When We Used To Stand...Long Side or BHE?

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:47 pm

My favourite place was at the top of the Longside, in line with the BeeHole End touchline. Looked wonderful when our goals bulged the net! ( not so good when we let em in) of course.

Then, if we were kicking towards the BHE in the second half, we'd wander round there and stand at the top.

Fabulous view, but I'd rather watch from the side.

Memories of that time?

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Wed May 23, 2018 8:59 pm

Very front of longside as a kid climbing up

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:00 pm

Top of longside about halfway between bhe railings and longside railings. In the dark days migrated more towards longside railings towards middle just to feel as though it was a crowd.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:03 pm

Top right where the singing generally started from about 13 onwards.
Down at the front when younger.

Bdc · Post by **Bdc** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:18 pm

Top of the Bee Hole End

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:24 pm

Always been Beehole end.

From sitting on the fence at the front just to left of the goal with legs dangling through then leaning back against the barrier when got too big to fit through.

Still in the end now, with our seats being in the same place as where we use to stand

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:26 pm

I used to stand up in the Bob Lord stand. It used to right annoy the old blokes sat behind me

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:28 pm

Bdc wrote:Top of the Bee Hole End

Nearest the Longside or to the pies?

The smell of ale being on the Longside.

And one that's just popped into my head......

Watching Wolves fans getting animated at our lot singing 'We want to be together' on the banking out the back of the Longside where the bogs were.

"Come on in, come on in, come on in"

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:37 pm

Cricket field end.. Best by far..

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:48 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Watching Wolves fans getting animated at our lot singing 'We want to be together'

I remember that game well (being about 14 at the time) it was in reference to the yellow pages advert wasn't it?
A mate of mine locked a wolves fan in a phone box on Todmorden road by tieing his scarf between both handles.
We thought it was hilarious when the guy escaped and gave our mate a clip for it

MrVmax · Post by **MrVmax** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:56 pm

About halfway down the Longside, 10m from the segregation fence. Used to see the same faces every week, never knew their names. On a sunny day in the top left corner of the beehole. Much like others I was 16-20 in the late eighties and used to squeeze in where maximum crowd density was, just to feel the heave when we scored

which wasn't that often!
Loved the new stands when they were built but do feel we lost a little bit when the Longside in particular, went.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:57 pm

Longside.
All through the early/mid 70s. Sometimes in the old '30 club's seats in the CF

When the gates dwindled to near nothing, in the Beehole from 86 ish, sat down under an umbrella when it rained.
There was plenty of room....

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed May 23, 2018 10:03 pm

conyoviejo wrote:Cricket field end.. Best by far..

Of old it certainly was.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Wed May 23, 2018 10:50 pm

Loved The Longside
Bottom third of the Longside to ‘engage’ away supporters was the best.
Loved it though when we moved to the CFS, from the players entrance to the Longside - and the away fans didn’t know what to make of us strangely dressed bunch.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Wed May 23, 2018 10:57 pm

Damo wrote:I remember that game well (being about 14 at the time) it was in reference to the yellow pages advert wasn't it?

Some bank advert with a brummie accent I think.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:35 pm

Bee hole end. Longside was always too scary for me.

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:37 pm

First season in the Bob Lord then a fair few in the CFS front row near the tunnel.

Then in my teens on the Longside about 1/3 way up and about 10-20 yds from the fence before Top of BHE when i returned from Uni after THAT game.

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:41 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Some bank advert with a brummie accent I think.

This is it. Dunno why I thought it was yellow pages
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Billy_Bumface · Post by **Billy_Bumface** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:48 pm

The very back of the Longside, against the wall, just to the left of the last exit.
Moving into Bob Lord stand next season, never thought I’d
say that

vancouverclaret · Post by **vancouverclaret** » Wed May 23, 2018 11:51 pm

Longside all through 70's to around 1982 when I started playing in Northwest counties league on Saturdays

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu May 24, 2018 12:31 am

As a kid was almost always in the cfs. With the odd exception. Occasionally going in the beehole end (very sure we played walsall in an fa cup game on a friday night and i stood in there), ajax friendly and england u21s v latvia being the ones i remember in the beehole. Someone may correct me on walsall!?

For some reason didnt go in beehole when england schoolboys played wales. Sat in the usual cfs.

Then for reserve games always sat in the bob lord.

To say how much i love terracing and standing I have absolutely zero recollection of ever going in the longside for a game. But I must have at some stage. It must be the only stand in my lifetime i never went in. I cant remember ever doing so.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu May 24, 2018 12:37 am

More often than not the longside.

WadingInDeeper · Post by **WadingInDeeper** » Thu May 24, 2018 1:34 am

cutsy123 wrote:Very front of longside as a kid climbing up

Snap, late 70s to early 80s.

Occasionally into BHE, if i knew someone there.

Looking back I can't believe how much freedom to wander I was given by my mum.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu May 24, 2018 2:44 am

Top of the Bee Hole when I was really young then into the Longside, usually towards the front.

