Roughest grounds you've been too and biggest scraps!

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Roughest ground in terms of shit hole....Swindon/Plymouth/Barnsley

Scraps....hull away, millwall, Swindon

 

[jimharri]

For me personally Elland Rd and Ayresome Pk Dodgy days.

A big ''this''. Went there in early '79 (I think; late Kiddo equaliser), and it's the closest I've come to getting the shit kicked out of me. And I was a 16 year old lad, travelling by myself as well. We were in that padock in the corner and West Yorkshire's finest, in their infinite wisdom, decided to let us out at the same time as the inbreds. To get back to the coaches, you had to walk past the back of that stand behind the goal. Cue pandemonium; people scrambling over cars and basically legging it. Sure enough, I got grabbed by one of the neanderthals (oo-err missus!), but luckily his mate twigged that I was a ''scarf'' and wasn't up for it and persuaded his mate to let me go. Not before I'd been twatted though. Never went back to it. Cunts.

 

[kippax81]

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..

Oldham was deffo in the 80's......Derek Parlane was up front for us that day. The ladder going up was probably the most surreal thing I have ever seen at a match.

Everton away in the cup in 81 was fucking carnage.

Anyone go to Stamford Bridge when away fans were banned? Think it was to do with trouble the previous season when they had playoffs for relegation (maybe v Boro)? It was a midweek game.Me and my mate sat in the stand opposite the main stand,concrete bench seating,surrounded by cockney knobheads,fucking shitting ourselves.Happy days...........not hahaha

 

[Anonymous]

Anyone go to Stamford Bridge when away fans were banned? Think it was to do with trouble the previous season when they had playoffs for relegation (maybe v Boro)?

I used to brave Stamford Bridge in the 70's , when the headhunters were runnin' amok , and the home club had no idea what crowd segregation even was ...... we might as well have been fuckin' banned then .... due to Chelseas rather fearsome reputation , i think there was only me and three others turned up !

 

[Hung]

I'm bored in work so does anyone have any good stories?

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! Roughest place I've ever been was probably Sunderland! All their fans were knobs!

Theres a pic of that guy with the dart in the guvnors book.

The lad concerned was called Hamrik Bryan. The dart was thrown from the seats in K Stand. They got the bloke who threw it who said at court that the dart was thrown by the City fans at him and it lodged in his hand and he 'instinctively threw it back'.

As for worst places to visit, it depended on the day and how big the away following was. The most consistently dodgy places in the '70s were Elland Road, Liverpool/Everton, anywhere in the both east and West Ham/Chelsea. That said, the worst day I can remember was Luton away the last game of the season in 1975. First away game, I was 14 and went with mates on a football special. I recall it being fucking mental all day. I can recall it was a sunny day and there was a 'rampage' from the stadium back to the station. It probably just seemed bad because I was only a kid at the time, but it was non stop all day.

 

[billfromthehill]

Stoke im sure it was 1999, the britannia was fairly new, mid week game.

A ballsup fro mthe start, was a last minute thing, my mate rang and said ive got a spare for stoke do you want to come, his dad drive us down, dropped us about a mile away from the ground

As we walked up to the ground, every cab we asked to take us home told us to politely get stuffed

It was pretty moody in the ground, lots of stoke fans basically seemed to spend the whole game throwing things / gesturing at the city fans, and i mean ALL GAME

Wiekens scored late on, i think, which promted a large section of the yobbos from stoke to leave the ground, only for them then to appear to the right, where the road slants down, there is a gap between the stands, and they were making cut throat gestures etc.

Full time whistle goes, no way of getting home, we make our way outside

NExt thing, the stoke fans stormed the city fans, as there was only temporary fencing seperating us (like you find surrounding a building site), police dogs off leads, horses on the motorway etc

We got ushered onto a double decker bus, and the stokies were trying to tip it over...nice

It took us to the station, we got there before anyone else, more blues started to come through, and i remeber a lad appearing on the oposite side, looked well up for a scrap, acting dead cocky - more stokies then turn up, verbals exchanged across the track

This lad then unzips his coat, to reveal a city shirt! it goes right off, stokies running under the track to get to our side, it was mental

Fucking hell, sounds like a pretty eventful mid week evening out that mate!! - Did you get home in once piece or did you take a bit of a kicking?

-- Mon May 20, 2013 10:42 am --

Villa ,can't say why ,they are the worst ***** you can come across.

I've been to villa the last two seasons and never had any trouble, or seen any trouble...

was in London at the time playin arsenal villa were not playin that day euston station nuff said for those I.t.k ok.

 

[Sky Blue]

That said, the worst day I can remember was Luton away the last game of the season in 1975. First away game, I was 14 and went with mates on a football special. I recall it being fucking mental all day. I can recall it was a sunny day and there was a 'rampage' from the stadium back to the station. It probably just seemed bad because I was only a kid at the time, but it was non stop all day.

I was on the special that day! Like you said a red hot day and the Luton fans invaded the pitch but decided to turn back when they got to the half way line!....All the Luton fans were on a bridge just before the station waiting for us. They had a right firm!....Deb that well know City girl was on the train. A right fighter she was!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Old Trafford 1974
Leeds 1977
Liverpool (league Cup Semi) 80 or 81 (can't remember the date)

These were days where we had to literally fight our way out of the ground and back to the station/coach. I was gobbed on and punched at Old Trafford but still kept on grinning.

 

[lancs blue]

Anyone go to Stamford Bridge when away fans were banned? Think it was to do with trouble the previous season when they had playoffs for relegation (maybe v Boro)?

I used to brave Stamford Bridge in the 70's , when the headhunters were runnin' amok , and the home club had no idea what crowd segregation even was ...... we might as well have been fuckin' banned then .... due to Chelseas rather fearsome reputation , i think there was only me and three others turned up !

