Pre game air raid siren

[Born again Bill]

What the hells all that about ??? , see Everton has the same ! . Not my liking but what do others think ???

[Westgate Wanderer]

What the hells all that about ??? , see Everton has the same ! . Not my liking but what do others think ???

Can't wait for Lincoln to bring theirs! People of Morecambe will be thinking the power station is going to blow!!

[redrobo]

Until we can come up with an alternative that is exclusive to our club then what is used is fine for the moment but can understand some being against its use.

[fulwoodshrimp]

I like the siren just as the players are about to come out. It adds to the excitement.

[Andy D]

sure there were an air raid siren going at our first game in the football league at CP by Cheltenham i think?

[Martin]

I like the siren.

Used to love it when Lincoln brought theirs

[glagys]

Don’t like it
It’s like we are devoid of ideas,
Lincoln use it but they are the home of the Dambusters aren’t they so it’s significant

[marky No.1]

Lincoln did it at every corner

[Born again Bill]

The young lads from Everton will think they are playing at home when that cracks up later

[euston rd shrimp]

think the announcer just before kick off is a bit cheesy as well."lets hear it for the morecambe. north stand you sound awesome "etc etc...like an old school dj trying to warm up a lousy party.lol

[sandgrown]

it does sound a bit corny

[black morse]

it does sound a bit corny

I think they feel it adds to the entertainment these days. I seem to remember the chairman's dog chasing a football around at half time to keep the crowd entertained

[Born again Bill]

Must admit i do like the Sweet Caroline chorus sung by the mass choir in the Bartercard stand !

[redrobo]

it does sound a bit corny

I think they feel it adds to the entertainment these days. I seem to remember the chairman's dog chasing a football around at half time to keep the crowd entertained

Ah memories of the old place.

Think the dog was the groundsman's at the time which would be late 50's early 60's I seem to remember but could be wrong about the dates

How times have changed. The groundsman of the time used to get on his tractor and pull a chain rake around the ground after every match until someone advised him that it wasn't doing the playing surface any good. Seem to recall him not taking kindly to being told he'd got it wrong.

[black morse]

I think they feel it adds to the entertainment these days. I seem to remember the chairman's dog chasing a football around at half time to keep the crowd entertained [/quote]

Ah memories of the old place.

Think the dog was the groundsman's at the time which would be late 50's early 60's I seem to remember but could be wrong about the dates

How times have changed. The groundsman of the time used to get on his tractor and pull a chain rake around the ground after every match until someone advised him that it wasn't doing the playing surface any good. Seem to recall him not taking kindly to being told he'd got it wrong. [/quote]

I think you've got the dates spot on RR and I stand to be corrected about ownership of the dog (which was some kind of terrier....a Jack Russell?)

[Keith]

Multiple dogs?

'Shep' was a border collie that I think, lived on Christie Avenue. Used to play ball with kids (like me!) on the school field. He knew the offside law. He'd run up and down behind the linesman, with his nose under the advertising holding. He would stop and look across the pitch when a player was off-side. If the linesman didn't give it, there would be a split second pause from the dog, then, with what I liked to imagine, a glance of disdain, he'd catch up with play. We trusted Shep's decisions as being more accurate than the linesmen!

He only once came on to the pitch, by invitation, when the away team's coach was delayed.

Late 1970's?

[black morse]

Multiple dogs?

'She' was a border collie that I think, lived on Christie Avenue. Used to play ball with kids (like me!) on the school field. He knew the offside law. He'd run up and down behind the linesman, with his nose under the advertising holding. He would stop and look across the pitch when a player was off-side. If the linesman didn't give it, there would be a split second pause from the dog, then, with what I liked to imagine, a glance of disdain, he'd catch up with play. We trusted Shep's decisions as being more accurate than the linesmen!

He only once came on to the pitch, by invitation, when the away team's coach was delayed.

Late 1970's?

Definitely a different dog Keith. I moved from Morecambe in 1962

[Phoenix Shrimp 2017]

Multiple dogs?

'She' was a border collie that I think, lived on Christie Avenue. Used to play ball with kids (like me!) on the school field. He knew the offside law. He'd run up and down behind the linesman, with his nose under the advertising holding. He would stop and look across the pitch when a player was off-side. If the linesman didn't give it, there would be a split second pause from the dog, then, with what I liked to imagine, a glance of disdain, he'd catch up with play. We trusted Shep's decisions as being more accurate than the linesmen!

