CiderArmyy Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Always makes me laugh. [media=] my favourite part of that video.. you here a roar from the city fans.. then a cardiff fan goes " OOH YAA JOOO'ING" Priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate you butler Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 my favourite part of that video.. you here a roar from the city fans.. then a cardiff fan goes " OOH YAA JOOO'ING" Priceless heard ahem on good authority only 30/40 city took on 200 plus cardiff and came on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Hev Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-18122335 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 A lasting memory of 'trouble' for me was Chelsea FA Cup 1990. Mark Gavin banged home the final goal against a thoroughly drubbed Chelsea side. I was 13 and stood at the front in the East End watching groups of our boys literally pouring from the EE along under the Dolman to the Park End for the trouble. Much to the annoyance of the Park End lads, Chelsea had been allocated the entire Park End that day and the Police were really having trouble stopping them ripping down the centre fencing which would have seen them spill further into the ground. Chelsea had bought a large firm with them, but they underestimated us and came under attack during and after from a large and very 'up for it' group of city boys. There were coins and bits of wood flying from the Dolman into the Park End all game, the old bill had no control. Then bits of Park End concrete was bring ripped up and thrown about, first at City fans leaving then back into the Park End in retaliation. This over-spilled into the surrounding areas and it really kicked off, with the Chelsea boys taking one hell of a beating! The police lost control and there was utter carnage in the rain. The video on YouTube shows how packed the Park End was of Chelsea... It's just nice to see the goals and the result but........... where are Chelsea now eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton_City Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 my favourite part of that video.. you here a roar from the city fans.. then a cardiff fan goes " OOH YAA JOOO'ING" Priceless Amazing day that was! Don't think I've ever gone so mental ad I did when we went 2-1 up!! Was in the first great Weston put up from station before game. Remember it was all pritty calm until a load of Cardiff turned up outside. Pub then got trashed, the escort to tinnion part was fun... Remember getting to the growing about 2:55 there was a massive que to get in then all off a sudden loads off Cardiff broke through police line and everyone just charged towards them. But I imagine what I've seen is nothing compared to the lads from the 70s/80s part of me so wishes I was 17-24 during late 70s early 80s!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 A long time ago now but as far as I remember City fans objected to going a couple of goals down and started throwing things on the pitch. Such was the quantity of missiles the game was held up, the players retreated and police with dogs were positioned in front of our terrace. The Reading fans were on the terrace immediately to our left of our end and City fans gradually mounted the high fencing until there was a line of them stood all across the front of the pitch, waving their fists at the police and chanting. Others rattled the fences from below as missiles continued to fly overhead. Then a couple managed to clamber over, picked themselves up, and ran straight through the line of police, and barking dogs, and, with no fencing at the side, launched themselves into the Reading fans. Other City fans quickly followed, some being dragged down by police with dogs, but a fair number getting through to the Reading terrace. Swindon and Plymouth around the same time were at least as bad, Swindon worse from what I can remember. Thats a nice synopsis! Terry Cooper coming out and saying through a loud speaker the players would walk and give the game to Reading and Trevor Morgan picking up the coins being thrown at the coppers top it off! The terrace was being ripped up to throw and yes all because Reading had the temerrity to score buggers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Does anyone remember Stockport away the round after we knocked out Liverpool? I was in a boozer that was packed, Stockport one end City the other. All singing, drinking no problems. Then some Stockport fans started singing more aggressive anti City songs, next thing I knew a City fan belted one of their lads and all hell broke out. I ran for the toilets as glass was everywhere as it smashed with pint glasses thrown. Old bill arrived and I left the toilets, the place was decimated, I couldn't believe it was the same pub, every seat, window etc was smashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I was at Tottenham in one of our first division seasons, so must have been 77-80, if I remember the game was on Match of the Day in the days when there were only 2 games on MotD, we lost 1-0 with Dave Rodgers scoring an own goal. Anyway, went in the away end which was busy and I thought not a bad turn out by City. Except it turned out most of them were Spurs and they were picking off City at will. As a young lad of around 15 it didnt look much fun. Then I spotted a massive, massive geezer stood in the middle of the terracing with a red and white scarf tied round his neck, so I went and stood next to him thinking that was as safe as it would get. Next thing, a lad came over and starts chatting with the