Worst away days

[Zabbasbeard]

Forest away..... Andy Dibble/Gary Crosby.
We were the laughing stock of English football that weekend (well it felt like it later on that night back in the local in Heywood from the rags)

Went with a City mate and a Forest colleague who got us into the so-called "posh" seats. Nowt posh about them. Tight game, had a skinful and felt cheated by Crosby and to add insult to injury my City mate wouldn't stop on the way home so I could have a piss, and thought it was oh so funny. Bastard.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Do you remember how tightly packed we were behind the goal?

I do but the most vivid memory was that our boys gave up.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Crystal palace ,close thread :+(

 

[blue b4 the moon]

You joke now but it was a very low point. My mate, a home and away Blue, vowed not to go to any away matches after that. He was so certain we would stay in the division he booked a foreign holiday for the end of season and ended up missing Wembley.

Although I'm not the guy you're posting about, I did that too.

Was in Tunisia while City were at Wembley.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Crystal palace ,close thread :+(

The 4-0 game?

 

[East Level 2]

The Cottage Burners turned out mob handed for the Bank Holiday Monday game at theirs at the start of the 83/84 season too. An interesting walk from the station to the ground!

"Interesting" wasn't how I described that walk to the ground, or the walk back to the station for the special.
Newcastle FA Cup, 76-77. Got in early and the visitors end was full quite early. Full of little shits with Geordie accents.
The flagpole was in that section and the flag came down round about the time we scored; the locals weren't happy and all hell broke loose.
Fans were fighting on the terraces, in the stands and on the pitch. We won 3-1 and after the game the cops told those on the coaches and trains which way to go. We asked about getting back to a city centre car park and were advised to walk down a particular alleyway, then "run like fuck". So we did.
Got back to the car park and were waiting for the lift when some City fans a few floors up decided to remind some passing locals of the score.
We got out OK but a couple of cousins had a very draughty return trip as their coach windows decided to stay on Tyneside. We declared we'd never go back, but there was a League game a few weeks later. On that occasion we broke down at Washington Services and had to get a bus to and from the ground.

 

[Blueboy73]

Yep, that's exactly how it is, I have lived in Wigan most of my life, even in non league, utd fans in particular would latch on to Wigan.

I've worked there in the past and seen it first hand.
Plenty of reports of Wigan "fans" at the 2013 FA Cup final of Rags and Dippers who went for a day out. Spoke to some on the overground after the match and a few guys I know had similar experiences.

 

[Blueboy73]

Went with a City mate and a Forest colleague who got us into the so-called "posh" seats. Nowt posh about them. Tight game, had a skilful and felt cheated by Crosby and to add insult to injury my City mate wouldn't stop so I could have a piss, and thought it was oh so funny. Bastard.

I was stood on the open terrace near those "posh seats".
After the goal, all I remember seeing was police throwing dozens of fans out of those seats as it kicked off.
Kept in afterwards followed by a police "escort" back to the train station.

 

[southamptonblue]

Sheff weds mid 90’s , got there half hour late bladdered, scored within 5 mins of getting in fell down the steps in my drunken state and got thrown out , the good old days !

You saw more than a bloke at Wimbledon, early 90's......midweek, absolutely pissing down, walked out at full time, a bloke from Oldham who my mate knew was sat on the curb with his flag drapped over his head....he said something rather unpleasant to a Wimbledon player, and got thrown out....while they were warming up before kick off!

 

[kingswoodblue]

This the one when when the coach driver stopped at the lights near the station, someone told him to put his foot down, he replied the lights are on red you dickhead, huge mob of Geordies came running towards the coach launching bottles, bricks and pots, driver soon put his foot down and went through on red, ha ha happy days those Railway trips, absolutely mental after the game as they came at us down the hill from the park.

Thought this may feature a few times in this thread - went on the train, absolutely packed with blues, who apart from about 12 of us got off at Durham. Literally hundreds of Newcastle fans outside waiting for us. Bundled in to Police van, blue lights the ground until it screeched to stop as a city coach was being pummelled by the mass of black and white hoards. Fighting in the ground, a 5-0 defeat, the escort ( f you could call it that) back to the station and then to round it off a mass brawl in our carriage on the train back. Dread to think what would have happened if we’d have got a point. Didn’t go back for about 12 years until we played them in the FA cup - couldn’t have been more different a Newcastle fan took us for a drink in one of their pubs - and they were great with us.

Notable mentions for shipping 10 at Anfield in 4 days, 6 at Derby, 5 at Arsenal, 5 at OT, 4 at Wigan, Brighton and Blackburn (day of Hillsboro) and the never to be forgotten Halifax Town. We’ve certainly suffered for the cause!