>>> when I was a boy as the ground was only about 25 minutes walk from home
The traditional football - where people always supported their home team, you walked to the match or caught the bus.
It was cheap to get in and you could afford it with your pocket money. You stood for most of the match, and half time consisted of a pie and cup of tea in styrofoam mug.
Out of curiousity I just looked up the prices of a stand ticket for todays match
Adults £25, U16s £15.
Not a cheap day out any more is it