geezer, and says in a cockney accent, "good scarf where did you get it" to which the reply was "battered a Bristol fan for it". Dont think I've ever been so scared in my life. After the game, what City were left slunk out with no-one saying a word for fear of giving away a west country accent. Of all the games mentioned on this thread, Reading in '84 was by far the worse, the police didnt know what to do, athough the infamous pincer movement on the pitch against Rovers at AG in 1990(?) gets pretty close. The play offs at Walsall were bad as well thinking about it, remember a load of what even then was old boys being wheeled out for that one, singing Fred Ford and other songs from that era in the pub before the game prior to trashing it and then of course the police van incident on the same day didnt go down too well. Walsall was the worst of the lot, over 100 City fans arrested over the two games up there in a matter of days. There'd been trouble at the first match and the police were waiting for our return a couple of days later. It's all a matter of opinion which was the worst out of Reading, Swindon and Plymouth - riots at all 3 and all exceptional for that level of football. We took a very high percentage of 'boisterous' supporters to local matches in those days. Don't forget at Plymouth the police stopped a 2nd City trainload and tried to turn it back to Bristol because there was already rioting in the stadium long before the match started, with City fans confronting a very aggressive mob of Plymouth fans to our left. The police told the City fans the match had been cancelled due to the heavy rain but the word got out they were lying (the events at Home Park were already being reported on the radio) and quite a few fans broke through the police and made it to the ground. The match was stopped when the coins and other missiles were raining onto the pitch. Interestingly the local police put most of the blame for the day's events on Plymouth fans and the majority of arrests were from Devon. Swindon was another bleak rainy day. City fans were there en masse, housed not only in a section of the open end but two separate, but interconnecting, pens in the enclosure. The pen next to the home fans was where the trouble broke out with the terraces being systematically broken up and chunks hurled towards the pitch/police. Before this the atmosphere had been stoked up with one bare chested tattood City fan (must have been a body builder because he was absolutely huge) going through an exhaustive routine of flexing his muscles and leering at the Swindon fans and police. As with Walsall the trouble, when it came, was mostly between City fans and the police, rather than the home fans. The other riot around that period was at Newport. Trouble broke out in the City end when a City fan was being spoken to by the police near the back of the packed terrace and another fan shoved him into the policeman from behind. The police proceeded to roughly drag him away and others took this as their cue to pile into the police and a prolonged mass brawl followed. Word at the time was a coachload of City fans from Knowle West were on some sort of stag do and they weren't going to let one of theirs get taken out without a fight. As it was a fair number of them were probably arrested by the end of it, plus others who were dragged into the escalating melee. We returned to Newport a few days later for an evening Cup match. City scored early and we won, the evening passed without a hint of trouble, and couldn't have been more in contrast with the events of a few days before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartolona Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Does anyone remember Stockport away the round after we knocked out Liverpool? I was in a boozer that was packed, Stockport one end City the other. All singing, drinking no problems. Then some Stockport fans started singing more aggressive anti City songs, next thing I knew a City fan belted one of their lads and all hell broke out. I ran for the toilets as glass was everywhere as it smashed with pint glasses thrown. Old bill arrived and I left the toilets, the place was decimated, I couldn't believe it was the same pub, every seat, window etc was smashed. remember leaving the pub holding a chair over my head with glasses flying all around. Another one was the F.A. cup game against Charlton at the Gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton1 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Walsall in the play offs. That was my first real experience of carnage and also good 'fun' was Sheff Utd I think also in the play off when they had the A block of the Dolman. They all turned up in paper hats and had the mickey ripped in to them then it just kicked off with fans on the pitch during the game. But I agree, now I just wanna few pints and watch the game with my little lad. MM Walsall away! Forgot about that one! When they sent police horses into the away end ! Teenager at the time! That's what you call trouble at a match !