THE WAY WE WERE…

What happened to the old grounds when they closed?

Plough Lane

IN the big bucks era of the Premier League it’s easy to forget how football once was.
Once upon a time most games kicked off at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, the air was filled with a mix of Oxo, pies and smoke and fans dodged down streets and alleyways to get to a ground crammed into the middle of a (often dodgy) housing estate.
Now in the age of money-madness, many clubs have brought in the bulldozers, pocketed the cheque and packed their bags for a soulless bowl on the edge of town.
Others have torn down the tradi...

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