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

[BufordUSABlue]

Only time I've been ashamed to be a City fan was back in about 1969
Somewhere near Oxford Rd towards University there was about 30 young City fans walking towards town, I was tagging just behind them with my scarf on heading into town. There was a lad sat at a bus stop and he appeared to have a United scarf on, he was just sat there waiting, looked very harmless, probably a student as he looked like Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd... and every one of them gobbed on him more than once. he was absolutely covered in gob.
It was fucking horrible, I was praying they weren't gonna kick the shit out of the poor sod. They didn't.
He looked like he was fucking terrified.
Never forgotten that.

Truly shocking!

 

[youngbob]

This is slightly tangential but was anyone in this thread at the Sheffield United cup game in 2008? The balloon match. My first ever away day. Was 12 going on 13 at the time. Got taken by my mum and dad as a bit of a post-Christmas treat. The game was shocking (if memorable) but the aftermath properly scarred me and put me off away games for years. We got kicked out of the away end by Sheffield United stewards and saw that it was properly kicking off about 20 yards away - dozens of blokes battering each other on the A621, some lads scrapping on the ground while police horses jumped over them. We tried to get back in the ground and asked the stewards if we could take cover until it passed but they wouldn't let us back in. We'd parked the car on the south side of Bramall Lane - looking at the map we'd parked it on the edge of the industrial estate that's nearby, on Edmund Road or St. Wilfrid's Road. It was just miles and miles of fighting between us and the car. We made the decision to head north, back towards the city centre, and then find our way back around. Only ended up doing Leicester away (Neil Young scarves game), Bolton away, and Blackburn away during the Mancini years after that. Just not my scene.

Another incident I remember from our days at the Etihad was against Birmingham in the early Mancini days. The game was a proper dud, a 0-0, bit bad tempered. Me and my mum have sat in the North Stand since we moved to Eastlands and we've always parked on that side of the ground. The abattoir next to the cemetery, all around Bradford Road, Asda, etc. But one season we found a good car park behind Guvnor's pub that used to sit just off Alan Turing Way on the way to Ashbury's station. We walked round to the away end and met loads and loads of Birmingham lads who were about to square off with a big City lot. The Brum fans were on the pavement right outside Mary D's and the City lads were on the opposite side just coming out the green gates of the coach park. And me (about 16 by this point), my mum, and my little cousin who was 10 at the time, were slap bang in the middle of the A662. 80-100 Brum lads vs. about 80-100 City, getting closer and closer to each other. We honestly thought we were done for until a group of about 30 police officers ran in and formed a cordon that stopped the Brum fans from getting over the road. We had to scarper and get to Alan Turing Way fast as we could while the police were waving us on.

 

[mayo31]

This is slightly tangential but was anyone in this thread at the Sheffield United cup game in 2008? The balloon match. My first ever away day. Was 12 going on 13 at the time. Got taken by my mum and dad as a bit of a post-Christmas treat. The game was shocking (if memorable) but the aftermath properly scarred me and put me off away games for years. We got kicked out of the away end by Sheffield United stewards and saw that it was properly kicking off about 20 yards away - dozens of blokes battering each other on the A621, some lads scrapping on the ground while police horses jumped over them. We tried to get back in the ground and asked the stewards if we could take cover until it passed but they wouldn't let us back in. We'd parked the car on the south side of Bramall Lane - looking at the map we'd parked it on the edge of the industrial estate that's nearby, on Edmund Road or St. Wilfrid's Road. It was just miles and miles of fighting between us and the car. We made the decision to head north, back towards the city centre, and then find our way back around. Only ended up doing Leicester away (Neil Young scarves game), Bolton away, and Blackburn away during the Mancini years after that. Just not my scene.