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton1 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Most trouble remember seeing must be millwall match at home in the 80's (shit memory for dates) Chairs being ripped up and thrown into the away end from the dolmand! Then the millwall fans setting them alight a throwing them back, real carmage in the park after the match! Glad to see the back of such childish crap tbh. Think it held the English game back for years ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafarms Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 heard ahem on good authority only 30/40 city took on 200 plus cardiff and came on top 30 Lads against their mob, and never budged. It was a top 30 lads that held the front line, and was knocking their lads down, left,right and centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton_City Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hull away was a giggle in 2004/5 ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Ah, great days eh? Reading 84. That was the day one of our most succesful managers resigned from the club because he didn't want to be associated with a club that had fans like ours. (fortunately reconsidered after the deluge of mail he got from decent fans). That was the day our club was shamed in the national press and there was every prospect that we were going to get banned from any away games in future. Oh yes, and that was City's contribution to convincing Margaret Thatcher of the need to introduce membership cards to go to football matches. Great day. Millwall 82. Great day. That was City fans contribution (along with others) to convincing the authorities of the need to introduce fencing to stop pitch invasions etc. What that resulted in was 10 years of crap views from inside a cage, and then Hillsborough, when the fences stopped fans escaping the crush. Great days eh? Cardiff 2001. Oh yes, great day! That resulted in 10 years of bubble matches and making trips to South Wales such a pleasure! Plymouth 85. City's contribution to the legislation that brought in all seater stadiums - and we just love those don't we!! Result! Oh yes, great days weren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Ah, great days eh? Reading 84. That was the day one of our most succesful managers resigned from the club because he didn't want to be associated with a club that had fans like ours. (fortunately reconsidered after the deluge of mail he got from decent fans). That was the day our club was shamed in the national press and there was every prospect that we were going to get banned from any away games in future. Oh yes, and that was City's contribution to convincing Margaret Thatcher of the need to introduce membership cards to go to football matches. Great day. Millwall 82. Great day. That was City fans contribution (along with others) to convincing the authorities of the need to introduce fencing to stop pitch invasions etc. What that resulted in was 10 years of crap views from inside a cage, and then Hillsborough, when the fences stopped fans escaping the crush. Great days eh? Cardiff 2001. Oh yes, great day! That resulted in 10 years of bubble matches and making trips to South Wales such a pleasure! Plymouth 85. City's contribution to the legislation that brought in all seater stadiums - and we just love those don't we!! Result! Oh yes, great days weren't they? But but but It's all the police's fault isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooooossshhhh Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Unusually for modern times...........the entertainment at Forest a few seasons back. Footage and comment can be found online, generally accompanied by whingeing florists claiming a pub 'full of women and kids' was targetted. I was parked on the pavement about 5 doors up from the Amici Bar (£5 parking, not bad!) and me and my lad were fortunate in avoiding the police cordon of holding about 3000 city in the florist car park. This being the case, we saw EXACTLY how the situation panned out and the blame rests squarely in the thick t*ts from Nottingham who started it all off. Our car was blocked in, so we just stood around - no rush. 3 young City lads (14/15 ish) wearing colours were set on by a group of around a dozen locals. I and a couple of others stepped in to get the idiots off and it then became a bit of a stand-off. Around 10 elderly gentlemen (like myself) of 70's East End background now moved towards the natives, as in our cider addled minds, attacking kids in club colours is just not on the radar Now here is the best bit of advice any youngster who ever fancies a dabble outside a football ground will get today. If you have p1ssed off a small group of older gents who look as if they might have been a bit of a handful in their day, just keep jogging on. At all times remain 10 yards in front during the chase.......BUT KEEP RUNNING. Believe me, after no more than 100 yards, the chase will be over. You'll look over your shoulder and see a group of men fighting for breath, bent over, hands on knees and perhaps pointing at you and threatening all sorts of retribution if they ever catch up with you again. That should be the end of the 'event' and no face will be lost by either side. This will then give you the opportunity to make gestures, pull faces and generally verbally abuse your elders and betters. You will feel good about yourselves and will be able to brag in the pub later that night. HOWEVER............ what the florist muppets did that day proved conclusively the general decline in educational standards in the Nottingham area at that time. Instead of having a bit of 'catch-me' sport with the elderly gents of the 70's vintage, they legged to the front of the wine bar about 30 yards away and threw tables and chairs at the old folk from Bristol before running inside. Was the bar 'full of women and kids'? I don't know. There were plenty of casually dressed likely lads hanging out of it before the game. But just to set the record straight, the whole nasty scene was instigated by florist youths and I would suggest that the cover story put out at the time that a defenceless bar with innocent customers was attacked for no reason by old men who should know better..... was absolute horse sh*t put about by embarassed locals to cover up for the naiive behaviour of their village idiots. Shouldn't have happened, but the 3 lads taking a good shoe-in were hopefully not too badly affected by their day out. Where were Nottinghamshire's finest constables at the time? Oh, yes....keeping the away support coralled like dogs for reasons best known to themselves. Rant and clarification over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Unusually for modern times...........the entertainment at Forest a few seasons back. Footage and comment can be found online, generally accompanied by whingeing florists claiming a pub 'full of women and kids' was targetted. I was parked on the pavement about 5 doors up from the Amici Bar (£5 parking, not bad!) and me and my lad were fortunate in avoiding the police cordon of holding about 3000 city in the florist car park. This being the case, we saw EXACTLY how the situation panned out and the blame rests squarely in the thick t*ts from Nottingham who started it all off. Our car was blocked in, so we just stood around - no rush. 3 young City lads (14/15 ish) wearing colours were set on by a group of around a dozen locals. I and a couple of others stepped in to get the idiots off and it then became a bit of a stand-off. Around 10 elderly gentlemen (like myself) of 70's East End background now moved towards the natives, as in our cider addled minds, attacking kids in club colours is just not on the radar Now here is the best bit of advice any youngster who ever fancies a dabble outside a football ground will get today. If you have p1ssed off a small group of older gents who look as if they might have been a bit of a handful in their day, just keep jogging on. At all times remain 10 yards in front during the chase.......BUT KEEP RUNNING. Believe me, after no more than 100 yards, the chase will be over. You'll look over your shoulder and see a group of men fighting for breath, bent over, hands on knees and perhaps pointing at you and threatening all sorts of retribution if they ever catch up with you again. That should be the end of the 'event' and no face will be lost by either side. This will then give you the opportunity to make gestures, pull faces and generally verbally abuse your elders and betters. You will feel good about yourselves and will be able to brag in the pub later that night. HOWEVER............ what the florist muppets did that day proved conclusively the general decline in educational standards in the Nottingham area at that time. Instead of having a bit of 'catch-me' sport with the elderly gents of the 70's vintage, they legged to the front of the wine bar about 30 yards away and threw tables and chairs at the old folk from Bristol before running inside. Was the bar 'full of women and kids'? I don't know. There were plenty of casually dressed likely lads hanging out of it before the game. But just to set the record straight, the whole nasty scene was instigated by florist youths and I would suggest that the cover story put out at the time that a defenceless bar with innocent customers was attacked for no reason by old men who should know better..... was absolute horse sh*t put about by embarassed locals to cover up for the naiive behaviour of their village idiots. Shouldn't have happened, but the 3 lads taking a good shoe-in were hopefully not too badly affected by their day out. Where were Nottinghamshire's finest constables at the time? Oh, yes....keeping the away support coralled like dogs for reasons best known to themselves. Rant and clarification over I get a bit fed up of the ob bashing. Some no mark numpties start hitting so fans wearing shirts, some other nuckle dragging numpties try and stop it, not by dragging the kids out, but by squaring up. Said local numpties start chucking tables and chairs around, older should know better numpties pile into bar to give them some. Ob's fault! Nothing like taking responsibility for your own actions. I bet if the police had waded in, the poor little lambs would be complaining about police brutality. Police:damned if they do damned if they don't. Hoolies bring it all on themselves, and unfortunately on those normal members of society who just want to watch a match. No wonder the police get a hard time, they have seconds to react, and don't have the time to know if that nice looking elderly chap is a good supporter, or a arsewipe still reliving his youth. So everyone in the vicinity get treated as if they are in the same group as the dickwipes causing the trouble. These punch happy tossers have ruined so many away games for me it is untrue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockneyrobin Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 I remember Millwall away when we won 2-0, Goater was getting racist abuse of the Knuckleheads all game. Was absolutely mental outside as some West Ham turned up too and there were alot of their guys tooled up. Police completely lost control that day. A few weeks later we were back in London to play Watford and a small group of Millwall turned up by the away entrance to have a pop at City right in front of the stewards and police...few punches thrown but they were still allowed into the ground and sat in the home end to our right looking over the whole game. Think there may have been further incidents in the town centre after as lots of meat wagons flying around with sirens wailing. Derby County away 92/93 was mental, we won 4-3 with a late Wayne Allison goal and their fans were absolutely mental, getting cut-throat