Hooliganism and Violence Maine Road 80's/early 90's

[VP81]

I can remember more from then than anything in the last 20 years!

Correct my late father in law said your brains more receptive when you're younger , ps don't forget our last 10 year's of trophies

 

[mancityvstoke]

City had a sign ..."Best fans in the land and all the world" before that game I seem to remember.


At the end of the game we invaded the pitch like we did at the end of every season. Some started chucking turf at Chelsea...then went to attack them.

 

[Invisible_Goat]

Anyone remember Coventry .?..no honest,in f a cup tie goater scored last minute winner and that was the cue for them to run at the main stand. Imagine getting smartened up by old blokes with flask.mint imperials,and tartan blankets.

I was at the game, I'm sure they ran into the North Stand. I was on the first row behind. Although there was a barrier covering some seats in between the home and away fans in the North stand. There was practically nothing on the ground floor aisle. Loads just ran through there. Some of the managed to get over the banks in between the seats too.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Coventry.......daft cunts.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Wasn't it about 50 Coventry tried "storming" the main stand but when the gates opened they ran back asking for a police escort to their coaches

I went to that game with a Cov fan mate of mine I was at uni with at the time. He was in the away section and he said he’d never been so scared in his life when coming out the back of the North Stand after the game.

He looked shell shocked when we met back up again and headed back to Town, I asked him what was up but he wouldn’t speak. Said later he didn’t want anyone hearing his accent until it felt safer.

 

[117 M34]

I was at the game, I'm sure they ran into the North Stand. I was on the first row behind. Although there was a barrier covering some seats in between the home and away fans in the North stand. There was practically nothing on the ground floor aisle. Loads just ran through there. Some of the managed to get over the banks in between the seats too.

I was in the North stand for this game in what was usually the away section. They swapped the home and away end round as they often did for the fa Cup games.
Remember they ran into the main stand then City fans from the north stand and Kippax were running across the pitch.

 

[blue cigar]

I was at the game, I'm sure they ran into the North Stand. I was on the first row behind. Although there was a barrier covering some seats in between the home and away fans in the North stand. There was practically nothing on the ground floor aisle. Loads just ran through there. Some of the managed to get over the banks in between the seats too.

Cov were allocated part of the north stand, they scrambled across that bank of seats in front of the police control box to get to the main stand which was obviously populated by our older support. I was right opposite in the kippax corner and it was frustrating to watch, that said, cov didn't want to know when they saw their welcome party after the game. I think it was a shock more than anything else, I don't recall anyone trying to get into the main stand?

 

[paulchapo]

I went to that game with a Cov fan mate of mine I was at uni with at the time. He was in the away section and he said he’d never been so scared in his life when coming out the back of the North Stand after the game.

He looked shell shocked when we met back up again and headed back to Town, I asked him what was up but he wouldn’t speak. Said later he didn’t want anyone hearing his accent until it felt safer.

I bet! Coming out to a welcoming committee to the dismal surroundings of Main Road, especially when it was dark and raining as it usually was, must have been terrifying. You also knew you had a long way to go, negotiating those side street and alleyways to make the train station unscathed.

 

[Bluesince1979]

The Great Coventry Invasion was 100% in the main stand as i was sat right behind it.
As has been said, they ran across the vacant seats in front of the police box and into the maine stand who all just looked at them bemused. It was quite funny to see them run back after about 30 seconds :)

 

[mancityvstoke]

The Great Coventry Invasion was 100% in the main stand as i was sat right behind it.
As has been said, they ran across the vacant seats in front of the police box and into the maine stand who all just looked at them bemused. It was quite funny to see them run back after about 30 seconds :)

Was that called J block?