70's awaydays

[Neville Kneville]

Also does anyone remember an away match at Leeds when we won 2 0 pretty sure it would have been 1970's, one of the best away performances I have witnessed by City

I was definitely there as I went to our best Leeds games in that era but can't remember the slightest thing about it right now. I remember a draw around that time, think Oakes & maybe Donachie bizarrely scored. Oakes' was a trademark piledriver.

 

[paulchapo]

The 70's were a fun time to follow City away as there were football specials,cheap travel and it was not hard getting in.You could decide on the day to go and just jump a train,queue up at the turnstiles,pay your money and get in.There was none of this sold out all seater/tickets bollocks except for big games.

Trouble happened at nearly every game,indeed the talk when travelling away was what sort of firm they had and what was the plan when we got to the station.For a while there wasn't always police escorts and no real segregation inside the grounds.There was a staunch home end,usually behind one goal and the away fans usually went into the opposite end.A lot of times fans were mixed so it kicked off in pockets of the grounds a lot.There was no CCTV so if you got up to naughties and didn't get nicked on the day chances are you got away with it.It was almost lawlessness on a huge scale at times and a real buzz,football was where you could shrug off all the laws and constraints of home and work/school and go mental for a few hours.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Or Len Cantello?

Ah yes it was Cantello. Knew it ended in a vowel but got the wrong one.

 

[doctor whites]

Or Len Cantello?

Nice one that's the cnut

 

[doctor whites]

O...well cheers lads

 

[doctor whites]

Or Len Cantello?

Hark your an angel

 

[paulchapo]

I am sure Cantello was a City fan and was rumoured to be as hard as nails at the time.

 

[xgorton]

Also does anyone remember an away match at Leeds when we won 2 0 pretty sure it would have been 1970's, one of the best away performances I have witnessed by City

It was xmas 76 Kidd scored both goals,I was sat in the top bit behind the goals with my mate and his dad,we played Liverpool at home couple of days later 1-1 on a icy pitch it was just before we had the under soil heating put in.We finished 2nd to Liverpool that season 76/77.

 

[xgorton]

I was definitely there as I went to our best Leeds games in that era but can't remember the slightest thing about it right now. I remember a draw around that time, think Oakes & maybe Donachie bizarrely scored. Oakes' was a trademark piledriver.

Yes spot on mate March 75 2-2,74/75 season we also got drawn away at Newcastle in the F A Cup but the tie was played at Maine Rd due to St James park being banned from cup games due to previous trouble,we still got beat tho 0-2.

 

[laserblue]

In the 70s I witnessed some scary shit at West Ham, Birmingham, Leeds and Chelsea among other places. Fortunately I either didn't get caught up in it or managed to duck out of it.