BlueMoonRisin’
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Racist sails?Apparently the sails on the ships were a problem back then.
Racist sails?Apparently the sails on the ships were a problem back then.
Did we take a decent following down for that fixture?I managed to get to the ECWC semi-final vs Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 1971.
In the back of my school mate's Dads Bedford van.
Down the M6/M1.Park up at Watford tube station.
Get off at Fulham Broadway tube station.
Avoid the Neanderthal Chelsea skinheads outside the ground.
Then make the same journey in reverse and arrive back home in Middleton in the early hours.
And we got beat by the Cockney twats as well.
I went with my mum and dad. Got off school somehow.We had a lot at the back in the stand with the shed to its right, think that was the season ticket allocation , have feeling we had a section standing too but someone might confirm. Unfortunately Colin Bell was injured and I think a young lad called Jeff Johnson replaced him. Think it kicked off badly at MR in the return game.Did we take a decent following down for that fixture?
I went with my mum and dad. Got off school somehow.We had a lot at the back in the stand with the shed to its right, think that was the season ticket allocation , have feeling we had a section standing too but someone might confirm. Unfortunately Colin Bell was injured and I think a young lad called Jeff Johnson replaced him. Think it kicked off badly at MR in the return game.
I far as I can remember,yes we had a few thousand in the opposite end to The Shed.Did we take a decent following down for that fixture?
Apparently the sails on the ships were a problem back then.
Exactly young lads just got picked as unknowns straight from the reserves, no getting them up to speed somewhere first.We were in the open end opposite the Shed. No segregation. My mate punched a huge skinhead in the bollocks and we legged it deeper into the crowd. Other than that, no bother at all.
As I recall, tickets went on open sale due to lack of demand. I'm not sure if the 2nd leg was a sell out either.
It was a crap match and there was loads of trouble at our place from Chelsea fans in the North Stand trying to get to the Kippax. Kicked off in the Kippax car park, small scraps all over the shop.
Half the reserve side got a game due to big names getting injured. We never looked like beating them.
Same for me but via a Finglands coach.Bumped into Peter Purves at Newport Pagnell services on the way down.I managed to get to the ECWC semi-final vs Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 1971.
In the back of my school mate's Dads Bedford van.
Down the M6/M1.Park up at Watford tube station.
Get off at Fulham Broadway tube station.
Avoid the Neanderthal Chelsea skinheads outside the ground.
Then make the same journey in reverse and arrive back home in Middleton in the early hours.
And we got beat by the Cockney twats as well.
I thought that the two matches against Chelsea were the most boring games I have ever seen.I went with my mum and dad. Got off school somehow.We had a lot at the back in the stand with the shed to its right, think that was the season ticket allocation , have feeling we had a section standing too but someone might confirm. Unfortunately Colin Bell was injured and I think a young lad called Jeff Johnson replaced him. Think it kicked off badly at MR in the return game.