| Do you remember the days 12:28 - Dec 18 with 15316 views | swancity |
When there were just 3000 fans dotted around the Vetch Field?
When Prosser used to wheel up and down the track along the South Stand making funny faces
When away trips to places like Rochdale, Hartlepool, Cambridge and Chesterfield were to be cherished
When you were ankle deep in piss in the North Bank toilets
When you knew at the games you were surrounded by genuine fans of the football club and not people with a passing interest who have jumped onto a bandwagon
Where you could smoke a cigarette if you wanted one
When the pasties were lovely and the tea like hot water
When you could pay cash at a turnstile to go in.
When Robbie James would stride purposefully from the halfway line before unleashing a thunderbolt
When the players were not vastly over paid. Really can any footballer be worth a salary of a cool £1m a month? Or even £1m a year.
Our story has indeed been an incredible one....but there was also something special about supporting our Swans through the bad times as well. The FA cup draw at Oxford brought back some good memories of standing on the terrace behind the goal at Oxford when I think we beat them on pens?
Good old days....
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| Do you remember the days on 12:35 - Dec 18 with 6023 views | dulaisjack |
yes those were really happy days, away trips were awesome only a handfull but real people and proper fun, as for the vetch my fondest moments of watching football, i know we have moved on but the old vetch could make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up truly awesome times, non of this internet bickering and moaning , proper fun and banter ans some truly great characters. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 12:36 - Dec 18 with 6016 views | Bloodyhills |
I remember standing ankle deep in piss and it wasn't pleasant. I do miss the atmosphere though and I can remember the vetch being packed and bouncing with noise and energy. Brilliantly euphoric. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 12:37 - Dec 18 with 6011 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
Was that Sky's penalty winner? |  |
| This is Patches O'Houlihan saying "Take care of your balls, and they'll take care of you." |
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| Do you remember the days on 12:42 - Dec 18 with 5977 views | Trundle10 |
North Bank toilets, ankle deep in p1ss it was like wookie hole in there |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 12:58 - Dec 18 with 5936 views | Swanseajill |
Walking around the Vetch one day, Frankie Burrows told me he wouldn't let his wife anywhere near our toilets.
He was a nag to Sharpey about the facilities that the fans had to put up with.
At the end of our Vetch years, I had the opportunity to view the players showers and they were disgusting.
Yeah, I loved Vetchfield with a passion, but that particular dog had had its day. |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 13:00 - Dec 18 with 5915 views | perchrockjack |
Rather better new days | |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:07 - Dec 18 with 5900 views | Millie |
Was you ankle deep though?
There was always a smell and you stood on your toes but I don't remember my socks getting wet, most pissed outside anyway | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 13:10 - Dec 18 with 5884 views | mrrockin |
I miss terracing not much else | | | |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:11 - Dec 18 with 5882 views | Highjack |
I remember being at a game against Brentford when there were only 1400 fans there. Hundreds of thousands of people around the South Wales area were also there if you ask them. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:11 - Dec 18 with 5882 views | vetchonian |
Now1 that's a daft question ......most of our current so called fans knew of SCFC before 2011 | |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:14 - Dec 18 with 5868 views | vetchonian |
| Do you remember the days on 13:11 - Dec 18 by vetchonian |
Now1 that's a daft question ......most of our current so called fans knew of SCFC before 2011 |
ooops meant to say
most of our current so called fans didn't know of SCFC before 2011 | |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:22 - Dec 18 with 5827 views | pencoedjack |
| Do you remember the days on 13:07 - Dec 18 by Millie |
Was you ankle deep though?
There was always a smell and you stood on your toes but I don't remember my socks getting wet, most pissed outside anyway |
Yes I can never remember 'being ankle deep in p1ss' ....
