Mad Eyed Screamer
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My school days were spent in the hell hole otherwise known as coventry as my dad moved jobs there.
A girl up the street, Tracy Baker, her dad was the local bobby.
So 1980 City play at cov and I'm going into the away end aged 17 and PC Baker is on the turnstiles checking everyone so I give him a courtesy "Hello Mr Baker" which he smiled, said hello back..... and then said "hang on a minute" and pulls me out of line accusing me of being a cov fan trying to infiltrate the away end!
I had no scarf or anything to prove I was a City fan but I convinced him, saying "you know my parents and me are originally from Manchester" and fortunately he did know that and he let me in!
A girl up the street, Tracy Baker, her dad was the local bobby.
So 1980 City play at cov and I'm going into the away end aged 17 and PC Baker is on the turnstiles checking everyone so I give him a courtesy "Hello Mr Baker" which he smiled, said hello back..... and then said "hang on a minute" and pulls me out of line accusing me of being a cov fan trying to infiltrate the away end!
I had no scarf or anything to prove I was a City fan but I convinced him, saying "you know my parents and me are originally from Manchester" and fortunately he did know that and he let me in!