Another incident I remember from our days at the Etihad was against Birmingham in the early Mancini days. The game was a proper dud, a 0-0, bit bad tempered. Me and my mum have sat in the North Stand since we moved to Eastlands and we've always parked on that side of the ground. The abattoir next to the cemetery, all around Bradford Road, Asda, etc. But one season we found a good car park behind Guvnor's pub that used to sit just off Alan Turing Way on the way to Ashbury's station. We walked round to the away end and met loads and loads of Birmingham lads who were about to square off with a big City lot. The Brum fans were on the pavement right outside Mary D's and the City lads were on the opposite side just coming out the green gates of the coach park. And me (about 16 by this point), my mum, and my little cousin who was 10 at the time, were slap bang in the middle of the A662. 80-100 Brum lads vs. about 80-100 City, getting closer and closer to each other. We honestly thought we were done for until a group of about 30 police officers ran in and formed a cordon that stopped the Brum fans from getting over the road. We had to scarper and get to Alan Turing Way fast as we could while the police were waving us on.

Great day out that was bar the result at Sheffield

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Only time I've been ashamed to be a City fan was back in about 1969
Somewhere near Oxford Rd towards University there was about 30 young City fans walking towards town, I was tagging just behind them with my scarf on heading into town. There was a lad sat at a bus stop and he appeared to have a United scarf on, he was just sat there waiting, looked very harmless, probably a student as he looked like Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd... and every one of them gobbed on him more than once. he was absolutely covered in gob.
It was fucking horrible, I was praying they weren't gonna kick the shit out of the poor sod. They didn't.
He looked like he was fucking terrified.
Never forgotten that.

Think I'd have rather took a few digs, sounds disgusting.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

This is slightly tangential but was anyone in this thread at the Sheffield United cup game in 2008? The balloon match. My first ever away day. Was 12 going on 13 at the time. Got taken by my mum and dad as a bit of a post-Christmas treat. The game was shocking (if memorable) but the aftermath properly scarred me and put me off away games for years. We got kicked out of the away end by Sheffield United stewards and saw that it was properly kicking off about 20 yards away - dozens of blokes battering each other on the A621, some lads scrapping on the ground while police horses jumped over them. We tried to get back in the ground and asked the stewards if we could take cover until it passed but they wouldn't let us back in. We'd parked the car on the south side of Bramall Lane - looking at the map we'd parked it on the edge of the industrial estate that's nearby, on Edmund Road or St. Wilfrid's Road. It was just miles and miles of fighting between us and the car. We made the decision to head north, back towards the city centre, and then find our way back around. Only ended up doing Leicester away (Neil Young scarves game), Bolton away, and Blackburn away during the Mancini years after that. Just not my scene.

Another incident I remember from our days at the Etihad was against Birmingham in the early Mancini days. The game was a proper dud, a 0-0, bit bad tempered. Me and my mum have sat in the North Stand since we moved to Eastlands and we've always parked on that side of the ground. The abattoir next to the cemetery, all around Bradford Road, Asda, etc. But one season we found a good car park behind Guvnor's pub that used to sit just off Alan Turing Way on the way to Ashbury's station. We walked round to the away end and met loads and loads of Birmingham lads who were about to square off with a big City lot. The Brum fans were on the pavement right outside Mary D's and the City lads were on the opposite side just coming out the green gates of the coach park. And me (about 16 by this point), my mum, and my little cousin who was 10 at the time, were slap bang in the middle of the A662. 80-100 Brum lads vs. about 80-100 City, getting closer and closer to each other. We honestly thought we were done for until a group of about 30 police officers ran in and formed a cordon that stopped the Brum fans from getting over the road. We had to scarper and get to Alan Turing Way fast as we could while the police were waving us on.

Yes was at that game against Sheff United, The trains were a mess so it was mostly cars and coaches for fans going.

SU attacked a pub with city fans in pre-game or earlier into the first half (minds a little fuzzy), and obviously with that and the result on the pitch, large numbers of city lads tried getting into the home end (some succeeded) but most of the trouble was outside with the police stopping fans from going into the home.

