The cool cats

[Bluescholar]

He didn't always cadge 10p, seen him doing sales for 10p! Off the train from some away game he was robbing sauce sachets from London rd chippy and trying to sell them to the passing public! Tho of they weren't interested they got asked for 10p!!

 

[middman]

Blackpool away midweek game about 84/85ish walking down the front in a police escort from the train station and daft Donald runs out of a arcade with about 30 watches asking if anybody wanted to buy one . Cheeky fucker was even asking the dibble.Later that night on the bus from town too Midd we met a Utd fan who we new , said they had played Burnley away and had been kicked all over ranting that it was embarrassing.
Donald
was daft but also game as fuck, went to Blackburn away around the same time on a Yellowways coach from Midd, got there and parked at the top of that long road near the ground , Blackburn’s mob was at the bottom giving it the come on as we got off the coach , looked around and Donald was running down the street on is own shouting come on then, they all legged it and he was left bouncing up and down screaming at them to come back.
As stated he lives in Rochdale now always let’s on and talks about city but looks like the nutty professor now.

 

[the old abbey]

My memory of daft Donald was Macclesfield away 98.seeing that picture that made the papers of him in the away end showing the crack of his arse. Not pleasant viewing. Hope nobodys got the photo

 

[failsworthblueboy]

Donkey jacket and cotton wool ears

I thought that was Bull Dog?

 

[middman]

My memory of daft Donald was Macclesfield away 98.seeing that picture that made the papers of him in the away end showing the crack of his arse. Not pleasant viewing. Hope nobodys got the photo

He was in the same pub as me in Macc after the game trying to cadge a pint when the landlady brought down a big tray of hot food for everyone. On the train back to town he was rounding up the lads because he was go to give it to the rags when we got back , to be fair to him we did ( but obviously it wasn’t their main lads) Wankers that they are .

 

[mayo31]

Donald used to pop into the bookies in Langley, Lakeland court asking for 10p

Never saw him bet though

 

[mancityvstoke]

I thought that was Bull Dog?

Yeah read after that post to see us FOCs failing memory

 

[Trojan63]

Yes I always thought it was Don F that was put through Wimpys window and it was West Ham that did it.

Yes it was Donald Francis and it was West Ham

 

[Trojan63]

Who are these lot then?

With all these little hoolly gangs we should have been the hardest fuckers around.

As I recall the Cool Cats - or however it’s spelt - were active around the mid seventies when I first started going to Maine Rd. By the mid eighties the original lads had grown out of it largely and were replaced mainly by the Mayne Line - so called because Donald Francis hired Maynes coaches for away games. Travelled with them myself a few times and I remember Donald didn’t just do away travel for blues - he used to have a small travel business providing transport and tickets for concerts etc.

 

[paulchapo]

I thought that was Bull Dog?

Yes Bull Dog definitely, donkey jacket and cotton wool in the ears. I thought he looked about 50 back then but I was a lot younger so may have only been in his thirties.

I remember having a bite to eat and a pint in that pub/cafe on Oxford road next to the amusement arcade with my young cousin. Two couples started arguing then turned on the manager when he intervened. Suddenly three blokes ran up and battered them, one of them was Bulldog who was mates with the manager.