' I thought Cardiff Fans Might Love These Pics '

NINIAN PARK

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NINIAN PARK

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Anyone care to age them......Pre war ?

Annis I always love the old pics NP and away days etc. They always make me think!... Keep em coming!

Great pics

Brings memories back and stirrings from the gut

Heck I hate what they've done to football in the UK.
Can here a pin drop in these all seater no soul bowl grounds
Least your image is on some big brother film a hundred times per game though

That picture of the Bob Bank not having a roof must be donkeys years old. Great pictures of The Old Lady there Annis.

1930s is my guess, hardly any cars about on any of the pictures

Anyone care to age them......Pre war ?

Many of these photos are early 1940's to 1949

Some more modern photos

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Get off our pitch

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Annis I always love the old pics NP and away days etc. They always make me think!... Keep em coming!

Cheers Jack, Ninian Park really was Special

Great pics

Brings memories back and stirrings from the gut

Heck I hate what they've done to football in the UK.
Can here a pin drop in these all seater no soul bowl grounds
Least your image is on some big brother film a hundred times per game though

Eddie,totally agree, not for the better in my opinion.

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That picture of the Bob Bank not having a roof must be donkeys years old. Great pictures of The Old Lady there Annis.

Norms, just looked, it says 1946

Get off our pitch

Some fantastic nostalgic photos there thanks Annis

Get off our pitch

Was that the Empire Games?

Some fantastic nostalgic photos there thanks Annis

Thanks Clive, I loved Ninian Park dearly

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This looks like its set up for a boxing match. I wonder if it was the Howard Winstone v Vicente Salvador clash?

1930s is my guess, hardly any cars about on any of the pictures

1933

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This looks like its set up for a boxing match. I wonder if it was the Howard Winstone v Vicente Salvador clash?

Yes it was for a Boxing fight

Makes me sad that Cardiff are not there, I always loved Ninian Park I feel that the new stadium has no atmosphere and that is because we moved stadium, I know that it will never happen BUT I just wish that someday we might go back. I loved that place, don't get me wrong I like the stadium we have today but it is never the same as the good old days.

The floodlights are there, weren’t they erected c.62 - steam in the background at Canton sheds, so maybe pre-1968?

Couple of questions

When was the grandstand finished ?
Could you walk under the bob bank and grange end, was it ever wood ?
When did we lose the second level in the canton


I remember my first game was against PNE, probably late 70's ( i would have been 9/10), but i have recollections when younger of walking under a big stand. Could only have been NP

Couple of questions

When was the grandstand finished ?
Could you walk under the bob bank and grange end, was it ever wood ?
When did we lose the second level in the canton


I remember my first game was against PNE, probably late 70's ( i would have been 9/10), but i have recollections when younger of walking under a big stand. Could only have been NP

Sounds like you walked under the grange end to get to the bob bank.

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This looks like its set up for a boxing match. I wonder if it was the Howard Winstone v Vicente Salvador clash?

Would seem to be the case as that fight was in June 1967. Winston lost by a disputed points decision

That picture of the Bob Bank not having a roof must be donkeys years old. Great pictures of The Old Lady there Annis.

I am genuinely not having a go here, but where does this reference to Ninian Park being "The old lady" come from?

In 55 years of being a fan, I have never heard it called that by other fans until recently on this board

That picture of the Bob Bank not having a roof must be donkeys years old. Great pictures of The Old Lady there Annis.

I am genuinely not having a go here, but where does this reference to Ninian Park being "The old lady" come from?

In 55 years of being a fan, I have never heard it called that by other fans until recently on this board

Absolutely spot on!
I go back a little further than you and it’s new to me too.
‘Old lady’, old girl, it’s nonsense.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/foot ... es-6156106
haven't got the time to grab upload these photos but have a look at some of the old ones. 1908 and 1910 season

NP was something special and other supporters knew it too. My first game would have been late 70's and I would have been 8 or 9. Hooked from the off.

The pics of my favourite spot ever (Bob) show how it was (before my time ), and like the pitch, originally built from the slag produced from industry up and down Penarth Road. I read in the excellent Fred Keenor book that players often gashed themselves on glass shards that would pop up in the pitch.

I like the fact it was literally built from the ashes of the surrounding industrial area. A very special place indeed and I've noticed that the youngsters who know their football all seem to like the original stadiums. Long may they survive.