gestures all game from a group of 40+ males to our left. We got bombarded with stones and bits of concrete over the segregation fence outside and turned up at the train station to see that they had launched an attack on some our shirt-wearing supporters. Police were f*cking useless. At home, i remember Birmingham City around the time that Ade Akinbiyi was playing for us. Think we lost 2-1 and their lot were giving grief to anyone wearing City colours. They didn't count on the CSF turning up who chased them up the Ashton Road towards the A370 and loads of Brum got a real hiding under the tunnel there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Does anyone remember Stockport away the round after we knocked out Liverpool? I was in a boozer that was packed, Stockport one end City the other. All singing, drinking no problems. Then some Stockport fans started singing more aggressive anti City songs, next thing I knew a City fan belted one of their lads and all hell broke out. I ran for the toilets as glass was everywhere as it smashed with pint glasses thrown. Old bill arrived and I left the toilets, the place was decimated, I couldn't believe it was the same pub, every seat, window etc was smashed. Hell yeah! I remember this one. About 20 or so Stockport lads (mostly skins!) in one corner of the pub singing and drinking for about 2 hours. The rest of the pub full of City fans, also singing and drinking, and was generally a good atmos. Unbeknownst to us, the Stockport lot had been keeping hold of all of their empty pint glasses. All it took was one little disagreement at the bar and suddenly all hell broke loose with the Stockport skins hurling an almighty amount of glass in our direction. One pint glass hit me square on the forehead (but fortunately didn't smash so just left me with a nice 3 inch lump on my swede!) I managed to pick up a table, turn it over and get down behind it whilst the glass continued to fly. Most City had scurried out of the pub during the onslaught but a few were still in there, trying to fight back. The Stockport skins were now advancing and some were now ripping up the tables and chairs, using the legs as weapons. Someone on this thread earlier mentioned that no-one ever admits to defeat in these encounters, but I can honestly say that these 20 Stockport lads managed to pretty much empty a whole pub full of City. A few City lads stood their ground but it would be fair to say we were beaten on this one! After about 2 minutes or so the old bill then poured into the pub and put a stop to the shenanigans. No lasting damage was really inflicted on anyone though, apart from me and my huge lump on my head! One of my mates had ran out toward the toilets and found another side-door - he walked through this only to find a huge alsation gnarling at him on the other side - so he decided to come back into the pub and take his chances!! Oh - and we won 4-0, heh heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Ah, great days eh? Reading 84. That was the day one of our most succesful managers resigned from the club because he didn't want to be associated with a club that had fans like ours. (fortunately reconsidered after the deluge of mail he got from decent fans). That was the day our club was shamed in the national press and there was every prospect that we were going to get banned from any away games in future. Oh yes, and that was City's contribution to convincing Margaret Thatcher of the need to introduce membership cards to go to football matches. Great day. Millwall 82. Great day. That was City fans contribution (along with others) to convincing the authorities of the need to introduce fencing to stop pitch invasions etc. What that resulted in was 10 years of crap views from inside a cage, and then Hillsborough, when the fences stopped fans escaping the crush. Great days eh? Cardiff 2001. Oh yes, great day! That resulted in 10 years of bubble matches and making trips to South Wales such a pleasure! Plymouth 85. City's contribution to the legislation that brought in all seater stadiums - and we just love those don't we!! Result! Oh yes, great days weren't they? You exaggerate a lot there, the introduction of fences had nothing to do with Millwall '82 - City had them up ready for the First Division in '76. Terry Cooper was a great bloke and did wonders at City but he can hardly be described as one of our most successful managers. Like Joe Jordan he was always amazed at the passion of City fans, and had a really good relationship with us. Can't think what the Plymouth match had to do with all seater stadiums? The point of this thread (or my contribution anyway) isn't to glorify those days but the fact is they happened and occasions like these were part and parcel of following City away, especially in the 70's & 80's. Doesn't mean the posters reporting the events were involved in the trouble, or enjoyed witnessing it, but the fact is they were incredible scenes and memorable up to 30 years later for that reason. As I said earlier, City had a high percentage of 'boisterous' fans in those days. The make up of City's crowd at home, and even more notably away, is completely different now, so we're really talking of historical events which are very unlikely to be repeated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meltonmowbrayred Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Not really doubting you, BUT Ipswich and Yeovil, I mean IPSWICH, you have got to be the only fan in history to be belted by an Ipswich fan ! :0) All true; the Yeovil thing IS documented by the Western Daily Press. Many other incidents during