Worst away days

WEMBLEY76 said:
Brighton away late December 1979 snow and icy weather going down,got hammered 4-1 ,Stuart Lee scored at their old stadium.
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We had some crackers at The Goldstone Ground didn't we.
We won there the following season when Tueart got a couple and I seem to remember Steve Daley getting sent off.
However , the ones that really stand out (apart from the one you mention) were another 4:1 defeat and that absolutely shite 4:0 FA Cup defeat that persuaded John Bond he'd had enough..
Add to the mix one of the worst grounds ever, it always seemed to piss down in that open away corner and the police made people take their laces out of their boots it was a pretty shit experience going there for sure . Brighton also seemed to have quite a high number of dickheads supporting them, which didn't help matters!
 
Alfie Budd said:
It was 4-1. We were 4-0 down at half time but a late Bobby McDonald goal meant we edged the second half 1-0!
It was on Easter Monday. The dippers beat us 5-0 at Maine Road on the Saturday so by half time at Molineux, we’d conceded nine goals in 135 minutes of football over slightly less than 48 hours.
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I was at that Wolves game, I remember the piss taking/self mocking wild celebrations from the away end when Mcdonald scored! From what I remember Wolves had a very odd looking ground at that point, didn't they have one side completely empty and one stand quite a long way from the pitch ?
(or am I just imagining that?) I also remember my parents being pissed off with me because they reckoned I should have been at home revising for my O levels rather than traveling miles watching my team get a good twatting !! Not too sure which would have been the more painful way to spend the day looking back!!)
 
Blueboy73 said:
I was stood on the open terrace near those "posh seats".
After the goal, all I remember seeing was police throwing dozens of fans out of those seats as it kicked off.
Kept in afterwards followed by a police "escort" back to the train station.
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Forest can be a dodgy trip. Once got a sneaky bone jarring shoulder charge as we walked back to the car when I wasn't expecting it after we'd beaten them under Keegan. We didn't gang about. Thing is I wasn't wearing colours and I wasn't talking so I could have been Forest for all he knew.. Doubt it was a "Blue on Blue" either.
 
Zapcity said:
I was at that Wolves game, I remember the piss taking/self mocking wild celebrations from the away end when Mcdonald scored! From what I remember Wolves had a very odd looking ground at that point, didn't they have one side completely empty and one stand quite a long way from the pitch ?
(or am I just imagining that?) I also remember my parents being pissed off with me because they reckoned I should have been at home revising for my O levels rather than traveling miles watching my team get a good twatting !! Not too sure which would have been the more painful way to spend the day looking back!!)
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You're 100% correct about how Molineux looked at that time. There was major redevelopment going on there and the new stand that had recently opened was a huge distance from the pitch. That stand cost way more than its original budget and plunged Wolves into a complete financial abyss that delayed the completion of the project for years.
It wasn't until after the Taylor Report in the early 90s that all the work was finally completed.
 
This thread seems to have morphed into mainly just a list of shit away performances over the years.

I’ve had some of the most memorable away days at games where the result was shit.

That 4-0 Brighton cup defeat that’s been mentioned for example was a quality day. From DD taking over DJing duties in the pub next to Hove station before the games. To a few gobby Brighton fans in the opposite side paddock to the away end, slowly realising they were surrounded by about 50 City fans. To the long, eventful journey back to Piccadilly in the evening.

Although I’m not saying some people can’t have a shit day and others a good day at the same time obviously.
 
Zabbasbeard said:
Forest can be a dodgy trip. Once got a sneaky bone jarring shoulder charge as we walked back to the car when I wasn't expecting it after we'd beaten them under Keegan. We didn't gang about. Thing is I wasn't wearing colours and I wasn't talking so I could have been Forest for all he knew.. Doubt it was a "Blue on Blue" either.
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Wow, that's interesting.
I've been there a few times and never had any mither.
I've heard a few stories from that cup game in the 70's which was before my time.l and to be fairly it kicked off most places back then.
Worst for mither I experienced was that Cardiff cup game in 94.
 
Alfie Budd said:
It was 4-1. We were 4-0 down at half time but a late Bobby McDonald goal meant we edged the second half 1-0!
It was on Easter Monday. The dippers beat us 5-0 at Maine Road on the Saturday so by half time at Molineux, we’d conceded nine goals in 135 minutes of football over slightly less than 48 hours.
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It must have been bad if I forgot we scored
 
Stephen230 said:
This thread seems to have morphed into mainly just a list of shit away performances over the years.

I’ve had some of the most memorable away days at games where the result was shit.

