Police escorts during the 80's-90's

[BlueRockape]

Leeds 74 75
Fukin scum bastards

March 1st 1975 is etched on my memory.......cops did nothing on way back to the station,Leeds fans picking off Blues,my Dad did the bravest thing I have ever seen in my life that day defending me,I was only 14.

Match finished 2-2,Rags were in the 2nd division and Carlisle were in the top flight for there one and only season.

Went back the season after the payback was fantastic every City nutter born must have turned out that day

 

[Eds]

Millwall Away 87 (Adcock 1-0)

City fans frogmarched down the back streets of New Cross, and whistling the theme from Bridge Over The River Kwai

Still makes me laugh

I was in that escort. Although in those days being kept in for 10 minutes wasn't unusual if my fading memory is correct, we were kept in for 40 minutes that day and Millwall were still outside waiting for us...

 

[xgorton]

March 1st 1975 is etched on my memory.......cops did nothing on way back to the station,Leeds fans picking off Blues,my Dad did the bravest thing I have ever seen in my life that day defending me,I was only 14.

Match finished 2-2,Rags were in the 2nd division and Carlisle were in the top flight for there one and only season.

Went back the season after the payback was fantastic every City nutter born must have turned out that day

Easter weekend 76.

 

[totallywired]

Scouse coppers were the worst,especially 81 quarter final.

Lime St to Goodison mid 70s, huge City escort up Scotland Rd, i remember dodging a metal piss pot aimed at my head from the flats and women throwing used sanitary towels wrapped in dirty nappies from the top floor all the time fighting off Scousers shouting ''have you met Mr Stanley'' unfortunately that day my mate Irish Alex did meet Mr Stanley and he has the huge scar on his face as a reminder, bastards

I was with Alex that night. It was a midweek cup game in the 80`s. Alex, fat Baz and myself, were followed from Stanley Park roundabout by an ever increasing group of scallies. Because we kept turning round to face up to them, they didn`t have the bottle to do anything. That is until they numbered around 30, that's when they were brave enough to attack the 3 of us. Yep, Alex got his faced sliced from his eye to his chin., me and Baz were lucky, just punched and kicked. Very scary.

 

[scotty123]

Scouse coppers were the worst,especially 81 quarter final.

Lime St to Goodison mid 70s, huge City escort up Scotland Rd, i remember dodging a metal piss pot aimed at my head from the flats and women throwing used sanitary towels wrapped in dirty nappies from the top floor all the time fighting off Scousers shouting ''have you met Mr Stanley'' unfortunately that day my mate Irish Alex did meet Mr Stanley and he has the huge scar on his face as a reminder, bastards

I was with Alex that night. It was a midweek cup game in the 80`s. Alex, fat Baz and myself, were followed from Stanley Park roundabout by an ever increasing group of scallies. Because we kept turning round to face up to them, they didn`t have the bottle to do anything. That is until they numbered around 30, that's when they were brave enough to attack the 3 of us. Yep, Alex got his faced sliced from his eye to his chin., me and Baz were lucky, just punched and kicked. Very scary.

Thought it was earlier than the 80s, 70s 80s all going into a blur nowadays in my dotage :)

 

[BlueRockape]

Match finished 2-2,Rags were in the 2nd division and Carlisle were in the top flight for there one and only season.

Went back the season after the payback was fantastic every City nutter born must have turned out that day

Easter weekend 76.

Yep as far as I can remember.
It was the only time I ever went to a game just for the scrap

 

[Sir peace frog]

if im being totally honest,the 80s early 90s were the best of times ,I was young and I didn't care .loved away days ,we did what we wanted ,we always used to get a mini bus to wherever we were going , had some good laughs and very scary moments .

glad those days have changed ,I have a lot of younger and older family that go every week .

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Wasnt there myself but I can just imagine what a laugh it must have been!

There was always a laugh in the 'escort' and a great feeling of comradeship. Me and my mates used to think we were tough, we really weren't, and try to slip out of the escort and make our way to the ground. A couple of times we came unstuck and ended up being confronted by a larger mob which didnt always end too well!

And I agree about the West Midlands police!

Michael do you remember Paul Doherty telling us about how he was at this game and dreading City getting a winner near the end of the game?

Sorry Mike, wrong game, Paul was at the game in the 90's when Lee Badbuy scored an equalizer near the end of the match and then nearly won it a minute later. He said he was praying that he didn't score as he had serious concerns for his own safety after the match.

Beat me to it.

The 98 game was a night match, just after Macclesfield, when Lee Bradbury equalized in the last minute, and should have scored again straight from the kick off.

The 87 game was Millwall''s first big match after their infamous 85 riot at Luton. It was also a pretty handy City following that day.

 

[Mike N]

Wasnt there myself but I can just imagine what a laugh it must have been!

There was always a laugh in the 'escort' and a great feeling of comradeship. Me and my mates used to think we were tough, we really weren't, and try to slip out of the escort and make our way to the ground. A couple of times we came unstuck and ended up being confronted by a larger mob which didnt always end too well!

And I agree about the West Midlands police!

Michael do you remember Paul Doherty telling us about how he was at this game and dreading City getting a winner near the end of the game?

Sorry Mike, wrong game, Paul was at the game in the 90's when Lee Badbuy scored an equalizer near the end of the match and then nearly won it a minute later. He said he was praying that he didn't score as he had serious concerns for his own safety after the match.

I remember it well. People like Paul really shouldnt have gone to places like Millwall! I remember him saying that they got kept in the ground for ages and it was still going off when the finally got out!

 

[ashtonblue]

I remember going to West Brom (about 87?) when Adcock scored in a 1-1 draw, when they nicked so many people in the ground, the away end was half empty by the finish. Singing, pointing, gesticulating, unless you were stood stock still in total silence, you were fair game. West Midlands were always the worst, with South Yorkshire not far behind

One of only 2 times I've been kicked out of any ground. 16 at the time. The reason they gave me for being ejected was 'sticking 2 fingers up'. Was promptly marched around the pitch, arm up my back, with 15,000 people flicking me the V's.

Midlands were definitely the worst.