I read with a heavy heart the announcement it was to be demolished and wiped from the face of the earth. Its a shame, but we have moved on and its not right to have the old gorund slowly slipping into ruin like Boothferry park did. A quick end with a couple of bulldozers and the jobs a good un.

They can not bulldoze the memories we all hold of the place, the joy of watching Sully tear down the ring. Steve Denisons kicks in the floodlit that last drop goal at Boulevard. All safely tucked away now and I have to admit I do not have same effection for the KC and never will have. The Boulevard had a certain charm all of its own, it was never nice for the oppostition and the place was a living history lesson in all things FC. The KC is like a modern dentists waiting room, with piped music to keep the atmosphere controlled and subjued.

I shall try and get onto the old place over the weekend for a bit of "urban exploration", I am so greatful to Wilf for ensuring as much of the place that can be saved will be, perhaps many of these can and should end up within the KC.

Minns comes from Middlesborough .........


Hence his nickname Middlesborough Minns
The Butcher of the Boulevard might be a good phrase to bandy about

and his chances come next year and the way things will go nationally with there Tory mates ......... are looking very slim.

Is the any difference between the Libs and the Cons ?

Report on The Boulevard demolition coming up in a few minutes on Look North.

Just watched it....was a good report but would liked them to have covered why it was being demolished and try to get that ar$e hole Minns on to explain it.

and of course the sting in the tail is that there are only plans for a school - nothing concrete and certainly no funding in place. Other schools were so far down the line under the BSF programme they couldn't be stopped - but the rest of the programme is dead in the water. The old site will lie derelict for 3 years being desecrated in the same way the old Boothferry Park will be.

I only hope the demolition company remove the urns from the ground in the way they should be - it wasn't just ashes that were scattered - I recall from my times working there some small ceremonies where ashes were interred into the North east Corner.

May be wrong on this, but if they are buried like that, do you not have to do an official exhumation via the courts

My old man worked for the Council's Park's Department and one of his jobs were to look after the pitch when it was in a real mess. One day he was there with his mates and saw some 'stuff' in the corner of the pitch, went over and put his fingers in it and licked them. He said "what barsteward's been throwing stuff around and went to see a director who explained that someone had just had their ashes scattered!
He was'nt a rugby fan my dad, but saw things differently after that. Shame the the that is Minns cannot be bothered to take these things into consideration.

If it's a proper grave you'd have to re-locate it. If it's scattered ashes you wouldn't as far as i know.

Pleaase PM me I would love to hear from you because I was there that day. Fred Daddy the clubs handy man had sprinkled them on the pitch and I thought it was fertilizer as the Council were in charge of the pitch then we wondered what it was, and one or two of us tasted it to see what fertiliser it was. I would be interested to hear about your Dad as I have put this in a book I am working on!

'Wilf the Dentist in Cannible intrique!'

Though started as a best stand junior later went over to the 3p stand right next to the skippers and mates area.
Where you could always get a dram on a cold day, as they left the bottles in the rafters [doubt if be there if left now]
I painted the old wooden stand, tared the old tin roof even asphelted behind it after been left in a heap for 4 days at Woodcock St., entrance.
For this help Charlie Clegg tool me to all away games for 2 years and Len Clarke slipped us a fiver.
So was sad day for me to loose that stand atmouspher never the same.
Sad to see old ground go always thought it had a coverment on it that it could not be built on ?
Are well great memouries.