Swales Out!

[blueste41]

I remember when I was quite young the whole of the kippax turning their backs to the pitch during play for quite some time! I have no recollection of why, even though I joined in! Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[mayo31]

I remember Leicester away in the 80's. Lost four nil and the Swales out banner appeared

All of us going mad

 

[njmcfc1894]

i was a 15 year old when the forward with franny campaign hit full flow, looking back swales loved city too much, every mistake he made dug a deeper hole and he couldnt get out, should of gone years earlier, he might of lived to see these successful times.

 

[shauns goat]

Buying a forward with Franny t-shirt, didn't work out to well with Franny but believe good intentions were there.

 

[robsta]

I think the crowd outside after going down against Luton was at least as big as that Friday night 'Horton' game.

Also remember a very young Steve Lomas outside and trying to get past the Police and barriers to get in the ground. Police thought he was just another fan trying to get past them until me and several others told them he was a youth team player and so they let him in.

 

[njmcfc1894]

Buying a forward with Franny t-shirt, didn't work out to well with Franny but believe good intentions were there.

he did great off the pitch though, new badge as the old one was owned by swales mate so we made no money off any shirt sales etc, he set up new stadium deal, my brother is head groundsman and he said club was in a mess on pitch but improving off it(circa 97) and once relegation was secured (haha) bernstein really streamlined the place,13 years later we know the results.

 

[disley blue boy]

does anyone actualy remember when the swales out slogan first appeared,my first recollection of it was after a very depressing one nil defeat at home to notts county in feb 83 when a few windows in the main stand got smashed and the police horses charged us.people seemed to start realising at that point that the slippery slope was leading to relegation,and all swale,s promises and bull was starting to implode.i don,t remember anything happening prior to this .

 

[given_is_ironman]

I'm 25, don't remember the Swales era although I do remember the Franny Lee era, Why you old timers wanted him in I'll never know!! Having ex players back as managers/coaches yeah but not as owners, they lead with (in our case) blue tinted glasses. Idiots the lot of you!! ;)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

As previously posted, the demo outside the Main Stand after Luton '83 was as big as any. I was only a young teenager at the time, but the car I went to the game in parked right outside the main entrance so I was right in the thick of it. It made me feel like a right hard man iirc.

I have read Paul Lake's autobiography and it confirmed my view that Peter Swales was a disgaceful person whose only positive influence to this world was his service to the world of comedy. What a clown we had running our club. It always makes me smile when certain posters hark back to the good old days of City being a caring club when we were ran by this charlatan and imposter.

 

[Q-Blue]

Remember being outside the Main Stand calling for the Board. It may have been that Friday night Coventry game but I've got Southampton in my mind.
Anyway we were calling for the Board and the chant was 'Put your Whisky down and face the lads!'
Great chant! Anyone else remember this?