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Poor penalty from Lorimer as it was virtually straight at Guy. If Cloughie had still been in charge, Leeds would have lost. An early shot across the bows from the Dons at a complacent football league.
So lovely to see this, but also incredibly poignant. I lived 'down south' in Co Waterford. Literally the other end of the country. And I supported Distillery all my life. God knows why? I never saw them play. Never even visited Belfast, never mind Grosvenor Park. And never met a single other Distillery fan. My family think I'm crazy. And yet the extraordinary impact football makes on us made me a Distillery fan. And I still am. Even here in London where I have lived for almost 40 years. This video is really well made and helps me visualise what the ground used to look like. Many thanks for posting it! I often wondered what became of the site. It is devastating to see that virtually no trace of it remains. Come on you Whites!
How convenient , it was firebombed and they were a non sectarian club. Hopefully someone with money who is connected to the club in some distant way ,will bring them back to the glory days, and ask the IFA to let them use Windsor park as their home ground, alongside the Blues, would that not be beautiful , and great for the Irish league. Just look at what has happened at larne.
atkinson always over spoke and under delivered. Prima Donnas they were called at the time and as a Utd fan then, i agree. Too much booze, sights set far too low. If youre Robbo joining in 81, why wasnt he by 85 screaming at the squad for not having won the League.. Everton came passed us by then too. We finished 4th every season for years. Thank god Alex was in by 86.
Does not compare with the old Grosvenor Park in Belfast which was in the heart of a heavily populated area. Being in a rural setting doesn't really help matters either and probably affects attendances. Looks like the good old days for Distillery FC are gone forever. 😢
A compact wee ground full of atmosphere, especially when Glentoran or Linfield were the visitors. On a Saturday afternoon thousands of fans used to dander up the Grosvenor Road for the match. Fans packed closely together on the terraces right up to near the edge of the pitch. Happy memories mixed with saddness those days are gone and Distillery FC are no longer in the top fight of the Irish League.
Looking back it still is so sad and demoralizing 2 c.what was once the home of distillery f c gone for ever and now playing in the middle of no where at ballyskeagh and no hope off ever getting back into Irish league football were they belong they cannot even beat intermediate teams of same status.as they are now It is heart breaking watching them now from old grosvernor park supporter in belvoir park belfast
Wonderful video. I was positively salavating. I think the old trophy should have been retired and not used for the Championship effectively the Second Division.
London-based United supporter: I went to this match on my own as a 14 year old and it was the first game I attended outside of matches in London and a couple at Old Trafford (at the time). I had some Christmas money saved up and decided to go to the game in the hope of getting a ticket off a tout.. However, as soon as I stepped off the train at Borrnemouth and walked onto the forecourt I noticed a guy who had about 8-10 kids around him who were of similar age to me and he was handing them all tickets to the match. I believe they were all Scandanavian (Danish or Swedish) and I assume the chap was a teacher and the kids were on part of some sort of school journey to England. I took a chance and asked the 'teacher' if he had a spare ticket and he said "Yes, I have one" and he gave me the ticket for nothing! Amazing that I spent the journey from Waterloo wondering if I was going to get in to see the game and within 5 minutes of stepping off the train, I had a free ticket in my hand! Apart from the disappointment of the shock result that was my lasting memory of the match. Those kids would be about my age now (52) and I often wonder if they remember their trip to Bournemouth and going to one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup history!
It’s such a shame, I was originally from Omagh, in Feb 95 my now wife brought me back and we saw the Omagh v Ards game here we lost 2-3 and came away with a treasured and much loved shirt. I still pray that Omagh will rise again one day
This is great. Some of these clips took me back to being a kid in the tap room when my Dad ran a pub. Crammed the place full of rowdy regulars on Grand National Saturday and they watched it live on a tiny little TV screen up in the corner.
Interesting info, but the 1836 to 1838 are not considered part of Grand National history. The Duke won in 1836 and 1837, Sir William won in 1838. Captain Becher of Bechers Brook fame won on The Duke in 1836. The first official Grand National was won in 1839 by Lottery
I was at plenty of matches at Grosvenor Park as a visiting blueman. It was a great atmospheric ground. It was the first ground to have floodlights and I had the good fortune to be there for the first match when they were used. Unfortunately Grosvenor Park was a victim of the population movement at the start of the troubles. I have some great memories of going there and Distillery were always a good team.
