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Maine Rd terrace characters
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m27
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Sky Blue said:m27 said:Wayne Clarke missed an easier one if memory serves as well. Pointon's maiming of Giggs was funny in hindisight though.
Thought was in the game when Brightwell "wellied" one in. Not 100% though.
No mate, I wasn't there for Brightwell's goal. Couldn't get a ticket and was distraught. The one I'm on about was Giggs- Pointon off - Curley penalty.
m27 said:Sky Blue said:Thought was in the game when Brightwell "wellied" one in. Not 100% though.
No mate, I wasn't there for Brightwell's goal. Couldn't get a ticket and was distraught.
Clarke missed one in that, was at the Stretford end. Mind you he missed plenty for us!
There was a girl called Deb who could fight with the best of the lads, especially on derby day. Remember her steaming into some Utd who had come in our side of the Kippax, fearless she was...... Sadly I think she is no longer with us.
1_barry_conlon
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m27 said:Sky Blue said:Thought was in the game when Brightwell "wellied" one in. Not 100% though.
No mate, I wasn't there for Brightwell's goal. Couldn't get a ticket and was distraught. The one I'm on about was Giggs- Pointon off - Curley penalty.
I remember a blue from that match racing from the stretford end and diving into the scoreboard end if i'm not mistaken?
johnod51 said:Hey sky blue no she is not with us anymore she left young but what a girl. god bless
She was indeed mate.....
jim_tolmies_perm
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Mr Boo - Platt Lane 83-87 and probably beyond. Short podgy fella, Dodgy bowl cut, 3 piece suit and a tache. Used to get train up from london.
"Boooooo!"
"Referee you're a cheat"
Legend
"Boooooo!"
"Referee you're a cheat"
Legend
1_barry_conlon said:m27 said:No mate, I wasn't there for Brightwell's goal. Couldn't get a ticket and was distraught. The one I'm on about was Giggs- Pointon off - Curley penalty.
I remember a blue from that match racing from the stretford end and diving into the scoreboard end if i'm not mistaken?
Yep he did after jumping on Curley, been covered back in the thread mate.
LongsightM13
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Debs was a legend. Met her once in the Clarence. Wasn't there a tale that she was a really good footballer in her youth and if she were a lad she was good enough to get an apprenticeship? Or was that because we were terrified of her?
tonythecoleman said:the swinton ledge.that guy doesnt miss games.thelegde said:Yeah remember him well. Ted was a giant of a man. Also Tony Valenti from Middleton somewhere. I used to play for Swinton Labour Club and we drew Middleton Labour Club in the quarter final of Lancashire Labour Club competition. I asked him how to get to their ground, he said there's no point you turning up cos you wont win anyway.
Also remember a cup replay away to Leicester late 60's when we went on a coach and one lad on there called Sid, who was a real character, used to like a ruck.
Had a kip and now my memory has improved - it was Tony V at Langley Labour Club, not Middleton. And it was Stan not Sid, Stan Hayes. The pleasures of old age eh?
JULES
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LongsightM13 said:Is the guy in the jacket you're on about the one with about 200 badges on his scarf and flat city cap? Still see him about. You've forgot 'the end is nigh' placard guy
had a good natter with this guy in spoons by the millennium before the tns game
uweuweuwe
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The guy in the jacket and flat cap I think he comes up from london every week, used to talk to him on the way back to town he had a 1970's blue and white radio used to ask him what the score were. He was on the big screen lasthome game just before kick off. wonder if he has upgraded to a digital radio.
Does any one remember a swedish/Norwegian bloke who gave up his job for a year moved in to a bed sit in south manchester just so he could watch city.
Does any one remember a swedish/Norwegian bloke who gave up his job for a year moved in to a bed sit in south manchester just so he could watch city.
Manc Born & Bred
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Re Debs was she the blonde girl who actually moved house to be nearer Maine Rd?? She was always first in the queue for tickets and then she nipped home for flasks of hot drinks. She used to go every game in the 80's and 90's..........If it is her she couldnt have been that old, very sad
LongsightM13 said:Is the guy in the jacket you're on about the one with about 200 badges on his scarf and flat city cap? Still see him about. You've forgot 'the end is nigh' placard guy
His nick name was Dicky Mint...I think!...still around now. He was from Glasgow originally and bought a house almost next to the ground...a City legend.
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m27 said:tonythecoleman said:most of us will remember some characters from m14,heres just a few,helen and her bell,the francis brothers,brad doyle,scotch mick security at the maine entrance,daft donald,the guy at the front of the kippax in his 70s bomber jacket and bag,still wears it now,kippax debbie,jimmy meagan,the ticket touts,now who have i forgot?
A character of note and still going strong. "S-A-L-F-O-R-D, Salford Blues MCFC...."
still ripping people off to fund his habit,will always be in his brothers shadow,who incidently was/is a genuine force to be reckoned with
danny21manc
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Not had chance to read all the thread but don't think its been mentioned...
I used to sit just right of the North stand near the corner flag...half way up. There was always a trampy looking guy who'd stand up on his own shouting ''cittttyyyyy..........Cittttyyy''. At the same time he'd spit everywhere shouting it then just start going mad. I can just picture the bright red face of his.
Anyone else remember him or am i on my own?
I used to sit just right of the North stand near the corner flag...half way up. There was always a trampy looking guy who'd stand up on his own shouting ''cittttyyyyy..........Cittttyyy''. At the same time he'd spit everywhere shouting it then just start going mad. I can just picture the bright red face of his.
Anyone else remember him or am i on my own?
totallywired
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Top girl was Debbie, had a brother called Tony. Used to go to all the games together, a big crew from Gorton and Ardwick. Everton away one year we were stood outside Lime st. after the game, when Eric Williams came walking up with a screwdriver stuck out of his back. He didn`t even know it was there!! Debbie moved to Hyde when her mam took over a pub there.Sky Blue said:johnod51 said:Hey sky blue no she is not with us anymore she left young but what a girl. god bless
She was indeed mate.....
Didsbury Dave
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darrenwassall said:m27 said:A character of note and still going strong. "S-A-L-F-O-R-D, Salford Blues MCFC...."
still ripping people off to fund his habit,will always be in his brothers shadow,who incidently was/is a genuine force to be reckoned with
Saw him the other week.
He once started sayying really personal stuff to me on a London tube, like "You live on Langdale Avenue, don't you?" and "You're 26, aren't you?" and all this. Whilst we knew each other's faces, I couldn't believe he knew all this stuff about me.
Then he gave me my wallet back.
Also was once in the Moon Under The Water with him after we'd been relegated.
He got his cock out and pissed in the middle of the pub in front of hundreds of people.
totallywired
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No not her mate, Debbie died in 1980.Eds said:Re Debs was she the blonde girl who actually moved house to be nearer Maine Rd?? She was always first in the queue for tickets and then she nipped home for flasks of hot drinks. She used to go every game in the 80's and 90's..........If it is her she couldnt have been that old, very sad