Kid Galahad
Striker
Was talking to a few in the Blue Bell and this lad was ranting on for ages about the Catholics and how awful they were, he went to the bog and his mate who had had to endure these rants on regular occasions I'd imagine said you'd never have guessed he's married to one! We fell about laughing and just shows how pathetic it all is.All I remember is the Rangers signing nothing but anti-catholic & anti-pope songs.
Lots of union Jacks about and the Queen had never been so popular on Wearside as on that night.
Double Maxim pub on High Street???I was in the Main Stand seats, a midweek game. Rangers had the Roker End and Clockstand Roker wing.They had massive para military flags and created a good atmosphere. I did not see any real bother. Before the game about 10 Rangers lads were playing the flute in a circle outside the Roker Park Suite and the coppers and Sunderland fans were watching them and there was no trouble.
Our team at the time was poor, they totally outclassed us in the game.
It was reported later that two brothers from Easington Colliery had been slashed in the face downstairs in The Double Maxim pub in High Street West. Chelsea supporters were blamed as they had an association with the Rangers around that time . The Glasgow lads had chased the culprits and looked after the two injured lads who went to hospital.
A few weeks later Rangers Directors invited the two brothers up to Ibrox for an all expenses trip and they had a great time.
I remember too the pre season game in 1967 when Celtic came down and they were in every stand at Roker. It was a packed house, we were in the clock stand and the Celtic blokes were waving bayonets over their heads when singing and families with women and men filling fish bowls with whisky and passing it around for folk to drink.
It was Baxter's first game for Sunderland and they were calling him throughout the match. Even though we had a good team they hammered us 5-0. They were about 3-4 weeks ahead of us in fitness. At 2 pm, two Celtic B teams played an exhibition match before the main game and they had some cracking players.
Lots of them stayed in Sunderland for about 4 days both before and after the match. Well oiled.
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