Roughest grounds you've been too and biggest scraps!

[BringBackSwales]

I went eveywhere in the 70s and 80s and saw lots of trouble but for anyone with two braincells to rub together it was easy to stay out of it.

fuckin hell mate, did you manage to climb that wall at St James's in 77 then? I have my fair share of brain cells (honest) but there was no way out of that shit you smug so and so

 

[Manx Blue]

Think it was Spurs or Chelsea at Maine Road when we ambushed them after the match. Like a war zone all the way back to town.

Everton away was always dodgy. Got bricked on the way into the ground

Leeds at home (think it was new years day)

Bolton v Chelsea at Burnden around '77

And us away at Blackpool

FAC 1984?

 

[BringBackSwales]

Oldham away just about every year - not particularly rough but always complete and utter bedlam - I remember 1 year when there were Blues literally everywhere in the ground except a small tier 2 seated area down 1 of the sides; next thing a big fuck off ladder appears from somewhere and a load of Blues went up it and took over the seats, funny as heck<br /><br />-- Mon May 20, 2013 1:23 pm --<br /><br />another bad one was Everton away in 1981 fa cup (quarter final?) 2-2 draw, Paul Power equalised late on. About 14k City fans there but utter bedlam afterwards, Everton fans were really up for it, genuinely scarey where I was

 

[Pigeonho]

Oldham away just about every year - not particularly rough but always complete and utter bedlam - I remember 1 year when there were Blues literally everywhere in the ground except a small tier 2 seated area down 1 of the sides; next thing a big fuck off ladder appears from somewhere and a load of Blues went up it and took over the seats, funny as heck

-- Mon May 20, 2013 1:23 pm --

another bad one was Everton away in 1981 fa cup (quarter final?) 2-2 draw, Paul Power equalised late on. About 14k City fans there but utter bedlam afterwards, Everton fans were really up for it, genuinely scarey where I was

Was that Oldham one around 97/98 ish? I was at an Oldham away game and remember it being full of Blues, with silly rumours that Hibs were coming down for a fight and they were helping Oldham. Blues were indeed everywhere that day, and I recall it being a midday kick off too..

 

[urmston]

I went eveywhere in the 70s and 80s and saw lots of trouble but for anyone with two braincells to rub together it was easy to stay out of it.

fuckin hell mate, did you manage to climb that wall at St James's in 77 then? I have my fair share of brain cells (honest) but there was no way out of that shit you smug so and so

All I can say is that I saw lots of immature thuggery and violence in the 70s and 80s - Stretford, Elland Rd, Millwall, Anfield, Newcastle etc- and even walked through some of it. I never suffered as much as a scratch, and I was just average height and average build just as I am now.

Real fans did sometimes get caught up in the hooliganism, but 99% of it was between consenting, pathetic idiots.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

St James Park in the FA Cup about 1977 I think, we won 3-1 and it was the first big following we took to St James Park after taking the place over in 1968 (which I was too young to have been at) - there was an overflow from the Gallowgate end so the coppers in their infinite wisdom let some young Geordies into our end - cue the masses of hard blokes (and I do not mean that sarcastically) pouring into our end and kicking fuck out of us. Worst violence inside an away ground I can remember. First ever police escort for me was after that match - we fucking needed it, it was murders. Think it was third round, early Jan, freezing - you could spot us Blues, we were all wearing coats, the Geordies just had short sleeved Newcastle tops on

Was there for that though we were cowards and had seats. We hired a minibus and were mortified when he couldn't drop us outside the ground but had to park some way away. We jumped on a bus but obviously opening your mouth was a dead giveaway so we pretended we were all deaf mutes.

Leeds was always bad but the worst was West Ham. Only went down once in the 1970's and we got in, saw the ICF had infiltrated the City fans end so got out and went back into London even before the kick off.

But the worst was Old Trafford in 1974 when Denis Law scored. Genuinely thought I wasn't going to come out of there alive. With a mate yesterday after the game who locked himself in a toilet that day and wouldn't come out till the coast was clear.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Oldham away just about every year - not particularly rough but always complete and utter bedlam - I remember 1 year when there were Blues literally everywhere in the ground except a small tier 2 seated area down 1 of the sides; next thing a big fuck off ladder appears from somewhere and a load of Blues went up it and took over the seats, funny as heck

-- Mon May 20, 2013 1:23 pm --

another bad one was Everton away in 1981 fa cup (quarter final?) 2-2 draw, Paul Power equalised late on. About 14k City fans there but utter bedlam afterwards, Everton fans were really up for it, genuinely scarey where I was

Was that Oldham one around 97/98 ish? I was at an Oldham away game and remember it being full of Blues, with silly rumours that Hibs were coming down for a fight and they were helping Oldham. Blues were indeed everywhere that day, and I recall it being a midday kick off too..

