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Unread 26-01-2018, 07:32 PM
denis lawless
 
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That was the game that the plod sent dogs into the crowd on long leads, and the porridge **** killed one (iirc)
I remember seeing a dog handler get hit by a lump of white stuff that exploded when it hit his head....he fell to the ground in no mans land between to two sets of fans....and his dog shit itself and ran off in the opposite direction....dragging the copper half way down the terracing

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Didn't know you were THAT old, pal
 
Unread 26-01-2018, 07:45 PM
Fat Al
 
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Told this before, but my funniest/scariest moment came at the fa cup semi replay at Goodson v Liverpool in 1979 ( 1- 0, greenhoff)

Had arranged to meet 2 mates in the royal pub in wythenshawe about half five then drive over to dippersville, just before we set off a lad in the pub who was a bit older than us, but we knew just on nodding terms asked if he could come along...he had no ticket but would either jib in or get a ticket outside...his name was Les

Get to the game, park up about a mile from the ground, moody as £#%&!, scousers everywhere looking for us, we just kept our heads down and got to our end, Les got a ticket face value and in we go

Anyway, greenhoff wins it for us and it’s wembley here we come

Outside the ground it’s very nasty, the 4 of us say stick together, say £#%&! all and get to the car ASAP

Doing ok until about 100 yards from the car, gang of mickeys on the corner see the 4 of us and sends ove this nipper, aged about 12, who asks “ got the time on yer, la?”

He’s waiting to hear our accents, but before any of us responds, Les volleys him in the %@#$&!s, then starts to stamp all over him. The scouse gang across the road can’t believe what they’ve just seen, so it delays them chasing us...we are off like usain bolt, me and a mate ended up lying in this back garden scared to breathe

About an hour later we make our way back to the car, Les is waiting for us

We ask why the £#%&! he had just battered a 12 year old, he replies “ little @#%&! was trying to suss us out, if he’s old enough for that he’s old enough for a kicking...no @#%&! does that to me”

We decided not to debate his viewpoint, which is just as well because when we recounted this tale in the pub the following weekend it turns out Les was a £#%&!ing loon who had periodic mental health episodes and hadn’t long been out of Risley

Still laugh when I picture that little scouser getting booted in the knackers, but it could have been bad news for us if we had been caught



Oh £#%&! ... laffing like a £#%&!ing loon at that.
 
Unread 26-01-2018, 08:09 PM
sub three hours
 
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Told this before, but my funniest/scariest moment came at the fa cup semi replay at Goodson v Liverpool in 1979 ( 1- 0, greenhoff)

Had arranged to meet 2 mates in the royal pub in wythenshawe about half five then drive over to dippersville, just before we set off a lad in the pub who was a bit older than us, but we knew just on nodding terms asked if he could come along...he had no ticket but would either jib in or get a ticket outside...his name was Les

Get to the game, park up about a mile from the ground, moody as £#%&!, scousers everywhere looking for us, we just kept our heads down and got to our end, Les got a ticket face value and in we go

Anyway, greenhoff wins it for us and it’s wembley here we come

Outside the ground it’s very nasty, the 4 of us say stick together, say £#%&! all and get to the car ASAP

Doing ok until about 100 yards from the car, gang of mickeys on the corner see the 4 of us and sends ove this nipper, aged about 12, who asks “ got the time on yer, la?”

He’s waiting to hear our accents, but before any of us responds, Les volleys him in the %@#$&!s, then starts to stamp all over him. The scouse gang across the road can’t believe what they’ve just seen, so it delays them chasing us...we are off like usain bolt, me and a mate ended up lying in this back garden scared to breathe

About an hour later we make our way back to the car, Les is waiting for us

We ask why the £#%&! he had just battered a 12 year old, he replies “ little @#%&! was trying to suss us out, if he’s old enough for that he’s old enough for a kicking...no @#%&! does that to me”

We decided not to debate his viewpoint, which is just as well because when we recounted this tale in the pub the following weekend it turns out Les was a £#%&!ing loon who had periodic mental health episodes and hadn’t long been out of Risley

