28 Years Ago Today

[EricBrooksGhost]

Apart from the result its was a good laugh; didn't we have the home end because all you could fit was three men and a dog in the away end.

 

[Adidas Barry Silkman]

A portentous occasion. Some of our hoolies burned down the wooden refreshment kiosk at the back of the away end - a week later Valley Parade, Bradford went up in smoke killing god knows how many.

 

[beehive_bob]

Notts County away Bank Holiday Monday the first away game my old man let me go to without him.

If we won we were up. 12000 blues invaded Meadow Lane, most of them pissed as fuck on a boiling hot day. The terrace behind the goal was way overcrowded , massive surges all over the place, fantastic atmosphere.

In typical City style we were 3-0 down pretty quickly I think. Cue fences ripped down, pitch invasion, mounted police, fights everywhere, general fuckin chaos. I have a vague recollection, possibly imagined of Billy McNeill and Jimmy Frizz coming out to calm the fans down.

We lost 3-2 but that set us up for the unforgettable Charlton game the following Saturday

Aaah the good old days

You forgot to mention "Bill Pitchfork" though

Wow, someone else remembers that! Thought it was Harry, but anyway. PA announcement for a Mr. Harry Pitchfork, cue 12000 City fans singing there's only one Harry Pitchfork. Seem to remember that bloke with the tuba playing the laughing policeman at that game too.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Young and single at the time a great day out. Went as a passenger in my Dad's car (RIP), we got a good spot behind the goal. It was heaving, some games like the Oldham away game where it kicked off and the Stoke fancy dress game where it didn't just have the feeling about them.

We could have been 5 or 6 down in the first half. I'm convinced that a game fix happened at HT. We scored 2 but from memory never really went for anymore and County seemed to forget how to attack.

The Charlton game the following weekend was a strange feeling with an almost easy walkover aginst a team with a young lad in nets in front of about 60k rather than PS's iffy figure.

 

[stonie]

Top day and sunny and warmish if I remember correctly, didnt our match day program shortly after that fixture was a picture of that end and showed my beady young head lol...top day bad result

 

[Rascal]

I was in a pub somewhere in the hills

Best team in the land all the world

 

[The Road Sweeper]

Notts County away Bank Holiday Monday the first away game my old man let me go to without him.

If we won we were up. 12000 blues invaded Meadow Lane, most of them pissed as fuck on a boiling hot day. The terrace behind the goal was way overcrowded , massive surges all over the place, fantastic atmosphere.

In typical City style we were 3-0 down pretty quickly I think. Cue fences ripped down, pitch invasion, mounted police, fights everywhere, general fuckin chaos. I have a vague recollection, possibly imagined of Billy McNeill and Jimmy Frizz coming out to calm the fans down.

We lost 3-2 but that set us up for the unforgettable Charlton game the following Saturday

Aaah the good old days

You forgot to mention "Bill Pitchfork" though

Wow, someone else remembers that! Thought it was Harry, but anyway. PA announcement for a Mr. Harry Pitchfork, cue 12000 City fans singing there's only one Harry Pitchfork. Seem to remember that bloke with the tuba playing the laughing policeman at that game too.

You must have been standing near me. The bloke with the tuba was just behind me and at first I didn't realise he was there, untill he started up and I nearly jumped out of my skin! I'm certain that there were a few more brass instruments with him, but I can't remember for sure.

Incidently, weren't Notts County already relegated when they played us?

 

[baildon blue]

I remember it well.Jimmy Frizzell was on the microphone telling the City fans to calm.And do you know what they did.Jimmy Frizzell could talk the talk.

 

[happychappy]

A classic, coach load of us ended up getting a police escort after being turfed out of a pub on the roundabout in Chesterfield, one of the lads ripped his brand new aquascutum jacket getting over the fence to the left and a few of us ended up in the main stand dancing on top of the dugout, great days

 

[manimanc]

I remember the bournemouth game,we actually cheered their first goal(i think) and then shat our pants when the second went in.....
We was sat on the kippax distraught when the third went in but then everyone went ssshhhh and looked at the scoreboard behind us which said.....
"latest score.....
Leicester 2
palace 2....."
And that meant we just needed a point at bradford...

Cue tricky trevor morely....
At long long last!!!!