The sooner they bring this rail seating/standing in the better

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Thu May 24, 2018 4:09 am

Longside the season before our 4th div championship run. Loved it!

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Thu May 24, 2018 6:31 am

My first season 70/71 stood at the front of the Bee Hole, edge of the pen, Longside side. Then we moved onto the Longside, but in the “visitors” section before it was completely segregated. Spent most of Amy later teens in the thick of it, and the thin at times. Halfway down the back section, just in front of the exit nearest the fence.

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Thu May 24, 2018 11:08 am

ElectroClaret wrote:
Then, if we were kicking towards the BHE in the second half, we'd wander round there and stand at the top.

The thought of that would blow younger supporters minds now. Just think, you could pay in cash on the gate and watch the game from wherever you wanted... and even move at any point.

Down_Rover · Post by **Down_Rover** » Thu May 24, 2018 11:21 am

Started in the enclosure in front of Brunshaw Road stand as a youngster, then Longside at the top about halfway between no mans land and the end of the roof

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Thu May 24, 2018 11:44 am

Longside, two thirds in, near the back, except when we played Celtic at home when a tactical withdrawal found us rear and centre of the Bee Hole.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Thu May 24, 2018 12:36 pm

Depending who took me on;
BHE begins the goal 1/3 way up
Longside rooming around or with legs through the fence...safe

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Thu May 24, 2018 12:51 pm

First few games for me were in the Bee Hole but soon migrated to the Longside and stayed there for years. About two thirds the way back about level with the middle of the 'Bee hole Half' of the pitch. Used to meet some mates there, some from when I was at school. What a bloody atmosphere in there when it was even nearly full. The only exceptions to this were the Celtic game when me and my mate migrated after a while to the BHE just before it really kicked off, the Wolves FA Cup tie when they took over the Longside before most of us had arrived (even though I hate to say it what a site that sea of black and gold was) and a few FA Youth Cup games and reserves games when I was in the Bob Lord because I think it was the only area opened for those games. I miss the Longside and the banter (even when it got out of hand) and the atmosphere has never been the same since it went.

Paranoid · Post by **Paranoid** » Thu May 24, 2018 1:04 pm

76 through to closure top middle of the longside, stood with a great group (approximately 12 of us) for a significant amount of years, unfortunately lost touch with most since stands opened. Some great memories though all the same.

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Thu May 24, 2018 2:49 pm

My dad was a bit tight so unless it was chucking it down we went in the bee hole. Think it was a quid cheaper in there if memory serves.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Thu May 24, 2018 3:13 pm

Foulthrow wrote:My dad was a bit tight so unless it was chucking it down we went in the bee hole. Think it was a quid cheaper in there if memory serves.

Yes, I think it was a bit cheaper. Wasn't there some small gates in the fence dividing the LS and BHE which they opened up with about 15-20 minutes to go so you could walk round?

MrVmax · Post by **MrVmax** » Thu May 24, 2018 8:30 pm

There was a gate. Used to pay for beehole sometimes, as it was cheaper and they lifted my little brother over the turnstiles but if it rained depending how many were on (often not many) and the mindset of the bobbie on the gate, they would open it and let you through for some cover. The stench from the bogs at the back of the Longside still lingers with me to this day

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Thu May 24, 2018 10:47 pm

Wedged between a pillar and a crushbarrier on the Longside. They used to save my spot if i was late out of the pub.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Thu May 24, 2018 10:53 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:Yes, I think it was a bit cheaper. Wasn't there some small gates in the fence dividing the LS and BHE which they opened up with about 15-20 minutes to go so you could walk round?

There was also a gap in one of the fences you could squeeze through as a kid! Great times!

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Fri May 25, 2018 4:34 am

Longside near some guy who wore a long overcoat in which he had maxpacks soups coffee and tea in disposable vending cups.He also had flasks of hot water.I think he delivered them and shared them out to fans like me who stood near him.
Saw him over many seaaons as we plummeted down the leagues. The day we dropped into the 4th Division he said enough was enough and said he'd not come on anymore.I've never seen him since.

Turftalkers mentor · Post by **Turftalkers mentor** » Fri May 25, 2018 8:43 am

Longside alright for the "newer" supporters to remember but the old Cricket Field terrace now that was atmosphere and noise matched by only a few clubs. The Clarets always tried to attack that end in the second half must have been really intimidating for other teams

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:16 am

Turftalkers mentor wrote:Longside alright for the "newer" supporters to remember but the old Cricket Field terrace now that was atmosphere and noise matched by only a few clubs. The Clarets always tried to attack that end in the second half must have been really intimidating for other teams

It was intimidating all round got me hooked!

Turftalkers mentor · Post by **Turftalkers mentor** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:24 am

Yep a REAL football club for REAL supporters on a proper ground not like the followers of whichever club is having a little success (Liverpool etc ) at the time . Down to the basement and back and like a lot of others never faulted .We are the authentic football fans and at the minute having through the efforts of the board and talents of the manager, staff and the team as well as the supporters having a dream time long may it continue