41 years since Good Friday Boundary Park mayhem

[Carlos- the- jackal]

Wonder whos cleaning windows with that ladder!
What a fuckin mad day that was!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Black Friday

 

[blue44]

Had to walk back to ashton,no buses would allow City fans on.What a day that was.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

Had to walk back to ashton,no buses would allow City fans on.What a day that was.

Lived in Moston and was shagging a girl from Chadderton at the time.
We had some proper mad days around then, the Luton 83, Oldham 84, Notts County 85 and of course the Charlton promotion game in 85. Think i went to every away game in our 83/84 and 84/85 seasons in Div2, great days to be young and daft!

 

[mayo31]

One of my first away days

I say away, I lived in Langley then so was closer to Boundary Park than Maine Road

The 59 bus was rammed with City going up

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

What was the game at Oldham when we were locked on the terraces and it leathered it down for about fifteen minutes? Proper monsoon.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

One of my first away days

I say away, I lived in Langley then so was closer to Boundary Park than Maine Road

The 59 bus was rammed with City going up

No doubt daft Donald was cadging cigs and two bob off everyone on the 59

 

[red 2 hats]

The Bad Good Friday

 

[Platt Lane veteran]

Imagine the outrage if that happens today, yet it was pretty much the norm for away games back then.

 

[johnnytapia]

What was the game at Oldham when we were locked on the terraces and it leathered it down for about fifteen minutes? Proper monsoon.

August ‘87. 1-1 draw

 

[Sir peace frog]

coach from the kenny, proper took over the ground, even my dad was in the away end,got chased over the duel carriage way by a police dog,oh to be 15/16 again :)

 

[Blue warrior]

Bit before my time that game but I remember watching us at boundary park Adie Mike scored an hat-trick I think.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Patrick Barclay (Daily Telegraph)

"The match had not been made all-ticket, and so few officers were on duty that segregation was impossible. The massive City following spread to all parts of the ground. and an alarming proportion seemed intent on causing tear among the scattered groups of locals.
Some even commandeered a ladder which they used to clamber into Oldham’s so-called family stand, built some years ago with the reward for winning the Ford Sporting League. There the gleeful mob ripped up an advertising board, and used the bits to bombard a couple of lonely policeman. In another area, a policeman was struck on the head by a lump of concrete and
treated in hospital.
A police spokesman later revealed that 30 fans had been arrested"

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

Patrick Barclay (Daily Telegraph)

"The match had not been made all-ticket, and so few officers were on duty that segregation was impossible. The massive City following spread to all parts of the ground. and an alarming proportion seemed intent on causing tear among the scattered groups of locals.
Some even commandeered a ladder which they used to clamber into Oldham’s so-called family stand, built some years ago with the reward for winning the Ford Sporting League. There the gleeful mob ripped up an advertising board, and used the bits to bombard a couple of lonely policeman. In another area, a policeman was struck on the head by a lump of concrete and
treated in hospital.
A police spokesman later revealed that 30 fans had been arrested"

Seats we're getting ripped out in that Family stand and lobbed at the old bill, they were like dining chairs heavy as fuck, they were just crazy days, another time comes to mind at Coventry in 85 in FA Cup, they were the first all seater ground in England and we ripped the seats out there and launched em at the old bill and their keeper Steve Ogrizovic!
Just mad days, a totally different world!

 

[Tarzan Pancake]

It was the first away game I was allowed to go on with my mates.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Seats we're getting ripped out in that Family stand and lobbed at the old bill, they were like dining chairs heavy as fuck, they were just crazy days, another time comes to mind at Coventry in 85 in FA Cup, they were the first all seater ground in England and we ripped the seats out there and launched em at the old bill and their keeper Steve Ogrizovic!
Just mad days, a totally different world!

From memory some of those seats at Coventry were also being launched at Alex Williams

We were always inclusive and years ahead of our rivals

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

From memory some of those seats at Coventry were also being launched at Alex Williams

We were always inclusive and years ahead of our rivals

Yeah probably, it was freezing that day had been snowing like fuck, just keeping big Alex on his toes!

 

[TShed]

Had to walk back to ashton,no buses would allow City fans on.What a day that was.

Same here couldn’t get back to stalybridge remember us all going in the Welcome before starting the trek along Lees Road to Ashton

 

[carlosthejackal]

Group of us got on the pitch before kick off , must have been a good five minutes before the police asked us leave , may have been more but the beer affected my memory!!

 

[spacecadet]

Seats we're getting ripped out in that Family stand and lobbed at the old bill, they were like dining chairs heavy as fuck, they were just crazy days, another time comes to mind at Coventry in 85 in FA Cup, they were the first all seater ground in England and we ripped the seats out there and launched em at the old bill and their keeper Steve Ogrizovic!
Just mad days, a totally different world!

Remember both days well :-)