peewee wrote:i dont really remember people selling food pitchside so this may be a myth
The only food pitch side was spearmint gum and mars bars,that I can remember.How the sellers hit the target used to amaze me as a young lad.For those who don't understand.....if you felt like some chewy,you threw your sixpence down onto the walking track around the pitch and the seller would throw your spearmint gum 60 feet up into the Kop....some big guy would catch it and hand it to you.Then he would role up his echo and pi.ss in your pocket at half-time for not giving him a stick in gratitude for catching your gum.
I'm loving this thread, I love history stuff. The throwing thingy is not rare to me, that's the way to make bets around here, the bets dealer offer a bet, if you accept he throws the bet (a paper inside a ball) to the crowd. But that's only seen in basque country, and some sports, they don't allow that bets in football stadiums, due to the proffesionalisation
