Maine Rd terrace characters

[the old abbey]

anyone remember the ginger haired bus driver from salford preeky around 81/82 seasaon,always wore his city scarf driving the shara.daft as a brush.

 

[propercity]

the lad who ran onto the pitch & dived on Keith Curle is called Kev.He is still daft as a brush,lives in Fallowfield I think

 

[Cellarite]

a giant of a bloke about 6 foot 6, built like a brick shithouse and long hair like neil in the young ones. sat in front of me in the stretford end when they did us 2-1. i was about 14 and thought i was the only blue in there. when quinny scored i automatically jumped up only for this geezer to join me. we embraced like a pair of long lost brothers. quality. i used to see him on the kippax and he always let on. he thought i was some little warrior. top bloke.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

I remember a lad called Sully who came with bulldog at one match when city played at old trafford in cup tie and this was netural ground. Cant remember who we played or why at old trafford but few utd lads in streford end soon went quite and moved on when he came in,didnt look like hard man but every one knew him.

Reckon the game might have been Luton (3rd replay). I was in the Stretford End that night. I remember that game as on getting off the 53 in Moss Side going home I watched as a car pulled up outside a Taxi place just off Princess Road and started firing bullets at the place. Now that was scarey.

 

[stanman]

Little Limpy Lee Thompson ,ran with George Mcguire's crew . Still see him now n again

I use to go to away games with Lee ( he was a hairdresser ) always had a hairdresser's razor in his car just in case!

I went to chelsea with Lee in 1970 stood on the shed and made sure they knew we were city. We went on connelly's coach from Gorton some others on that trip were Kenny Kirk, Scally, Snowy can't remember any more.<br /><br />-- Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:32 pm --<br /><br />

Bob Meehan was a top lad,he used to go everywhere by train,with Clarky,Mac.Donut,Pete White and Gary Grffthis
They travelled all over Europe doing the matches on the old Delta travel rail cards
I think Bob and Pete did Tommy Doc over on the train
Clarky also knocked around with the Parkside crew,The Carr boys,George and Jimmy,Terry Howarth,the Richardson brothers,Mitch,Peter Wright,Dave Lingard,Nigel and Degsy and the prince of clowns Pete Lewis

yes pete white was the lad who smacked tommy doc, used to go with pete to some aways with the irlam & cadishead supporters club

Bob Meehan smacked Tommy Doc hence his " soc the doc " nickname which he hated.

 

[the old abbey]

belting keep em coming!

 

[stanman]

Oh another good Gorton blue who's not had a mention yet is Worthy, another one of the parkside lads.

 

[RabidCity]

what about the ginger twat with his kid in the platt lane who sat down like a minute after everyone else, everytime?

I felt sorry for that kid, her dad got so much abuse. Must have been 4 seasons in a row, anyone in the Platt Lane will know him

 

[moon]

New to this thread so sorry if already posted

Remember a steward in the North Stand round about 1996 that looked like

snooker player Willie Thorne

he eventually acknowledged our Willie give us a wave song

 

[Bluemanc1968]

Anyone remember the Cheadle lot, Always used to go in the Clarence Haigy, Big Alan, Alfie, was only a kid when I used to travel about with this lot, always hired the shitest van you could get, no fucking seats just a mattress had some top trips out, they were all daft as fuck! they once took a couple of benches from a boozer on they way to Oxford!!! LOL

Also Cainy & Cagze from Ardwick, Handy lads they were, remember Cainy running into Down town bar in town and kicking off with a load of utd's lads, on his own, one of which had just belted his younger brother with a ashtray an hour before!!!

 

[Chris Mac]

I remember Jimmy the mallet and Andy Winnie from Moston I think. Along with George McGuire the three of them launched into a Liverpool escort outside the supporters club , must have been late 70's possibly early 80's, fookin suicide mission ! As it happened a shitload of other Blues got involved and remember Jimmy being seriously pissed off that someone had ripped his sheepskin coat, he went on about it for the rest of the season !These lads were seriously naughty characters but good solid mates too. Don't see any of them anymore, they must all be in their mid, late 50's.

