Where have you ever stood/sat in the away end?

United
Aston villa
Blackburn
Oldham
Stockport
Port vale
Crewe
Bournmouth
Liverpool
Sheff weds
Grimsby
Blackpool
Athlone!
Cork!

Most of them were in the 2nd and 3rd division days when it was almost impossible to get tickets for them little grounds in the away end .......I'm sure there were a couple more aswell
edit...portsmouth
 
away at united 1-2 (when quinn scored on c*ntona's debut
at united 0-2 (when c*ntona scored both, maybe the season after)
at blackburn 4-1 (when we got promoted)
at hull city 1-2 (dreadful day)
at wrexham 1-6 (that cliff sears testimonial)
at wrexham 1-0 (THAT boxing day)

home to bury 0-1 (only had a tenner so bought one off a tout, walked away and realised it was in the away section)
to barnsley 5-1 (game sold out so bought one through my newly acquired yorkshire address)
to west brom 3-1? (got there late, bought one for a fiver for a mate then charged him through the turnstile)

to southend 3-1? this was the best one. the kippax was a tenner to pay on the gate but me and my mate had a tradition of staying in the beehive until after kick-off. on the way round the north stand, i noticed it was the same deal for the away fans. we saw the kippax queues and decided to chance it with the shrimpers. i was sat with a mate and a girl i was trying to fire into at the time on the very left of the north stand. problem was my cousin was at that end of the kippax. during a lull in the game, he's making wanker signs at the away fans and spots me. "kev, KEV, KEV, KEV"

i try to ignore him and think he'll get bored. i look over and he's caught my eye.
"kev, alright cuz? i'll meet you in the beehive after the game and come to eccles for a drink." i know that we all remember maine road as a cauldron of noise but this was clearly audible to all around me. the southend fans were looking around to see who the imposter was. i thought fuck it, and gave my cousin the thumbs up. luckily, shortly after, kinky scored a peach and a few hundred blues had thought it was worth the chance as well, so half the away section went up.
quality day, but i never did get a grip of the girl.
 
Blue Mist said:
I reckon I can beat most of the posters on this one. In 1974 I was stood in the Stretford End Paddock as City had sold out their allocation. I went with a red mate and stood quietly all match until our Dennis back heeled it in. As I came back down to earth from the biggest leap of my life my mate booted me in the thigh !! followed by several others who had a go. The daft thing was they all then forgot about me as they all watched the pitch invasion. What a great time to be in an home area.
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brill post!
 
Blue2112 said:
Reading the thread about trouble on Wembley Way, somebody mentioned about visiting Leeds in the 70's and how bad that used to be. How very true! My first ever visit there was in 1977 when for some reason my dad and his mates sat in there end and it truely was an experience. The trouble outside after the game was simply madness and utter mayhem everywhere and I always remember two blues getting a lift home in our van who had been badly beaten. We sat in the car park as the FA Cup draw was made and we never got the luck of the draw as we were handed an away tie at guess where - Bastard Leeds Utd.

Other away grounds I've stood in the home end to see City are Nottingham Forest in the 80's, Bolton at Burnden Park (another dodgy day) Old Trafford twice, once in the K stand with loads of other City around us the night Keith Curle equalised from a penalty when we were down to ten men. But the first time I had stood at Old Trafford was in the late 70's. I had gone with a rag mate when we was about 15 and stood on the original Stretford End and it was a fucking nightmare when they scored and everyone fell forwards and then backwards about 20ft in a matter of seconds whilst holding on for grim death to the person in front or at the side. Remember getting the match bus there and back full of rags and hated every second thinking that everyone knew I was a Blue and all eyes were on me. Also sat in the Anfield Road end when we beat Liverpool with a last gasp Anelka goal and jumped up without thinking. A few shouts from the back and I sat down rather quickly and to be fair to the scousers around me they were ok.

Where else has anyone stood to see City in an away end?
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Remember Leeds away in 77 well, we went in a mini bus and parked up 1 ile from the ground before walking down to the ground, madness isn't the way to explain that day it was was a complete riot from start to finish. We also played up at Newcastle around the same period in the cup, we went in the Strawberry about 4 hrs before KO, no problems until it started to fill up then we got run out of the place. Stood in the Shed during a Milk Cup tie in the 80's. There have been many over the years but the one place that has always stood out was standing in Block 12 lower stand not saying a word all game and walking out when we scored without saying a word, game? Scotland v England at Glasgow, now that was a day to remember.
 
Being a bit of lightweight not been in too many but heres my list

Stoke bit scary
Brum very scary
Liverpool very friendly
Everton very unfriendly
 
In 69/70 I was in the Stretford End with my dad for the League Cup SF.

I was 11 at the time.

When I ranted and raved at some anti-City decision I remember a woman turning round to me and telling me to shut up as I was too short to have seen what happened. Everyone around us laughed.

In those days we didn't need segregation.

What's gone wrong?
 
Old Trafford ...... a few times .... incl. 1974 pitch invasion!
Aston Villa
Coventry
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Highbury
Tottenham
 
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