The answer to yesterday’s name the year question is….
Clues:
- Both the Platt Lane Corner and Platt Lane Stand have been built (check previous days for that).
- Neither the Kippax has been roofed nor floodlights erected.
- There are few cars on the road
- It’s a close season photo (goal posts are missing) but that year there was to be something bright erected in strategic locations around the ground
The year was 1953. This image was taken that close season, before the original floodlights were erected in each corner (used for the first time in October 1953).
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