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daveyspants said:
I have some fantastic memories of the 70s and 80s. Winning at Burnley with nine men, after a skinful of Thwaites. Beating WHU at Roker, I remember Pop Robson scored. Away at Wrexham, clambering over the fence to get on the pitch at the end. Away at Cardiff when all the pubs were closed, we took over Cardiff that day, wading through beercans walking down to the game, only to be overcharged to get in.bastards. Arriving in Stoke only to hear on the radio that the game was called off due to snow, then drinking there until the pubs closed. Away at Cambridge United, Sheffield United home and away when Alex Sabella played for them, (game at home we won 6.1 after he scored for them straight from the kickoff).

All in all too many memories of great people I knew, who are no longer with us. I am still optomistic for the future, we are better placed now than in all of my 50 years of life. OK Sbragia is a bit of a strange one, but we havent seen what effect hes had within the club. Im not worried about financial meltdown, we are better placed than many, Quinn having secured the investment of Short just when needed. If Drumaville do sell up, I say a big thankyou to them for saving the club I love. Quinn and Short have a good relationship by all accounts, so until something happens to change my mind I dont see anything wrong.

I reallise I dont know for sure, and I may be proved wrong, but I get the sneaky feeling Sbragias appointment is short term. I will continue to support the lads where and when I can, and listen to, or watch them on telly/internet. They still make or break my weekend depending on the result. That will never change whether Im at the game or not.

Im not a happy clapper by any means, but if I took the attitude of some on the board I would have to go somewhere quiet and open a vein.
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Great post Davey Sbragia might be last straw time for me like...
 


I also played football for the Supporters Association. We played Oldham supporters on their plastic pitch before our game and we drew 2-2. This twat here, being a thick cunt decided that sliding tackles were the order of the day. I ended up with knees like Monica Lewinski, the fuckers are still scarred to this day. Still I came off with blood streaming down my legs with a standing ovation from Roger Palmer no less :cool:
Missed the bus back home that night as were too busy doing the dead fly on a pub floor to Lulu's "Shout". Got kicked allowa Oldham. 5 of us taxied to Manchester hoping to catch a train, missed the last one. Since we had a game to play on the Sunday afternoon, we decided to walk the "few miles" to the airport, to hire a car. Aye few f***ing miles through bastard war torn Moss Side. Tried to flag a cop down, but he wouldn't stop. Although being committed to public service he drove down the other side to make sure we were ok
5 of us managed to bundle ourselves into a taxi to the aiport where we spent the night on the benches outside of Hertz. Hired a car the following morning, made the match in time, but couldn't play, cos my knees hurt :oops:
 
Went to Hillsbrough for the Semi in 92 - 5 of us in the car, 4 of us drinking. Pulled off the M1 at the junction we were told to in all the media to the back of a queue on the slip road and we could see police up ahead on the roundabout. The cars in front started to throw cans out of the windows, after a few seconds we clicked on they were searching the cars with the threat of being arrested or, worse still missing the match. Panic sets in ... we had a matter of minutes to either drink 4 cans or dump them - got 2 down amid the fits of giggles a-la childish schoolboys knowing they were being naughty. Gets to the front of the queue, Frankie winds window down, copper says "going to the football lads ?". "Yes" says Frankie in his best voice. "Know how to get there?" asks officer. "Yes, been before" says Frankie. "Okay, enjoy yourselves" says officer waving us on. We looked back to see our cans rolling down the embankment:evil::evil:
 
My go, missing out the obvious;

Lawler scoring at Fulwell end to put us down, crying in car ( I was 10)
1-3 down to Preston, Chico Hamilton hat-trick in last 15 mins
beating Everton 3-2 in League Cup circa 1972 and being told about it by Da in morning
The crapness that was Rod Belfitt
Tueart overhead kick in 1973-74 seadon I think at Oxford
Vasas/Sporting
Alison 's fedora
Bob Moncur grooming Jeff Clarke
Pop Robson scoring on comeback aged 39
Arsenal game with Supermac first home game back 1976
Stokoe resigns
Arnott/Elliott/Rowell
standing in St James carpark listening to our fans and the Rowell hat-trick
3-0 win over Derby the Champions, League Cup 1974
0-1 to Carlisle 3 day week afternoon 1974 as cup-holders
Roly Gregoire - how awful he was poor lad
Greenwood's beard
Venison scoring at Maine Road
Pickering hat-trick
Hawley screamer Arsenal
Walker 3 v Man Utd
Turner's saves at Spurs in Milk Cup run
winning at Watford in snow to make semis
Westy in semis
losing 5 games at start of Lawrie Macs season
Seamus McDonagh
procter missing pen against barnsley to put us inplayoffs
the 3rd division season
Marco- and Gates/Pascoe
 
