Man Utd 0 Man City 1 27/04/74

14yrs old. Walked into the Scoreboard paddock with my mate and his Dad with my silk scarf round my wrist - soon stuffed it down my pants when we were invaded by their ‘boot boys’. Best ever walk down Warwick Road at the end though!
 
Was there no away end in those days? Could hear loads of City but couldn’t see any area that looked exclusively City?

How did away tickets work for all ticket games if there was dedicated end?

Never heard of Henson btw.
 
Stephen230 said:
Was there no away end in those days? Could hear loads of City but couldn’t see any area that looked exclusively City?

How did away tickets work for all ticket games if there was dedicated end?

Never heard of Henson btw.
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Some derbies around the late 60s/early 70s sold terrace tickets but also had cash turnstiles for the open terracing at the Scoreboard end. There was no formal segregation until the rags came back up to the top flight, but most Blues went on the Scoreboard end. For the backheel game I'm inclined to agree with the earlier poster who said some Blues were locked out.
 
It was moderately scary as the red hordes advanced on the City end - until it was obvious they didn't fancy coming closer than the edge of the penalty area.

Listen at 11.45 - You'll never walk alone (before Liverpool made it their anthem)
 
Shithose walked off the king slapped his face to say you’re playing for city now you Scottish ****,I know old timers who stood toe to toe with them cunts outside old shit
 
lancs blue said:
Some derbies around the late 60s/early 70s sold terrace tickets but also had cash turnstiles for the open terracing at the Scoreboard end. There was no formal segregation until the rags came back up to the top flight, but most Blues went on the Scoreboard end. For the backheel game I'm inclined to agree with the earlier poster who said some Blues were locked out.
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I went to all Derbies from 1963 until 1974 and never bought a ticket in advance apart from 1972 onwards at Maine Road when I had a season ticket. I certainly never bought an advance ticket for a League Match at Old Trafford. I paid at the gate.

I am sure that some would have been locked out. That was the point of pay-at-the-gate. Get there early and you are in!

I remember it well as City won 1-0 which was their sixth win (and a draw) at Old Trafford in seven years starting in 1967-68 (3-1, 1-0, 3-1, 4-1, 2-1, 0-0, and 1-0).
 
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I wasn’t there, but Mrs Vienna was.

I was sat in my grandparents' kitchen, watching Gerald Sinstadt reporting on the events at the swamp, absolutely loving the fact that Denis had scored the goal.

I remember thinking that the result should stand, as it was the rags, who forced the referee to abandon the match. I too, was ten years old.

Happy Back-Heel Day, Blues everywhere, for yesterday.
 
Stephen230 said:
Was there no away end in those days? Could hear loads of City but couldn’t see any area that looked exclusively City?

How did away tickets work for all ticket games if there was dedicated end?

Never heard of Henson btw.
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Almost every derby at the swamp I stood in the Stretford Paddock. Paid on the gate and never any drama and there would be other City fans dotted about too. As long as you were not a dick it was fine.
 
I was 16. I went into the Stretford End Paddock with a rag mate.
He told me to wear a rag scarf to hide rhe fact I was a blue ! Fuck that.
I had the sense to stay quiet until Denis scored, at that point I leapt in the air, as I landed my mate booted me in the thigh !!!
I suppose I deserved it and it was worth it

A great day and I don't care what under cover rags like @jimharri say,

We relegated them.
 
Blue Mist said:
I was 16. I went into the Stretford End Paddock with a rag mate.
He told me to wear a rag scarf to hide rhe fact I was a blue ! Fuck that.
I had the sense to stay quiet until Denis scored, at that point I leapt in the air, as I landed my mate booted me in the thigh !!!
I suppose I deserved it and it was worth it

A great day and I don't care what under cover rags like @jimharri say,

We relegated them.
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As the hip young kids would say; LOL.
 
Did Denis Law ever speak about why he went off the pitch at that point in the game? I mean, we all know the rags booed him off despite him being a legend of theirs, that’s a matter of fact - you can hear it on videotape for the rest of eternity - but was he threatened on the pitch or something?
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
Did Denis Law ever speak about why he went off the pitch at that point in the game? I mean, we all know the rags booed him off despite him being a legend of theirs, that’s a matter of fact - you can hear it on videotape for the rest of eternity - but was he threatened on the pitch or something?
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I think it was just a case that he was pissed off that he’d scored against the rags.
 
Vienna_70 said:
I think it was just a case that he was pissed off that he’d scored against the rags.
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I don’t buy that though. I can understand him being conflicted between doing his job and his loyalty to them but to walk off straight away always felt bizarre to me. The pitch invasion, I felt, made up his mind and he would have stayed on longer if it hadn’t have happened.
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
I don’t buy that though. I can understand him being conflicted between doing his job and his loyalty to them but to walk off straight away always felt bizarre to me. The pitch invasion, I felt, made up his mind and he would have stayed on longer if it hadn’t have happened.
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So why ask the question in the first place?
 
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