I reckon it was more like late 1980's mate (drank too much in those days to be sure!) but someone on here will know for sure<br /><br />-- Mon May 20, 2013 1:34 pm --<br /><br />

I went eveywhere in the 70s and 80s and saw lots of trouble but for anyone with two braincells to rub together it was easy to stay out of it.

fuckin hell mate, did you manage to climb that wall at St James's in 77 then? I have my fair share of brain cells (honest) but there was no way out of that shit you smug so and so

All I can say is that I saw lots of immature thuggery and violence in the 70s and 80s - Stretford, Elland Rd, Millwall, Anfield, Newcastle etc- and even walked through some of it. I never suffered as much as a scratch, and I was just average height and average build just as I am now.

Real fans did sometimes get caught up in the hooliganism, but 99% of it was between consenting, pathetic idiots.

I disagree, then as now a lot of violence was larger groups picking on smaller groups, individuals etc - football fans are generally not that brave and usually kick off when it suits then numbers wise - just look at how united fans STILL behave today. Newcastle was the only place I got a kicking, but Leeds, Chelsea, Millwall, Everton, Liverpool were all places where you had to be very warey in the 1970's and up to the late 1980's. To suggest you could just wander through blissfully unaware at these places and in those times is frankly wrong.

 

[Tbilisi]

Oldham away just about every year - not particularly rough but always complete and utter bedlam - I remember 1 year when there were Blues literally everywhere in the ground except a small tier 2 seated area down 1 of the sides; next thing a big fuck off ladder appears from somewhere and a load of Blues went up it and took over the seats, funny as heck

-- Mon May 20, 2013 1:23 pm --

another bad one was Everton away in 1981 fa cup (quarter final?) 2-2 draw, Paul Power equalised late on. About 14k City fans there but utter bedlam afterwards, Everton fans were really up for it, genuinely scarey where I was

Was that Oldham one around 97/98 ish? I was at an Oldham away game and remember it being full of Blues, with silly rumours that Hibs were coming down for a fight and they were helping Oldham. Blues were indeed everywhere that day, and I recall it being a midday kick off too..

I reckon it was more like late 1980's mate (drank too much in those days to be sure!) but someone on here will know for sure

-- Mon May 20, 2013 1:34 pm --

fuckin hell mate, did you manage to climb that wall at St James's in 77 then? I have my fair share of brain cells (honest) but there was no way out of that shit you smug so and so

All I can say is that I saw lots of immature thuggery and violence in the 70s and 80s - Stretford, Elland Rd, Millwall, Anfield, Newcastle etc- and even walked through some of it. I never suffered as much as a scratch, and I was just average height and average build just as I am now.

Real fans did sometimes get caught up in the hooliganism, but 99% of it was between consenting, pathetic idiots.

I disagree, then as now a lot of violence was larger groups picking on smaller groups, individuals etc - football fans are generally not that brave and usually kick off when it suits then numbers wise - just look at how united fans STILL behave today. Newcastle was the only place I got a kicking, but Leeds, Chelsea, Millwall, Everton, Liverpool were all places where you had to be very warey in the 1970's and up to the late 1980's. To suggest you could just wander through blissfully unaware at these places and in those times is frankly wrong.

Correct,re my earlier post I saw a bloke and his son get the shit kicked out of them coming out at Ayresome Park in 1980,to my shame I could do nothing about it,there were loads of them joining in.Coppers just watched,scared themselves.

 

[mostonbluemark]

Some games already mentioned I remember very well. That Leeds away game in the 70's. I remember the walk back to the Train Station in amongst the Leeds fans, then jumping over the barrier at the top of the stairs to join the queue of City fans. At the Newcastle Cup game we had a great afternoon booze with the Newcastle fans in the Haymarket pub before the game. Unfortunately we got caught up in the fighting trying to stop the buggers coming over the barriers and ended up walking across the pitch for first aid. Everton & Liverpool got chased almost annually from Lime Street up the hill to the grounds. The only time I've been truly frightened was at a Wolves match away. Remembered getting off the Football Special and being chased by the Wolves fans through an underpass and down some cobbled streets to the ground. They were brandishing knives and I got the impression they weren't afraid to use them. But as others have said, even though the mood was generally one of confrontation I found it pretty easy to stay out of trouble.

 

[Never Mind The Pollocks]

The best story I've heard so far was my mate getting a dart thrown and stuck in his head by a Leeds fan and only realising when he got home!

Absolute bollocks. Should have put that in the 'Porky Pies' thread.

If you knew the guy you wouldn't be surprised. Not all there in the head.

Haha I'm not having it.