Your favourite Belle Vue Photo

[RedRover45]

On the contrary, Cameron's Ales was the main advert on the front of the Main Stand during the 70's and 80's. can't remember when it was first there though. I'll have a look at my old programmes from 1950's later as front cover was birds eye view of ground.

[Colemans Left Hook]

It's the link from Coleman's Left Hook just a little bit above our correspondence at the foot of Pg 3 of this thread.

Bob

PS DW: the grass looks pretty rubbish on the link to that one above doesn't it?! And how come the Main Stand and behind has been fogged out? Wonder what was so secret in 1935.........

think someone who shall remain nameless (for the moment) deserves a mention on my thread about radio sheffield mistakes

the link says  "Doncaster, crowds at the racecourse, 1953"

that's another £5 i'm owed for spotting the deliberate mistake

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw049621?search=doncaster&ref=342

note the trees have leaves on looks like a flat meeting  possibly Leger Week ? would make more sense to sell the aerial photo as a view during leger week  = more profit on sales 

[albie]

Main stand 1990's;
pic.twitter.com/UWmlGRsQGH

Pop side 1990's;
pic.twitter.com/UWmlGRsQGH

[Mike_F]

Photo by a Colchester fan.

Love it. That's me in the red shirt, back to the camera heading towards half way. Left arm aloft starting a "Weaver Out" chant. Feels like yesterday.

[bobjimwilly]

https://pic.twitter.com/UWmlGRsQGH

That second picture is interesting; you can see at that point flags were still be used to mark the half-way line at Belle Vue. It's very rare you see that in the modern game.

[roversdude]

Thanks Wolfie. Interesting. Wish my old Dad was around still. Or Dutch Uncle's. They might well have known.

And, my humble apologies to Coleman. I really have no idea at all why I attributed your link to Roversdude. I'm going to blame studying for an interview on Monday - but there's no excuse really is there?

BobG

Bob would have been honoured to have posted that
Good luck mate

[Donnywolf]

It's the link from Coleman's Left Hook just a little bit above our correspondence at the foot of Pg 3 of this thread.

Bob

PS DW: the grass looks pretty rubbish on the link to that one above doesn't it?! And how come the Main Stand and behind has been fogged out? Wonder what was so secret in 1935.........

think someone who shall remain nameless (for the moment) deserves a mention on my thread about radio sheffield mistakes

the link says  "Doncaster, crowds at the racecourse, 1953"

that's another £5 i'm owed for spotting the deliberate mistake

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw049621?search=doncaster&ref=342

note the trees have leaves on looks like a flat meeting  possibly Leger Week ? would make more sense to sell the aerial photo as a view during leger week  = more profit on sales 

Think we got a bit confused with the 35 and 53

I think BobG is talking about the grass in the 35 picture as against the 53 picture. I went looking for something after '35 hoping for a better look at the Advert on Pop Side Roof but only came up with '53 by which time the Advert had gone !

[Dutch Uncle]

Afraid I can't shed any definitive light on the 1935 advertising, although Oakwell Ales had a long history of advertising at the Rovers

One other advertisement on the main stand in the 1980's always made me laugh - and that was for Plas-Vent (double glazing? plumbing? ducting?). As a Dutch speaker I know well that 'plas', although meaning a lake, is colloquially used for taking a pee. 'Vent' is also a colloquial word for bloke or guy - so although it doesn't actually exist in Dutch - plas-vent always looked like 'piss-head' to me. 

I am sure Graingrover would know enough Flemish to agree.

[BobG]

Bit like the once proposed Rolls Royce Silver Mist then Brian.........

BobG

[Dutch Uncle]

That reminds me Bob of a squash match I once played in front of a fairly full gallery in Germany - the refereeing and scoring all being in German. I somehow achieved an air shot and exclaimed something like 'whoops missed', looked at the stony faced gallery and then raised a laugh (major achievement in Germany btw) by saying 'dass war aber Englisch!' 

