Where were you when we were s**t?

[Bluemoonadam]

I wasnt born

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Everton showing as the 3rd best supported team 40 years ago.
But they were a very good side at that point in time.
They won the FA Cup in 1984, and then followed that up by winning the ECWC in 1985.
And they won the First Division in 1985 and 1987.

They would have had a decent chance of going a long way in the European Cup if English teams hadnt been banned. Steua Bucharest won it '86, something their neighbours fans like to celebrate.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Coventry bottom with 11K
Always has been a shit supported club

 

[ancoats]

Were Shit ??

No matter how bad or shit Manchester City was, we turned up for the love and joy of a match day involving City
It's like going to church and seeing all the faces and giving them a Nod because they was here as well

 

[kippax_blueboy]

Attendances across the country fell due high unemployment, social problems and hooliganism. I was to young to realise. My first few years as an ST and went to many aways. No problems getting tickets to any away game like there is now.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Coventry bottom with 11K
Always has been a shit supported club

You really need to get over that thing you have for Coventry!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

You really need to get over that thing you have for Coventry!

Never!!!!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Never!!!!

Was there a few weeks ago; not many signs of gentrification…

 

[Semper aggressus]

Was based at RAF valley on Anglesey so got to most home games , before posted to Norfolk which was a right pain to get anywhere apart from Norwich & Ipswich

Did you fly the Jaguar?

 

[jazzy]

Did you fly the Jaguar?

Ground crew

 

[manclad]

Attendances across the country fell due high unemployment, social problems and hooliganism. I was to young to realise. My first few years as an ST and went to many aways. No problems getting tickets to any away game like there is now.

"Too Much ,Too Young" !!

 

[bluealf]

‘Disqualified’ is a wholly inappropriate choice of word to deploy there as it connotes culpability upon the affected clubs. Not quite sure what Oxford United did to warrant being ineligible to play in Europe.

They won the league cup, so wonder if it was a typo and should have said banned from the cup winners cup

 

[SatOnTheWall]

They won the league cup, so wonder if it was a typo and should have said banned from the cup winners cup

The Cup winners cup was one team from each country and so for the fa cup winners only, mate. League cup winners all went into the uefa cup, as we did in 77-78.

If you talk to an Oxford United fan over 50, they fucking detest the dippers.

My sixth season as a season ticket holder. Grim times in many ways but as a young teenager I was relatively unaware of a lot of it.

 

[jrb]

On the toilet in the North stand at Maine Road..

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

I watched City glide down the football pyramid, with Benny Hill levels of defending and consistency.

 

[Truesilverblue]

I was never shit only lazy

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

And how the teams from 2nd to 5th all missed out on Europe due to the bastards who finished 1st.

I think the Heysel ban robbed us of seeing the likes of Luton, Oxford United, Coventry City, Wimbledon, etc. from playing in Europe.

 

[OnlyOneUweRosler]

Just look at the final table for the 85/86 season.
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Yikes, West Ham had a terrific season, pretty close to winning the title.

 

[RiversideBlue]

I wasnt born

Part-timer

 

[yankblue]

I was at Stamford Bridge