Great memories of the Vetch and away trips in the 80's / 90's |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 13:28 - Dec 18 with 5802 views | vetchonian |
The atmosphere when we played Palace in the season we got relegated from Div 1 ,down to 10 men Colin Irwin got injured but wouldn't go off he and Latchford swopped positions for the last 20 or so....hung on for a draw despite all the odds. Couldn't see todays star signings having the same passion today | |
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| Do you remember the days on 13:28 - Dec 18 with 5800 views | Jackanapes |
pi$$ |  |
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“The stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about.†|
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| Do you remember the days on 13:30 - Dec 18 with 5793 views | 3swan |
| Do you remember the days on 13:28 - Dec 18 by vetchonian |
The atmosphere when we played Palace in the season we got relegated from Div 1 ,down to 10 men Colin Irwin got injured but wouldn't go off he and Latchford swopped positions for the last 20 or so....hung on for a draw despite all the odds. Couldn't see todays star signings having the same passion today |
Forgotten that game. Fantastic atmosphere with every block/tackle cheered.
Colin Irwin standing still but still made an effort to be part of things | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 13:56 - Dec 18 with 5730 views | GehbeHindert_Bosman |
I've spoken to many an away fan about the Vetch over the years and the away toilets were indeed often ankle deep in water and piss - most thought it was deliberate. Maybe that's where the urban myth started?
Always rank and wet in there but I only remember there being a 'flood' to walk through once in the NB bogs when someone had had a shit and stuffed the crapper full of paper and it overflowed. Brave person who sat on that throne I can tell you. |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 14:35 - Dec 18 with 5679 views | DafyddHuw |
3,00 fans? Blimey, that would have been a good attendance. |  | | |
| Do you remember the days on 14:51 - Dec 18 with 5653 views | ItchySphincter |
I love it down the Liberty but nothing has ever replaced the feeling of excitement and anticipation I got from going down the Vetch. The rattle of the boards at the back of the North when the teams came out and being able to walk from one end of the North Bank at half time depending on which way we were playing, magical stuff. Before there was burger fans you had to get your tea from a little hatch at the back of the stand where the most beautiful dark haired girl used to sell me unwanted Mars bars every other week. â¤ï¸ |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:22 - Dec 18 with 5604 views | dgt73 |
Cry me a fooking river. They weren't the "good old days" on the whole they were shite, with fans dreaming of reaching the promised land one day.
Well we are there....if you want to go back to that....Newport county isn't that far. |  |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:26 - Dec 18 with 5594 views | pencoedjack |
| Do you remember the days on 15:22 - Dec 18 by dgt73 |
Cry me a fooking river. They weren't the "good old days" on the whole they were shite, with fans dreaming of reaching the promised land one day.
Well we are there....if you want to go back to that....Newport county isn't that far. |
They might not of been good for you but they were certainly good for me .....
I far more enjoyed my 'whole football experience' in those days than I do now. | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:27 - Dec 18 with 5588 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 13:14 - Dec 18 by vetchonian |
ooops meant to say
most of our current so called fans didn't know of SCFC before 2011 |
So what. Or do you think playing in front of 12 - 13,000 would be better ? | |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:29 - Dec 18 with 5580 views | Highjack |
| Do you remember the days on 13:56 - Dec 18 by GehbeHindert_Bosman |
I've spoken to many an away fan about the Vetch over the years and the away toilets were indeed often ankle deep in water and piss - most thought it was deliberate. Maybe that's where the urban myth started?
Always rank and wet in there but I only remember there being a 'flood' to walk through once in the NB bogs when someone had had a shit and stuffed the crapper full of paper and it overflowed. Brave person who sat on that throne I can tell you. |
I always employed a hovering my ring hole above the seat tactic on the rare occasions I had to have a Gary Glit. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:32 - Dec 18 with 5566 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:26 - Dec 18 by pencoedjack |
They might not of been good for you but they were certainly good for me .....
I far more enjoyed my 'whole football experience' in those days than I do now. |
What - watching lower league football in a dump of a stadium, with one man and his dog watching. | |
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| Do you remember the days on 15:32 - Dec 18 with 5561 views | Rico1983 |
This is going to degenerate into a "I'm a bigger fan than you" pissing contest sooner rather than later... | | | |
| Do you remember the days on 15:37 - Dec 18 with 5548 views | dgt73 |
| Do you remember the days on 15:32 - Dec 18 by Rico1983 |
This is going to degenerate into a "I'm a bigger fan than you" pissing contest sooner rather than later... |
You're probably right.
It does make me laugh though - with people trying to portray the 80's & 90's as the "good old days".
No doubt people enjoyed themselves, in terms of a day out, but in football terms in was shite. | |
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