Old Trafford in the 60s and 70s
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Just found this thread looking for pics online, anyone got anymore now? Fred the red was a right scary looking bastard then!
Fred the Red!
Are you sure that's Fred? The ground configuration and the fences predates 1994, as I can't recall United using a mascot type thing like this till the final day of the season in the 1993/94 season, when we played Coventry at home. I remember the press release and throwing a strop that we'd even created Fred. The club made a big hoo haaa over it, and then at the end of the game during the trophy celebrations Eric lead the team on a charge and jumped Fred, and took his head off.
This mascot thing seems very much earlier than 94, but it's certainly a football match and a United shirt, so can anyone try and pinpoint a date as to this as I can't recall us having anything like this in the 80's.
Old trafford during the blitz.
an oldie. Year 1910
1910 was 30 years before the blitz.
Those fences bloody hurt when you got crushed against them. Unlike today tho, you didnt sue the club for your injuries, you simply fought your way back a few rows, then showed off your bruises at school on the Monday 
I thought that, but then I realised that it's a caption for another picture that hasn't loaded.
This thread is absolutely wonderful -- thank you everyone who've posted pictures!
I don't really remember that proto-Fred either.
at Tribec's "throwing a strop that we'd even created Fred" -- so did I. Or not really threw a strop, but thought it was cheesy and silly. I was serious about my football and style those days. Little did I know what was in store for us... Poor innocuous Fred!
Anyway, I'm sure it was 1994 (when Fred as we know him now was created).
Would be fun to hear from Caftards with memories of proto-Fred -- it seems he's been obliterated from my mind.
I don't really remember that proto-Fred either.
at Tribec's "throwing a strop that we'd even created Fred" -- so did I. Or not really threw a strop, but thought it was cheesy and silly. I was serious about my football and style those days. Little did I know what was in store for us... Poor innocuous Fred! Anyway, I'm sure it was 1994 (when Fred as we know him now was created).
Would be fun to hear from Caftards with memories of proto-Fred -- it seems he's been obliterated from my mind.
Kelvin looks as sad in real life as he always is on here.
Great pictures.
Great pictures.
These pictures show solid history of constant evolution, not only of this stadium.
Absolutely brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
I have an album on Photobucket with Old Trafford pictures (along with some Bank Street pictures).
Old Trafford pictures by behemothzzz - Photobucket
Some of them:
OT in the 30's:
South Stand in the 30's:
Old Trafford in the 20's:
Painting of Old Trafford 7th Feb 1958
Original Munich-plaque (supposed to be somewhere inside the stadium now, not accessible for the public):
South Stand 1935
Old Trafford during FA Cup semi final 1939
Stretford End, 70's (?)
Stretford End, 1992 (just before the conversion to all seater I suppose)
Old Trafford pictures by behemothzzz - Photobucket
Some of them:
OT in the 30's:
South Stand in the 30's:
Old Trafford in the 20's:
Painting of Old Trafford 7th Feb 1958
Original Munich-plaque (supposed to be somewhere inside the stadium now, not accessible for the public):
South Stand 1935
Old Trafford during FA Cup semi final 1939
Stretford End, 70's (?)
Stretford End, 1992 (just before the conversion to all seater I suppose)
Pre-war Trafford Park
Old Trafford just after it's built
1964
1984
1990
1993
1996
2001
2009
Old Trafford just after it's built
1964
1984
1990
1993
1996
2001
2009
Cheers for all the great pictures, King Eric!
That '39 FA Cup semi looks like it was rather rowdy. A quick Googling told me it was Grimsby vs Wolves. Any of our knowledgeable Cafites know what happened?
That '39 FA Cup semi looks like it was rather rowdy. A quick Googling told me it was Grimsby vs Wolves. Any of our knowledgeable Cafites know what happened?
Old Trafford just after it's built
Absolutely love this one.
More of the Stretford End
THIS IS THE ONE!
these pics are brilliant.
That South Stand looks terrible
Looks like Leeds to me. I think that's Gordon McQueen behind Jimmy Nick.
The ref looks like Jackie Charlton!
Old Trafford during FA Cup semi final 1939
Amazing how people just stood on the edge of the end and sidelines back then. Reminds me of the "White Horse" FA Cup pics.
Like the pre war pic with both the Old Trafford stadiums in view
Manchester United's Old Trafford grounds record attendance 76,962 packed in for the F.A.Cup Semi-Final 1939. Grimsby Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves score a penalty at the scoreboard end-check out the crowd packed in!
