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Ipswin
March 31, 2011, 8:26pm
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I recall my first ever match on Christmas Day 1958. My uncle, normally a regular in the Barratt, took me but presumably as I was only 7, we sat in the seats at the back of the Osmond. All his mates at the back of the Barratt who he should have been with were on the urine supping from large bottles of whisky and rum while he and I were on tea!

Later I graduated to the boys stand and of course climbed over into the Barratt proper and I remember the rickety stairs at the back of the stand very well - one set wasn't actually connected to the ground at all, it had rotted away about a foot short and was only actually attached to the stand at the top!


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Remember being in the boys stand as a kid but hardly used the Barratt Stand. Became a Pontoon Bootboy



'Pontoon Bootboy' - happy memories Terry  


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Cries of 'ARE YOU THERE WOULD'

Older fans will remember that cry.


I remember it as 'Can you hear me Wouldy?' and it was a stocky grey haired old bloke who stood against the fence in the open corner between the Barratt and Osmond. I seem to remember he collapsed and died there.


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I remember it as 'Can you hear me Wouldy?' and it was a stocky grey haired old bloke who stood against the fence in the open corner between the Barratt and Osmond. I seem to remember he collapsed and died there.



He was usually well oiled, at least he was when I first saw/heard him he was and it was indeed in the open corner. He wasn't at every game because he was a fisherman so we were told. From memory he always wore a sports jacket whatever the weather. Later on he moved into the Osmond and the boys paddock end of the Barratt.


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I used to go in the Barratt occasionally but have no specific memories. My dad used to go in there and has a much older first memory.  

My dad can still remember selling matches in the Barratt in the early 1930s.  He was only very young then and a keen fan.  I hate to think of the severe fire risks looking after all those smokers in a packed wooden stand.  That was our glory days in the equivalent of the Prem.  

It was a miracle that there was not more fires like Bradford. When the Barratt was knocked down it was found to have no foundations. Probably built on the cheap with no health and safety in those days.
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The Everton game was a fantastic atmoshere and will stick in the mind forever. When you came down the rickety old stairs at the back of the Barratt stand with your family you could see the blokes pissing in the urinals.


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Ron Rafferty Fan Club's posts on this subject are really spot on.

I have many happy memories viewing my football from this stand, the humour and wit of the crowd was brilliant, and players did respond to it. Unfortunately, humour and wit seems to be sadly lacking at football grounds these days, not just Blundell Park. May be somethimg to do with all seater stadiums - when the Barratt stand came down Blundell Park seemed to lose its soul.
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I remember a Boxing day fixture against Barnsley where a good few away supporters decided to occupy a section of the Barratt. They unwisely started a chorus of 'Come on you Reds' which was swiftly followed by 2000 Barratt Standers replying 'F--K off you Reds!

They decided to move to the Osmond!
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Would of course was F A Would Chairman at the time. "Can you hear me Fenty" could never sound the same
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