A few photos of Ayresome Park being demolished

[erimus74]

When the season kicks off in August it will be 30 years since we started our final season at our famous ground

[In With the Lurpak]

Bald patches in the last picture , I take it people got the chance to take away certain parts of the pitch like the penalty spots , corner sections and kick off area ? Or was that bald patch where the demolition portacabin was sat 

[erimus74]

Bald patches in the last picture , I take it people got the chance to take away certain parts of the pitch like the penalty spots , corner sections and kick off area ? Or was that bald patch where the demolition portacabin was sat 

They had diggers & heavy machinery standing there

[In With the Lurpak]

So no one dug up a nice square section around the penalty spots and laid them in their own gardens at home. Surprised at that like.

[erimus74]

So no one dug up a nice square section around the penalty spots and laid them in their own gardens at home. Surprised at that like.

A cutting from my AP scrapbook of director Graham Fordy regarding the playing pitch

[In With the Lurpak]

I bet West weaselled his way into removing a prime slab of the pitch somehow 

[Eastcoastred]

I bet West weaselled his way into removing a prime slab of the pitch somehow 

Aparently red noses house stands where the holgate penalty spot was,, I don't know if this is true or not

[Ural Quntz]

So no one dug up a nice square section around the penalty spots and laid them in their own gardens at home. Surprised at that like.

Some choice bits were auctioned off at ££ per sq metre.

I waited till the demo men went in and helped myself.

Still got it in the back garden, but no idea where!

 

[John Trebor]

I bet West weaselled his way into removing a prime slab of the pitch somehow 

Aparently red noses house stands where the holgate penalty spot was,, I don't know if this is true or not

You might be right. I thought he got the bit of turf with the penalty spot on. Maybe both are true.

[Clem Fandango]

I bet West weaselled his way into removing a prime slab of the pitch somehow 

Aparently red noses house stands where the holgate penalty spot was,, I don't know if this is true or not

Wait... he has a house?  He looks like he lives in a bush.