Man City v Millwall 1999..Memories..

[Anonymous]

What a creepy old shithole Millwalls former ground at Cold Blow Lane was ....... you were constantly having to look over your shoulder , it was never a good place to visit.

I recall going there when a guy named Tony Adcock got our winner ....... it kicked off before that game too!

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[St Ives blue]

I was at the New Den game when this all kicked off, with City getting a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw. Bad atmosphere even on the train on the way to the ground, then became quite obvious that all eyes of the lovely Millwall fans were on us rather than the game.

After an hour-and-a-half of City fans being locked in the away end whilst the Millwall 'fans' had a bust up outside, we were escorted to the station. One special memory was of approx 1000 City faithful on the station platform when a lovely Millwall fan shouted from the bottom of the railway embankment "come on you fuckers, I'll take you all on!". Oh how we laughed!

The next 2 games against them were legendary, especially the 3-2 away win with no away fans allowed, and SWP bowing to the non-existant City support. Classic!

 

[Anonymous]

especially the 3-2 away win with no away fans allowed, and SWP bowing to the non-existant City support. Classic!

I watched that at Maine Road via a giant screen on the pitch ..... 5,000 of us showed up in the only stand open , the Kippax ... it was all a bit eerie , but that was some goal that SWP scored!

 

[Shooter 83]

The Macintyre documentry is on the Internet that shows most of it, he was shitting it and Millwall brought a few other firms with them because they knew wouldn't be easy here.

I remember it well as I was bottom corner of the kippax next to the north stand.

 

[northernmug]

It was Millwall`s biggest trip of the season, so loads of old heads played out. Danny Baker had done his bit stirring it up on the radio, he boasted on air that this would be Millwall`s biggest turnout in years.
Fair do`s it was a good mob, but not a patch on Chelsea in that Friday night game, 83 or 84 I think ? That was the night Cockneys took over City, Platt Lane was an absoloute nightmare on the way to the game.

 

[erast fandorin]

Stems from millwall away 1987 when City took two firms there,1 lot on train+1 lot of mainly young guvners on a coach that got wrecked+got to the game at near half time,City more than held their own down there,plus they won 1 nil with Tony Adcock getting goal+they didn,t like it,when they came in 99 as been said they had a rentamob out with knobheads from Reading/Oldham+god knows where else with them.The coach was ran by Mikey Williams (RIP)the tout

 

[MTAM]

The Macintyre documentry is on the Internet that shows most of it, he was shitting it and Millwall brought a few other firms with them because they knew wouldn't be easy here.

I remember it well as I was bottom corner of the kippax next to the north stand.

Got any links to that documentary? I don't think I've ever seen it.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Stems from millwall away 1987 when City took two firms there,1 lot on train+1 lot of mainly young guvners on a coach that got wrecked+got to the game at near half time,City more than held their own down there,plus they won 1 nil with Tony Adcock getting goal+they didn,t like it,when they came in 99 as been said they had a rentamob out with knobheads from Reading/Oldham+god knows where else with them.The coach was ran by Mikey Williams (RIP)the tout

This was the game my username came from. I just got the year wrong!

That day it was all lads. We took no more than 1000 and 95% were 16-35.We were attacked at the turnstiles and the kept in for 45 mins or so after the game.

It kicked off before and after at London bridge station.

Scary place to go in the 80's.

 

[There is a Light]

Fisticuffs with Utd fans in the North Stand in the 5-1 was the only time I saw any fighting in the North Stand.

Chelsea last game of 2001? That was proper 'toe to toe' as they call it.

Memories of that particular Millwall game were the seats flying, a tasty atmosphere all day and Rusholme getting smashed up after the game - by City fans I am sure I heard later.

I also remember the 1-1 game at theirs. I think it was Tony Vaughan who equalised in the 90th minute. Royle fancied his chances of snatching the win, but as someone else has said he thought we wouldn't have got out alive as they had invaded the pitch. The same kid who was pictured crying in the national media when we went down at Stoke was in the MUEN saying he was chased for a mile after the game... poor sod!

Also remember under Keegan beating them with 10 men after Ali B was sent off in the first 10 minutes. The whole of Maine Road was singing "No-one likes you because you're shit" and they were watching it on a beamback at the Den. Happy days.<br /><br />-- Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:34 am --<br /><br />

Stems from millwall away 1987 when City took two firms there,1 lot on train+1 lot of mainly young guvners on a coach that got wrecked+got to the game at near half time,City more than held their own down there,plus they won 1 nil with Tony Adcock getting goal+they didn,t like it,when they came in 99 as been said they had a rentamob out with knobheads from Reading/Oldham+god knows where else with them.The coach was ran by Mikey Williams (RIP)the tout

This was the game my username came from. I just got the year wrong!

That day it was all lads. We took no more than 1000 and 95% were 16-35.We were attacked at the turnstiles and the kept in for 45 mins or so after the game.

It kicked off before and after at London bridge station.

Scary place to go in the 80's.

Ha. you going to change it to Millwallawayveteran1987?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I would if I knew how to! Memory fades as you get older!

Inwas 18 then. Scary day out!