LCFC - Filbert Street photos (May 2003)

[davieG]

2 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Really? I live not too far away from Lancaster. Might go and check them out.

 

I only got to go to Filbert Street a handful of times. Perhaps 30 or so. Good early memories! 

There used to be a picture of it which posted on here but can't find any trace of it now or on the web so maybe I imagined it 

[davieG]

2 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Really? I live not too far away from Lancaster. Might go and check them out.

 

I only got to go to Filbert Street a handful of times. Perhaps 30 or so. Good early memories! 

I posted about it here -

 

[Groby_Blue]

Man, I can actually smell the fired onions behind the Kop when I see those photos. 

 

My first match was late 70's with my Dad and his mate sat on those bench seats in the DD. First match on my own years later was against Newcastle sitting in the East Stand, looking at the Kop and thinking, that looks fun in there. 

 

Spent the rest of my time at Filbo in crazy corner and never left. Sat in the Carling once for Gordon Banks testimonial, never went in the north stand. 

 

Got on the pitch after the Spurs match for my one and only time. So weird looking at the Kop and the DD from the players perspective. And that last match when the floodlights slowly faded away to darkness.... 

[SK3Blue]

I miss the old place. 
 

Pork and Applesauce at the back of the Kop competing with the fried onions and hot dogs. 
 

Singing at 2.30 on a Saturday afternoon in Pen 3. 
 

Tony James v Oxford, Cambridge play off, Shrewsbury FA Cup and some great battles with Liverpool in the 80s all standouts for me. 
 

Id been everywhere apart from the Filbert St end so I did my work experience at the club when I was at College, and sat in there having my lunch every day just to complete the set.

Edited 16 June 2025 by SK3Blue

[Fox92]

Proper ground. 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

3 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

Another North West based Foxile? 

Yea I’m just over the border in Cumbria. Are you up this way then? 

[CrazyKopCorner]

Sets the heart racing still 

 

I think it was £1.50 when I first went 

[CrazyKopCorner]

1 hour ago, SK3Blue said:

I miss the old place. 
 

Pork and Applesauce at the back of the Kop competing with the fried onions and hot dogs. 
 

Singing at 2.30 on a Saturday afternoon in Pen 3. 
 

Tony James v Oxford, Cambridge play off, Shrewsbury FA Cup and some great battles with Liverpool in the 80s all standouts for me. 
 

Id been everywhere apart from the Filbert St end so I did my work experience at the club when I was at College, and sat in there having my lunch every day just to complete the set.

On a good day as I walked in down Brazil Street you could hear the crowd / pens and my legs would naturally speed up as I wanted to get in and be amongst it. 

 

Heart Racing stuff 

 

 

Edited 16 June 2025 by CrazyKopCorner

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Got loads of photos somewhere from on the pitch after the Spurs match.

 

Will try and find them and stick some on here, see if anyone can spot themselves.

[Guest RYM]

Loved so much about Filbert Street, but the Let me entertain you - Ready to go -  Post horn gallop, grazing your shins as we scored and you fell off the seat you were standing on in Pen 1 were great days .

[Groby_Blue]

1 minute ago, RYM said:

Loved so much about Filbert Street, but the Let me entertain you - Ready to go -  Post horn gallop, grazing your shins as we scored and you fell off the seat you were standing on in Pen 1 were great days .

I've got a top with the red Walkers logo with a massive fag burn on it from when we scored against Chelsea doing this. 

[rugbyblue]

1 minute ago, RYM said:

Loved so much about Filbert Street, but the Let me entertain you - Ready to go -  Post horn gallop, grazing your shins as we scored and you fell off the seat you were standing on in Pen 1 were great days .

I loved that we refused to sit after the introduction of seats in the kop.  But why we adopted actually standing on the seats rather than on the floor is still beyond me 🤣.  Lots of fun but resulted in many falls and as you say, bloody shins 🤣

[Thefox81]

9 minutes ago, RYM said:

Loved so much about Filbert Street, but the Let me entertain you - Ready to go -  Post horn gallop, grazing your shins as we scored and you fell off the seat you were standing on in Pen 1 were great days .

How there wasnt serious injury in pen 1 when we all stood on the seats i will never know.

[Claudio Fannieri]

1 hour ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Yea I’m just over the border in Cumbria. Are you up this way then? 