That 4-0 Brighton cup defeat that’s been mentioned for example was a quality day. From DD taking over DJing duties in the pub next to Hove station before the games. To a few gobby Brighton fans in the opposite side paddock to the away end, slowly realising they were surrounded by about 50 City fans. To the long, eventful journey back to Piccadilly in the evening.

Although I’m not saying some people can’t have a shit day and others a good day at the same time obviously.
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Got a bit tasty with Leeds fans at the services that day ,and our coach broke down
 
Stephen230 said:
This thread seems to have morphed into mainly just a list of shit away performances over the years.

I’ve had some of the most memorable away days at games where the result was shit.

That 4-0 Brighton cup defeat that’s been mentioned for example was a quality day. From DD taking over DJing duties in the pub next to Hove station before the games. To a few gobby Brighton fans in the opposite side paddock to the away end, slowly realising they were surrounded by about 50 City fans. To the long, eventful journey back to Piccadilly in the evening.

Although I’m not saying some people can’t have a shit day and others a good day at the same time obviously.
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Good point about really shit performances not necessarily equating to shit days out (although they did often go hand in hand) There were several times in the 80s/90s when the 90 minutes from kick off was appalling, but I enjoyed the day due to a good piss up/sing song/ and the general commaraderie (not sure about spelling there!) amongst the City fans. The words to 'we never win at home and we never win away' were very true in those days!!
 
Anfield Double in 1995 4 0 in league cup. 6 0 4 days later on league
Palace away 1996 , thought we were getting Bassett and instead got battered 3 1, coach broke down.

Nowadays I don't feel defeats as badly as I used to as I've seen us won everything, only really hurts if it costs us a title or a Derby defeat.
 
Alfie Budd said:
It was 4-1. We were 4-0 down at half time but a late Bobby McDonald goal meant we edged the second half 1-0!
It was on Easter Monday. The dippers beat us 5-0 at Maine Road on the Saturday so by half time at Molineux, we’d conceded nine goals in 135 minutes of football over slightly less than 48 hours.
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Standard back then
 
Anfield boxing day mid 70s was in paddock under main stand, looked like murder in the Anfield Rd, pre formal segregation. Losing 4 0 came off with a couple of minutes to go, missed Colin Bell wonder goal, the only highlight of a shitty day.
 
Blueboy73 said:
Wow, that's interesting.
I've been there a few times and never had any mither.
I've heard a few stories from that cup game in the 70's which was before my time.l and to be fairly it kicked off most places back then.
Worst for mither I experienced was that Cardiff cup game in 94.
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Took me by surprise. Been many times and no bother including in the bad old 80s but that night changed perceptions. Also remember once seeing a huge bloke lying flat on his back, spark out, in the road near the bridge. There was a bit of an atmosphere yet I still was surprised by that shoulder charge. Never had one as meaty playing football either!
 
East Level 2 said:
"Interesting" wasn't how I described that walk to the ground, or the walk back to the station for the special.
Newcastle FA Cup, 76-77. Got in early and the visitors end was full quite early. Full of little shits with Geordie accents.
The flagpole was in that section and the flag came down round about the time we scored; the locals weren't happy and all hell broke loose.
Fans were fighting on the terraces, in the stands and on the pitch. We won 3-1 and after the game the cops told those on the coaches and trains which way to go. We asked about getting back to a city centre car park and were advised to walk down a particular alleyway, then "run like fuck". So we did.
Got back to the car park and were waiting for the lift when some City fans a few floors up decided to remind some passing locals of the score.
We got out OK but a couple of cousins had a very draughty return trip as their coach windows decided to stay on Tyneside. We declared we'd never go back, but there was a League game a few weeks later. On that occasion we broke down at Washington Services and had to get a bus to and from the ground.
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Think this is the game my dad always describes as the scariest he ever went to.

He said at one point a gang of bikers stormed the away end with bike chains and beat the living shite out of some blues. My dad hid in a toilet cubicle.
 
Spurs quarter 69 said:
Anfield boxing day mid 70s was in paddock under main stand, looked like murder in the Anfield Rd, pre formal segregation. Losing 4 0 came off with a couple of minutes to go, missed Colin Bell wonder goal, the only highlight of a shitty day.
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I remember that game, went in the A field Road with my Liverpool supporting mate, scousers kept charging into the City fans who were stood at the back, we tried to move lower down but kept getting pushed back to the top, by people wanting to get involved, or like wanting to get our of the way, we came out just before Bell scored as well. Horrible day
 
The Notts county away in the league cup on 9/11 was a bit crap, I think we were one of the only games to go ahead, there was a bit of a somber mood and obviously most people talking about what happened, just didn't get the normal vibe of an away game on a Wednesday night.
If I remember we won in extra time that cheered us up abit.
 
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