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Yeah, same here. Four lanes down to one. Fucking nightmare.

I didn't think much of it until the air ambulance landed on the pitch.

Doubt it. After treatment he came back on. Wouldn't do that with a broken foot.

Opposite end to us, but didn't look too bad. Hopefully precautionary.

First game back after injury. Scores a hat-trick.

I'm parking at the nearby Tescos. £4.

Vancouver Whitecaps, circa 1979.

Doing a bit of research [Google]. Turns out that's Vancouver Whitecaps. Quite a few of the American teams had Admiral kits. Some of them look great.

Yes, I noticed that. Looks ace even now, doesn't it?

Yep, looking forward to this. My lad hasn't been there before, so another new ground for him.

Blimey. Don't remember any of that lot going out there. I remember David Bradford and Steve Hunt, who had done well in the States.

I bet he did. He really was a visionary.

Interesting further reading, Jimmy Hill and the Saudis: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/04/jimmy-hill-football-media-revolutionary Jimmy Hill and Detroit Express...

Interesting further reading, Jimmy Hill and the Saudis:

He had some great, but also totally bizarre ideas.

Pleased to hear. I was 14/15 when this was all happening so took a keen interest. There was talk of us signing Francis from Brum and Hill had some idea of him playing jointly for us and Detroit Express, but he went to Forest for a million, of course.

I did too in the early 90s when I played for Long Itch in the Coventry Suburban league.

I remember Alan Green playing out there. Not sure if that was just an end of career thing or a reciprocal arrangement with CCFC.

Ah, thanks for the confirmation. I didn't go and I thought I'd maybe imagined the whole thing. They did train over here at Ryton too, I think. They may have also played another English team in a friendly.