Football was better in the old days because.....

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  1. Gordon Owen

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    Cheaper tickets
     
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    U could Stand
     
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    I was younger!
     
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    Dogs got on the pitch more often.
     
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    Kick off was 3:15 on Saturdays.

    And Waggon Wheels were as big as dinner plates.
     
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    It was a sport not a business.
     
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    Money and Sky hadn't ruined it.
     
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    Wooden rattles and airhorns were allowed (unless you were stood in front of them).
     
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    The Oakwell Ales logos used to reappear on the Brewery Stand roof after a few weeks no matter how many times they painted them out. Looked good either side of the John Smiths lettering.
    And you could walk all the way around the ground during the match or watch the cricket from the spion kop.
     
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  10. North Yorks Red

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    fans seemed to relate to the players more and vice versa
     
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  11. North Yorks Red

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    the steam rising up from everybody having a piss under the Brewery stand kept everybody in the stand warm on a cold day
     
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    Same reason for me

    Also, I miss going to the games with my late Dad.
     
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    Nail on head

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  14. Mrs

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    The fans were more united.
     
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  15. North Yorks Red

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    Re: Same reason for me

    yeah and me - well not yre dad obviously but ..............
     
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  16. North Yorks Red

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    Re: Same reason for me

    the sense of relief when you headed the ball and knew the laces were at the other side..............................course I was only very very young
     
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    Thats the one really, youngsters of today will be spouting the same thing in 20/30 years time.
     
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    Another thing

    At that time, when talking about the manager, I called him MISTER Steele, not Johnny Steele. It would seem to be highly disrespectful for me to call him by his first name.
     
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    You didn't have to worry about tickets (except on rare occasions) you just turned up and paid on the gate, home or away.
     
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    It was in black and white
     
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