Holte's Last Stand

[AV82EC]

One word.

Tranmere.

[TopDeck113]

One word.

Tranmere.

The game v Liverpool was a sentimental farewell to an old flame.  Tranmere was the last mind blowing shag you had with her.

[cheltenhamlion]

Well put sir.

[SX150]

Holte End v Sunderland Div 2 was amazing atmosphere on The Holte. I remember seeing people who had fainted etc unconsciously crowd surfing down to the pitch for First Aid.

[PeterWithesShin]

I took a stripey and Wolves fan to the Inter game. I'll never forget the stripey's response as we game up the steps onto the terrace.
"What the fuck is this, it's huge."
"Yeah, we can probably get the whole of your piss pot  hovel in here."

In 92/93 me and my best mate (an Albion fan) agreed we'd go to a game with each other at the other's ground. They were Div 3 at the time and we went to their game against Burnley. We went in the Brummie Road and I commented, in a non piss take way just factual, that I was surprised how small it was. He wasn't overly impressed. He came to THAT Cov game, the 0-0, and grudgingly admitted The Holte was huge. And it was rammed that day.

[AV82EC]

One word.

Tranmere.

The game v Liverpool was a sentimental farewell to an old flame.  Tranmere was the last mind blowing shag you had with her.

Yep an excellent summation.

[Chris Smith]

Twenty years, bloody hell. I grew up on the Holte, so many memories reawakened reading through this. The stand might have gone but it seems the spirit lives on in many of us. You'll never take the Holte End.

[Andy Poole]

One word.

Tranmere.

I'll take your Tranmere and raise you a Chester in the '75 League Cup Semi.

[Chris Smith]

One word.

Tranmere.

I'll take your Tranmere and raise you a Chester in the '75 League Cup Semi.

About 15 years ago I was on a residential course through work and one of the other lads was a Chester fan and we got talking about that game and he said how he had never, before or since, seen anything like the Holte in full flow.

I also recall being at a reserve game against Sunderland a few years back and hearing a Mackem sat behind me telling his mate about that promotion game in the 70s and looking across and waxing lyrical about the magnificence of the Holte. On the way home I was chatting to my son about it and telling him how there were thousands locked out, and about a couple of my mates from school who watched from the park, along with hundreds of others, just picking up what was going on from the crowd reaction.

Need a bit of that old spirit today.

[Dave Cooper please]

The game v Liverpool was a sentimental farewell to an old flame.  Tranmere was the last mind blowing shag you had with her.

Marvellous!

Left side next to the floodlight pylon by the way.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Lower right.

Most memorable moments: trashing Manchester United (64?), League Cup semi QPR.

Worst: all of the Div 2 relegation season.

Strangest: West Germany vs Spain 1966, standing on the Holte surrounded by Germans with their air horns and "Heraus!"

Scariest: carried hither and thither by Forest fans in their cup 2nd replay against Swindon

[Weedy]

The left side.

I really want this model, dated the year of my birth.

http://footballmodels.moonfruit.com/#/villa-park/4516743837

[London Villan]

It used to be in the Trinity reception, not sure where it is now?

[cheltenhamlion]

The Left Side.

[Pete3206]

Look out for the scenes in the Holte, especially the 3rd goal. Mayhem!