They were nice gnomes like
Other things I remember from Micklefield.....
"Mackie" Davison wanting to do a bit of "sparring" with one of the locals
Me and "Geordie" Parkin getting off with a couple of the local tarts didn't help forge best relations with the locals either.
Master "Thomas" getting the old blokes wound-up in the pub by asking them the time in German - and then doing the goose-step a-la-Basil Fawlty
"Jock" Ewing getting upset with the barmaid as she couldn't understand his Glaswegian accent.
But Micklefield was a great little stopping off point, with a good little boozer and fish & chip shop. Funny as fuck each time.
4 of us decided to stop off at Micklefield on the way to Leeds one Boxing Day, parked up and my mate went looking for the toilets and the rest of us walked into the bar.
It was full of old gadgies and it suddenly went deathly quiet. Was like one of the old films when everyone just turns and stares at ya. I went to the bar and ordered 4 pints, as I waited I looked through into the other room. There must have been 50 or more Leeds in there. I was just about to turn and tell the lads when me mate burst through the doors from the bogs and shouts get back to the fuckin car!!
We took off (without the beer!) and just got to the car as the pub emptied into the car park. I have never been as pleased to hear the engine start first click.
I now know (after all these years) why we were not welcome in Micklefield! Cheers lads !!
I recognise some of these faces but have nee idea of their names, just faces I've seen at various games over the years.
Can I just say that if I turned up at a match and they were the opposition, I'd put an immediate transfer request in !! FFS, scary!
None of this surprises me !!
Ha ha, aye The Cat, you missed Yob(John O'B).
I'm proper creased at that
Sounds like some of the stuff I used to get upto
Sammy Chin always used to get up on a random pub table and belt out "Tell Laura I love her" - the rest of the lads would sing the chorus
s a m m yI knew a Leeds fan who did time at Wetherby YOI & when I saw him some time later he asked me if I knew a Sun'land fan from in there who would stand on a table & sing " I'm a Sunderland fan, proud of what I am & Ill say what I think that N*******e stink ..." etc - he described him as not the brightest button with a huge chin
Whose the fella on the left, recognise him? That Bertie the doorman in the middle?
Sammy +@Chin always used to get up on a random pub table and belt out "Tell Laura I love her" - the rest of the lads would sing the chorus
Sammy could have his own forum !We'd gone to Scunthorpe for an FA Cup game and happily enjoying a quiet pre-match pint when the doors burst open and there's Sammy running in with his mates.
They slam the doors shut and shove the bolts across
We can hear people shouting and hammering on the doors ...... next thing is the windows coming through and all sorts being thrown in.
Turns out Sammy has waded into a gang of Scunthorpe who've chased him through the town. The pub has families in it, and it's not fair they should be involved, so we get Sammy & his bunch of clingons to the front, open the doors and we all rush out ...... just what we f***ing needed.
We managed to scatter the lads with the help of approaching police sirens which probably scared them more than we did.
Then the polis screech up so Sammy's off on his toes again ...... probably kept that up for the whole day, the lad was exhausting and there was always something going on around him.
A f***ing nightmare ........ but somehow still funny
As a Wakey lad, if we were playing in the midlands or Lancs I knew I could hitch there was always buses stopping off in my home town & could get a lift back.
I got a bit of a name in Wakey & was on a few nutters lists
Were you around when the bus from the Eagle stopped after we played Man U in 1980's
Not sure, I moved South ( first time) late 70's, returned to Wakey mid 80's & South again mid 90's. Spent more than half my life (just) in the soooof
