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Trouble again


Hank Scorpio said:
I was in the Bell on the second occasion. I can remember the bar emptying and everyone piling into the car park
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I was there as well. About five of us went to walk from the Bell to Windmills, as we got over the road, about 50 lads ran out ,launching bottles at us. We hastily retreated around the back of the bell,walked back around ,and other lads out of the bar were battling the mags back up the street, outside of sainsburys.Mustve went on for a good ten minutes, no police there at all.Mags got chased up the street and back on the metro in the end. Once they chucked their bottles, they were soft as sh#te.
 
Skylon said:
I was there as well. About five of us went to walk from the Bell to Windmills, as we got over the road, about 50 lads ran out ,launching bottles at us. We hastily retreated around the back of the bell,walked back around ,and other lads out of the bar were battling the mags back up the street, outside of sainsburys.Mustve went on for a good ten minutes, no police there at all.Mags got chased up the street and back on the metro in the end. Once they chucked their bottles, they were soft as sh#te.
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Went on for a good while. Apparently Jason Marriner was there with them. I got talking to him in a boozer in Kos years later (another who seemed a canny fella, actually), he came over when he found out we were Sunderland fans and he recounted it.
 
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Father Jack Hackett said:
I was only a bairn then mate. I was drinking there the later couple of times. The lad of yours who looked like John Lennon stuck me on me arse (wasn't giving peace a chance that day, I can tell yer) and CS gassed me (well one of them did, whilst I was having a lie down)


As was I mate. Pool cues, balls the lot were taken out. I tried to hoy a shopping trolley - could barely lift the bugger and it ended up rolling about 3 feet - Some boy!
They came to the doors, rattled them a bit but didn't come in, if you can remember?
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Graham Russel he was called. He wore glasses, but he wasn't much like John lennon. That was the time I was there
 
Father Jack Hackett said:
That's the fella. Wasn't going to name him. He had long hair and little round glasses at the time - a bit Abbey Roadesque Lennon. As I say, put me on me arse.
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Big fella like. Think he got locked up with a few sunderland lads for the north shields thing. Seemed a lot older than everyone else. Tried to hit me over the head with a bottle same incident(I gotout of the way).
 
The first match we played against the mags at the SOL it seemed like every man and his dog was out for that one.

Roker avenue seemed to empty and hundreds went running down Bridge st to meet a big group of Mags being escorted over the bridge.

There was an article on the Paul Dodds website written by a couple of Leeds fans who just came up to watch the off field action who clearly stated they’d never seen such a mob as we had out that day , they reckoned we would have battered anyone .

No doubt Newcastle would have a different point of view.
 
buster said:
The first match we played against the mags at the SOL it seemed like every man and his dog was out for that one.

Roker avenue seemed to empty and hundreds went running down Bridge st to meet a big group of Mags being escorted over the bridge.

There was an article on the Paul Dodds website written by a couple of Leeds fans who just came up to watch the off field action who clearly stated they’d never seen such a mob as we had out that day , they reckoned we would have battered anyone .

No doubt Newcastle would have a different point of view.
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Sunderland hoolies got their act together mid 90's to mid 2000's. Ended up with a big reputation amongst those circles. The fellas congregating around the terminus for big games like the mags were a scary bunch
 
That first derby match at the SOL, after it had all calmed down, I ended-up back in Windmills, sitting having a fag at a table next to the DJ stand. A young lass who announced she was 'a Traveller" sat next to us , told me she would give me a hand shandy in exchange for a fag. Naturally, I obliged, thinking there's no chance and thinking very little of it. Within seconds, she's got her hands down my pants and off she goes - all whilst her "brother" (she claimed) sat directly opposite me - staring straight at me throughout - very off-putting, that!
My mates left me and disappeared to the bar laughing their heads off (cheers lads) and, it turns-out, where said table was, was right where the Karaoke was on a Sunday and the camera was trained on it which was on - everyone was watching what was happening on the big screen next to the front doors. True story.

Funny old day, that
 
buster said:
The first match we played against the mags at the SOL it seemed like every man and his dog was out for that one.

Roker avenue seemed to empty and hundreds went running down Bridge st to meet a big group of Mags being escorted over the bridge.

There was an article on the Paul Dodds website written by a couple of Leeds fans who just came up to watch the off field action who clearly stated they’d never seen such a mob as we had out that day , they reckoned we would have battered anyone .

No doubt Newcastle would have a different point of view.
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I remember reading that post at the time and you've just about quoted it verbatim iirc!
 
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buster said:
The first match we played against the mags at the SOL it seemed like every man and his dog was out for that one.

Roker avenue seemed to empty and hundreds went running down Bridge st to meet a big group of Mags being escorted over the bridge.

There was an article on the Paul Dodds website written by a couple of Leeds fans who just came up to watch the off field action who clearly stated they’d never seen such a mob as we had out that day , they reckoned we would have battered anyone .

No doubt Newcastle would have a different point of view.
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The police surrounded the mugs on the bridge where objects aplenty rained down on both police and mugs.They were then escorted to the SOL.They caused quite a disturbance before reaching the bridge.Let’s just say they weren’t kids.I have no idea if there was any trouble after the game.
 
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