.......peanuts!........the smell of bovril.........half time score board (otherwise known as the enigma machine?).......St Johns Ambulance going to their seats before kick off........Scarfs around your wrists.......Silk Scarfs......Bobble Hats.........Doc Martins.......Harrington Jackets......Stay Press troosers.......two tone stay press........Loons........two tone loons.....platform shoes......trying to climb over the 'moat' in the Fulwell.....the fulwell bogs......pies heated up at Selafield.....ahh the memories?
Im off out everyone, great thread MBH!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE HAT'S!​
 
Ha'way let's get this thread up to & past the 500 post barrier :cool:

Did anybody on here used to get in The Red Lion, along "The Avenue" & partake in Billy Button's (R.I.P Billy) pre match quiz ? (I used to love the way he referred to Newcastle and Boro, as "The Scum & The other Scum" when asking questions about said, twats :lol:)

And was anybody ever scammed by Sammy "The Chin, aka "King of The Fulwell" Smith's football cards . . . and more importantly, did anybody ever win one of his cards ? :lol:

He actually once told me and my mates who used to get in there each matchday, that it was our turn to win the card, before he took it round the pub, and lo & behold - we won ! :lol:
 
Great thread lads.

Never really went to that many away games until the 90's, but the one that stands out for me is this one.


Me and 5 mates went to Forest in the 90/91 season (I think), on a coach with a load of Ryhope lads. On the way down, the drink flowed, the dodgy cigarettes came out, and we had a great time. As we got near to Nottingham, the coppers were stopping all the coaches - by this time, you couldn't see from one end of the coach to the other for smoke. A copper gets on, sniffs, screws his face up and laughs "fuckin hell lads, you've had a good time on here"....and lets us go on.:lol:

The 6 of us though, had decided to go in bad taste (kipper ties, anoraks etc), but due to work not giving me the time off work till the last minute, it wasn't till I got down there that I found out my mate couldn't get me a ticket next to them in the seats...so there I was stood on my Jack Jones looking class in my brown anorak, pink big collared shirt, beige kipper tie, flares and elton john boots.:confused: but I was that stoned/pissed, I couldn't give a fuck:)

We stopped off in Doncaster on the way back, and had a drink in a few of the bars. We walked into one and just stopped. It was full of Hells Angels. My mate sheepishly went to the bar, while we were trying to hide:oops: In the ebnd, we had a great night with them, really good set of lads - pissed themselves over the bad taste gear (probably saved us)
 
Maximus said:
Oh just remembered - anyone else who will have visited the delightfully named Gay Meadow (Shrewsbury) in the 80's will remember Fred in his little boat who had to go and retrieve the ball from the adjacent River (Severn or Wye I think) everytime Benno or similar cleared the stand.

He was a well known bloke at Shrewsbury, sadly passed away years ago.

There must be loads of us who used to travel away for years - probably all know each other by face but not name.

I wish I had a pound for everytime the late Billy Simmons barred me from coach 1 supporters club and then booked me in for the next game from Washington -

R.I.P. Billy lad. - i bet he could have told us all some stories from the 60/70/80s saying that he probably attended every single game.
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Also remember at Shrewsbury how you walked up the terracing to the back gates and the coaches were parked there.

I reckon so many people on here do know each other as you say.....we got the away coach at chester-le-st motorway sliproad........i remember sitting in the aisle to a few away games..... Bristol Rovers being one
 
cesirwin said:
Also remember at Shrewsbury how you walked up the terracing to the back gates and the coaches were parked there.

I reckon so many people on here do know each other as you say.....we got the away coach at chester-le-st motorway sliproad........i remember sitting in the aisle to a few away games..... Bristol Rovers being one
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nee class some people. we used to sleep in the luggage rack (saved getting soaked in piss on the floor) :-D
 
cesirwin said:
Seem to remember them having a picture of robin hood or an archer on the back.......maybe should we start a blog for senile old twats like me
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answered earlier. Barton's of Nottingham

but feel free to start a blog ya owld git
 
Remember playing Man United at Roker Park in the 74/75 season, second division. Man United had been relegated the season before. someone mentioned the first game where 60k turned up and we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. At RP Alex Stepney had a blinder if I remember. 0 v 0.

45k turned up. Hell of an afternoon.
 
cesirwin said:
Seem to remember them having a picture of robin hood or an archer on the back.......maybe should we start a blog for senile old twats like me
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Trent Coaches. Forest used to use them when coming to Roker. Went back with a few windows missing when they were parked along the road near to The Wolsey.
 
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