Roughest grounds you've been too and biggest scraps!

[billfromthehill]

Smedley Playing Fields, Crumpsall! Nowt rougher! Makes the Everglades look like the odd wet patch!

Elaborate fella

 

[Churchill123]

coming out of the scoreboard end at the swamp in the mid-70's after a night game (can't remember which) and the scoreboard paddock rags were stood in a semi-circle immediately around the exit cracking those that tried to pass through

blues were being pulled in to the tier above so thay could avoid the crush/ aggro

otherwise you literally had to steam through as a mob swinging punches to break the line to get out of the ground

any from either side that fell/ got dragged over got a kicking

I hope you gave the red c|u|n|t|s a good shoe-ing in the return fixture..

Wembley a few years ago it seemed like the red bastards got a hiding from a fair few city fans :)

 

[lancs blue]

coming out of the scoreboard end at the swamp in the mid-70's after a night game (can't remember which) and the scoreboard paddock rags were stood in a semi-circle immediately around the exit cracking those that tried to pass through

blues were being pulled in to the tier above so thay could avoid the crush/ aggro

otherwise you literally had to steam through as a mob swinging punches to break the line to get out of the ground

any from either side that fell/ got dragged over got a kicking

Was that the match played in the midweek after the '76 Cup Final that the rags lost to Southampton? The Stretford End invaded the pitch at the end, uprooted the corner and halfway flags (pointed wooden stakes in those days) and hurled them into the Scoreboard terrace like spears.

 

[whipper]

Sheff Utd back in the 80s,this more City fans.The police tried to get us out onto the side entrance to escort everyone to the train station.

City fans then started kickin in the big wooden sliding gates to get out the other way. Al-sorts getting thrown over the wall by both sets of fans.Then started kicking off outside,seen one City fan getting a kickin off the Dibble down a ginnel.

 

[CTID1988]

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.

So, you went breaking into shops nicking clothes?

 

[whipper]

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.

So, you went breaking into shops nicking clothes?

Are you sure that wasn`t Sheff Wednesday,Bill?

I was there when exactly the same thing happened,all the buses got smashed and a clothes shop ( can`t remember the name near the station) got it`s windows smashed it,all the Fila,Lacoste type gear got nicked.

 

[Taza]

1981 quarter final at Everton,asked if we were going to get a police escort back to the station copper laughed and said your on your own,got picked off one by one,was the time of the affro and they all had sharpened steel combs,got cut to ribbons,got home and my Dad said well son you must of done something to provoke them LOL

 

[Doncaster Blues]

Remember going to a few local away days in the 80's, watching city and Sheffield United fans running up and down the old wooden stand battering each other at Bramall Lane.

Then at Elland Road remember seeing the city fans been 'escorted' by the cops to the ground with Leeds fans just lobbing bricks into the fans with the cops just watching on....

In recent years haven't seen much round the premiership, but bit rough when we had a trip to Stoke's old ground when Alan Ball was in charge, saw some pitch battles that day.

Worse I've seen in recent memory was actually at a Doncaster Rovers game. Away at Mansfield, always a bit of needle due to the miners strike legacy. Loads of trouble before the game but afterwards was carnage. To get back to the town centre from the ground you had to go through a railway underpass, cops were stood at either end of it just letting the two sets of lads kick the living crap out of each other in the middle!

 

[Bluemoon230989]

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

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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

That quarter final, stopped at the Greyhound on the East Lancs on the way back.... three dickheads walk into a pub full of Blues given' it large, cue flying glass everywhere... never seen so much blood as came out of one of those three.

 

[BlueKolarovWorker]

We got tickets for the home end at Fulham afew years ago (Lee Croft days!). Pretty bloody hairy, I can tell you. There were at least three chaps that didn't even say hello properly, just sort of nodded. Couldn't believe how rude they were! Suffice it to say, I wont be sharing my Pims with them again.

 

[roj]

Wembley a few years ago it seemed like the red bastards got a hiding from a fair few city fans :)

Not really a scrap but I was walking towards Wembley that day down one of the access roads with loads of blues. Some fancy cars were coming through, and then a hatchback with 2 rags in it having clearly taken a wrong turn somewhere. They both had replica shirts on. People were punching and kicking the car and throwing their drinks on it. Then a young big blue, quite nimble for his size, hopped onto the back of it and started bouncing on the rear windscreen until it smashed and he was basically stood in the boot of the car. Those lads must've been shitting it. The big lad hopped out shortly after and hid in a burger queue.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Wembley a few years ago it seemed like the red bastards got a hiding from a fair few city fans :)

Not really a scrap but I was walking towards Wembley that day down one of the access roads with loads of blues. Some fancy cars were coming through, and then a hatchback with 2 rags in it having clearly taken a wrong turn somewhere. They both had replica shirts on. People were punching and kicking the car and throwing their drinks on it. Then a young big blue, quite nimble for his size, hopped onto the back of it and started bouncing on the rear windscreen until it smashed and he was basically stood in the boot of the car. Those lads must've been shitting it. The big lad hopped out shortly after and hid in a burger queue.

remember seeing that. Someone then set fire to a united shirt.

