FA Cup 4th Round 1988 - Blackpool V City - Were You In The Stand Behind The Goal?

[doots]

Plenty of shenanigans inside and outside of the ground that day. Great buzz when that goal went in.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Plenty of shenanigans inside and outside of the ground that day. Great buzz when that goal went in.

You don’t get that edginess anymore, apart from the odd isolated incident around Derbies and the Merseyside games.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I was right near the front. Had a copy of the first edition of the fanzine Blue Print I bought outside and tried to keep it neat and tidy (still have it in that condition today!)
I saw the shot hit the bar and jumped up and then covered my head with my hands, thinking ''fuck, it hit the bar'' and the next thing there is pandemonium all around me, bodies flying all over me and apparently we scored! Even watching that film it is hard to see who actually put the ball in the net!

 

[Roachy]

No, but I'm sure 35000 will have been at the end of this thread.

 

[lancs blue]

I was right near the front. Had a copy of the first edition of the fanzine Blue Print I bought outside and tried to keep it neat and tidy (still have it in that condition today!)
I saw the shot hit the bar and jumped up and then covered my head with my hands, thinking ''fuck, it hit the bar'' and the next thing there is pandemonium all around me, bodies flying all over me and apparently we scored! Even watching that film it is hard to see who actually put the ball in the net!

Lakey was the last City player to touch the ball but I think it bounced off the post then hit a defender and went in.

 

[spacecadet]

Yeah in the middle of that somewhere. The large Blues following were marginally better behaved than the 1984 visit. Chaos before during and after

 

[blue b4 the moon]

No I wasn't there, can't remember why as I was a regular away traveller, one of a handful of games like York that passed me by.

 

[DunneyMonster]

I was there down near the front, I was 16. My dad lost his wallet in the mellay after so anyone has I willing to take it back no questions asked.

 

[Mike N]

I was in there! Remember it was a cold winter's day. I also remember absolute chaos outside after the game and the use of a builder's skip full of rubble and bricks!

 

[Neville Kneville]

I was in the covered terrace opposite the camera. Went fucking mental for that Lake goal. Banged my knee on the crush-barrier; it was absolute agony. There were some seriously pissed up blues in front of us that kept singing “we’re on the march with Billy’s army...” even though McNeill had quit the club two years beforehand. Fucking amateurs.

I was in there, trying to stop people crushing my mate who had stupidly decided to travel to the game with a couple of broken ribs.

I can remember that & what a shithole it always was there, but strangely enough, would have had no idea of the result if I hadn't seen that vid, nor the other times we played Blackpool thinking about it.

I seem to have condensed most of about 30 years of City, into a few memories football wise & completely rejected most of the stuff which happened on the pitch (but even that still involves Sean Devine scoring for Wycombe Wanderers).