Blue-man chu
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- Joined
- 29 Mar 2010
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First game as an 11 year old at Maine road a derby match in the billy McNeil era, a day of firsts
- seeing the ground
- the smell of fried onions
- venom & exilleration of atmosphere in kippax with reds in the corner ( darts flying across!!)
- tommy Caton crashing a shot on the bar
- kippax banter / chants & all the swearing
- being slightly crushed at crowd surges & totally helpless at the end of the game as the crowd around carried you out as we were packed like sardines
- running battles in streets after & police on horses charging crowds!
- madness on many levels but I fell in love that day.
- seeing the ground
- the smell of fried onions
- venom & exilleration of atmosphere in kippax with reds in the corner ( darts flying across!!)
- tommy Caton crashing a shot on the bar
- kippax banter / chants & all the swearing
- being slightly crushed at crowd surges & totally helpless at the end of the game as the crowd around carried you out as we were packed like sardines
- running battles in streets after & police on horses charging crowds!
- madness on many levels but I fell in love that day.