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Was talking to a Leicester City fan tonight and apparently some of the wood from the old extended part of Cleethorpes Pier now long gone helped build part of Filbert Street.

I didn't know that.


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It was actually a lot of the iron sections that were removed were used in the construction of the main stand at Filbert Street

The old extention to the Pier was taken down just after WW2.
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I read our floodlight towers were bought from Wolves


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Quoted from promotion plaice

Was talking to a Leicester City fan tonight and apparently some of the wood from the old extended part of Cleethorpes Pier now long gone helped build part of Filbert Street.

I didn't know that.


"Did you know – Most of the salvaged timber was used to build a new grandstand at Filbert Street, the former ground of Leicester City Football Club"

https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/cle.....e%20hall%20in%201903.
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I don't know if still accurate but it was correct a few years ago:  

The only fixture to have been played in each of the top 5 tiers of English football is Grimsby Town v Notts County.  (And the corresponding reverse fixture of course!)


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Quoted from Doctor Sanchez
I don't know if still accurate but it was correct a few years ago:  

The only fixture to have been played in each of the top 5 tiers of English football is Grimsby Town v Notts County.  (And the corresponding reverse fixture of course!)


I would guess there's a reasonable chance that Brighton v Brentford is the same?
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I would guess there's a reasonable chance that Brighton v Brentford is the same?


Neither have played in non-league / the fifth tier.


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I would guess there's a reasonable chance that Brighton v Brentford is the same?


Just had a quick look and they never played each other in Division 4.


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Quoted from AdamHaddock
I read our floodlight towers were bought from Wolves


Correct and they were the first floodlights installed in the uk when at Wolves
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Read or heard somewhere that league 2 (div. 4) is the 14th most watched league in the world
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