Still laugh when I picture that little scouser getting booted in the knackers, but it could have been bad news for us if we had been caught


What an interesting picture of the type of 'pond-life' that made football fans loathed throughout the country and got English teams banned from Europe...but which made for absolutely brilliant and exciting Saturday afternoons.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 12:00 AM
zanzare
 
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What an interesting picture of the type of 'pond-life' that made football fans loathed throughout the country and got English teams banned from Europe...but which made for absolutely brilliant and exciting Saturday afternoons.
This is true,
from" Tommy Doc is Dr Doolittle,because every other week he goes to the Stretford End to talk to the animals" headlines, to pictures of lads with darts in their eyesocket/ nose bridge being escorted to the "hospital area" (St Johns Ambulance tent).
Home or away, you knew the chances of you being caught up in mindless violence were high, and were probably the cause of you being there. Football was a rush that you could not get anywhere else, but it all depended on the team that you followed, because not everyone gave a £#%&! about Bolton, but if United came to town every single brain donor was there to greet us. We had to prove ourselves week in, week out, just like the team we supported, but we didn't come out on top every time,no matter what memories us old £#%&!ers have!
I was never any type of hard man, but our reputation made us out to be mental cases who didn't give a £#%&!.
Maybe we had the numbers over all the others but Cardiff gave us a day out....
But I'm not here to slag it off, they were some of the best years of my life in a group of like minded people that I would have followed or been a part of in any situation.
Most of us grew up/ matured/ aged ( not all of us )but the passion does not leave you, once United forever United.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 12:20 AM
sub three hours
 
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This is true,
from" Tommy Doc is Dr Doolittle,because every other week he goes to the Stretford End to talk to the animals" headlines, to pictures of lads with darts in their eyesocket/ nose bridge being escorted to the "hospital area" (St Johns Ambulance tent).
Home or away, you knew the chances of you being caught up in mindless violence were high, and were probably the cause of you being there. Football was a rush that you could not get anywhere else, but it all depended on the team that you followed, because not everyone gave a £#%&! about Bolton, but if United came to town every single brain donor was there to greet us. We had to prove ourselves week in, week out, just like the team we supported, but we didn't come out on top every time,no matter what memories us old £#%&!ers have!
I was never any type of hard man, but our reputation made us out to be mental cases who didn't give a £#%&!.
Maybe we had the numbers over all the others but Cardiff gave us a day out....
But I'm not here to slag it off, they were some of the best years of my life in a group of like minded people that I would have followed or been a part of in any situation.
Most of us grew up/ matured/ aged ( not all of us )but the passion does not leave you, once United forever United.


A fine reflection of the feelings of following United and growing up in the 70s and 80's.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 12:32 AM
Gordon Hill
 
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Bucket of petrol + plank

Up at Newcastle, the day Best was threatened with an IRA bullet (said he never stood still all game) got split up after the match and given a chasing by geordies. Gave em the slip but was totally lost. Thought I was f***ing dead with them marauding all over. Mini screeches to a halt and lads jump out. Turns out they were Reds, one of them with an eye half hanging out. They gave me a lift to the station and I got on the waiting train - found mates. Under siege with geordies raining bricks and stuff down on the train, one of our lads had a stammer and had his head out of the window giving it the “f-f-f-f-f*** off you g-g-g-Geordie.....” and got hit full in the face with a meat pie. You had to be there.
Thankfuly for his sake it was only a pie & not a bottle or a brick.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 01:27 AM
92ToBury
 
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Thankfuly for his sake it was only a pie & not a bottle or a brick.
Might have cured his stutter though
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 04:27 AM
Denis Irwell
 
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Thankfuly for his sake it was only a pie & not a bottle or a brick.
Yeah, that was weird. Every missile was a rock/brick or bottle yet the one that found the target.... Lucky lad

We were in their open end, The Leazes, and copped it all through the game from locals chucking stuff from outside. We had the usual big following (guess 7/8000) but they were well up for it. Ground is practically in town.

