March 1968. United 1-3 City. Crowd trouble?

[tony coleman]

Were our songs made up by six year olds in those days?

No extremly mature people that never carried razors and never carried lead, but sometimes carried hatchets

To bury in their heads

......we are loyal supporters . fanatics everyone. we hate man utd and leeds and leeds and leeds and leeds........

 

[oakiecokie]

No extremly mature people that never carried razors and never carried lead, but sometimes carried hatchets

To bury in their heads

......we are loyal supporters . fanatics everyone. we hate man utd ,Leeds and Everton.......

To be pedantic the amendment is the true version.

 

[kevodevo]

Remember the night well.

After 37(?) seconds, Best scored, and the Stretford End started singing "where are the BBC?".

Then Colin took over, and the rest is history.

I was in the open end that night, just behind the goals, but didn't see any trouble.

"When it was 3 - 1, all you could hear round the ground was "City" - I suppose a bit like the present day matches there!

I was in the stretford end and man it was hard not celebrating when we did them . I did not cheer when they scored so it might have been a bit obvious but jesus the wealth of disappointment on their faces at the end was wonderful to behold-sweet and memorable

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Didn't go to the 3-1 in 68 but have vivid memories of the cricket riot. Younger fans don't realise how the rags have always been total scum. For me the Law backheel match was the worst but I couldn't stop laughing outside..even after being punched in the face by a thug. Another hairy night was the aftermath of the League Cup 4-0 in 76 (when King Colin was injured) A rag moron spat in my face and headbutted me. It always makes me laugh when modern-day supporters complain about Munich songs etc. They have no idea how bitter the rivalry was in the 60s and 70s. If they had seen what we saw then they might take a different view.

November 12th, 1975 was the date. It lives long in my memory.

Happy to stand corrected but what a night it was. One of the best atmospheres ever at Maine Road. In fact the whole League Cup run that season was brilliant with the Boro match as well. On the Derby night we didn't really know the extent of Colin Bell's injury so the celebrations were immense. It was Paddy Roche's finest hour!

 

[laserblue]

I was in the paddock of what is now the GPC stand adjacent to the scoreboard end and saw no trouble before, during or after the game. That's not to say there wasn't any as there was no segregation back then. A truly great night.

 

[xgorton]

I was in the paddock of what is now the GPC stand adjacent to the scoreboard end and saw no trouble before, during or after the game. That's not to say there wasn't any as there was no segregation back then. A truly great night.

I was stood in the scoreboard end whare Bell equalised,got the 53 bus back to Gorton that night and saw no trouble at all.