For the non German speakers 'mist' is colloquial German for sh*te.

[BobG]

That's made for a nice break in struggling (not very succesfully) to learn my stuff for Monday.

Bob

[Dutch Uncle]

Good luck Bob 

Cheers

Brian

[1879Rovers]

Afraid I can't shed any definitive light on the 1935 advertising, although Oakwell Ales had a long history of advertising at the Rovers

One other advertisement on the main stand in the 1980's always made me laugh - and that was for Plas-Vent (double glazing? plumbing? ducting?). As a Dutch speaker I know well that 'plas', although meaning a lake, is colloquially used for taking a pee. 'Vent' is also a colloquial word for bloke or guy - so although it doesn't actually exist in Dutch - plas-vent always looked like 'piss-head' to me. 

I am sure Graingrover would know enough Flemish to agree.

I think it was the T of the Plas Vent sign that once fell and hit a supporter on the head.

[Donnywolf]

I C .... what a B********

Letters hope it was not too serious A ?

[The Red Baron]

I have a terrible feeling that the poor bloke died as the result of his injuries. I may be wrong though.

[1879Rovers]

I was stood on the Town End and watched it come down, looked awful at the time.

[Donnywolf]

I have a terrible feeling that the poor bloke died as the result of his injuries. I may be wrong though.

Had never heard of this - what year / game was it pls ?

[RedRover45]

Shot in the dark Wolfie but the home game with Swansea in 84-85 season rings a bell. Could very well be wrong though.

[1879Rovers]

I thought it was Newport but I could also be wrong.

[SoundbiteBarmyArmy]

Has anybody got any pictures of the game vs. Arsenal in the Carling Cup?

I remember being stood in the Main stand towards the Town end where I always stood and being shoulder-to-shoulder, the atmosphere was amazing and despite the result, what a night!

Stevie Roberts had Robin Van Persie in his back pocket from the first minute!  In fact RVP went off injured after about 25 minutes, didn't he?

[idler]

He obviously didn't fancy another challenge like the crunching hard but fair one that dumped him.
I still remember his plaintive look at the ref.

[RoversDave]

Rovers v Arsen

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/asset-detail/gallery/event/56440400

[bobjimwilly]

saw this in the Looking Back at Doncaster group on fb
Early 80's?

[RedRover45]

saw this in the Looking Back at Doncaster group on fb
Early 80's?

saw this in the Looking Back at Doncaster group on fb
Early 80's?

saw this in the Looking Back at Doncaster group on fb
Early 80's?

The clue there is the adult price of £6 for the main stand terrace. Can't remember exactly but I would guess late 80's/early 90's.

[number_19]

I've been reading this forum for a while but never registered since the change from the old Viking forum.
This thread caught my attention, so I thought I'd share something I stumbled across a while back.

A few good photos here after we'd seen the final ball kicked at Belle Vue: http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/8286-Belle-Vue-Doncaster-Rovers-FC-27-01-07?highlight=DONCASTER

Few more here, but not as good: http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/7952-Belle-Vue-Doncaster-Rovers-FC-20-01-07?highlight=DONCASTER

[idler]

It wouldn't seem so sad if something useful had been done with the land. It brought back many memories though.
Thanks

[RTID75]

That was my 28 Days Later report two posts up! Glad to see it's still there.

Some of those photos made it to the centre page of the Free Press shortly afterwards. My most famous moment!

[BobG]

RTID: what's happened to Sif? I haven't come across him, anywhere, for quite a long time now. Is he ok?? I hope so. He was a bloody good guy.

And thank you No 19. I had seen RTID's posts before - but that was years ago. I've bookmarked it this time

Thanks

BobG

[RoversDave]

http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/features/photo-galleries.asp?MatchId=2232&PageId=2

A bad evening in 2003.

[wesisback]

I had no issue with losing the title to Yeovil that season. They were a class apart as demonstrated the day they demolished us and won the title (had already won it I know).