Nah, 92ers, no such luck. Not seen him for donkey’s, though.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 09:37 AM
rubbernecker
 
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Yeah, that was weird. Every missile was a rock/brick or bottle yet the one that found the target.... Lucky lad

We were in their open end, The Leazes, and copped it all through the game from locals chucking stuff from outside. We had the usual big following (guess 7/8000) but they were well up for it. Ground is practically in town.

Nah, 92ers, no such luck. Not seen him for donkey’s, though.
That end was brutally cold when it was pissing down and windy

Not the best end to be thrown out of either as even in the 70s everyone one of them wore head to foot B&W making anyone else stand out like a sore thumb
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 09:54 AM
adh
 
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the open end was the gallowgate, the leazes was there end
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 09:57 AM
rubbernecker
 
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the open end was the gallowgate, the leazes was there end
Whatever it was called,it was the coldest I've ever been at a match
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 02:11 PM
92ToBury
 
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Whatever it was called,it was the coldest I've ever been at a match
Boundary Park on a sunny April afternoon is colder nqat.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 02:12 PM
no fun
 
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Boundary Park on a sunny April afternoon is colder nqat.
Anyone who went to this game. http://www.skysports.com/football/ol...man-utd/275908 Will recall it was bastard freezing

Ice station zebra indeed
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 02:14 PM
irk
 
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the open end was the gallowgate, the leazes was there end
Thye were both open and it was the other way round.

http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/906...-end-in-itself

Seems the leazes used to have a roof and was used by home fans too. It was roofless and the away end when I went last.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 04:28 PM
92ToBury
 
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Anyone who went to this game. http://www.skysports.com/football/ol...man-utd/275908 Will recall it was bastard freezing

Ice station zebra indeed
Any given Saturday, pal. I've got a friend who's an Oldham fan and he's wrapped up like Captain Scott every game.
 
Unread 27-01-2018, 10:12 PM
thatsfuctit
 
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Palace v United April 71


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Unread 28-01-2018, 07:04 AM
Denis Irwell
 
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Cracking interview with Gordon Hill (last one) comes across well and some great memories

“I nutmegged Norman Hunter and I knew I’d annoyed him because (? One of their players ?) came up to me and told me. After that, Norman followed me round telling me he was going to break my legs”
 
Unread 28-01-2018, 11:26 AM
eusker
 
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Told this before, but my funniest/scariest moment came at the fa cup semi replay at Goodson v Liverpool in 1979 ( 1- 0, greenhoff)

Had arranged to meet 2 mates in the royal pub in wythenshawe about half five then drive over to dippersville, just before we set off a lad in the pub who was a bit older than us, but we knew just on nodding terms asked if he could come along...he had no ticket but would either jib in or get a ticket outside...his name was Les

Get to the game, park up about a mile from the ground, moody as f***, scousers everywhere looking for us, we just kept our heads down and got to our end, Les got a ticket face value and in we go

Anyway, greenhoff wins it for us and it’s wembley here we come

Outside the ground it’s very nasty, the 4 of us say stick together, say f*** all and get to the car ASAP

Doing ok until about 100 yards from the car, gang of mickeys on the corner see the 4 of us and sends ove this nipper, aged about 12, who asks “ got the time on yer, la?”

He’s waiting to hear our accents, but before any of us responds, Les volleys him in the balls, then starts to stamp all over him. The scouse gang across the road can’t believe what they’ve just seen, so it delays them chasing us...we are off like usain bolt, me and a mate ended up lying in this back garden scared to breathe

About an hour later we make our way back to the car, Les is waiting for us

We ask why the f*** he had just battered a 12 year old, he replies “ little c*** was trying to suss us out, if he’s old enough for that he’s old enough for a kicking...no c*** does that to me”

We decided not to debate his viewpoint, which is just as well because when we recounted this tale in the pub the following weekend it turns out Les was a f***ing loon who had periodic mental health episodes and hadn’t long been out of Risley

Still laugh when I picture that little scouser getting booted in the knackers, but it could have been bad news for us if we had been caught
Laughed so hard at this earlier that I woke the wife up.

Got the Keane face when I explained what was so funny.
 
Unread 05-10-2018, 11:44 AM
kamui
 
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very interesting for watching. I am not so much familar with the story of Manchester United
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