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

[Man_City_Loyal]

Of the 11 times we’ve played Millwall since the war, seven of them were in a three year period between ‘87 and ‘90. All of those games had their moments. The 1-0 Adcock game springs to mind. But from memory I don’t think any of them individually had huge incidents that weren’t common place at a lot of games of that era.

There was then a gap before the two games in the division 3 season and that’s when things really seemed to heat up. They turned up at least once when we were away at Charlton around that time. And there was talk that they had plans for the Gillingham, Wembley game, that never materialised.

Then they decided to have home fans only for the only two games since in ‘01/‘02.

they've still not had their 'revenge' for city doing them in London bridge late 80s

 

[Blue Boy 63]

I only caught the tail end of proper organised mayhem but it must be so hard for young fans to understand what being a match going fan was like in the 80s.
It really was running the gauntlet.

I remember newcastle coming down in 85 when we missed out on promotion and they brought thousands.
Beat us 2-1 i think?

It was just off the scale violence around maine road after. I can vividly recall being in traffic with mobs just leathering shit out of each other . A transit van trapped in traffic with geordies in it having all its windows smashed in and bricks thrown at the occupants

The hoolies of today just dont compare

The 70`s was even more violent . Not as organised like the 80`s but it didn`t need to be . It was just a free for all in nearly every ground both in and outside ! It was sheer relief when you made it back to what ever form of transport you`d travelled in that day . Had some massive adrenaline rush`s though !

 

[Paul Simpson's left peg]

I remember that ! Not sure what was said , either by the city fans or the women serving . But a number of city fans started throwing grit off the floor at the women serving and it escalated rapidly from there as you say awest . Was it a League Cup game ?

League in 2000 we lost 1-0

 

[Blue Boy 63]

League in 2000 we lWrong match then

League in 2000 we lost 1-0

Wrong game then . The one i remember was i`m sure a night game . Late 70`s / early 80`s .

 

[manclad]

I only caught the tail end of proper organised mayhem but it must be so hard for young fans to understand what being a match going fan was like in the 80s.
It really was running the gauntlet.

I remember newcastle coming down in 85 when we missed out on promotion and they brought thousands.
Beat us 2-1 i think?

It was just off the scale violence around maine road after. I can vividly recall being in traffic with mobs just leathering shit out of each other . A transit van trapped in traffic with geordies in it having all its windows smashed in and bricks thrown at the occupants

The hoolies of today just dont compare

It was 1984 . The reason I remember it was because it was the last time I had a fight at a football match ( I was 27 at the time, married with a baby and a toddler at home, and had a good job as a truck salesman so I should have known better really).
However,as you rightly point out there were thousands of Geordies walking around outside Maine Road.
One or two were being arseholes by banging shoulders with City fans they were walking past.
So I followed 2 of the worst offenders, got hold of one by his jacket and smacked him in the mouth.
And tripped the other one up,and gave him a couple of kicks in the midriff with the brogues I used to wear back then.

 

[Stephen230]

they've still not had their 'revenge' for city doing them in London bridge late 80s

Yeah, that was the 1-0 Adcock game I think, when we were crammed up in the top left hand corner from where you come in.

 

[the old abbey]

Barnsley away one year behind the stand at half time. Never seen anything like it. Police v City fans. It seemed to escalate into a war.

Remember it well pal. Police were proper naughty.

 

[Stephen230]

Wrong game then . The one i remember was i`m sure a night game . Late 70`s / early 80`s .

The League Cup game when it all kicked off was in ‘81.

The battle with the police on the concourse was the league game in 2000.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

My first game at Maine Road was a 3-0 defeat by Liverpool, one that was on the Granada documentary when Big Mal got sacked a few days later. After the game was waiting for a bus in Princess Park Way with a schoolmate, some City youths in their late teens picked up that a bloke in the queue was a scouser, he was wearing a shirt and jacket and didn’t look like a football fan, the youths started kicking him and then tore his suit right up the back, he protested he was an Everton fan and then burst into tears before getting on the bus. Even then I thought it was a shitty thing to do and would have smacked the ring leader if I was older.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Everton away in league cup ‘88ish? fuckin mayhem, prob worst violence I’ve seen, loved a fight as a teenager then, but that was a scary night