the mid 70,s in the Open End, East End , Eastville,QPR, etc A couple of real nutters in my group from Street that often started things and the rest of us followed like sheep; thats how it was; scary but exciting at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmpowell Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Anybody know the game featured in this video at: 3min 06s through to 3min 19s 3min 37s through to 3min 44s When I was 12 I remember being in the EE during the 89/90 season game when the players were taken off the pitch as police tried to restore calm. All us kids were escorted to the far corner of the EE as the away fans tried to take it, I think it was this game but for the life of me I can't remember who it was against. I also want to say that I do not condone any of this, I am purely reliving what I grew up experiencing, something that was part and parcel of football back then. Today it is sanitised in a way that it is has been hugely moved away from the ground itself (which is a good thing), but I also do think that given our lowly status during the 90's our strong 70's/80's 'reputation' was kind of forgotten by a lot, and to this day I am still baffled by people's 'shock' when they hear about City fans causing trouble. We have a HUGE catchment area of fans that spread into many counties. We have always had a name for ourselves, and that name is bolstered by numbers. Look at the stats for crowd trouble over the past few seasons and our name crops up a lot, that's no co-incidence. If we do ever make it into the Prem, I am pretty sure that we will see the reemergence of our name and the trouble that comes with it, as we go against teams we have not played for a very long time. Villa, Chelsea (especially!), Everton and Spurs are names that could spark old flames and bring out the worst in potential trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartolona Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 That was the Sheff Utd game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II Wurzel II Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Last one was Trumpton ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauntons Finest Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Funny you mention the paper, as my dad said it was in The Sun the next day. Would be great to see a copy of it! My uncle may be the person you're referring to...!! Your uncle from Taunton by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u66i1mft9C8 Anybody know the game featured in this video at: 3min 06s through to 3min 19s 3min 37s through to 3min 44s When I was 12 I remember being in the EE during the 89/90 season game when the players were taken off the pitch as police tried to restore calm. All us kids were escorted to the far corner of the EE as the away fans tried to take it, I think it was this game but for the life of me I can't remember who it was against. I also want to say that I do not condone any of this, I am purely reliving what I grew up experiencing, something that was part and parcel of football back then. Today it is sanitised in a way that it is has been hugely moved away from the ground itself (which is a good thing), but I also do think that given our lowly status during the 90's our strong 70's/80's 'reputation' was kind of forgotten by a lot, and to this day I am still baffled by people's 'shock' when they hear about City fans causing trouble. We have a HUGE catchment area of fans that spread into many counties. We have always had a name for ourselves, and that name is bolstered by numbers. Look at the stats for crowd trouble over the past few seasons and our name crops up a lot, that's no co-incidence. If we do ever make it into the Prem, I am pretty sure that we will see the reemergence of our name and the trouble that comes with it, as we go against teams we have not played for a very long time. Villa, Chelsea (especially!), Everton and Spurs are names that could spark old flames and bring out the worst in potential trouble. Yea as Bartolona said the match you were on about was City v Sheffield united in 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 The first game I ever saw standing on the EE, and my first time allowed down on my own. 1970 Vs Sunderland age 10, got in the ground early and we were surrounded by Sunderland . Couldn't understand it, and they stayed for a while until a shout went up and City , who had mobbed up quietly charged in to them and it was chaos for a short while. They took a pasting jumped the fence and started to walk across the pitch to the safety of the open end. They made it half way before lads came from both side of the pitch and continued their kicking! That was my introduction to life on the EE. Nearly forgot, City won 4-3 and I don't think I saw a goal properly being so small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Swindon in !970 i was 13 all running though main street loads went in Millets i had a Harrington Jacket great days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 West ham in the e e one their lads opened his coat and had I beleive a machete or it was a big knife , I moved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 There must have bin many occasions when city fans were beaten or came out worse, any times spring to mind? Oxford away...late 60's??? Large City following well kicked out of Manor Road home end minutes before kick off. and, Leeds away 70'ish?? (Sprake decked Garland) Pockets of Leeds in our end having a go, and afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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