Yes, the original game , which we were well behind when dense fog came down causing the game being called off, and as you say, the rearranged game we won beneath the new lights.

Are the new ones halogen as I thought they would be LED ??

They are, my mistake.

Another floodlight gone up

Up the Trin

Just to be pedantic, the old ones weren't halgen either, they were "gas discharge metal halide" lamps

Indeed. Cas are still seem to be using the ones like our original tripod tower lights from the 60s.
Weren't ours seen as dangerous as they were too close to the field and also not bright enough for sky?

No ours were set much further back than theirs, ours were behind the east stand of memory serves me. They certainly wernt pitch side.

I think ours were condemned as they were corroded?

You're right, they were at the back of the east stand and in line with the front of the west stand. A good distance from the field. Just had a look on the Trinity Heritage site. Amazing how your memory plays tricks. Maybe conflating with Cas' lights.

So, potentially another memory failure, were they condemned when the council owned the stadium? Or was that the west stand? Or neither?

I was at Cas a few years ago when Trinity played them and the match was abandoned as their floodlights caught fire! An interesting way to end a game. It looks as though they are still using them.

I’m not sure if the council owned the stadium at that time, or just had responsibilities for ground maintenance. I do seem to remember the council returning ground maintenance back to the club, and within days, the council condemned the lights as unsafe, resulting in new floodlights being required. Some things never change where someone in council doesn’t take kindly to Trinity.

I remember that night. An interesting end to the game.

I remember for the fact that the lights blew up and WE WON!!

My step-dad was Principal Electrical Engineer for WMDC at that time and I'm fairly sure he was the one that condemned the floodlights. It was the tubular steel poles that they were mounted on that were the problem as when they were originally installed they were not capped off, so over the years they filled up with rainwater and began corroding from the inside out. Apparently when they drilled into them to check their stability, jets of water came shooting out of each one and my step-dad couldn't understand how they were still standing, so had no option but to condemn them on safety grounds !!

Thanks for the explanation, it always makes sense when someone explains the reason behind the event.