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

[Really_here]

Tiktokers think they invented it. Hurleys at Piccadilly was getting done every other Saturday back in the 80s.

Is this the same Hurleys ?

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[Rory Bluelow]

I remember being at Victoria station in the early 70's just as a hoard of Liverpool fans arrived, IIRC they were playing Untied. I'd be about 13 and was with a friend who was wearing a brand new Harrington jacket, he was a year younger than me and we were just going into Manchester `from Oldham. Was a big trip out for us and we were pushed into a corner of the station by a group of about 20 much older scousers. Long story short they nicked his new jacket. He was gutted and we told a copper who actually told us to jump his van and drove round to see if we could see them! Of course we didn't and both my and his parents wouldn't let us go into Manchester again for quite a while. There was quite a lot of what they called 'steaming' around the same time where large crews of football fans would pile into shops and just strip the shelves bare. I remember a shop called Denis Hope (I think) being targeted in Oldham and after that they used to close on the odd Saturday to avoid a repeat.

In town after the game I saw a City lad roll a Burnley fan for his Levi jeans once. The poor bastard had to get the train home in his undercrackers.

 

[M18CTID]

Speaking of Burnley, does anyone remember the match at Maine Road in 1998? Ended in a 2-2 draw. Like others, I wasn't involved in the FV scene but what I saw after the match that day walking down Claremont Road was quite funny. The police stopped City fans at one of the junctions to allow some of Burnley's mob to walk past onto a side street. It was a bit of a weird scene as they didn't appear to have a police escort as such. Numbers I don't think were too big - maybe about 50 or so - but once they went down the side street they swung a right then another right so were heading back up towards Claremont Road at the next junction. Loads of City sussed what was going on and legged it to the next junction and started heading down towards the oncoming Burnley mob. I was just stood at the top of the road and observing (like you do!). I have to say that Burnley were outnumbered but I don't think there were many City hooligans in there - it was more scarfers and giddy hangers on. So both mobs walked towards each other. Plenty of Burnley had their hands out giving it the old come on. Next minute the charge went up from City and all of a sudden Burnley completely folded, turned round, and ran off. I was stood at the top of the road pissing my sides laughing. I heard later that Burnley fans were hiding in gardens and knocking on doors begging to be let in. How true that is I don't know but it was a funny incident. One lad I knew who is as far removed from that kind of thing as you can get told me he was part of the mob that ran Burnley that day!

 

[blue44]

The link with Jamesy is Lee Spence, former Oldham FYC turned to Utd ICJ. Lee now lives in Pattaya and runs a bar called FC UK inn. Never understood the switching of clubs personally.

Thats on soi LK metro just off soi buakhao,one to avoid when
I'm back there next.

 

[Pablo123]

Must of been over 30 years ago was with my son who was about 10 at time had the usual pre match pint at the Whitworth and set off round the back streets to the ground .
A black cab and a XR3 full of black lads had a bit of a stand off as neither could get by .
A real big lad got out of the black cab and told them to go back , big mistake next minute he’s being chased round the cab by one of the black lads with a machete in his hand . None of his mates got out of the cab and nobody intervened, people just carried on heads down . Told the lad not to tell his mother what he’d seen.

 

[levets]

Thats on soi LK metro just off soi buakhao,one to avoid when
I'm back there next.

Away from the football, Spence was a decent lad, but I never got why he turned to Utd. All the lads he grew up with were Oldham. Very strange. His bar is quite well known now.

 

[Stephen230]

Is this the same Hurleys ?

Hurleys | Designer Clothing for Mens & Womens

Shop designer clothing for the whole family, with collections for men, women and children from popular brands. BOSS, UGG, Barbour Jackets & more with Free Standard UK Delivery from Hurleys.

www.hurleys.co.uk

Yeah that’s it. There were two close together on the road up from Piccadilly Gardens to the station. One was Hurleys Golf and the other just Hurleys I think, for clothes.

Think the only actual stores left now are one in Bolton and maybe Stockport, if it’s still going.

 

[A57 the snake]

Yeah that’s it. There were two close together on the road up from Piccadilly Gardens to the station. One was Hurleys Golf and the other just Hurleys I think, for clothes.

Think the only actual stores left now are one in Bolton and maybe Stockport, if it’s still going.

That’s correct mate , my mates uncle run them both. Ones a Greggs now. Most Saturdays the shutters were down more than up back in the eighties.

 

[Stephen230]

That’s correct mate , my mates uncle run them both. Ones a Greggs now. Most Saturdays the shutters were down more than up back in the eighties.

Quality gear in there mate. I still wear Lacoste to this day. Just out of habit I think more than anything. But the quality isn’t what it was.

Mind you, the price isn’t either. They sell stuff now for more or less the same price it was costing in the 80s.

 

[A57 the snake]

Quality gear in there mate. I still wear Lacoste to this day. Just out of habit I think more than anything. But the quality isn’t what it was.

Mind you, the price isn’t either. They sell stuff now for more or less the same price it was costing in the 80s.

Same here mate , sadly for a mid fifties bloke i still like stuff we wore in eighties and lean to it every time I go for some new gear. Hurleys sport was superb got my first Pringle tops and a tacchini tracky top amongst others from that place.
Back then then I was soft as sh*t but looked the part .