Bramall Lane when did it cease being a three sided ground?

[mdingwall]

When did they stop playing cricket there?

 

[Sheffieldger]

When did they stop playing cricket there?

Bramall lane you mean mate, 1973 I think

 

[mdingwall]

Bramall lane you mean mate, 1973 I think

Lane I think you mean

 

[davyloyal]

Lane I think you mean

Lane, I think you mean.

I think you mean.

 

[cskasofia]

Remember being made aware of this when I read Simon Inglis' book on football grounds of GB. Was amazed that they played top flight English football there in the 70's.

Northampton Town had a similar ground.

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

Remember being made aware of this when I read Simon Inglis' book on football grounds of GB. Was amazed that they played top flight English football there in the 70's.

Northampton Town had a similar ground.

In the early 70s, they hosted Leeds, who were at their peak back then in a Yorkshire derby and there was 60,000 in attendance.

Don't know what the record attendance there is? Though I would imagine it would have been set against Wednesday.

 

[Sheffieldger]

In the early 70s, they hosted Leeds, who were at their peak back then in a Yorkshire derby and there was 60,000 in attendance.

Don't know what the record attendance there is? Though I would imagine it would have been set against Wednesday.

68k ish against Leeds, I don't know when it was but I'm pretty sure it was before the 2nd World War.

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

68k ish against Leeds, I don't know when it was but I'm pretty sure it was before the 2nd World War.

Nice one. I honestly would have thought it would have been set against Wednesday, but as they say, every day is a school day.

 

[jimbear]

I was last in Bramall Lane in 1980 and they still had the old cricket scoreboard inside the ground. An exhibition cricket match involving some famous cricketers took place in Bramall Lane on a mid-week September evening of that year as well. I don't know when the last County Cricket game took place there.

 

[yosser hughes]

Turf Moor in Burnley was a 3 sided ground as well I'm sure,with the cricket ground open at one end

 

[mdingwall]

Lane, I think you mean.

I think you mean.

Didn't mean to be mean.

 

[HandsomeHead]

I was unaware of this.

Some images for those of similar ignorance:

 

[bud_light]

What is now the Tony Currie stand (main stand) was built in the mid 70s to replace the outfield