70's awaydays

[Tbilisi]

Was that the one at Forest that got fogged off and was played Wednesday.

Yes it was,City fans were next to the trent end if I remember

 

[mk. harborough manc]

hello boys. just a few of my memories from the late 70s. me and a few mates from blackley used to go on yelloways coaches from middleton. some really funny lads from mddleton. leeds away one of the best . coventry away last game of season. coach had to reverse back up a spiral entrance to coach park, being chased by barmy cov fans . thanks for the memories lads.

 

[Broken Biscuits]

My first home game on my own was Spurs the season after the 81 Cup Final. It was the first and last time I've seen City fans chasing the away lot with pick axes.

 

[doctor whites]

Hi blues was reading some comments about the blue who went for it in Seville the other night I remember one guy introducing himself as one to be respected the battle of keel services don't like using names but johnny c take a bow the guy took on that many stoke nobody else could get near them

 

[xgorton]

Was that the one at Forest that got fogged off and was played Wednesday.

That's the one,we were all stood down the side that night if I remember correctly.

 

[hateutd]

One of the top Chelsea boys who wrote one of those hooligan books said Maine road was one of the places he feared going to the most,an awful place full of alleyways and back streets where they were constantly attacked.

I have to agree with a chelsea scam,just for once in my life....

 

[mancunial]

We took the boothen end that day then at five to three their older lads, men came in it went fucking mental

That's exactly what happened, they had sheepskin coats on they just waded in and didn't stop for about 15 minutes, what I couldn't understand when we walked from the station their were loads of city some right head cases but these guys in the boothen just kept coming.

 

[penalty spot]

Remember this one very well,playing at Derby County away and having a reasonable run and playing some good football. April 1977 ,myself and 3 others tight inside an old Triumph Herald running a little late we park up some side street really near to the ground and head inside. The pitch was terrible just brown sand a total mess just like the team that day. We lost 4 nil there was a dispute over the penalty spot as the lines on the pitch were not to be seen. We head off back to the car to find that we were facing the wrong way in a dead end street. We were wearing our scarves and as we start the car derby fans start hurling bricks at the car from a half collapsed wall. I drove at full tilt towards the end of the road in second gear the engine was screaming,i executed my first ever hand brake turn which was perfect and now heading 180 degrees the way to safety we were still being hit by bricks . Straight ahead appeared police horses and I drove straight through a gap between them. Stopping at a motorway service station we saw the red brick dust embedded on my White triumph, the bonnet would never shut properly again, but the windscreen was our saviour that day .

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Never knew that, gone up even higher in my estimation ! Anyhow, Leeds in the 70s FA Cup I think, kicking off with the Leeds fans, said to my older brother who was slightly concerned, "No problem, the police have this under control" only to watch one be dragged off his horse, mayhem !! Leeds fans were complete nutters, saying that so were their players, check out Hayley's dad at 1 min in.

Me and rammyblues were in the paddock to the right alongside the pitch as the camera views it. If my memory serves me, we had been beaten by Leeds a few weeks earlier in the League, and the draw was live on the radio as we travelled back from that game, to say we would be playing them again in the cup.

I remember Gary Owen coming over to us when they invaded the pitch to stop us invading the pitch and having a go.

Outside was a "Gauntlet" of bricks and now as I look back I think "wow". But back then I was 21 year old, 6 ' 2', been prepared to scrap all my life if someone had a go at me or our kid. I was fearless and perhaps that arrogance/confidence got us through.

On a lighter note, I remember going to Ipswich around then on the special train. They used to bring board games round and I remember having a 6 hour marathon game of monopoly on the way down, we lost 1-0, and I think I slept most of the way on the back.

Happy happy days, the rock groups weren't bad at that time either:

Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, with new bands to come through Iron maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions.

It was a special time in my life.

Funny enough I have a chance to savour those halcyon days, for real, at the end of this month once more.

Watching City in the afternoon (Southampton), and then going to the Apollo to watch Judas Priest

I just can't wait.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

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

That would be 76/77 we went 2-0 up early and it was total domination.

I was 12/13 at the time stood behind the goal a' what to my spotty youth eyes' was a georgous blonde probably about 20 or so lifted my up to watch paet of the game, put more than a smile on my face.

Numerous awayday stories from Leeds, dipperland, rags etc.

Went on Woods coaches to Stoke Friday night game, think it was due to the roof blowing off their stand. Coach parked behind the wrong end but managed to get in unscathed. Game awful 0-0. On the way back driver and 1/2 the coach did a beer stop, his knows where we were. 4/5 of us kids stayed on the coach, others decided to play kick a door in and run on the local estate.

Coppers turned up, it was 5.00 in the morning when we got off the coach in Ashton.