyone have any of these illustrations?

 

22 minutes ago, davieG said:

I think it was reject due to the new stand needed along Burnmoor Street was deemed to be blocking out all the daylight to the houses opposite.

I haven't got a copy of F&F to hand but I think it recorded that City were planning to build a new Double Decker stand alongside the Burnmoor Street side in the early 1930's. Planning regs were probably not as stringent in those days and the concerns of local residents not considered important. It got delayed as the money was spent elsewhere and never happened (obviously). West Ham used the same plans and built one at Upton Park. 

[Collymore]

2 hours ago, truefox said:

Was just wondering what the inside layout was of the old Filbert Street Main Stand?

 

I can remember next to the changing rooms was the Board Room which also held all of the Trophys etc.

 

The far Corner of the Main Stand where it joined the double decker had a very large unoccupied space!

 

I remember walking around the ground one summer and in this area the players had actually parked their cars whilst preparing to get on the bus for an away friendly!

 

Apparently there was a gymnasium but I have never seen pictures of this!

 

I also remember when I had a season ticket, in the centre of the main stand was a players bar!!   You could walk past and look in but security would wave you on!

 

If anyone else has any photos or memories of anything else tucked inside the stand please share for nostalga purposes!!

 

Thankyou!!!

It was a bit before my time but what were the acoustics like from that stand? It almost looks like a giant speaker angled at the pitch!

 

 

[oxford blue]

And just broadening further, there are some great video clips on youtube of games at Filbert Street, which takes you back when there packed terraces to celebrate goals.

 

Just picking a couple, this was another win against Liverpool (1986)

 

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and the last game 

 

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[worthosoriginals]

1 hour ago, SkidsFox said:

My memory has played tricks on me. I thought it was a lot bigger than these photos indicate.

Fnaaaaaaaaaaar!