Maine Rd terrace characters

[paulchapo]

Yes he is brilliant a real eccentric and die hard blue! The club should recognise some of these fans before they are lost forever.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I regularly share a train with him.

It'll no doubt upset some but he gets on and off at Milton Keynes.

Has an accent as deep as a Lancastrian one can get. Used to live in Accrington in the 80's, maybe Blackpool too for a bit.
Was laid off and got a job at Heathrow and missed a few seasons as a result.

 

[happychappy]

I remember that game for the Leeds fans pretending to applaud Williams as he walked towards the South Stand before launching en masse into a 1930s German style "Sieg Heil"
Spectacularly appalling, but as a sign of the times, I do remember some City fans around me laughing.

 

[happychappy]

Yeh at kenny burns

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I remember that game for the Leeds fans pretending to applaud Williams as he walked towards the South Stand before launching en masse into a 1930s German style "Sieg Heil"
Spectacularly appalling, but as a sign of the times, I do remember some City fans around me laughing.

Yes that was the game. The guy dressed as Hitler was one of a number of scumbags who threw bananas at Alex Williams

 

[goatinho]

That was him not seen him at the game for ages wonder if he still go's or another character priced out.

my lad and his picture took with him in city square on weds night. what an absolute gent.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Saw him last season putting a piece of card with something like 'united forever' in a pile of horse shit at City Square.

I agree all the coverage dear old Helen had and Pete seems to fly under the media radar, shame.

 

[bainy]

Saw him last season putting a piece of card with something like 'united forever' in a pile of horse shit at City Square.

I agree all the coverage dear old Helen had and Pete seems to fly under the media radar, shame.

I think he gets a fair bit of coverage in fairness. He is a regular in the programme and is always on the big screens.
He doesnt do all the aways like helen did - nor run the supporters coaches or collect for charity.
No disrespect to Pete - but you cannot and should not compare the two of them.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I think he gets a fair bit of coverage in fairness. He is a regular in the programme and is always on the big screens.
He doesnt do all the aways like helen did - nor run the supporters coaches or collect for charity.
No disrespect to Pete - but you cannot and should not compare the two of them.

Yeah maybe your right I'm not expecting him on the pitch with the LC like Helen was but I do feel a bit more could be done, mind you for all we know he may have told the club he doesn't want any special fuss.

 

[bluestevei]

saw him at game yesterday, that would be fun for him on a train with the arse fans

 

[levets]

I thought that was Pete the Badge?

Dickie Mint was his nick name back in the 70s, 80s & 90s... there is another bloke nicknamed badger... he has hundreds of metal badges on an old scarf and just as many on his coat..

 

[roj]

Top left-ish new Kippax (as you would see it from the Main Stand opposite). Few lads just kept singing 'Ciity Ciiity, the best team in the land in all the world'. Feels like they hardly stopped, game after game.

Rest of us were slagging off Nicky Summerbee

Edit: not top top - top below the boxes. If you know what I mean.

 

[peoffrey]

Dickie Mint was his nick name back in the 70s, 80s & 90s... there is another bloke nicknamed badger... he has hundreds of metal badges on an old scarf and just as many on his coat..

Badger's brilliant. You'll have seen him in Grey Mare Lane pubs for years. He was a double act with his now deceased brother Tom. Both characters.

 

[CrownPointBlue]

My old man who'd be 103 now was a bit of a character at City games.

We all went to the 6th round cup game at Leeds in March 1967. We got split up,we went on to the open end & he decided to go in the Scratching Shed. After Charlton scored there was a punch up with bobbies helmets flying about. Next minute my old man,who was well into his fifties was thrown over the wall and frog marched round the pitch,down the tunnel & ejected. When we got back to the coach he just said "don't tell your mother".

He later explained "that a Yorkie stumbled, my knee automatically jerked up and I found myself stood on him". He hated everything to do with Yorkshire !!! We've pissed ourselves talking about it over the years & till this day my mother who's 90 now still knows nothing about it.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The bloke with the french horn who played "the Vikings" tune

I loved this.
I know the "Best team in all the land in all the world" song came from it but it doesn't have quite the impact that preceding it with a "Da-Da Da. Da-Da, Da. Da-Da Da-Da Da-Da, Da-Da Da_Da" introduction.
We need to bring it back...

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Is there a more nationwide hated club than Leeds? With one exception perhaps.

I like Leeds

They hate Nited almost as much as us

 

[Chipmeister]

Who was,the lad on crutches who was with us home and away in the mad 80s, never forget seeing him at Barnsley when it was all going off before the cavalrie arrived down the hill. Haha happy days

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Is there a more nationwide hated club than Leeds? With one exception perhaps.

Rags Milwall and Chelsea?

 

[Shirley]

Who was,the lad on crutches who was with us home and away in the mad 80s, never forget seeing him at Barnsley when it was all going off before the cavalrie arrived down the hill. Haha happy days

Talking crutches, anyone remember the semi final at Chelsea in the European cup winners cup 1970, if I remember correctly....no names mentioned Mark....but he was cool as fcuk

 

[xgorton]

Talking crutches, anyone remember the semi final at Chelsea in the European cup winners cup 1970, if I remember correctly....no names mentioned Mark....but he was cool as fcuk

I was at that game stood at the shed end with my Everton knocked off scarf on,71 not 70.