not anymore

[Barcon]

Not knowing what the TWO games that were going to be shown on the telly that weekend until you showed up at the ground. I always remember turning up at the game and seeing a camera truck and knowing whether or not it would be on later that saturday night, or on a sunday depending on it being ITV or BBC. Oh yeah, asking some old bloke if you crawl between his legs as he went through the turnstile (they never said no). Big alsatians in the kippax.

 

[pedigreeblue]

v QPR think was a monday night...fireworks aswell...

KWS performed a KC & the sunshine band song at hime time

-- Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:42 pm --

only at away games. city never had it & neither did the rags, chelsea or arsenal but i think every other league club did.

The Rags did ....Football League Review

I'd swear we had some sort of League magazine within the programme at some time..

 

[bridgeblue]

When the ground was rammed and the att would be given out as 37,223 or when we played Charlton in the promotion game, I have never known the ground so full, the att given was 47,000 when it was probibly closer to 57000.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Vince Miller

The crappy mini bus dropping the players off outside the entrance having completed their warm up at a local school

Kids asking to "mind your car" when you parked up near the ground

Turning up with your season ticket wondering which number game it would be today

 

[quinny's disco pants]

Legally standing @ all football grounds....oh the atmosphere.
Pub crawl back to piccadilly after all home games (starting in the parkside)
Finding season ticket books discarded on kippax car park after most home defeats.


..........................................C.T.I.D...............................................

 

[waterloo blue]

Going to away games in the back of someones work van,drinking Asda bitter and pissing in a pop bottle.
Being in the Old Abbey at 3'o' clock and legging it down the road to get in at a reasonable time.
Drinking at eight in the morning, and telling the cleaner at the Irish club in Ashton,it's alright we're going the match.
Persil vouchers for away games,best company promotion ever Unilever sponsored football hooliganism.

 

[NPBlue]

53 bus from belle vue to maine road jibbing on for junior fare and when the inspector got on the emergency exits flying open and the bus emptying.

Those were the days. Now the inspector would get his head kicked in. Respect, innit!

The Policemen walking round the edge of the pitch to the Laural and Hardy theme tune being whistled from the Kippax.

The mascot running round the ground before the teams came out.

The tea urn being pushed around the ground.

Inflatable blue and purple cushions you could rent in the Platt Lane stand.

Rosettes, Rattles, and pissed up players on Boxing Day.

 

[bluegonads]

seeing the massive cloud of smoke rising into the floodlights.
all the pushing and shoving as a void opened up in the kippax to cries of "celtic"..... "rangers"
getting the latest sew on badge for ya mam to stitch on your Levi's.

 

[smudgedj]

Green Shield Stamps

 

[farpost]

listening to Piccadilly 261 on a Saturday and hearing "it's a goal!" or "Oh no!" half way through a song and having to wait until the end of it to see which team it was!! It was rarely good news!!