I’m guessing we’re about the same age pal?, seen some major violence with us, but prob missed the worst of it, the 70’s early 80’s!?, Everton away in league cup ‘88 is worst iv’e ever seen with city, another level & we gave as good as we got, I was 19yrs old & “game as fuck” or so I thought, that night scared me I’m still honest now
I was at Everton that night, loads of blues got slashed including a good mate. Like you say a scary night, on another level, I was 20. You think you're hard at that age but when you see proper mobs like that night in their mid/late 20's and thirties and it's kicking off everywhere it's scary but you do what you have to do to get out of there in one piece.
You can see him chuck a brick or something into a group of rags at the bottom of the North Stand. They all panicked
Wasn't there in 88 but the 81 quarter final at Goodison and the league cup semi at Anfield the same year was the worse violence I have ever seen. Scousers happy to use blades at thee time while Mancs fought with fists and boots. You can be as game as f**k but anyone thinks twice about being slashed or stabbed. The violence at Goodison was repaid with interest at Maine Rd at Maine Rd the following Wednesday, an Everton mate said it was the scariest night he ever had.
The 81 game at Goodison I was at.......The racism was off the scale by scousers that day.
Unreal derby that one. I was in the Kippax that day and the amount of coins ricocheting off the terracing was crazy. I'm sure the rags didn't have it all their own way that dayThe day City and United fans 'fought like dogs' in the 'Maine Road Massacre'
'The whole scene is utter chaos all around us as people are trapped under seats and falling at the front. Fists are flying all around and the police are trying to stop it but there’s too many people'www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
And we fucked the cunts 3 0. The Kippax was immense that night.
Think it was 3-1 from memory.
"43,000" ? Hahaha...!! In Peter Swales' tax returns maybe...The day City and United fans 'fought like dogs' in the 'Maine Road Massacre'
'The whole scene is utter chaos all around us as people are trapped under seats and falling at the front. Fists are flying all around and the police are trying to stop it but there’s too many people'
"around 1,000 fans began to spill onto the pitch". Utter bollocks .The day City and United fans 'fought like dogs' in the 'Maine Road Massacre'
'The whole scene is utter chaos all around us as people are trapped under seats and falling at the front. Fists are flying all around and the police are trying to stop it but there’s too many people'
Agreed and the second time in about 2 weeks they have run a story on this.
I wouldnt even say there was 300 rags in there fighting, maybe 150-200 at best .......
