Strange goings on at Scunthorpe

[Campsall rover]

Didn’t they used to play in all red in the 70s or have I imagined that? Is the claret and blue a modern concoction?

1st visit to Glanford Park for me was early 80’s probably 80/81 at a guess and they were in an all red strip.
They remained in that throughout the 80’s to the best of my recollection.

[Jimmydee]

Glanford Park opened in August 1988.

According to this Calendar news report it was the first new football league ground built in 40 years at a cost of 2.5 million pounds.

Campsall, you must have been to the Old Showground if it the early 80s according to the above.

[Herbert Anchovy]

Didn’t the Dons buy the floodlights from the Old Showground for Tattersfield?

[Armthorpe mickler]

Yes the Dons did buy the floodlights from Scunny.Remember them having a floodlight fund. The year before aa lot of games off with the snow so they had a lot of mid week games with a 6.30 kick off playing the second half in the dark .

[rich1471]

Glanford Park opened in August 1988.

According to this Calendar news report it was the first new football league ground built in 40 years at a cost of 2.5 million pounds.

Some fine 80's fashions on display here!!

https://youtu.be/5sGxUWtlK10

I always thought it was the first new ground to be built after the second world war ended

[VivaRovers]

I always thought it was the first new ground to be built after the second world war ended
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Vale Park was built after the Second World War, opening in 1950

[idler]

Wasn't it called the Wembley of the north when it was first built.
I remember being impressed with it when I first went there in the 60s.
I think that it was about 40,000 capacity.

[idler]

Vale Park that is.

[Donnywolf]

Remember seeing us play in yellow and brown there that must have been the worst kit ever
Did we play in violet there or did that clash

I've never been too embarrassed to confess I had brown jeans with brown collared shirt and yellow jumper

Went dressed that way to most away games

There's an image you will never unsee now 

[roversdude]

Camouflage with our buses

[StocktonRover]

Remember seeing us play in yellow and brown there that must have been the worst kit ever
Did we play in violet there or did that clash

I've never been too embarrassed to confess I had brown jeans with brown collared shirt and yellow jumper

Went dressed that way to most away games

There's an image you will never unsee now 

I have an inkling that in the scunny programme the kit was described as custard and chocolate?

[Campsall rover]

Glanford Park opened in August 1988.

According to this Calendar news report it was the first new football league ground built in 40 years at a cost of 2.5 million pounds.

Campsall, you must have been to the Old Showground if it the early 80s according to the above.

I meant Old Showground of course.