Scariest away day following City

blue corby said:
Chelsea at Wembley in the full members cup was no picnic
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Yeh, that was pretty bad, we were well outniumbered and the carpark was carnage. Quite a few stabbings. Few tasty offerings had with St Pauli fans at the Hamburg friendly under Keegan. I remember having to fight back to the station v Luton in the League cup away match after our coaches laid on to transfer from the station got trashed on the way in
 
Remember Stoke away 66/67 our first season in top division after our promotion won 1-0 Summerbee,I was stood behind goals Bootham end with other City fans aged just 15,about 10 minutes before ko seemed like all the Stokeys arrived and I remember them mostly being bikers with all the leathers on and big fookers..They all started singing we are Stoke we are Stoke we are Stoke and pushing and shoving next to me,I thought fack this only 15 shiting myself I also started chanting we are Stoke we are Stoke we are Stoke.
 
peoffrey said:
I’m so glad I grew up in the 90’s and away from all of this crap. Imagine not being able to take your kids due to the violence every weekend? No wonder an entire generation grew up thinking football is a TV channel.

Quite sad to see one or two warmly reminiscing about it too. I literally can’t remember the last time I had to fight to escape a situation. Maybe 20 years ago.
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Dont condone violence, but as others said, it was a different time and sometimes unavoidable if you wanted to stay in one piece. that being said i wouldnt swap those times, scrapes, warts and all for the sanitised orwellian offering we have today. Give me a battered old Football Special Saturday afternoon jaunt to Brum/ Leeds etc anyday of the week
 
blue aura said:
I went to the Millwall with my dad in 87. I walk to the Den was quite intense to say the least. My overriding memory of the game was a lad at half-time trying to rally round everyone to jump the fence to get at them.

I went to the game in 98 with a mate of mine from Brighton. We spent the early evening drinking in a pub that a pal of ours was running near South Bermondsey Station. He knew i was a blue and thought we had a death wish in wanting to go to the game, as he knew from the locals it was going to kick off big time.

I don't think I've ever been so nervous as I was walking to the ground. Saw a group of blues get dragged out of a mini bus get a hiding. Being a southerner definitely helped that night.
The atmosphere was toxic inside and i spent most of the game worrying about getting back to Victoria in one piece. Afterwards we were locked in for ages. Dennis Tueart came down with a loud speaker saying that the police were having a bit of bother outside and for our protection, we'd have to wait longer. Some comedian shouted "let us at em Dennis" which lightened the mood.

When we were finally let out, the streets did resemble a war zone. The Old Bill definitely earned their money that night.
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I was at Millwall. We had a right crowns there. Chris Francis led.
 
xgorton said:
Norwich away and Ipswich away in the 70s,never any trouble.
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Hitched it over night to Ipswich once (2 of us), must have been about 16 at the time. Anyway, outside the main entrance before the game and Bobby Robson gets out of his car and asks who's gonna win today?...me and my mate pipe up and say "City". He looked at us surprised and couldn't believe 2 young lads had come all the way from Manchester and seemed impressed. Spent a minute or so chatting with us. Always liked him after that.
 
I only started following us away in about ‘87 so im certain i missed most of the worst stuff, but saw some & joined in some serious shit wouldn’t say im overly proud of what i did but i also wouldn’t change a thing! some of my happiest memories as a blue were made in them mental days :)
 
El Gringo said:
Yeh, that was pretty bad, we were well outniumbered and the carpark was carnage. Quite a few stabbings. Few tasty offerings had with St Pauli fans at the Hamburg friendly under Keegan. I remember having to fight back to the station v Luton in the League cup away match after our coaches laid on to transfer from the station got trashed on the way in
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I remember St Pauli coming into the square and getting a proper hiding. Bunch of soap dodgers bit off more than they could chew that night.
 
xgorton said:
Norwich away and Ipswich away in the 70s,never any trouble.
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The only trouble I had had in East Anglia was when we went to Ipswich once in the late 60s on a Maynes coach. We got there about 8 in the morning, and went playing football in a park near the ground.
After my first tackle I heard an almighty rrriippp, and found that my trousers had split from front to back!
I had to wait until the shops opened to go and buy a new pair, so carried on playing.
Not a hooligan story, just real life!
 
WestGorton said:
Full Members we did ok given so outnumbered.
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City's mob were giving Chelsea the runaround earlier in the day, I know that because I saw it. City had a big and tasty looking mob and while Chelsea's numbers would have ultimately 'won the day' they were getting scattered before the game
 
Blue Feather said:
City's mob were giving Chelsea the runaround earlier in the day, I know that because I saw it. City had a big and tasty looking mob and while Chelsea's numbers would have ultimately 'won the day' they were getting scattered before the game
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Agreed. Chelsea were like the rags. All mouth when they had more numbers but no backbone.
 
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