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

[Maccblue]

Friday and Saturday hours were until 11pm .
Sunday was 12pm until 3pm and then 7pm until 10.30pm.

When they started opening all day, wasn’t Sunday just extended from 2-00 to 3-00 close at first? Then reopen at 7 ?

Remember the Pet Shop boys song at the time ‘ALL DAY ALL DAY’
Remember booking that Monday off work !!!

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

When they started opening all day, wasn’t Sunday just extended from 2-00 to 3-00 close at first? Then reopen at 7 ?

Remember the Pet Shop boys song at the time ‘ALL DAY ALL DAY’
Remember booking that Monday off work !!!

Pretty sure Sunday went from 2pm to 3pm closing. Back then most pubs were busy Sunday dinnertime as many had football teams who would head in for a pint after their match. Would often see people waiting outside pubs later on for the 7pm reopening.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

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.

Bet the Burnley fan didn't take it in his stride(s) ?

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Trying to remember the old hours.

Monday to Saturday
11 30am-3pm
5.30pm-10.30pm

Sunday
12pm-3pm
7pm-10pm?

Maybe a 'late' night of 11pm for Saturday. The 5.30 evening opening was the reason we used to walk back to town for a drink post match (when they were Saturday at 3 for league games).

You took these opening hours as standard.
Looking back it was ridiculous.
Remember trying to watch FA Cup finals in a pub (on BBC or ITV), but had to get a lock-in.
The boozers must have lost millions...

 

[levets]

That's out of order having a go at two kids. Not right those Yorkshire fuckers.

Different times, was October 1973

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Different times, was October 1973

Blokes having a go at two 14yo's still out of order whenever it happened.

I've always had this thing about yorkshiremen, honestly think they are loons, weird as fuck and stuck in the past.

I know that sounds like a generalisation but I can only speak as I find.

 

[blueju]

Pretty sure Sunday went from 2pm to 3pm closing. Back then most pubs were busy Sunday dinnertime as many had football teams who would head in for a pint after their match. Would often see people waiting outside pubs later on for the 7pm reopening.

Our landlord hated us, we’d be outside throwing stones at his living room window over the main entrance as soon as the clock ticked past 7pm. He always used to lift the window and tell us to fuck off! Happy days

 

[Ric]

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!

Ha, yeah I remember that game. I’d got on a bus back to town on Wilmslow Road with my then girlfriend after the game. The police pulled it over and made a load of the Burnley mob get on to get them away from the trouble and back to Piccadilly. I was shitting it the whole journey!

 

[nw42]

Pretty sure Sunday went from 2pm to 3pm closing. Back then most pubs were busy Sunday dinnertime as many had football teams who would head in for a pint after their match. Would often see people waiting outside pubs later on for the 7pm reopening.

Was definitely 2pm Sunday in the 70s, can remember last Jacks as the bell rang at 1.50. Seems archaic now

 

[M23 Citizen]

Wasn’t that when Morley scored hat trick and Paul lake swallowed tongue?

That was against Leicester