He only once came on to the pitch, by invitation, when the away team's coach was delayed.

Late 1970's?

Shep was my dog and we lived opposite the main entrance on Lancaster Road. Pure bred farm dog Border Collie who we got from a farm outside Lancaster as a 6 week old pup. Would cost thousands nowadays but back then was given to us when my dad sold the farmer a van.The day the away team was late he put on a display on the pitch with the Morecambe players warming up and made the front page of the Visitor. Decent player our Shep. He knew the nooks and crannies to get into Christie Park! Sounds crazy now but it happened early 70’s. Different world back then. Shep loved football.

[Keith]

Decent player our Shep.

Decent linesman too! I swear there were times he'd look straight across the pitch for an 'off-side', glance at the linesman who'd not given it, then look across the pitch again as if to reinforce the linesman's error, before sprinting off.

But that might be me mistaking memory for imagination!

An ace dog.

[marky No.1]

Multiple dogs?

'She' was a border collie that I think, lived on Christie Avenue. Used to play ball with kids (like me!) on the school field. He knew the offside law. He'd run up and down behind the linesman, with his nose under the advertising holding. He would stop and look across the pitch when a player was off-side. If the linesman didn't give it, there would be a split second pause from the dog, then, with what I liked to imagine, a glance of disdain, he'd catch up with play. We trusted Shep's decisions as being more accurate than the linesmen!

He only once came on to the pitch, by invitation, when the away team's coach was delayed.

Late 1970's?

Shep was my dog and we lived opposite the main entrance on Lancaster Road. Pure bred farm dog Border Collie who we got from a farm outside Lancaster as a 6 week old pup. Would cost thousands nowadays but back then was given to us when my dad sold the farmer a van.The day the away team was late he put on a display on the pitch with the Morecambe players warming up and made the front page of the Visitor. Decent player our Shep. He knew the nooks and crannies to get into Christie Park! Sounds crazy now but it happened early 70’s. Different world back then. Shep loved football.

How brilliant

[dazza]

as colin/ pheonix will recall i was on the pictures with shep from that day
the photographer from the away team sent me the pictures

i once lent them to a friend of the family and never got them back im gutted when i look back that i havent got them anymore

that dog had more skill than some of the players at that time

[Phoenix Shrimp 2017]

Dazza/Keith,

thanks for your memories it certainly brings back memories of some really happy times for me too. Shep was one on his own. Bred to be a working sheepdog he never did find many sheep on Lancaster Road playing fields. No problem he just substituted footballs for the elusive sheep. I suppose he was the Messi/Ronaldo of the dog world. He didn't kick it of course but he used his snout to control the ball. You could kick it to the other end of the field and in seconds it was back at your feet after he'd rounded it up. He also had a prodigious leap on him and headed it in mid air once again using his snout.

If we weren't out with him he'd just latch onto any other local kids with a ball and join in with them. They all loved him too. He was like a kid really and came back home when he was hungry. Seems crazy now but 50 years ago dogs were given a lot more freedom to do their own thing than they are nowadays.

The times he got into Christie Park were actually few and far between. I'd be watching a game and just occasionally he'd suddenly appear running along the old cinder bank looking under the advertising boards following the flow of the game. He was intelligent enough to know that he couldn't join in with that particular game and no one seemed to mind him being there so I just kept my head down and left him to it. He used to get in through a larger than usual gap in the steel railings adjoining the playing fields, but then again so did several local kids too.

Not sure he actually knew the offside rule Keith But wouldn't have put anything past that dog!

It's a shame you lost your pics Dazza. I kept the Visitor article on him for years but lost that too during house moves etc'.

Happy days!

UTS.

[Keith]

I was one of the kids he joined in with and he had more skill than me for sure!

I wonder if the library have a copy? If you could identify the year to two or three, it would not be too big a task to find.

[dazza]

keith

i reckon it would be around 1978 - 80
come on find this for us your the man

[Keith]

keith

i reckon it would be around 1978 - 80
come on find this for us your the man

I think it will take a physical visit to Morecambe library. That's quite a distance from the Isle of Man!