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

[AJ71]

Leeds at West Brom, 80’s.

Just one example of how mad football hooliganism or the English disease as it became to be known across Europe.

Look at the male demographics of that Leeds away end. All lads/men. No women. No kids.

Just hundreds, or thousands of lads/men looking for a fight and trouble either with opposing fans, or in many cases, also with the Police.

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This one was notorious, a young lad died.

 

[manclad]

Were they wearing laced up boots and corduroys

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[OffertonBlue]

What always puzzled me was the how the " background noise" always went eerily quiet seconds before it kicked off. The "background noise" could be chanting, singing, goading, fans gobbing off, or just general chatter between fellow fans. It could be inside or outside the ground, before or after the game, in a pub, on the terraces, walking to the ground, wherever. I called it a mix of experience, being street wise and a 6th sense. Whenever the background noise went eerily quiet, you had a choice......get away asap or be in the thick of it within seconds. Can anyone else relate to this or was it just me?

 

[Franny 1234]

can it be argued that the widespread use of ecstasy in the early 90's was a major factor in such extreme hooliganism ending?

It's a myth
Serious jail time and police arresting you with court dates to follow we're the reason it died down along with video footage.

 

[bernard o'silver]

No runners, no door-knockers.

NO RUNNARS

 

[A57 the snake]

I was at both (And The Scholar). Almost 66 now, but remember some events like yesterday.

I know you was mate

 

[Stephen230]

What always puzzled me was the how the " background noise" always went eerily quiet seconds before it kicked off. The "background noise" could be chanting, singing, goading, fans gobbing off, or just general chatter between fellow fans. It could be inside or outside the ground, before or after the game, in a pub, on the terraces, walking to the ground, wherever. I called it a mix of experience, being street wise and a 6th sense. Whenever the background noise went eerily quiet, you had a choice......get away asap or be in the thick of it within seconds. Can anyone else relate to this or was it just me?

Think it’s the same anywhere. Not just football.

I’ve walked in pubs and can just tell within seconds that there’s a ‘it’s about to kick off’ vibe about the place.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

This one was notorious, a young lad died.

Wasn’t that the same day of our 5-1, & the Bradford fire? rip

 

[eastmanc]

Does anyone have any recollection of playing Sheffield Wednesday in a midweek league cup tie around the late 70’s or early 80’s. Have a vague memory of a large group of Wednesday fans marching up Platt Lane singing, to the tune of Hersham Boys by Sham 69, ‘Wednesday boys, Wednesday boys…

Went to Sheffield Wednesday in 1979 for a league cup game and there was alot of fighting in the City end that night.

 

[eastmanc]

Were they wearing laced up boots and corduroys

No that was the cockney cowboys.