{"id":256,"date":"2020-03-21T16:43:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/?p=256"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:45:07","slug":"plough-lane-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/index.php\/1970s\/plough-lane-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"PLOUGH LANE &#8211; WIMBLEDON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Only County Visit:<\/td><td>Saturday 11th November 1978<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Competition:<\/td><td>Football League Division 4 &#8211; (Tier 4)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Result:<\/td><td>Wimbledon 2 &#8211; 0 Stockport County<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Attendance:<\/td><td>3,177<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Away Trip:<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Away Day:<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>County Line-up<\/td><td>1 Mike Rogan; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Ken Fogarty; 5 Terry Park; 6 Paul Edwards; 7 Phil Henson; 8 George Armstrong; (12 Carl Halford); 9 Les Bradd; 10 Mike Summerbee; 11 Stuart Lee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manager:<\/td><td>Mike Summerbee<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>County Visits:<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"maxbutton-11 maxbutton maxbutton-subtitle\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class='mb-text'>HARRY BECK LEADS ME ASTRAY<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-1085x1536.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-1447x2048.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/8-Plough-Lane-Wimbledon-scaled.jpg 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">There\u2019s that saying about waiting ages for a bus and then a few come along all at once.&nbsp; And so it was with the Away Days.&nbsp; Plough Lane made it 4 in just over a month.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Looking back over nearly 40 years it\u2019s difficult to think of a Club that came from nowhere; achieved so much and then were so royally shafted that only a handful of years separated an FA Cup triumph from having to restart effectively in parks football.&nbsp; Sat here writing in October 2016, it\u2019s with some satisfaction that the reborn Club now sits higher in the league hierarchy than the cuckoos who moved the nest 80 miles up the M1.&nbsp; A curse on Winkleman and that plastic abomination he\u2019s created.&nbsp; May they fall into oblivion.&nbsp; But there\u2019ll be more on that later when the National Hockey Stadium and Stadium MK appear on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">What do I recall about that visit?&nbsp; Firstly, finding the place.&nbsp; Not trusting the car it had been on a Stockport \u2013 London train.&nbsp; Off at Euston, down the escalator into the Tube.&nbsp; Now which station?&nbsp; One of the great innovations for footballing travellers has been the proliferation of Ground Guides in the last 20 years or so \u2013 an absolute boon, and when satnav is thrown into the equation, the old tried and trusted modus operandi of getting somewhere in the vicinity and looking for the floodlights has been consigned to history.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> But this was 1978 \u2013 none of that stuff, definitely no Google, and being a relatively na\u00efve traveller, the Tube was a mystery to be explored. Studying Harry Beck\u2019s famous Underground Map my eyes were drawn to a station called Wimbledon.&nbsp; It sounded favourite \u2013 after all it can\u2019t be too far away from Plough Lane.&nbsp; Ticket booked, a journey of 40 minutes or so with a change at Victoria. Settled back, no doubt finishing off the papers procured at Edgeley Station hours before, and counting the 16 stops after Victoria.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">As journey\u2019s end approached it pulled to a stop at Wimbledon Park.&nbsp; Oh for the gift of hindsight!&nbsp; Alighting there would have left a 10 minute stroll to Plough Lane.&nbsp; One station further down the line was Wimbledon.&nbsp; Aptly named maybe but about 3 times as far to the ground, and time was pressing.&nbsp; And negotiating the exact location would be dependent on helpful locals.&nbsp; Fortunately they recognised a traveller in need, and the precise directions proffered meant that Plough Lane appeared shortly after 2.50, leaving just enough time to get in; acquire a much needed brew and settle down for the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eff2f3;grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10829 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-exterior.jpg 680w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-exterior-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-exterior-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Plough Lane &#8211; the first sighting!  The exterior of the Main Stand<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This was Wimbledon\u2019s second year in the League, having won the re-election race 18 months previously, thereby consigning Workington to a place in non-league from which they have never returned.&nbsp; The ground was undoubtedly non-league, but for all that was a reasonably neat enclosure.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Plenty of blue and yellow paint adorning the stands and crush barriers. A decent \u201chome\u201d end, with a covered terrace along the far touchline from the main stand, and an open end for the pleasure of visitors.&nbsp; A row of electricity pylons stood guard keeping an eye on errant away fans.&nbsp; My late arrival had consigned me to the Main Stand \u2013 a bit dark and gloomy; rows of wooden bench seating, above which was clearly a roost for the local pigeon population.&nbsp; It necessitated a bit of a clean-up before taking one\u2019s seat!&nbsp; (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h76Xrqje_c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Archive footage taken in 1979 a year after my only visit<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The name Wimbledon may conjure up images of strawberries and cream; tranquillity; the lush green of the Centre Court and an air of gentility.