So many slashings back then.............to be fair City infiltrated escorts all the time.I witnessed as sickening incident at Birmingham I think it was late 80's / early 90's it was a night match, I went with a work mate KY, after the game we turned left instead of right hoping to avoid trouble, and found ourselves being chased by a couple of hundred Birmingham fans, at the top of the road the Police were putting City fans into a Police escort back to the New Street Station.
The Police wanted to leave us about 200yds from the Station it felt so dodgy but a senior officer made them march us all the way in to the Station.
They had delayed the train for us we all had to queue up train ticket or not.
We were inside the ticket office not 2 minutes after we had started queuing a fella just in front of me reached forward making a slashing movement the scream was awful, about 3 of them ran for the doors and got out they had slashed a City fan down the right side of his face, a really sickening experience I still think of the poor fella today scarred for life by shithouses.
The Birmingham fans were in our escort all the way to the station.
So many slashings back then.............to be fair City infiltrated escorts all the tim
So many slashings back then.............to be fair City infiltrated escorts all the time.
Great post and sums it up perfectly.They were dark times back then & no amount or romancing about it or glorifying it or looking at it through rose tinted glasses can change the fact that ordinary people in many towns & City's were terrified when away fans came calling
Pubs were smashed up ,women & children were left cowering with fans running riot
Trains were wrecked on a regular basis costing 10's of thousands of pounds to repair
Every match day saw coaches up & down the country bricked with windows put through
Fans were killed & seriously injured just because they supported certain clubs
Women & children were injured in various skirmishes
Shops,service stations ,off
off licences were ransacked on a regular basis
Police,Stewards & innocent bystanders were injured every week
I'm no shrinking violet and have been involved in some stuff mainly in the 70's but some on here are portraying ,hooligans,firms ,mobs ext as latter day Robin Hoods which couldn't be farther than the truth
Looking back & watching old clips & newspaper cuttings
It's like " What the Fu*k" were we thinking ?
Any way just glad that fans ( most of the time) can go to games without fear of getting smashed ,battered or getting the shit kicked out of them just because they supported a different club
I think this might have been 85 mate. Definitely a night game at St Andrews, it was reported on local radio, probably Piccadilly at the time, that a City fan had been stabbed/slashed. Remember it because a couple of non City supporting mates got in touch as they thought it might have been me!!I witnessed as sickening incident at Birmingham I think it was late 80's / early 90's it was a night match, I went with a work mate KY, after the game we turned left instead of right hoping to avoid trouble, and found ourselves being chased by a couple of hundred Birmingham fans, at the top of the road the Police were putting City fans into a Police escort back to the New Street Station.
The Police wanted to leave us about 200yds from the Station it felt so dodgy but a senior officer made them march us all the way in to the Station.
They had delayed the train for us we all had to queue up train ticket or not.
We were inside the ticket office not 2 minutes after we had started queuing a fella just in front of me reached forward making a slashing movement the scream was awful, about 3 of them ran for the doors and got out they had slashed a City fan down the right side of his face, a really sickening experience I still think of the poor fella today scarred for life by shithouses.
The Birmingham fans were in our escort all the way to the station.
A lad that used to drive us to a lot of away games got split up when finally arrived at the car back of his pants were covered in blood a Scouse **** had taken a knife to his back.I witnessed as sickening incident at Birmingham I think it was late 80's / early 90's it was a night match, I went with a work mate KY, after the game we turned left instead of right hoping to avoid trouble, and found ourselves being chased by a couple of hundred Birmingham fans, at the top of the road the Police were putting City fans into a Police escort back to the New Street Station.
The Police wanted to leave us about 200yds from the Station it felt so dodgy but a senior officer made them march us all the way in to the Station.
They had delayed the train for us we all had to queue up train ticket or not.
We were inside the ticket office not 2 minutes after we had started queuing a fella just in front of me reached forward making a slashing movement the scream was awful, about 3 of them ran for the doors and got out they had slashed a City fan down the right side of his face, a really sickening experience I still think of the poor fella today scarred for life by shithouses.
The Birmingham fans were in our escort all the way to the station.
All those Birmingham away games in the 80’s all merge into one for me but that might have been the game when we all came out to be greeted by bricks from wasteland behind our end.I think this might have been 85 mate. Definitely a night game at St Andrews, it was reported on local radio, probably Piccadilly at the time, that a City fan had been stabbed/slashed. Remember it because a couple of non City supporting mates got in touch as they thought it might have been me!!
Know what you mean. Looked into it and the game I mention finished 0-0 but was convinced McNab scored in a win there at a night game! :)All those Birmingham away games in the 80’s all merge into one for me but that might have been the game when we all came out to be greeted by bricks from wasteland behind our end.
Could well have been 85 mate thank you, horrible incident.I think this might have been 85 mate. Definitely a night game at St Andrews, it was reported on local radio, probably Piccadilly at the time, that a City fan had been stabbed/slashed. Remember it because a couple of non City supporting mates got in touch as they thought it might have been me!!
Great post. And gets to the crux of the matter.They were dark times back then & no amount or romancing about it or glorifying it or looking at it through rose tinted glasses can change the fact that ordinary people in many towns & City's were terrified when away fans came calling
Pubs were smashed up ,women & children were left cowering in fear with fans running riot
Trains were wrecked on a regular basis costing 10's of thousands of pounds to repair
Every match day saw coaches up & down the country bricked with windows put through & the people on the coaches left terrified
Fans were killed & seriously injured just because they supported certain clubs
Women & children who were only out shopping were injured in various skirmishes
Shops,service stations ,off
off licences were ransacked on a regular basis
Police,Stewards & innocent bystanders were injured every week
I'm no shrinking violet and have been involved in some stuff mainly in the 70's but some on here are portraying ,hooligans,firms ,mobs ext as latter day Robin Hoods which couldn't be farther than the truth
Looking back & watching old clips & newspaper cuttings
It's like " What the Fu*k" were we thinking ?
Any way just glad that fans ( most of the time) can go to games without fear of getting smashed in the head by a brick ,battered or getting the shit kicked out of them just because they supported a different club