JOSH17 Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 What is the 3 worst games you have been to. Mine Rovers away about 2007, hull away (cant remember the year) and Carlisle in the old LDV cup in Cardiff. http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/146223-crowd-trouble-at-the-gate/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 hmmm mine have been fine really. It's quite hard to think of anything that stands out as proper trouble. I remember a couple times there was a bit of trouble in the away bit in the EE. Leeds a season or two ago and Cardiff maybe 4 or 5 seasons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOSH17 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 hmmm mine have been fine really. It's quite hard to think of anything that stands out as proper trouble. I remember a couple times there was a bit of trouble in the away bit in the EE. Leeds a season or two ago and Cardiff maybe 4 or 5 seasons ago. It always seems to be the same clubs over again.I have never herd of trouble to involve Wigan that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendip City Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Walsall away in the play-offs That Christmas Rovers game, Beadle, Santa hats etc - comedy and thuggery combined! Millwall x several, especially the one where they tried to get into the Dolman from the open end as seats rained down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 In fairness, you cant call anything "trouble" that didn't happen pror to the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongwellRed Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 What is the 3 worst games you have been to. Mine Rovers away about 2007, hull away (cant remember the year) and Carlisle in the old LDV cup in Cardiff. http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/146223-crowd-trouble-at-the-gate/ what happened against Carlisle in the LDV ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InCider Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 what happened against Carlisle in the LDV ? Soul Crew turned up, the Prince of Wales pub was trashed by City and were baton charged by Heddlu down street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongwellRed Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Soul Crew turned up, the Prince of Wales pub was trashed by City and were baton charged by Heddlu down street. Ah right ok, thought meant inside the stadium ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOSH17 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 what happened against Carlisle in the LDV ? I think it was all on the same day. having a drink in a pub (price of wales i think) before the game and got done over by city. But after the game we was on our way to the train station and we asked a cop what way to go and he told us to go so we went that way and got caught up in the middle of riot cops and fans but we got pulled in to a pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Propa nawtee!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider army1981 Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Plymouth away few years back and as mentioned the 1-1 at Hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bristol Born & Red Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Worst i've seen was Reading '84 at Elm Park, things were going off everywhere, concrete thrown, TC on the pitch..chaos, had to move to the back of the terrace to avoid the stuff being thrown..plus we lost..was 15 at the time & went with the old man. (anyone remember Trevor Senior, quality striker)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 For me Millwall home not sure the year mid 80's i think when seats were being thrown from the Dolman. I was fairly young and my real first experience. Def a scary day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauntons Finest Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Carlisle LDV, Sheff Wed away 10 odd years ago ( didn't see the game, escorted to Derbyshire, back on the waterfront for Middlesboro the same evening) Hull away Dirty Lita late equaliser, Reading away first game of season 15 odd years ago are some memorable experiences. Keep tight Taunton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 The worst I have seen = 1. Millwall at Ashton 1984, fires, coins, seats, smashed cars, windows etc etc. 2. Sags at Trumpton 1990, hoardings thrown, coins, police charge, general mayhem. 3. Cardiff at Ninian 2001, pitched battles in car park, missiles bombardment during game. Interesting someone mentioned Wigan as being peaceful, I was at the JJB.in about 2000 ish and it all kicked off in a boozer outside the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 The worst I have seen = 1. Millwall at Ashton 1984, fires, coins, seats, smashed cars, windows etc etc. 2. Sags at Trumpton 1990, hoardings thrown, coins, police charge, general mayhem. 3. Cardiff at Ninian 2001, pitched battles in car park, missiles bombardment during game. Interesting someone mentioned Wigan as being peaceful, I was at the JJB.in about 2000 ish and it all kicked off in a boozer outside the ground. Did you go on a coach that picked up from outsidevthe Hippodrome for the Wigan game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Carlisle LDV, Sheff Wed away 10 odd years ago ( didn't see the game, escorted to Derbyshire, back on the waterfront for Middlesboro the same evening) Hull away Dirty Lita late equaliser, Reading away first game of season 15 odd years ago are some memorable experiences. Keep tight Taunton Ahh, The Gypsy Queen! Ashby-de-la-Zouch is in Nottinghamshire Boro on the waterfront was a suicide mission! Worst for sheer trouble has to be the Reading game at Elm Park,also Swindon away for a couple seasons running in the early 80's. When a good 80 went in there stand and played frisbee with seats into the Town end!! The other when the terrace was ripped up ( same as at Reading). Mad mad days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Ahh, The Gypsy Queen! Ashby-de-la-Zouch is in Nottinghamshire Boro on the waterfront was a suicide mission! Worst for sheer trouble has to be the Reading game at Elm Park,also Swindon away for a couple seasons running in the early 80's. When a good 80 went in there stand and played frisbee with seats into the Town end!! The other when the terrace was ripped up ( same as at Reading). Mad mad days. I remember at Swindon in about 83, a copper let go of an alsatian and it took hold of a kiddy on the back of his leg. A couple of the lads mates were punching the dog but it didn't budge until the copper came over. Ouch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthesouth Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Reading in 1984 made the front pages of some national papers and it was absolute mayhem with the game being held up on several occasions and Terry Cooper threatening to resign if City didn't stop the trouble. Millwall home in 1985 followed severe trouble earlier in season when City ran riot at Millwall. There was trouble from 10am in Bristol and Bedminster was like a war zone and so began a long running feud with Millwall which is still in existence today! You could then arguably call any of the following Swindon away 1982,rovers away 1990' Sheffield United home 1989 play offs, Bolton away 1990' Chelsea home 90' Cardiff away 89' and so on! It was the sign of the times. It has no place today in 2013 but back then the country was different politically and socially and Bristol City were in the same category as West Ham, Millwall, Cardiff, Man Utd, Birmingham! Thankfully long gone but not forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 From my personal experience, at home:- 1. Dolman Block A - Millllllllwall mid 80's never likely to be repeated - just total utter mayhem, chaos. 