lancs blue said:Blue Lloyd said:Just how bad was Upton Park in the 70's?
You had to keep your gob shut inside the ground, basically - and you did get the odd scally asking the time. And the first coach out usually got bricked, as happened to the one I was on - it was Big Helen's coach as well - after Joe Royle scored a late winner there in '77(?). About 6 windows were smashed and it rained on the way back up the M-way too IIRC.
Yes Spurs could be very iffy in those days - in fact of all the London grounds, it's probably been the worst in recent years, there's been the odd scrap on the way back to Seven Sisters tube station.Blue Lloyd said:lancs blue said:Blue Lloyd said:Just how bad was Upton Park in the 70's?
You had to keep your gob shut inside the ground, basically - and you did get the odd scally asking the time. And the first coach out usually got bricked, as happened to the one I was on - it was Big Helen's coach as well - after Joe Royle scored a late winner there in '77(?). About 6 windows were smashed and it rained on the way back up the M-way too IIRC.
Mate of mine who is in his 50's always said the worst London ground he went to was White Hart Lane. He saw much worse at Tottenham than either West Ham or Chelsea.
Arsenal was supposed to be a bit dodgy in the early 70's but come the mid to late 70's he reckoned it was fine.
vouch for that 'kin nightmare i still hate them as much todayspanishblue said:urmston said:I travelled to loads of City away matches in the 1970s. The worst that happened to me was having my City bobble hat pinched off the top of my head by a young Liverpool fan as I walked back to the car from Anfield with my dad.
Even in the 70s it was fairly easy to avoid getting involved with trouble though I never enjoyed being kept waiting behind closed gates after the match at Elland Rd while Leeds fans lobbed bricks over the wall at us.
Kin hated that at leeds [hope they never see the prem again]
I was there that day mate and it was exactly as you tell it,it could have been a very different scenario though as city had a big crew in london that day and they were all rounded up somewhere on the tube system and held until after the game,we got a later train from piccadilly due to one of ours oversleeping and we lost 2 nil,anyone remember big deano on the pitch slap bang in the middle of west ham with his trademark miami dolphins cap on?locoblu said:Must be a few of you blues who went to West Ham in the 80`s the last game of season where we got relegated. Went on the very un-special train that broke down somewhere near Watford, we managed to get to the ground about 5 minutes after kick off, but were confronted by about 2,000 city fans still trying to get in, they had underestimated how many blues had made the journey and only had one bloody turnstile open. We got leathered ( on the field ) they put about 4 past us. When the game was over we were locked in, easily 4,000 of us who had sang our hearts out through the game and alll the way through half time too carried on singing afer final whistle, then it turned what we thought was going to be nasty, a few hundred westham invaded the pitch and made their way over to us, there was something of a Mexican stand off, then to all the blues surprise ( many were after getting on the pitch to confront them )they started applauding us for our suport, they were singing city songs and we sang we hate we hate Tottenham etc, then scarves were exchanged ad both sets of fans mingled. but the most unforgettable part was walking back to the tube with litterally thousands of their fans lining the route and clapping us all the way back to the station, they were on balconies, the pubs emptied, all wanting to shake our hands. Anyone of our old `boys` will tell you west ham was possibly `THE` worst place to go.......... got to say i admire and respect them since that day, though i`m sure one or two of you have had very different experiences there !!!! Usually trouble at Arsenal but thats another story.... Have to say football fans today are a very soft lot, antiseptic. yes I have kids and used to take them, if trouble broke out we just stood back, or walked up another street, its that easy.
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