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.
