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

[salford blue 62]

That was before or after one of the testimonials at the Swamp, Albiston's I think, we took thousands to it as we were still in the 2nd tier and hadn't had any derbies for a season or two.

A close mate of mine is on that vid,he has got an arm in plaster.

 

[fallowfield]

Think we won from memory too! A very rare event at the swamp in them days.

Yep it was Arthur Albiston game. We were in the K stand and I'm sure i remember us singing his name when he was near our end. Prob thanks for the 2-2 Derby goal

 

[Manchester33]

Pretty sure some blues got sent down for this

Whoever that lad is who jumps on his head at the end has a screw loose!

Genuinely could have killed him. How stupid can you be?!

 

[Fordyboy46]

Whoever that lad is who jumps on his head at the end has a screw loose!

Genuinely could have killed him. How stupid can you be?!

Think he's fairly well known in the City world mate

 

[blue oli]

Started going to the games with mates and not family when I was about 12 in the early 80s. My old man used to say you have three options when it kicks off outside the ground.

1. Get in the Parkside quick
2. leg it home (being Edith Ave wasn’t too bad lol)
3. Stand and fight

As a very young teenager the boys would always look after you if you got caught up in anything or stood with them.

 

[Eds]

Wonder how many on that video are a) still going to matches and b) post on here. I am pretty sure there are some doing both

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Watching 7000 Millwall fans be escorted from town and down Lloyd Street is something I will always remember.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Watching 7000 Millwall fans be escorted from town and down Lloyd Street is something I will always remember.

There were only 3000 but they were nearly all "boys".

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Spurs pitch invasion game was pretty bad.

I was walking back down the top end of Claremont Road towards Curry Mile with my mates and was in a crowd of around 1000 when bottles started flying over our heads.

Bloody City fans thinking we were Spurs fans.

Away from home, nothing scared me more than a midweek night match away at Leeds. Always a bugger to get the bus across the road from Leeds Central.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

There were only 3000 but they were nearly all "boys".

Never seen anything like it. It was like watching Zulu Dawn - they just kept coming over the hill - remember after the game them all being walked back in the dark.