Fans on the pitch at Bradford 1989 pictures

[Chappie]

Ha ha ha. Had to read that twice before getting it. Good job I’m not a teacher...

It has been said before

 

[manimanc]

yeah, remember doing a couple of gigs for Dave, we also did a James gig in town and was front of stage throwing people back into the crowd, that was crazy shit, Kev G turned blue and loved the away days with us haha, he was a little nutter and loved the crack and the buzz of the crowds,

the 2 coaches at the start of the video we were in the 2nd one and the TV crews were doing interviews on the coaches

Great memories mate.

I tried for a ticket but no luck. Had quite a few good away days that season.

 

[johnnytapia]

It has been said before

Only after you’ve taken my petrol money!

 

[johnnytapia]

You've taught me a thing or two, chief.

Best education I’ve had since the 90’s...

Ha ha. The whole apostrophising of ‘90s 90s’ is a grammatical minefield best left untrodden.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Two of us in the Bradford end being all respectful, as you did in an away end. City scored and it seemed like the whole Bradford end was full of City, which was convenient..
My overriding memory of that day is, just after we scored, a Bradford player being clean through and Gary Megson absolutely wiping him out from behind. Great, great days which make these current days even better than they otherwise might be.

 

[Gingers Dad]

I was in the Bradford end as got tickets by getting two Bradford members cards. The fence was too high to get on the pitch.

Shows what a weird mindset football authorities had back in the 80's. Huge fences to stop people getting on the pitch at a club that had a fire in the stands just four years earlier. Where thousands survived because they were able to get on the pitch.

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

My favourite was for the Northampton game.
Weeks before the game, I was driving to Heathrow and back and the day before called Northampton. Prior to that I'd asked around if anyone knew anyone from Northamptonshire and my mate Jim went to Uni years back with this lad and was still in touch..... a phone call later Jim gave me his address....
So I call up and explain I am a language teacher at the Northampton school of languages (totally made up) and had 6 Japanese students staying for 2 weeks and they wanted to see a game of football and I asked if Northampton were playing at home during their stay (dates given).
The ticket office bod replied Town were at home to Manchester City and that I could have 6 tickets! Not only that, he gave us the student rate price and stuck us in the family stand!
I said I would pick them up in the morning and simply turned off the M1 at Northampton on the way down to Heathrow and collected them three weeks before away end tickets went on sale at Maine Road.
On the day 6 pissed up adult City fans sat in the family stand at Sixfields ha ha ha

Always reference that game to show how far we've come. Watching prem league ( Arsenal v Sheff Wed) in a bar in Benalmadena, all scores on other screens as they happened.we got an injury time equaliser and danced round the place pissed as c**t *. Rolled back to the hotel feeling like we'd won the champions league, a terrible thing drink. In those days you took any little triumph as they came nowadays feels like the end of the world if we drop a point. I'm one of the FOCs who preferred it when we were shit.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Always reference that game to show how far we've come. Watching prem league ( Arsenal v Sheff Wed) in a bar in Benalmadena, all scores on other screens as they happened.we got an injury time equaliser and danced round the place pissed as c**t *. Rolled back to the hotel feeling like we'd won the champions league, a terrible thing drink. In those days you took any little triumph as they came nowadays feels like the end of the world if we drop a point. I'm one of the FOCs who preferred it when we were shit.

I was on the Hollinwood branch bus that day and on the way back we penned the song to the Manic Street Preachers "if we tolerate this (then our children will be next)"

We changed it to

"And if we tolerate this
Then the Conference will be next...."

It never caught on lol

 

[bobbymimms]

I've always wondered about the long haired lad instantly named Jesus, who ran on the pitch telling the players (incorrectly) that Palace were winning 5-0.
I was among the many in Albert Square at midnight celebrating and he appeared and was carried shoulder height around the square to the chant of "we love you Jesus, we do...."
Never saw him after that at any other game!

HE'S still about taxi dvr in manchester still goes when he can

 

[tony adcock]

I also was in the Bradford end with a fellow blue mate ( got tickets via a work mate who lived over there ).

And have to say it was one of the best sights of my life seeing that away end erupt when Morley slid in.

Don’t often get to see City fans from that vantage point - so that will be a memory that stays with me forever