by merse btpir » 20 Jun 2017, 12:01
Well if it was in 1964-65 then that game ended in a 0-2 defeat and was played on Saturday 26th September 1964
the 1965-66 game ended 4-1 on Saturday 6th November 1965
http://stats.football.co.uk/head_to_hea ... ndex.shtml
United were a pretty good side in both those seasons ~ winning promotion in fact in 65-66 ~ whilst Lincoln were crap and had to apply for re-election on both occasions.
I made my first ever visit to Sincil Bank for the away game at the end of the 1965-66 season and it was somewhat basic and miserable little ground ~ not that Plainmoor was much to write home about in those days ~ consisting of three rabbit hutch like wooden stands and one exposed open terrace down the Sincil Drain side; the little brook that separates it from the site of their former John O'Gaunts Ground. That it was the first old school ground more or less condemned and dangerous in the wake of the Valley Parade fire came as no surprise to me and the result is a complete transformation of what went before.
The South Park stand was closed to spectators for the 1985/86 campaign but was then reopened in the following season after the St Andrews stand was demolished in the summer of 1986. This was the prelude to the final period of redevelopment of the ground.
The first stage of this saw a new St Andrews stand seating 1,400 opened in November 1987. The South Park and railway ends were both demolished in the early months of 1990m and in August of the same year the Stacey West stand ~ named after two long serving City fans who died in the Bradford fire ~ was opened at the north end of the ground. A new South Park stand with 17 executive boxes was operational in the summer of 1992. The EGT Family stand appeared alongside the St Andrews stand in 1994, and the final stage of the redevelopment saw the completion of the 5,700 seat Linpave stand in March 1995 to replace the open terracing on the Sincil Bank side. A modern floodlighting system was also installed at this time. The total cost of rebuilding the ground amounted to around £3 million, with significant contributions coming from both the City Council and the Football Trust.
Sincil Bank became an all-seater stadium at the start of the 1999/2000 season when the only remaining terracing - in the Stacey West stand - was replaced by seats, meaning that the ground now has a capacity of over 10,000 and has arguably been one of the best stadiums in non-league football.
Sincil Bank in the nineteen sixtiesWell if it was in 1964-65 then that game ended in a 0-2 defeat and was played on Saturday 26th September 1964
the 1965-66 game ended 4-1 on Saturday 6th November 1965
http://stats.football.co.uk/head_to_head/torquay_united/vs/lincoln_city/index.shtml
United were a pretty good side in both those seasons ~ winning promotion in fact in 65-66 ~ whilst Lincoln were crap and had to apply for re-election on both occasions.
I made my first ever visit to Sincil Bank for the away game at the end of the 1965-66 season and it was somewhat basic and miserable little ground ~ not that Plainmoor was much to write home about in those days ~ consisting of three rabbit hutch like wooden stands and one exposed open terrace down the Sincil Drain side; the little brook that separates it from the site of their former John O'Gaunts Ground. That it was the first old school ground more or less condemned and dangerous in the wake of the Valley Parade fire came as no surprise to me and the result is a complete transformation of what went before.
The South Park stand was closed to spectators for the 1985/86 campaign but was then reopened in the following season after the St Andrews stand was demolished in the summer of 1986. This was the prelude to the final period of redevelopment of the ground.
The first stage of this saw a new St Andrews stand seating 1,400 opened in November 1987. The South Park and railway ends were both demolished in the early months of 1990m and in August of the same year the Stacey West stand ~ named after two long serving City fans who died in the Bradford fire ~ was opened at the north end of the ground. A new South Park stand with 17 executive boxes was operational in the summer of 1992. The EGT Family stand appeared alongside the St Andrews stand in 1994, and the final stage of the redevelopment saw the completion of the 5,700 seat Linpave stand in March 1995 to replace the open terracing on the Sincil Bank side. A modern floodlighting system was also installed at this time. The total cost of rebuilding the ground amounted to around £3 million, with significant contributions coming from both the City Council and the Football Trust.
[b]Sincil Bank became an all-seater stadium at the start of the 1999/2000 season when the only remaining terracing - in the Stacey West stand - was replaced by seats, meaning that the ground now has a capacity of over 10,000 and has arguably been one of the best stadiums in non-league football.[/b]
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[b][size=150]Sincil Bank in the nineteen sixties[/size][/b]
