Hooliganism and Violence Maine Road 80's/early 90's

[radcliffe1309]

Violence on the terraces?
Minor riot?

I'm guessing those involved would now be 70+

My first game that, aged 6 and wasn't involved:)

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

My first game that, aged 6 and wasn't involved:)

"Behind the goal in the City end"?
In 1967 would that be the Scoreboard end or the Platt Lane?
In fact, where did the away supporters traditionally congregate in those early days of random violence?

 

[radcliffe1309]

"Behind the goal in the City end"?
In 1967 would that be the Scoreboard end or the Platt Lane?
In fact, where did the away supporters traditionally congregate in those early days of random violence?

I think the scoreboard end was most away fans choice.....well that day anyway

 

[radcliffe1309]

"Behind the goal in the City end"?
In 1967 would that be the Scoreboard end or the Platt Lane?
In fact, where did the away supporters traditionally congregate in those early days of random violence?

Reading that report it describes a penalty miss by Skip but I'm pretty sure it was a different Tony, ....Coleman ?

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Violence on the terraces?
Minor riot?

I'm guessing those involved would now be 70+

Chelsea again.

 

[Fordyboy46]

What was the full story with the aggro at the Maine Road massacre game?. Did loads of City sell their tickets to touts who flogged them to Utd fans, hence the violence or was there another story?
They also go on about how 50 of theirs stayed in the North Stand all game as City couldn't shift them

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

What was the full story with the aggro at the Maine Road massacre game?. Did loads of City sell their tickets to touts who flogged them to Utd fans, hence the violence or was there another story?
They also go on about how 50 of theirs stayed in the North Stand all game as City couldn't shift them

When the initial trouble started loads of rags jumped onto the pitch and headed for the relative safety of Platt Lane. But when you watch some of our goals after the initial trouble, there does seem to be a mob who don’t celebrate.

 

[nw42]

What was the full story with the aggro at the Maine Road massacre game?. Did loads of City sell their tickets to touts who flogged them to Utd fans, hence the violence or was there another story?
They also go on about how 50 of theirs stayed in the North Stand all game as City couldn't shift them

Forgeries were common back then, genuine tickets were just pieces of printed card. Not saying that's how rags ended up in the North Stand that day but it's likely.
I was on the Kippax but it certainly looked they were all cleared out in one go when they scrambled their way on to the pitchside.

 

[bridgeblue]

What was the full story with the aggro at the Maine Road massacre game?. Did loads of City sell their tickets to touts who flogged them to Utd fans, hence the violence or was there another story?
They also go on about how 50 of theirs stayed in the North Stand all game as City couldn't shift them

It was pretty easy to get tickets for a Maine Road Derby in those days, United could have bought them from our ticket office because they wouldn't have needed previous purchase history, because most games were pay on the gate. City didn't have a real mob in the North stand because most went in the Kippax. If they wanted a scrap they should of got tickets for the Kippax

 

[xgorton]

Reading that report it describes a penalty miss by Skip but I'm pretty sure it was a different Tony, ....Coleman ?

100% it was Tony Book our captain who missed the pen,Lee was signed couple month's later and was then our penalty taker.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

What was the full story with the aggro at the Maine Road massacre game?. Did loads of City sell their tickets to touts who flogged them to Utd fans, hence the violence or was there another story?
They also go on about how 50 of theirs stayed in the North Stand all game as City couldn't shift them

Touts sold the tickets to rags but ask yourself how they all had seats grouped together and how could the touts manage to get their hands on so many tickets all together? Ask yourself how so many away fans can get seats together at the Etihad, obviously not in the numbers the rags had that day. The answer is that the original source in both cases is the same. Who has initial control of a batch of tickets?

 

[radcliffe1309]

100% it was Tony Book our captain who missed the pen,Lee was signed couple month's later and was then our penalty taker.

Haha nice one....for nearly 60 years I've been blaming poor old TC for not winning my first City game :)

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Touts sold the tickets to rags but ask yourself how they all had seats grouped together and how could the touts manage to get their hands on so many tickets all together? Ask yourself how so many away fans can get seats together at the Etihad, obviously not in the numbers the rags had that day. The answer is that the original source in both cases is the same. Who has initial control of a batch of tickets?

City's ticket office was a leaky sieve in those days and was in cahoots with a couple of 'nasty' touts.

Tony O'brien planned the stunt and got several touts to get the tickets.

He didn't plan for the response from City fans who piled into the rags, battering them against the fence.

Those that didn't climb the fence to escape got a further shoeing whilst several others legged it out of the back of the NS.

Apparently O'brien was stunned that his scroates got battered......not for the first or last time !!

 

[nw42]

City's ticket office was a leaky sieve in those days and was in cahoots with a couple of 'nasty' touts.

Tony O'brien planned the stunt and got several touts to get the tickets.

He didn't plan for the response from City fans who piled into the rags, battering them against the fence.

Those that didn't climb the fence to escape got a further shoeing whilst several others legged it out of the back of the NS.

Apparently O'brien was stunned that his scroates got battered......not for the first or last time !!

O'Neill?

 

[bainy]

City's ticket office was a leaky sieve in those days and was in cahoots with a couple of 'nasty' touts.

Tony O'brien planned the stunt and got several touts to get the tickets.

He didn't plan for the response from City fans who piled into the rags, battering them against the fence.

Those that didn't climb the fence to escape got a further shoeing whilst several others legged it out of the back of the NS.

Apparently O'brien was stunned that his scroates got battered......not for the first or last time !!

O'neil and Bernard Halford (got bless him) was the ticket tout culprit

 

[Gone for a Burton]

O'neil and Bernard Halford (got bless him) was the ticket tout culprit

O'Neil planned it for yewnytids lot, but it was another 'criminal' tout who organised the tickets which is how they got them together on several rows.

City's ticket office could be 'leant on' in those days !!

 

[Chappie]

100% it was Tony Book our captain who missed the pen,Lee was signed couple month's later and was then our penalty taker.

Tony Coleman missed his penalty against Reading in the f.a.cup, 0-0
We won the replay 7-0

 

[Gone for a Burton]

O'Neill?

Correctissimo, my bad.

 

[failsworthblueboy]

City's ticket office was a leaky sieve in those days and was in cahoots with a couple of 'nasty' touts.

Tony O'brien planned the stunt and got several touts to get the tickets.

He didn't plan for the response from City fans who piled into the rags, battering them against the fence.

Those that didn't climb the fence to escape got a further shoeing whilst several others legged it out of the back of the NS.

Apparently O'brien was stunned that his scroates got battered......not for the first or last time !!

Quite a few Rags stayed in the NS for all the game mate, they didn't go down to the back of the NS at half time and sat on their hands simply because they were left vastly outnumbered caused by the runners,
At full time they stayed just outside of the turnstiles happily protected by the Police, my younger brother was one of them he told me it seemed everyone was up for it that day, they stood no chance.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Quite a few Rags stayed in the NS for all the game mate, they didn't go down to the back of the NS at half time and sat on their hands simply because they were left vastly outnumbered caused by the runners,
At full time they stayed just outside of the turnstiles happily protected by the Police, my younger brother was one of them he told me it seemed everyone was up for it that day, they stood no chance.

True that some sat on their hands, but a few scarpered out of the back of the NS.

They all got a bloody shock,lots got a good hiding !!