That reminds me of my first visit to the Bridge in 74/75, it was the first time I saw someone openly pull out a knife on the terraces. Asa Hartford had just scored the only goal and this Cockney in a sheepskin coat was walking round the terrace obviously looking out for any City fans and he pulled a flick knife out of his pocket. Luckily I'd had the good sense not to cheer the goal.

 

[SXBLUE]

Anyone go to Stamford Bridge when away fans were banned? Think it was to do with trouble the previous season when they had playoffs for relegation (maybe v Boro)?

Was at that one think we won 3-1 remember seeing other City faces at half time , no one speaking tho just a nod or smile !!
mid-week game too crowd 9000 ish ?

 

[billfromthehill]

Leeds at Maine rd circa 83/84 mental all the way back to town at the bottom of fennel st
All the Leeds buses got smashed to fuck not a window left on any of them ,then the battle with the odd lot city lads gettin twitted by coppers I was crushed against Harry halls shop window till it smashed lucky to be alive can still smell the rubber now ha ha
Then on to the train station for more of the same Micky Francis waltzing around on withy grove with a coppers tit on his head haha shouting we want gold lads lets get some gold couple of jewellers on that st but nowt went down cos we wanted tacchini and fila so we went as usual and rinsed m,c sports those days were tough but as the weeks went by we all started to smarten up haha away days were better cos you don't like to shit on your own step to often do ya.can still picture Mickey in that shit bubble coat no wonder he got nicked red white and blue
Truly order of the day.for an England outing but no city colors

for any one at that time.
P.s fennel st at that time was a road back then as you may be younger than me lol.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Everton away. Night game.

Can't remember when but we took loads.

Cops told us we shouldn't have come if we didn't want trouble.

Hundreds of City hiding in a cemetery nearby until it died down.

Everton were evil that night. They were after Donald mainly.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Cardiff in the cup as already mentioned.

They were 1-0 up with about 5 minutes to go and we saw quite a lot of their fans start to leave. Didn't think much of it till the police opened the gates to let us out and they were all stood there waiting for us.

 

[kippax81]

Anyone go to Stamford Bridge when away fans were banned? Think it was to do with trouble the previous season when they had playoffs for relegation (maybe v Boro)?

Was at that one think we won 3-1 remember seeing other City faces at half time , no one speaking tho just a nod or smile !!
mid-week game too crowd 9000 ish ?

Haha that's the one. We didn't see any City fans until we were leaving, and like you said, a casual nod was the only exchange.

Think it was 86ish? Maroon and white striped shirt.........for some reason known only to me, my favourite away kit

 

[derekthedog]

anyone remember going to the league cup finals in seventies when they were 3 oclock kos . everyone and his dog were waiting for you before and after the match

 

[Balti]

guy on our coach anfield 77 turned up without his clothes and his back slashed by Stanley after a small group of us got chased round the park by a big mob of of mixed red and blue scousers after we got locked out of the game....was always dodgy in scouseland

leeds always seemed more of a two way battle to me

brum night game running battles all round the ground and there were barely any City there and we got bricked on the coach for good measure

City going mental in Ipswich and even coppers getting a good hiding in the post-match rampage round the ground

that Newcastle game me and a mate were in the side seats so watched it all kicking off (thought there was too many City there and they tried to put some into the paddock and that's where it all kicked off?) and then after got sussed out and loads of them chased us two fifteen year olds into town where we hid in a department store and then were completely lost and thought the coach would have gone without us but thankfully it had waited....

a random forest fan thrown off the bridge into the river on the way to notts forest

the list is endless.....even got into a fight at fricking chesterfield

happy days lol

 

[paulchapo]

I remember we played Newcastle at Maine Road once and there had been pockets of fighting after the game outside.Anyway me and a mate decided we had had enough chasing and being chased by Geordies, with the odd fisticuffs and kicks thrown in so we decide to go for the 105 bus back to Benchill.

We were too late for the specials that used to park up there after getting involved in the naughty stuff,so we had to go onto the main drag and wait for one.It was dead quiet and we turned the corner to come face to face with their main mob of about 300 boys!!I still remember the shock on their faces [Mine must have been the same,lol!] until they realised there was only two of us and we had to leg it,lol!!!

Happy days looking back now,not so funny at the time!

 

[lancs blue]

that Newcastle game me and a mate were in the side seats so watched it all kicking off (thought there was too many City there and they tried to put some into the paddock and that's where it all kicked off?) and then after got sussed out and loads of them chased us two fifteen year olds into town where we hid in a department store and then were completely lost and thought the coach would have gone without us but thankfully it had waited....

It was the cops allowing Newcastle fans into the City section that sparked it all. The only segregation was some police tape running down the barriers and when the home section got a bit packed they tried to move the City fans further towards the corner to allow more room for the Geordies. Of course it was a total fuck-up and it all kicked off, what you saw in the paddock was probably some City fans trying to get away from the fighting. I started off not far from the segregation line and ended up watching the rest of the match close to the side stand. Plenty of blues went down onto the concourse to avoid the trouble and the cops wouldn't let them back up.

 

[Churchill123]

All the 70's and 80's stories sound mad and are well before my time... A lot of people talking of use getting the run around etc.. did we not kick the fuck out of anyone or was it everyone battering us?

 

[Anonymous]

Villa for me after the 5-1 away win when White scored 4...........we left the ground and found ourselves in the middle of a mob of Villa who proceeded to punch and kick us like their lives depended on it...............absolute mayhem with 10 of us in a "pwoper nawty" 20 minute running battle back to our mini-bus. I don't normally get involved in this sort of stuff but it was a real adrenaline rush and I am ashamed to say I loved it (no one got badly hurt)!!!

You must have been very unlucky. Was at that game and not one bit of mither at all for us.