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

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

No chance, you must be thinking of another game.

83 mate Keegan Beardsley waddle 100% that game they brought thousands down to Maine road as did Wednesday and Chelsea

 

[BringBackSwales]

We took 5000 that day mate,I remember the City fans kicking the gates in to get at the Newcastle fans who were outside,absolute murders near the train station

Not sure there were 5k and from what I remember the bar codes were kicking the gates down to get at us

 

[levets]

The usual suspects who alwats turned up at MR , Boro Birmingham , Everton Spurs , Utd , and Villa to an extent but found them absolutely woeful , anyone remember walking to old Trafford met at Victoria a good 300 got stopped on chapel street Salford , and diverted back into town and walked up Chester street road, I know hey knew we were there as a lad I know was out spotting fir them in a car, said to me wasn’t expecting that …

Sure that was FA Cup? After stopping us at Chapel st, they took us along Bridgewater Way. United hanging about waiting, soon got off as there were so many blues in that mob.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Not sure there were 5k and from what I remember the bar codes were kicking the gates down to get at us

Not from where I was stood mate all the beer monsters of that time were giving it the Coppers in side trying to get out,40 year ago still remember it

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Pulled out of a pub before the game with Daft Donald and Co by the police. Some of us got in the ground, a few didn't

Yep, everyone tried to get in a pub on the left on the hill on the way up to the ground but didn’t last long.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Anyone remember brum away for a night game? Carnage at the end of the game they ran onto the pitch over to City after the game and outside it was bad too

Was that night game Oct 1999? or 2002?

1999 - wankers shouting along that fence in the car park "where's yer Guvnors now eh?"

2002 - another night game .....dicks chucking pies and invading the pitch. All failed to do fuck all.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

City 1 Everton 1 March 1982
33,002

It might have already been discussed, but for obvious reasons, this particular game was mentioned on the Trevor Francis thread.

A seemingly meaningless midtable game, yet decades later it's remembered for all sorts of reasons

Adrian Heath opened the scoring for the visitors, but Kevin Bond was soon gesturing to the Kippax after scoring a spectacular equalizer. Bond had been a recent target for some unfair criticism, but little did we realise that Heath's career would soon follow a similar pattern

Trevor Francis was then red carded, but laughably we all hurled abuse at Neville Southall for feigning injury, when it was actually for a blatant head butt on Billy Wright.

There was also a huge and totally unexpected fracas in the Platt Lane immediately prior to kick off, and it was even mentioned in the next home match programme v West Ham
Not sure why it occurred, but it was undeniably spectacular.

 

[Stephen230]

City 1 Everton 1 March 1982
33,002

It might have already been discussed, but for obvious reasons, this particular game was mentioned on the Trevor Francis thread.

A seemingly meaningless midtable game, yet decades later it's remembered for all sorts of reasons

Adrian Heath opened the scoring for the visitors, but Kevin Bond was soon gesturing to the Kippax after scoring a spectacular equalizer. Bond had been a recent target for some unfair criticism, but little did we realise that Heath's career would soon follow a similar pattern

Trevor Francis was then red carded, but laughably we all hurled abuse at Neville Southall for feigning injury, when it was actually for a blatant head butt on Billy Wright.

There was also a huge and totally unexpected fracas in the Platt Lane immediately prior to kick off, and it was even mentioned in the next home match programme v West Ham
Not sure why it occurred, but it was undeniably spectacular.

Forgotten all about that game but now you’ve jogged my memory it comes back. Everyone was in uproar over the sending off. Even though it was 100% the right decision.

Makes you think how rare sendings off were before the 80s or even 90s. Apart from that one I remember Dennis Tueart for also butting a Hartlepool player. Struggling to think of a single other one off the top of my head. Although I’m sure there was one or two more.

Same with England. When David Beckham got sent off for tapping Simone on the leg, he was only the fifth England player to ever be sent off. There wasn’t a single one for the first 96 years.

 

[Kippax77]

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

Mental night.
A good few of us had running battles in the park after the game.
Rumored a bad slashing to a City lad during that night made it even more toxic

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Forgotten all about that game but now you’ve jogged my memory it comes back. Everyone was in uproar over the sending off. Even though it was 100% the right decision.

Makes you think how rare sendings off were before the 80s or even 90s. Apart from that one I remember Dennis Tueart for also butting a Hartlepool player. Struggling to think of a single other one off the top of my head. Although I’m sure there was one or two more.

Same with England. When David Beckham got sent off for tapping Simone on the leg, he was only the fifth England player to ever be sent off. There wasn’t a single one for the first 96 years.

Mike Doyle got sent off in the first ever City game I went to, I was only 7, and was apparently swearing like a trooper after it happened. It was the 4-3 win against Derby who were then champions, Franny was playing for them.