Club Bar

[1 F in Fleet]

Originally Posted By: Graham S

Also, an appeal from the club for people to loan old photos, programs etc could turn up some nice stuff. Graham S

Hmmm ... never got my first two Gravesend And Northfleet Programmes from the 1946 inaugural season back . Should have got someone to sign in their own blood for their safe return to me !

[Yorkfox]

What is the clock on the wall just to the left of the catering on the side of the ground where people stand ? Right in the corner looking a bit forgotten from a different era ? It looks like something old and with a touch of paint and a new hand on , could be a nice bit of history ?. I have seen something similar in the past but cant remember what they used to be used for. Was it just a manual time for the game ? , from the era when they had the half time scores around the pitch as A B C D etc ?

 

Just curious

[UP FLEET]

This bar theme idea has been around before, nothing has ever been done though,the pub outside accrington is a brilliant place to see its effectivness.Im sure i mentioned it one night after a game cant remember who we was talkning to some one like rolly i think.its such a good idea, but then good ideas never get acted on.........scarves pennents,players pics signed, action pics etc so much could be done.

[Graham S]

Originally Posted By: Yorkfox

What is the clock on the wall just to the left of the catering on the side of the ground where people stand ? Right in the corner looking a bit forgotten from a different era ? It looks like something old and with a touch of paint and a new hand on , could be a nice bit of history ?. I have seen something similar in the past but cant remember what they used to be used for. Was it just a manual time for the game ? , from the era when they had the half time scores around the pitch as A B C D etc ?

Just curious

A large "hand" attached to a clock mechanism used to be attached to it at the start of the game & it would record the passage of 45 minutes, before being re-set for the 2nd half. If I remember correctly, it appeared when we were in the Southern League & was a mechanism provided to all clubs in the league by a sponsor. My wife was Commercial Director back then & used to sell advertising spaces on the board around the clock face, the idea being that it would be a focal point that people would be looking at frequently.

Graham S

[Yorkfox]

Thanks for that, It just seemed a nice unique feature.

[Riverview Supporter]

I think there was some talk of painting out the clock last close season as the mechanism is missing or beyond repair.

 

Agree it will be a nice feature to reinstate if possible but quite low on th elist I would have thought.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

A nice LCD Station Clock would look nice.........Now who is the sponsor again?

[Chopper TN]

This idea has been done in the US in Charleston, South Carolina's Blackbaud Stadium, home of the USL First Division's Charleston Battery (the US equivilant to the Coca-Cola Championship) Their "Three Lions Pub" is decorated in Battery, US, and international memoribia (jerseys, posters, balls, etc... It's open to the general public and available for private functions. Here's a link to the stadium website:

 

http://www.charlestonbattery.com/stadium_overview.asp