Preston pal 

[Guest RYM]

22 minutes ago, Thefox81 said:

How there wasnt serious injury in pen 1 when we all stood on the seats i will never know.

I think everyone just looked out for each other? you kind of leant on each other as the chaos happened, 

 

I remember the positioning of your feet was key when Guppy was about to cross, just in case it went in 🤣

[bovril]

Some of those evening games in the 90s.... maybe it was because I was young and impressionable but it was a real cauldron at times. 

[Guest RYM]

2 hours ago, SK3Blue said:

I miss the old place. 
 

Pork and Applesauce at the back of the Kop competing with the fried onions and hot dogs. 
 

Singing at 2.30 on a Saturday afternoon in Pen 3. 
 

Tony James v Oxford, Cambridge play off, Shrewsbury FA Cup and some great battles with Liverpool in the 80s all standouts for me. 
 

Id been everywhere apart from the Filbert St end so I did my work experience at the club when I was at College, and sat in there having my lunch every day just to complete the set.

TJ v Oxford was incredible. Those end of season games, Birch doing his run and making grown men cry with his rally calls etc, always seemed to be roasting. That Sheff United game was wild too, they battered us and went up while Wednesday went down I think? amazing support from them that day. 
 

I could happily drown in this thread of memories

[Guest RYM]

4 minutes ago, bovril said:

Some of those evening games in the 90s.... maybe it was because I was young and impressionable but it was a real cauldron at times. 

Totally. It was so good.
 

I remember Villa in the cup a bit later on singing SOTV through the whole of half time while someone banged the beat onto the corrugated sheeting at the back…

Edited 16 June 2025 by RYM

[Groby_Blue]

46 minutes ago, RYM said:

TJ v Oxford was incredible. Those end of season games, Birch doing his run and making grown men cry with his rally calls etc, always seemed to be roasting. That Sheff United game was wild too, they battered us and went up while Wednesday went down I think? amazing support from them that day. 
 

I could happily drown in this thread of memories

The Birch's half time talks were superb. Remember one season when they pulling people of of the crowd to do the crossbar challenge and if they did it, they won a car that was sat on the side of the pitch. 

 

No-one ever did it. 

 

One match, the Birch came out of the tunnel, saw the car and said, is this bloody thing still here??! 

 

I think that was the same match where the ref went card crazy and booked most of our players in the first half and Birch said something about someone sitting in the car, putting it in gear and driving into the ref when he came out for the second half. 

 

He got dragged before the FA for those comments IIRC. 

[davieG]

Then & Now

 

 

 

 

[SK3Blue]

3 hours ago, RYM said:

TJ v Oxford was incredible. Those end of season games, Birch doing his run and making grown men cry with his rally calls etc, always seemed to be roasting. That Sheff United game was wild too, they battered us and went up while Wednesday went down I think? amazing support from them that day. 
 

I could happily drown in this thread of memories

I was in the main stand that day which was unusual for me, sat overlooking pen 4 where a fair few Sheffield Utd fans had got into. Recall loads of the old baby squad around me trying to get at them, they stuffed us 2-5 I think?!

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Then & Now

 

 

 

 

The Burnmoor street entrance to the old pop side is an absolute disgrace isn't it.

[The Hitman]

I can literally smell the Kop concourse just from looking at those pictures. 
 

I really do miss that place. 

[boots60]

1974-Pocket Money = £1.00p

Bus to the  Cattle Market = 8p each way

Programme = 10p

Juniors in Kop = 25p

Doughnut = 10p

TOTAL = 61p

Get to see SHILTON, WHITWORTH, ROFE SAMMELS, MUNRO, CROSS, WELLER, EARLE, WORTHINGTON, BIRCHENALL, GLOVER play football to entertain

Run on the pitch after the game to pat your heroes on the back with the occasional telling off from a steward who was not really all that bothered anyway & if the camera's were there everyone at school on Monday mentioned it.

Addicted at 14 years old

Sorry, no photo's, a camera was only for holidays back then

Edited 16 June 2025 by boots60

[Corky]

We did such a poor job of moving which only adds to the frustration. We had to move or expand, unfortunately the latter option wasn't available so building a new ground was the only way forward.

 

Sadly we went for the cheapest, blandest option of the identikit bowl. Most of the comments here reference the different seats, the concourse, the steps, the stands towering over and coming into view. What now? The stands and concourses look the same. Nothing stands out. A genuine wasted opportunity.