 

[Scottyboi]

Anyone remember the Cheadle lot, Always used to go in the Clarence Haigy, Big Alan, Alfie, was only a kid when I used to travel about with this lot, always hired the shitest van you could get, no fucking seats just a mattress had some top trips out, they were all daft as fuck! they once took a couple of benches from a boozer on they way to Oxford!!! LOL

Also Cainy & Cagze from Ardwick, Handy lads they were, remember Cainy running into Down town bar in town and kicking off with a load of utd's lads, on his own, one of which had just belted his younger brother with a ashtray an hour before!!!

Big Alan is my uncle, will be with him in Poland.

 

[1_barry_conlon]

I use to go to away games with Lee ( he was a hairdresser ) always had a hairdresser's razor in his car just in case!

I went to chelsea with Lee in 1970 stood on the shed and made sure they knew we were city. We went on connelly's coach from Gorton some others on that trip were Kenny Kirk, Scally, Snowy can't remember any more.

-- Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:32 pm --

yes pete white was the lad who smacked tommy doc, used to go with pete to some aways with the irlam & cadishead supporters club

Bob Meehan smacked Tommy Doc hence his " soc the doc " nickname which he hated.

Not heard that for years. Couldn't have happened to a nicer man in my book and allegedly there was also an ex city/utd/city player in close proximity watching it unravel?

 

[Scottyboi]

Hahaha my uncle told me about that story he is good mates with him. Went to his trial I think.

 

[Timperley_blue]

M27 how do you remember that !
I was behind the goal when curley scored that pen, the reason I ask you is because my dirty rag mate was in stretford ene and he sed he had never seen a set of fans celebrate a goal like we did that night. We went absolutely raving mental. I got crushed jumped on and stamped on. Lol brilliant night. 10 men you couldn't beat 10 men

Just got proper goose bumps reading this. Best goal celebration I've ever been involved in. Awesome.

 

[joe salford]

the guy from the final pink van outside the Kippax with long scraggy greasy hair
"anchesterevninnewsresoooolts!"

 

[Bluemanc1968]

Anyone remember the Cheadle lot, Always used to go in the Clarence Haigy, Big Alan, Alfie, was only a kid when I used to travel about with this lot, always hired the shitest van you could get, no fucking seats just a mattress had some top trips out, they were all daft as fuck! they once took a couple of benches from a boozer on they way to Oxford!!! LOL

Also Cainy & Cagze from Ardwick, Handy lads they were, remember Cainy running into Down town bar in town and kicking off with a load of utd's lads, on his own, one of which had just belted his younger brother with a ashtray an hour before!!!

Big Alan is my uncle, will be with him in Poland.

Ask him if he remembers ''Strafford Upon Avon'' LOL was a nightmare, Cainy, Cagze, Haigy all fighting with the locals got thrown out of Boozer, went back to the van and it was smashed to bits, was like custers last stand 12 against 50 yocals. fucking cold trip home that night! LOL

 

[stanman]

Lush van Beer Monsters From Gorton used to go to france for duty free's before every game south of brum, and sometimes before home games.

 

[Fried Onions]

Never understood why the loons would insist on standing there when it was pissing down and a roof and shelter was 10 yards away. Ps is jacket guy scottish? Someone once told me he was but I've never spoken to him. What's his real name? Any pics? He's a city legend and deserves proper recognition on here

My old fella sat in the North Stand for decades, but always, for cup games, insisted on standing in Windy Corner, even if it was pissing down, even if there was loads of room in the Kippax.....he used to mumble, drenched to his Y Fronts..."the view's just not the same, with all those bleedin' posts in the way......"

 

[raglanblue]

Big Alan is my uncle, will be with him in Poland.

Ask him if he remembers ''Strafford Upon Avon'' LOL was a nightmare, Cainy, Cagze, Haigy all fighting with the locals got thrown out of Boozer, went back to the van and it was smashed to bits, was like custers last stand 12 against 50 yocals. fucking cold trip home that night! LOL

was in stratford on avon that night;in another van;and remember the yocals were after blood;i think a few blues had wrecked one of their pubs;and one of them had also had the days take away;could have played oxford that day.