There was without ANY doubt, a huge dust up BEFORE the game as some mates of mine were there. As said before , two trains arrived in CS at same time resulting in a huge safc contingent that did what many on here have alluded to. I still have the Sunday Sun because of the stunning victory and the FRONT PAGE clearly states " Battle of Bath Lane". If you query that FACT, you clearly should be called nufctommie and not safctommie.
I was not part of the above as scrapping was never of interest, so I could not give a personal account of it such as @Vauxie and@Cochise2 have done, but it did happen ! Like I said, me and 3 mates got the regular bus through to Worswick St, and obviously at midday, it was calm with no knobheads waiting for bother.
My account was AFTER the game. We didnt fancy walking through the city centre to Worswick St and decided an escort to the station was the best option. If we had known how few cops would be escorting us, we would probably have gone for the bus option.
The numbers of pissed off jawdees waiting along the route - Barrack Road - Corporation St- Bath Lane - Westgate Rd, was very intimidating but not surprising since theyd been outclassed for virtually 90 minutes.
Escorts since then were better organised thankfully because that day after the match, it was an absolute shambles.