This was the old main stand, now known as the South stand. Builders were putting in the steel work to rebuild after the war, work could not commence until 1951 [when this picture was taken] as the Government of the day resrticted the use of Steel and other building materials as housing quite naturally took precedent after the war ended in 1945.
Aerial Photograph taken in 1966, Old Trafford new "Cantilever Stand" ready for the World Cup games.
Stretford End, (just before the conversion to never singing YAWN ever again)
Stretford End, 1992 (just before the conversion to all seater I suppose)
Most of them are lifted from my Flickr account, cheeky sod!
Anyway, there's a stray pic of Villa Park in there for some reason.
Anyone seeking old United photos needs to check out Leslie Millman's collection: Old Trafford Ground - a set on Flickr
Most of them are lifted from my Flickr account, cheeky sod!
Anyway, there's a stray pic of Villa Park in there for some reason.
Anyone seeking old United photos needs to check out Leslie Millman's collection: Old Trafford Ground - a set on Flickr
Some of them, especially the oldest ones and the maps of Bank Str and North Road seem to be indeed. But most of them must have been posted here on Redcafe I guess the last few years.
My apologies for not giving you credit but I had no idea anymore where they all came from. Most of these are found all over the internet to be honest.
The Villa Park picture is not there by accident. This year I wrote up a little history of Old Trafford for a Dutch forum and also told a bit about Archibald Leitch, who also worked on Villa Park. I thought he designed that Holte End facade, but learnt only later that it's actually more like a reproduction of what Leitch' original Trinity Road Stand facade looked like.
Great pic Ralphie, the Stretford End celebrates. I think it's against Leeds March 77 can anybody confirm ?
Stuart (ugly) Houston, Jimmy Greenhoff, Sammy Mac, Martin Buchan, Gordon Hill, Pancho, Jimmy Nic and Lou Macari.
I thought it could be 1975-76 season when we beat them 3-2 at OT after leading 3-0 at one point. I was at the match but seem to recall that Gerry Daly played at number 4 and not Super Sam. So it must be 77 if Greenhoff's playing.
Great pic Ralphie, the Stretford End celebrates. I think it's against Leeds March 77 can anybody confirm ?
Stuart (ugly) Houston, Jimmy Greenhoff, Sammy Mac, Martin Buchan, Gordon Hill, Pancho, Jimmy Nic and Lou Macari.
It is 1977 and its definately Leeds . You can see Gordon McQueen before he wised up and what looks like Peter Lorimer far right with hand on his hip. God I hated that Leeds team
It is 1977 and its definately Leeds . You can see Gordon McQueen before he wised up and what looks like Peter Lorimer far right with hand on his hip. God I hated that Leeds team
Is that the strip which had that daft smiley face on it?
I was only joking, after all, I didn't take any of them myself. You've probably seen some of them when I posted in the OT centenary thread.
Is that the strip which had that daft smiley face on it?
The Lids one ? It had some kind of yellow and blue football on it didn't it which did look like a smiley face
The Lids one ? It had some kind of yellow and blue football on it didn't it which did look like a smiley face
Hi Ralphie,
What year was this pic taken? Judging from everyone's clothes I would guess 1980's?
Clothes look more 90's to me.
Is that the strip which had that daft smiley face on it?
The Lids one ? It had some kind of yellow and blue football on it didn't it which did look like a smiley face
From historical football kits:
"In 1973 an enigmatic new badge was introduced, which became known as the "smiley crest." It took considerable imagination and a cricked neck to see that the two yellow segments are highly stylised versions of the letters "L" and "U"."
The question is why were Leeds wearing an away strip? They normally wore their standard all white against us home and away in the 70s.
They played in all yellow against us sometimes. Other times they wore red socks with their white strip. One of Don Revie's little eccentric touches perhaps that endured after his departure. He was a bit of a weirdo.
Really wish i could remember what it looked like first time I went, 96/97 derby county 2-0. Giggs scored a belter.
It's a shame North Stand's 3 tiers weren't rapped fully around the stadium. Would've looked immense. I love the old pics, though... had the old boys not run of cash...OT's capacity would've been 100K and not 60K.
Probably best they did run out of cash. After the FA forced us to remortgage the ground (they deemed JH Davies' purchase of the land and gift to it the club too favourable a deal for us and made us pay for it ourselves from money earned through gates) and following the death of Davies, we struggled to keep up the repayments and nearly went under in the early 30s. Had there been a 100k capacity ground to pay for, we'd have probably gone bankrupt.