2. Park End - Spurs late 70's particularly when their lot were transferred from the EE - tense times 3. East End - Brum late 60's transferred from the EE to the Open End - for our own safety & had the scarfs nicked and away:- 1. Chelsea - mid 70's partial segregation (50:50) and made our own way there/back - bricked it tbh 2. Cardiff - early 70's on the Grange (Town) End, the last before segregation - survived match duration (just) 3. Tote End - early 70's the first segregated match and one of about ten that went in just before KO to be met by knife-wielding reception committee - the first (and last) fence jumping occasion Surprise; Charlton FAC at home although I think most of Landon turned out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauntons Finest Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Ahh, The Gypsy Queen! Ashby-de-la-Zouch is in Nottinghamshire Boro on the waterfront was a suicide mission! Worst for sheer trouble has to be the Reading game at Elm Park,also Swindon away for a couple seasons running in the early 80's. When a good 80 went in there stand and played frisbee with seats into the Town end!! The other when the terrace was ripped up ( same as at Reading). Mad mad days. Big ol boys they Boro, what with that and Sheffield earlier that day, would have to say that's the naughtiest Iv experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 In fairness, you cant call anything "trouble" that didn't happen pror to the 90's. 'tis true. The sight of hundreds of lads running invading cockneys off the East End in the mid 70s is an overriding recollection of my early days watching City. It is now difficult to believe that stuff went on. Reading away in the mid 80s was pretty extreme, as was the ruck with West Ham in the enclosure/grandstand, which I found myself in the middle of. The trip to Corinthian Casuals at Dulwich Hamlet's ground was quite lively thanks to a little interruption from Millwall's mob, an encounter that was to be reprised over the following few seasons. Then there was the visit of Sheffield United to block A of the Dolman. Chelsea and Portsmouth spring to mind as well. Thankfully all that is consigned to history and can stay there. Nothing over the past 20 years has come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Millwall home in 1985 followed severe trouble earlier in season when City ran riot at Millwall. There was trouble from 10am in Bristol and Bedminster was like a war zone and so began a long running feud with Millwall which is still in existence today! A Millwall mate of mine was glassed before that game (difficult to tell from his description of the pub but it sounds like the Luckwell - is that likely?!) and still considers the gammy eye he carries "a mark of pride". The big spaz. Being quite bougeois meself, I've tended to shy away from such carryings on, so the most naughtiness I've personally witnessed have been at England games in the 80s and at AG I've never seen more massed laireyness than when we hosted Liverpool in '78 (I think). I have seen it all kick off at an Andover Town v Basingstoke fixture, however. Now there's a real grudge match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Portsmouth home 1st game of season. 1993..? Charlton home. Fa cup. 1994 Then loads are much of the same, but as op asked for 3, I'd probably say Cardiff away, Scott murrays game, that sticks in the mind for being a tad unpleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Portsmouth home 1st game of season. 1993..? Charlton home. Fa cup. 1994 Then loads are much of the same, but as op asked for 3, I'd probably say Cardiff away, Scott murrays game, that sticks in the mind for being a tad unpleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Did you go on a coach that picked up from outsidevthe Hippodrome for the Wigan game? No I was in Liverpool at the time so had a short drive home. The City fans headed for the coaches or train stations whilst I had to make it back to my car on my own. I got spotted by a small group of Wigan fans who then chased me down a main road, I managed to lose them by weaving through the traffic. I would rather have been hit by a car than a couple of their big lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Growing up in the eighties you saw a lot. But in terms of trouble that I was old enough to appreciate, in no particular order, Plymouth away 96/97, no more car show room! Watford away in 97 was an eye opener for me, not too much trouble, but the largest mob of city I think I've ever seen. Not a replica kit in sight and by the time we joined up with the coaches at Watford gap, there were hundreds of city. I was 18 and can remember everyone stopping in an underpass just before we reached the town centre, one of my most vivid memories, and I get goose bumps thinking about it now. Silly really. Later on Cardiif away in 99 or 2000 ish, the evening game, Swansea the year before. Sheffield Wed away, obviously, a funny day that. THe moment someone tells you there's a non description mini bus from Lawrence Weston in the convoy, you know it's no ordinary away day. Anyone remember how it transpired to end up in the Gypsy Queen?? One phrase, 'it's a trap' cue Star Wars music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Did you go on a coach that picked up from outsidevthe Hippodrome for the Wigan game? Was it organised by the same reputable 'travel agent' who took us to Notts County that year!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 I was only young at Wigan away, heard there had been trouble, we scored and all off a sudden about 20 riot cops appeared hitting people back who had run on pitch, good day that was loads of city went up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red84 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 Cardiff away 'the Murray double' always sticks in the memory, bombardment all game from Cardiff and the amount of rocks raining down on us in the car park they were def are blood!! Forest away in the promotion season, the amici bar incident. Forest started it right in front of me as I was coming out the ground but were ran amock by the hoardes of city mob who had travelled. I stayed in Nottingham that night, no bugger wanted any Bristol in town! Others that spring to mind our reading away after we got relegated, millwall and Cardiff at home. Surprisingly some trouble in the pub at Rotherham away and rovers away in ldv and 'friendly' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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