Maine Rd terrace characters

[Blue Streak]

Les Tate from Gorton mate. Remember him playing football for the gorton mount on annie lee`s playing fields. This rag who was supposed to be a hard nut, turned up with some mates for Les. While the the match was in progress and in full kit Les just jogged off the pitch, vaulted the fence, ran straight over to th e rags and headbutted the hard one one the nose. He sparked him clean out then just jogged back onto the pitch as though nothing had happened. Pure class from the hardest city fan ever.

I knew Les and his sister good lad, remember being with him at the cricket match when it went off, he was a big lad good days

Seems to have been two lads called Les back then? Tate & Cracknell?? which was the one who got in the NOTW for stabbing Chelsea fans at the Bridge?

Les Tate is being deployed as a bit of a hero but stabbing people isn't my idea of brave. Was it Cracknell with the blade?

 

[waterloo blue]

Fat bastard broke my ankle in the cup at Huddersfield,we equalised late on and the crowd went mental and he fell on my leg.
The transit driver Steve said go to the st.johns get it strapped up I'm not waiting,so went to a twenty first in Ashton with a broken ankle,two anadin and ten pints felt great till the following morning.
The second replay I was on crutches and he started taking the piss when he saw me,if I could have stood up I would have leathered the fat cnut.

Alan Potter?
Now there's a name i haven't heard for a few years!! lol

Not seen Potter for a while. He is an a**ehole in my opinion. My dad told me he used to drive a minibus to away games with a bottle of cider next to him, in the eighties. I Remember mid nineties going with Denton blues and on one occasion going Everton away, one lad needed a piss. He was let off and Potter just said f**k him and got the coach driver to drive off and left him a mile from the ground. Fat b**tard

 

[Chipmeister]

Can anyone remember the name of the little fella that used to stand on the door at the Parkside, shaking the charity bucket in yer face????

think it maybe Luigi but not too sure

That was Louie Hough also had another nickname which many on here will know.

 

[mancunial]

lee was a mate of mine denton lad he is an hairdresser in dukinfield now, we all used to go away together a mix of denton and dukinfield boys in the very early seventies, we had some great trips especially at leeds and forest?

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

<br /><br />-- Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:44 am --<br /><br />i had a mate called pip from who ran with the crazy crew from dukinfield, a small outfit who used to hire a transit van and rob their way around the country to watch away games, we played huddersfield away in the fa cup in the eighties? pip got lifted and locked up for the weekend, was put before her majesties best, was fined eighty pounds, have you anything to say mr thornton said the majestrate,(yes thank you your worship i,m twenty quid up) what do you mean your twenty pounds up replied the majestrate,(well we had a sweep and i won it) a sweep mr thornton replied the majestrate,( yes your worship it was for the 1st one to be arrestedand i won 100 knicker? it actually made the daily mirror that one?

 

[mancyman]

in answer to bluelloyds post if anybody stabbed chelsea fans it could have been les cracknell. used to come across him quite often at away matches tho' he didn't usually travel with our lot. he was a bit mad so maybe he did stab some chelsea lads. les tate never used a knife to my knowledge. he would just knock you out mate. was a big hard lad les but as i said previously never looked for trouble. but if it came he was good to have on your side.

 

[Stiss]

A guy called Lance who sat in the main stand, upper tier, next to me and my dad.

He was banned and got his ticket back just in time for the last season there. Was always getting told to sit down and shut it.

 

[Chappie]

in answer to bluelloyds post if anybody stabbed chelsea fans it could have been les cracknell. used to come across him quite often at away matches tho' he didn't usually travel with our lot. he was a bit mad so maybe he did stab some chelsea lads. les tate never used a knife to my knowledge. he would just knock you out mate. was a big hard lad les but as i said previously never looked for trouble. but if it came he was good to have on your side.

Quite a few of the lads got sent down for that,if I remember.
Les Cracknell was one and there was a lad from Withington,who nobody has mentioned Dave Simmons (simmo)

 

[mancityvstoke]

in answer to bluelloyds post if anybody stabbed chelsea fans it could have been les cracknell. used to come across him quite often at away matches tho' he didn't usually travel with our lot. he was a bit mad so maybe he did stab some chelsea lads. les tate never used a knife to my knowledge. he would just knock you out mate. was a big hard lad les but as i said previously never looked for trouble. but if it came he was good to have on your side.

Quite a few of the lads got sent down for that,if I remember.
Les Cracknell was one and there was a lad from Withington,who nobody has mentioned Dave Simmons (simmo)

yeah Simmo..thought he was from Burnage?

 

[simonk]

I dont think anyone will want to admit to looking at his cock!

I can remember bulldog - just not his hampton. Did a few aways with his lot in the 80's. Big growler - I just cant bring a picture to mind at the mo.

 

[woz09]

The pink seller near the ticket office and all the mithering fuckers who wanted to mind your cars and never did.....I lost a couple of car radio's and speakers over the years lol