70's awaydays

[totallywired]

Daffy, Brian Slater RIP and Scotty with their little mob were brilliant that day, they turned up in a furniture removal van right outside that pub near the ground, the back went up and they all piled out and chased Leeds around the pub grounds and up and down the road they never knew what hit them, don't know why they didn't go home in it but seen them all marching all the way back to the station holding their own against a huge Leeds mob, they were laughing and looked as though they were enjoying themselves, rum fuckers all of them

Before the game, the same City lads were ambushed as we walked past the scarborough arms near leeds station. At least that's what they thought! Big mistake. the pub also needed a refit as well.

 

[totallywired]

Correct, fuckin MIBs pussys, we had to fight George Lyons RIP Newton Heath mob and Banana Bobs little rag firm every time we just wanted a pint in Town, rags they might have been but they were real handy fuckers, a blue walked all the way home to Ancoats to arm himself with a hammer, came back and ran into Yates's bottom of Oldham St and layed into the Newton Heath lot, got a bit of Strangeways for it but is still nicknamed 'Hammer' to this day

remember that. a crazy day.

 

[doctor whites]

Paddy O'neil, Les Cracknell, the Muir Bros, Les Tate, Tiny, George Maguire and Bulldog were all involved in rucks with opposition fans home and away early to mid 60s, told me many a tale of the early days, one was a big kick off with rags in the old Robin Hood pub, no messing about it was knuckle dusters, pint pots chairs and anything to hand, police only turned up when City had finished with them lol
Heard violence at London games was common in the 20s and 30s, not sure if true though but the usual suspects were WHU and Millwall and surprisingly Orient

Few missing off there blue balls they became the kippax tasties early seventies made up of predominantly longsight chaps

 

[big blue balls]

Few missing off there blue balls they became the kippax tasties early seventies made up of predominantly longsight chaps

The Halfway House Longsight mob!

 

[doctor whites]

The Halfway House Longsight mob!

Majority used to hang out at the midway & meet up along the way ending up more often than not at the birch villa where John n Chris lived I was a bit younger Marie Muir knocked about with us for a while

 

[big blue balls]

Majority used to hang out at the midway & meet up along the way ending up more often than not at the birch villa where John n Chris lived I was a bit younger Marie Muir knocked about with us for a while

I did mean the Midway honest, knew it was Halfway or Midway to Stocky lol

 

[doctor whites]

I did mean the Midway honest, knew it was Halfway or Midway to Stocky lol

Hahaha they were good days I was only young but was looked after was scary though wasn't allowed to give it legs

 

[paulchapo]

Often Luton home firm was beefed up by other London firms wanting to have a pop at City. Some Luton lads deny that happened but it did.

 

[big blue balls]

Surprisingly always had a bit of mither at Ipswich away, also Brighton at the Goldstone ground in the FA Cup got a bit tasty, think it was early 80s, also got a fence post over my head at 7 in the morning on the banks of the river in Norwich once, must'v been a disgruntled farmer on his way home after a night on the piss in the Jolly Angler

 

[blue7071]

Anyone remember when boro came in late in the corner between the Kippax and the North stand. The next thing all hell let loose and they're was fighting in the corner and then down in the courtyard behind the Kippax.