 

[Churchill123]

Wembley a few years ago it seemed like the red bastards got a hiding from a fair few city fans :)

Not really a scrap but I was walking towards Wembley that day down one of the access roads with loads of blues. Some fancy cars were coming through, and then a hatchback with 2 rags in it having clearly taken a wrong turn somewhere. They both had replica shirts on. People were punching and kicking the car and throwing their drinks on it. Then a young big blue, quite nimble for his size, hopped onto the back of it and started bouncing on the rear windscreen until it smashed and he was basically stood in the boot of the car. Those lads must've been shitting it. The big lad hopped out shortly after and hid in a burger queue.

remember seeing that. Someone then set fire to a united shirt.

I'm absolutely loving that story! Any old bill get involved? - Anyone got a video of it?

Bet they shit 'em selves, I know had it been me in the same situation I don't think I would of felt too comfortable

 

[Greggo]

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 picture of the guy with the dart in his head happened at Old Trafford.
He was escorted out by the police right in front of where I was stood in the Scoreboard End Paddock.1977 if I remember correctly.

I was stood there aswell, just by the gate in the fencing where they brought him onto the edge of the pitch. Remember being gutted I was just off the side of the photo in the pink that evening.

 

[BenSouthStand216]

its great reading these stories whilst skiving at work!! then my computer crashes and now my boss thinks im a football hooligan!! haha

 

[notts blue]

cardiff
boro
birmingham aways

milwall home @ maine road was a lively affair,


and yes forest away was always a dodgy one,and to be fair was untill recent years

i should know most of the fuckers are my mates!

 

[Manchester33]

All this was before my time, (so what do I know!) But I have to say going to Liverpool now is probably the friendliest away day of the season! Strange how things change isn't it! All the lads of the coaches were saying they saw horrible stuff on Stanley park back in the 70/80's!

 

[Eccles Blue]

West Ham, I still have nightmares about that place!!

Most of the rest are good, Liverpool and Villa my favourites.

 

[paulchapo]

All this was before my time, (so what do I know!) But I have to say going to Liverpool now is probably the friendliest away day of the season! Strange how things change isn't it! All the lads of the coaches were saying they saw horrible stuff on Stanley park back in the 70/80's!

Liverpool was a nightmare,even the coppers and the fucking pidgeons hated you there,lol!

It was similar to Maine Road as well,miles from the station and all those terraced backstreets to get ambushed in.

 

[Dunraven]

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.

That was a weird one that. Normally there would be at least some distance between the waiting home fans and the exits for the away fans, but at Cardiff it was just one big melee as soon as you walked through the gates.

My mate got lamped as soon as we stepped through the gate, in the "confussion" afterwards I found myself alone, isolated and getting the "thousand yard stares" from several rabid welshman!!

i decided discretion was better than valour and walked straight towards them instead of away from them muttering something about English bastards. It worked!!

The only problem was that I was going in the opposite way to the train station and it took ages to get there the long way round. By the time I did get there a big mob had gathered outside looking for City fans entering.

I didn't fancy wading through, so I went to a nearby Boots shop, bought some shampoo and insisted on a shopping bag to carry it in. I then bought a copy of the local paper, folding it to clearly show the title and carried that in my other hand.

Once kitted out with my "I'm a local" disguise, I breezed through and strolled deliberately on to the wrong platform as the Manchester bound platform was crawling with Cardiff. I sat down on a bench and read the paper hoping to fuck nobody would talk to me.

When my train came in, I waited to the last minute, got to the right platform, jumped on the train and collapsed in a seat!!

I missed the Cardiff cup game having been to Ninian Park for a league game a few years earlier - seem to remember it was the second game of the season, on a bank holiday Monday after Palace away on the Saturday? Got off the train in Cardiff and in those days no shoppers on a bank holiday Monday and we stood out like a sore thumb - carnage all over the place, but that was as nothing when compared to the walk back to the station after the game - supposedly had an escort but there were more Cardiff fans in with us than police, absolutely horrible it was

I was at both those games being from Wales. FA cup game was pretty nasty. I was in a pub with a group of City fans in it who were drunk as fuck and wouldn't take down a Union flag they'd hung over the bar. They were warned by the landlord and a few others regulars that when a mob of Cardiff that drank there arrived there'd be trouble if it was still hanging but fine if they took it down and didn't mouth off. It didn't end well. Glad that that nonsense is all but dead to be honest and there's no trouble down there any longer. City fans will have no problems next season. Safe to drink most anywhere except a few pubs in Canton and the Neville in Grangetown.