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Aye , between the ages of 5 and 15 years old for me.Absolute and utter shite.
I was 6 to 16 in the 70s and never had a problem. You must have looked for it.
Precisely this. The club have a responsibility for the safety of every person they allow into the ground. Can’t believe idiots on here are standing up for the club. Also they have cells at the ground which means the police aren’t taken out of action for long following an arrest.
If they’d have arrested the few scroats at the front after the first incident it never would have escalated like it did. The club hold responsibility for this and Steve Neill even accepted this, yet imbeciles in our fans can’t understand this. Our club was a disgrace that day, as was the Northumbrian Police and it’ll take a lot more than a few phone calls to make people forget this.
The club haven’t even issued a public apology to its own fans, the level of contempt for its own fans in this is extraordinary and I won’t be returning next season at this rate
It was just a general observationHe isn't in Durham anymore.![]()
You have to be joking. I went to games in the 70s from the age of 9 and there was regularly trouble at the games. My first match was Blackpool at home in 74 and it was absolute bedlam. Terrifying and exciting in equal measure.What a load of shite. That was about the last time young people could go to football without having to worry about the morons.
you have no idea about the paperwork and procedures that needs to be done just to get a person into custody have you.
you do have a valid point re initial arrests
a number of people from the club have made clear the failings that occurred and it did not hold the fans in contempt and they are clearly annoyed that some people did not do what they were meant to do.
Are the cells not still under the South Stand? Bit of a walk there and back.Yes I do. I also know that they are taken to the stadium cells and left and processed post match, so the police can return to the stands quickly.
Yet these same failings occurred again at the weekend. Not good enough, not when it’s my 5 year old daughter sat below. Not when the flare could have killed the 3 year old that luckily wasn’t sat in the chair it struck on Saturday. Tell that to the family with 5 kids in row 9 who left at half time as their kids were terrified
Are the cells not still under the South Stand? Bit of a walk there and back.
A gentle stroll around the perimeterAre the cells not still under the South Stand? Bit of a walk there and back.
Not Roker Park obviously. Never any trouble there.You have to be joking. I went to games in the 70s from the age of 9 and there was regularly trouble at the games. My first match was Blackpool at home in 74 and it was absolute bedlam. Terrifying and exciting in equal measure.
Yes I do. I also know that they are taken to the stadium cells and left and processed post match, so the police can return to the stands quickly.
Yet these same failings occurred again at the weekend. Not good enough, not when it’s my 5 year old daughter sat below. Not when the flare could have killed the 3 year old that luckily wasn’t sat in the chair it struck on Saturday. Tell that to the family with 5 kids in row 9 who left at half time as their kids were terrified
You have to be joking. I went to games in the 70s from the age of 9 and there was regularly trouble at the games. My first match was Blackpool at home in 74 and it was absolute bedlam. Terrifying and exciting in equal measure.
there used to be pockets of it at RP but not unless you count the Chelsea game in the milk cup. used to have a line of polis separating the fans in the roker end.Not Roker Park obviously. Never any trouble there.
So where did you find a fight then? You must have been looking for it. Age 9? Liar.
f***ing violent decade!If you genuinely think that's true, you can't have gone to many games, if any, particularly away games.
The '70s was an extremely violent decade to say the least (not just football related).
Milk cup was 1985. Otherwise none. Not "daft lads", morons. Should have left them to have seven bells knocked out of them. Maybe they did and they post pretend thuggy posts on here. It's pathetic.there used to be pockets of it at RP but not unless you count the Chelsea game in the milk cup. used to have a line of polis separating the fans in the roker end.
most of the bother if there was any was in the streets mostly after the game and that was daft lads looking for bother
there used to be pockets of it at RP but not unless you count the Chelsea game in the milk cup. used to have a line of polis separating the fans in the roker end.
most of the bother if there was any was in the streets mostly after the game and that was daft lads looking for bother
You have to be joking. I went to games in the 70s from the age of 9 and there was regularly trouble at the games. My first match was Blackpool at home in 74 and it was absolute bedlam. Terrifying and exciting in equal measure.
Not in the 70's - there was literally no segregation at any ground, and certainly not in the Blackpool game in 1974 that he was talking about, although that level of mayhem in the ground was bad even at the time. Taking other teams' "ends" was a badge of honour. Funnily enough, very few tried it on in the Fulwell.
Nah, he's in Woodhill now.Still in Frankland ?
To be fair, you come across as a total f***ing idiot. Did you ever go to Roker. As others have said there was mayhem that day and it wasn’t the only one.Not Roker Park obviously. Never any trouble there.
So where did you find a fight then? You must have been looking for it. Age 9? Liar.