&nbsp; This certainly didn\u2019t extend the couple of miles in the direction of Plough Lane.&nbsp; &nbsp;But, for me it was a \u201cproper\u201d football ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-Main-Stand-from-home-terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-Main-Stand-from-home-terrace.jpg 634w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-Main-Stand-from-home-terrace-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-Main-Stand-from-home-terrace-150x63.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Plough Lane Main Stand with visitors open to the elements on the East Terrace in the distance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The game was entirely un-noteworthy, but the half time break left the opportunity of extracting from a kindly soul at the tea bar the location of the nearest Tube Station.  On my explanation that I\u2019d come via Wimbledon I was quickly put right, and told that the aforementioned Wimbledon Park was the place to head for.  And the man was right \u2013 I was heading back towards Euston within 15 minutes of referee Saville drawing proceedings to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">With little to recall from the game, a look back at the programme drew out a couple of pointers to the future.  The Crazy Gang was years in the future but already ensconced at Plough Lane was a founder member.  Alan Cork led the line for the Dons, and at the time of the game was an ever present that season.  Indeed 2 days after that heartbreaking evening at Old Trafford 3 months previously Wimbledon had visited EP and took the points back South.  Cork had notched in that game.  It was their second visit to the North West that week.  As with County a game at a Division 1 club was their reward for success in the 1st round of the League Cup.  County had lost in controversial circumstances.  Wimbledon had suffered as well, with Everton putting them to the sword to the tune of 8-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"293\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-view-from-away-end.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-view-from-away-end.jpg 576w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-view-from-away-end-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-view-from-away-end-150x76.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Plough Lane &#8211; the view from the East Terrace<\/strong> <strong>with<\/strong> <strong>the South Stand on the left, Main Stand on the right, and the covered West Terrace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Manager at Plough Lane was Dario Gradi where he had been in charge for just under a year \u2013 his first managerial post.  Perhaps there was a little indicator of things to come, as 5 months after my one and only trip to Plough Lane he took the Dons to promotion.  A brief spell at Palace followed before he settled into a long career at Crewe where his ability to identify talent saw him make the Railwaymen relatively successful, and at the same time develop players who moved onto the highest level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">So that was it.&nbsp; Not at that point could Wimbledon\u2019s rise; fall and subsequent shafting ever have been foreseen.&nbsp; A fairytale story of aspiration; determination and achievement.&nbsp; And then a reflection of the parlous state of English football where a money-man can appear and destroy the traditions and history built up over a century or more.&nbsp; Football authorities have much about which to be embarrassed, but it is difficult to think of a darker episode than the treatment of Wimbledon \u2013 they should hang their heads in shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"339\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-stand-on-far-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6607 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-stand-on-far-side.jpg 595w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-stand-on-far-side-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wimbledon-Plough-Lane-stand-on-far-side-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Plough Lane &#8211; South Stand <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Oh, by the way, we lost 2-0!!&nbsp; The win took the Dons to the top of the table and by season\u2019s end they had maintained their charge, seeing them promoted in 4<sup>th<\/sup> place.&nbsp; It was the first step on a journey which was to see them in the top Division and FA Cup winners in due course.&nbsp; For County it was to be another season of mid-table mediocrity\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r0nhjc1-WRo&amp;t=107s\">On my sole trip Plough Lane looked very much like the clip in this video<\/a><\/strong>.  Its taken from the Vale Tarci You Tube Channel from &#8220;Demolished Football Stadiums&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">October 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>VISITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Day<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Competition<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Tier \/ Round<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Opponents<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Res<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>F<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>A<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Crowd<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Away Day<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sat<\/td><td>11\/11\/78<\/td><td>Football League Division 4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tier 4<\/td><td>Wimbledon<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">L<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3,177<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>ON MY JOURNEY WITH COUNTY AROUND 180 GROUNDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"maxbutton-9 maxbutton maxbutton-previous-away\" href=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/index.php\/1970s\/county-ground-northampton-town\"><span class='mb-text'>Previously &#8211; 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