I received a wack around my leg from a coppers cosh, was very painful and bruised for a while.

I still laugh at the balloon issue now. Only us Eh!!

Was abroad for the Birmingham game, but was told many a story as to what happened on the day.

 

[bluestevei]

This is slightly tangential but was anyone in this thread at the Sheffield United cup game in 2008? The balloon match. My first ever away day. Was 12 going on 13 at the time. Got taken by my mum and dad as a bit of a post-Christmas treat. The game was shocking (if memorable) but the aftermath properly scarred me and put me off away games for years. We got kicked out of the away end by Sheffield United stewards and saw that it was properly kicking off about 20 yards away - dozens of blokes battering each other on the A621, some lads scrapping on the ground while police horses jumped over them. We tried to get back in the ground and asked the stewards if we could take cover until it passed but they wouldn't let us back in. We'd parked the car on the south side of Bramall Lane - looking at the map we'd parked it on the edge of the industrial estate that's nearby, on Edmund Road or St. Wilfrid's Road. It was just miles and miles of fighting between us and the car. We made the decision to head north, back towards the city centre, and then find our way back around. Only ended up doing Leicester away (Neil Young scarves game), Bolton away, and Blackburn away during the Mancini years after that. Just not my scene.

Another incident I remember from our days at the Etihad was against Birmingham in the early Mancini days. The game was a proper dud, a 0-0, bit bad tempered. Me and my mum have sat in the North Stand since we moved to Eastlands and we've always parked on that side of the ground. The abattoir next to the cemetery, all around Bradford Road, Asda, etc. But one season we found a good car park behind Guvnor's pub that used to sit just off Alan Turing Way on the way to Ashbury's station. We walked round to the away end and met loads and loads of Birmingham lads who were about to square off with a big City lot. The Brum fans were on the pavement right outside Mary D's and the City lads were on the opposite side just coming out the green gates of the coach park. And me (about 16 by this point), my mum, and my little cousin who was 10 at the time, were slap bang in the middle of the A662. 80-100 Brum lads vs. about 80-100 City, getting closer and closer to each other. We honestly thought we were done for until a group of about 30 police officers ran in and formed a cordon that stopped the Brum fans from getting over the road. We had to scarper and get to Alan Turing Way fast as we could while the police were waving us on.

i think that was the 25 years of the birmingham zulu fans, and that they was in force at city, i came out of mary ds and about 20 was standing there baiting city fans until pub empted and they got run all over

 

[Cheesy]

I strongly believe that football hooliganism in the 70's / 80's was a form of homo-eroticism.

All those young men struggling with their true feelings, not being able to come out as gay as it just wasn't accepted back then meaning they turned to violence to get all that stress out.

They probably engaged in a bit of mutual masturbation after a good scrap too.

 

[Blue tube]

I strongly believe that football hooliganism in the 70's / 80's was a form of homo-eroticism.

All those young men struggling with their true feelings, not being able to come out as gay as it just wasn't accepted back then meaning they turned to violence to get all that stress out.

They probably engaged in a bit of mutual masturbation after a good scrap too.

You hear about a bit of fighting and your mind goes straight to gay sex?

 

[Kippax77]

I strongly believe that football hooliganism in the 70's / 80's was a form of homo-eroticism.

All those young men struggling with their true feelings, not being able to come out as gay as it just wasn't accepted back then meaning they turned to violence to get all that stress out.

They probably engaged in a bit of mutual masturbation after a good scrap too.

Can safely say I never saw any of the Guv'nors swapping handfuls of kleenex after a good dust up.

But then again I was probably down a back alley chucking one off by then

 

[mancityvstoke]

I strongly believe that football hooliganism in the 70's / 80's was a form of homo-eroticism.

All those young men struggling with their true feelings, not being able to come out as gay as it just wasn't accepted back then meaning they turned to violence to get all that stress out.

They probably engaged in a bit of mutual masturbation after a good scrap too.

Fantasies eh

Enjoy