Was in the stretford end, blues everywhere, Imre Varadi had a equaliser ruled out,
I can't remember why it was disallowed, unbelievable amount of blues thereJust watched that game on YouTube or 20 mins highlights. Shit footage but I cannot understand why that goal was disallowed from what they showed. We had thousands there that day. Our end must have been 12000 and then more all over the ground.
That was the day City got ambushed at The Whalley pub. Hundreds of blues inside and United, to quote a Blue who has been everywhere and fought with everyone, "brought the biggest mob I've ever seen".Just watched that game on YouTube or 20 mins highlights. Shit footage but I cannot understand why that goal was disallowed from what they showed. We had thousands there that day. Our end must have been 12000 and then more all over the ground.
That was the day City got ambushed at The Whalley pub. Hundreds of blues inside and United, to quote a Blue who has been everywhere and fought with everyone, "brought the biggest mob I've ever seen".
Keep on Rocking in the Free world Sir; )Bloody kid. I'm 70 next Tuesday. How do you think I feel?
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With Lee ?Late 60s early 70s Chelsea, Arsenal, Leeds, had my head kicked in a few times but lived to tell the tail, not proud of it but got our own back a lot of the time
Not sure it was an ambush as everyone knew what was going to happen, think it was the numbers that surprised everyone. Think there are at least a couple on this site that were at the Whalley that day and in K standThat was the day City got ambushed at The Whalley pub. Hundreds of blues inside and United, to quote a Blue who has been everywhere and fought with everyone, "brought the biggest mob I've ever seen".
STIR Crazy, more like.Crazy ???
YepWith Lee ?
I think it was documented in Mickey Francis Guvnors book. We were shit that season and ended up relegated at West Ham
RIP BennyThere's also a report in Andrew Bennion's, "Govnor General", book.
I remember us away at blackburn prob 84ish? they were top we were 2nd, kinsey? goal gave us 1-0 win to go top!! Mayhem before & during game, got to train station after game & ironicly burnley had been away at bolton same day & their special train came into station que a fuckin riot with burnley thinking we were blackburn!! i got the wrecked train back to burnley as well!!!
I was on the platform when that happened. They were throwing Burnley suicide squad cards as they pulled into the station.I remember us away at blackburn prob 84ish? they were top we were 2nd, kinsey? goal gave us 1-0 win to go top!! Mayhem before & during game, got to train station after game & ironicly burnley had been away at bolton same day & their special train came into station que a fuckin riot with burnley thinking we were blackburn!! i got the wrecked train back to burnley as well!!!
Lower league clubs could spring all sorts of surprises, I went to plenty of aways with Stockport over the years and got in all manner of scrapes, Chesterfield, Lincoln, Exeter, Darlo to name but a few, then there was the likes of Stoke, Burnley, Wolves to contend with when they came down in the basement league.I went to Mansfield Town once with some Bolton fans (Don't ask )
Mansfield Town? ffs maniacs
I went to Mansfield Town once with some Bolton fans (Don't ask )
Mansfield Town? ffs maniacs
I didn’t realise it had been held back. I don’t think any blues were expecting Burnley as there was a moments pause before it sunk in.That train was held out of the station for a long while. Then it was allowed in and they threw out a load of calling cards Burnley Head Hunters if I remember right.
I didn’t realise it had been held back. I don’t think any blues were expecting Burnley as there was a moments pause before it sunk in.
I remember one lad pulling half a snooker cue out of his jacket.
I had walked past him and that was the last thing I expected.