That was my entrance,if I hadn’t got enough money to get in,me and my mates used to walk along the railway line,up the grass bank and over the toilet wall,we startled many a bloke standing there emptying his bladder as we dropped in like the parachute regiment…
The worst thing was if you needed a number 2,you can just see in the bottom left hand corner the one and only stall,to be honest,Ican’t remember there being any Women’s facilities.
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Yes, it was 1-0. Can’t remember the scorers name just now but it was a double barrelled surname in the days when they were uncommon! Aldridge played for Oxford and, after that game, they went from strength to strength and got promoted and we faded away to miss out. If ever there was a six pointer!!
Peter Rhoades-Brown?
Similar to our team that season. Also had a Milk Cup run playing football well above their level.Went out to Everton. In the end the difference was a clinical goalscorer ,something our team lacked. They had Aldridge and we had Ally Brown ,never really an out and out striker.
GFrom memory didn’t they sign Aldridge with their cup spoils whilst we signed Dave Bamber.
The grapevine at the time had it that we had first dibs on Aldridge from Newport but Buckley fancied Bamber’s presence and physicality.
I think that game at Fellows Park was Aldridge’s debut for Oxford.
He was the signing that took them to promotion whilst Bamber cost us £60,000 and a place in the second division.
Oh Alan!
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I think that’s right come to think of it. Bamber v Aldridge is the comparison. Not a complete mystery why Buckley wanted more muscle in that team, especially down the middle. They did get bullied. Wimbledon and Sheff U did it that season. Trouble with that is I think it was after Bamber signed!
To many good times to single out one, i loved the 79/80 season when we were promoted out of Div 4. it was my first season of understanding what WFC meant ~ sounds dumb now but it was a coming of age
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Started frequenting the Street End in ‘71. So many happy memories, not necessarily just the famous games.
I used to love the midweek games under the lights where it always seemed like there were more there.
Buckley’s debut hat-trick against Shrewsbury, stuffing Coughies Brighton 6-0, the comeback 4-3 v Bristol Rovers and the introduction to Millwall fans for the first time, are some of midweek highlights from the 70’s.
Used to visit the programme shop in the corner and book my coach for the next away game - happy days.
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Loved Fellows Park. Hasn’t been the same since we moved.
So many memories. Still dream about the old place.
Most of my Street End time was spent walking through it before the match to get round the the Popular Side/cowsheds. But spent a few seasons doing either half a game or a full game in there. When it was rocking there was nothing like it. As @Belphegor says, night games seemed to generate a better atmosphere for some reason.
That Childs goal against Shrewsbury, Buckley smacking the bar against Blues, Kelly’s third against Bristol City, Chelsea trying to take it and the odd copper’s helmet being tossed around. Knees up mother brown, silk scarves, Adidas trainers, Farah, Tachini and Pringle jumpers, hair - lots of hair.
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I used to stand just to the left of the goal at the HS end. Went to my first game around 1966. I remember the FA cup game vs Liverpool in 1968 - I was sitting on the wall when it collapsed just before the game started. The best goal I remember was a Colin Taylor thunderbolt against Southport (I think). The best game was the 1-0 win against Newcastle and the best support was probably that game or the 3-2 win against Man Ure. Some great memories.
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When the stand started to disintegrate in a gale 
I used to do the same thing PT - would stand in the cowshed with my dad and in the street end with mates when a bit older. Newcastle and Man U games in 74-75 were most memorable but my favourite is a superb game v Huddersfield in Div 4 in 79-80 - top v second - with the Alan Buckley/Don Penn partnership up front working like a dream.
I’d completely no idea that there was a stall in there.
I seem to recall that ladies asked one of the policemen if they needed to go.
I assume they would be escorted to the appropriate facilities in the main stand.
Perhaps, a lady would be able to confirm this.
Gillingham, I think when we had that spell of playing on a Friday night in the mid-70s. I think we were either winning or drawing 1-1,but then won the replayed match , 4-0, I think ( Buckley hat-trick?)
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I think Buckley scored a wind assisted goal from the halfway line before they abandoned the game…
I attended my first Walsall game in 1963, I don’t recall who we played or what the score was, but I was instantly hooked.
I became a committed Street Ender in the early 70’s, I loved the steep slope at the street end and would take my position very close to where Kitty Lyons always stood.
One of the most memorable games was beating Man U in the cup, the atmosphere was electric that day.
I have many fond memories from Fellows Park, I only wish we could transfer the atmosphere the place generated to the Bank’s.
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Left hand side, by a big girder stanchion. lots of memories. Gillingham abandoned game. Sent my girlfriend home from a date with an excuse about being ill, then ran all the way from town to get to the match for half time to find out the game was abandoned!!
Man Utd game, street end split in two with a wire fence so man Utd’s hooligans could have half of the end. remember going mad right next to the fence when we scored!!
That season during the cup run we were getting 10,000 + crowds.
Alun Evans’s last minute goal against Leicester!
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Behind the goal usually about 4-6 of us, then at half time we tried to get in the side, but the bastard copper on the gate would let ALL my mates in and stop me for some reason 
, i then tried to get over the wall at the front a few times when he wasn’t looking 
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First stood behind Laundry End goal but soon graduated to standing level with penalty area just round corner from Street End and into Cow Shed when kicking toward the Laundry End. Used to stand on the bank for the last few minutes. Remember walking through Street End when Buckley scored late winner - ended up near the front in the ensuing melee. Many happy memories of the place. Agree with P.T - not been the same since we left. Something died when we moved.
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I stood towards the front of this very corner as a kid in the late 80s my main memory is of Barnwell getting absolute dogs abuse after games going down the tunnel by the fence.