I remember this match very clearly for a number of reasons
Set off from a cool day in Manchester to what turned out to be a lovely warm sunny day in Nottingham
We got off the train and the police were searching everyone
So as we’re all bunching together to get funnelled through the search, there was a knife on the ground being kicked about
Eventually got through the search and were waiting for the police to escort us to the ground
My mate said “fuck this, come on” and walked through the police lines. Myself and another mate followed and we walked to a local pub with no hassle
As for the match, the first half was a disaster
I was stood at the back behind the goal next to a copper when Fashanu broke the offside trap and was bearing down on goal. The copper said “ oh it’s Fashanu. He won’t score” and he didn’t and he went on to miss god knows how many other sitters
As I said , it was a lovely sunny day and at 3-0 I looked behind me and there were City fans lay down sunbathing
The half time pitch invasion was really weird. I could see something happening down the side and thought nothing of it until a few fans got on the pitch then the horses appeared from literally nowhere and started rampaging across the pitch
I was certain that if the players had come out, the pitch invasion wouldn’t have happened
I really don’t know what changed in the second half, but it was a total reversal of the first, with the exception being we only scored two
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