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remember that one. we climbed out the ground with 15 minutes left.
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remember that one. we climbed out the ground with 15 minutes left.
SAFCOldie
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It's because back in the day (even my day early 90's) there was probably an event attached to the actual game. Nowadays it's sat on a plastic seat all game with stewards for company & little banter with the opposition fans. No adventure anymore, they all blend into one.
daveyspants
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I remember Cummins scoring the winner at Notts County with a header, and being laid out by their keeper in the process. :-D
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malcsouthshields
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remember that as well :-D
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Arthur Reid
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Aye we used to do this - we used to stop at a pub in Yorkshire - Micklefield, Exelby, Bedale to name a few - just off the A1 on the way back.
Used to start off fine but it always seemed to require a hurried exit - the locals musn't have liked us getting off with their birds or summat!
One time we had left the pub and were well on the way on the A1 when we were pulled by the polis.
They made us all get out, give our names and addresses and turn out our pockets etc. (I recall one lad giving his address as 'Doxy Park').
I asked them what we had been stopped for and the copper smirkingly said 'you ain't going to believe this but we are looking for a garden gnome'.
Fortunately said gnome was nowhere to be found......
My Boy Harry
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I'm really not that sure. Got talking to Frente Bokeron about this this afternoon and came to no firm conclusion.
could be the reason we get so few mentions is that next to no one (bar the Mags) has ever taken any liberties up here. We've never stood back and taken it without fighting back in spades.
You'll only write about fights that you win I assume?
I remember going to DCFC when we won 5 v 1 (bould was immense). Before the game it was alleged that the Derby Casuals were loking for the Seaburn Casuals. They couldnt find them for one reaosn or another and decided to pick on a local supporters branch instead. The only problem was they picked on summit like Frnakie Wheatley's bus and got kicked black and blue.
Parkmaverick
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For some reason I thought it was Alan Hansen. Comming back there was a load of Gosforth Rugby fans on the train.
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Arthur Reid
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We were just talking about that Radio One game you refer to at the Fulham match in October.
The Fulham PA announcer is 'Diddy' David Hamilton, who was a radio 1 DJ back in the day (never liked him mind, but I have to say his choice of pre match music at the Fulham game was a cut above most others these days - 60s Stones etc - quality!!).
At the Radio 0ne match all Hamilton and Tony Blackburn did was chase each other around and pull each others shorts down.
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malcsouthshields
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thats exactly how its remembered. i can remember incidents from 30 yrs ago but have no idea what the score was or sometimes even who we were playing unless its mentioned
Maximus
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Aye that's the one I mentined in me first post. Ian Britton scored their goal, but I can confirm our lads were changing into Chelsea colours as the "Roker Speacial" reached Kings Cross. All that way and the bastard was on match of the day lol.
Reading so far great things I miss;
Roker Special trains - nee sharing with non-footy fans.
RAF Dog Display Teams - never bettered as pre-match entertainment.
Teams coming out separately - a cheer then a boo - it was great when we were away listening to the deafening roar from our lot - especially if in the wrong end etc.
Cowboy Snacks from the chippy near the New Derby - proper footy bait.
Silk scarves tied around the wrist (ahem, we'll forget that one then)
My Boy Harry
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It was on a Sunday and attended by about 17,000 people. Amazing really.
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Joe Fabulous
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I'm really not that sure. Got talking to Frente Bokeron about this this afternoon and came to no firm conclusion.
could be the reason we get so few mentions is that next to no one (bar the Mags) has ever taken any liberties up here. We've never stood back and taken it without fighting back in spades.
You'll only write about fights that you win I assume?
I remember going to DCFC when we won 5 v 1 (bould was immense). Before the game it was alleged that the Derby Casuals were loking for the Seaburn Casuals. They couldnt find them for one reaosn or another and decided to pick on a local supporters branch instead. The only problem was they picked on summit like Frnakie Wheatley's bus and got kicked black and blue.
You could well be right. I think the southerners still regard us in a similar light to how the Romans perceived the Picts.Basically mad northern *****, best avoided!
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Aye, we were in a pub near the railway station with a load of casuals, and there was bouncers on the door in the afternoon, coz someone had allegedly phoned the pub the previous night to warn them that there was gonna be an "off" in or around that particular pub, sometime before the kick off.I'm really not that sure. Got talking to Frente Bokeron about this this afternoon and came to no firm conclusion.
could be the reason we get so few mentions is that next to no one (bar the Mags) has ever taken any liberties up here. We've never stood back and taken it without fighting back in spades.
You'll only write about fights that you win I assume?
I remember going to DCFC when we won 5 v 1 (bould was immense). Before the game it was alleged that the Derby Casuals were loking for the Seaburn Casuals. They couldnt find them for one reaosn or another and decided to pick on a local supporters branch instead. The only problem was they picked on summit like Frnakie Wheatley's bus and got kicked black and blue.
Nothing happened during the time I was in there, though loads of Sunderland lads were pouring into the place in readiness for Derby to show.
Billy Fish
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As far as I can remember the first black man I actually saw "in the flesh" was at Roker in the mid seventies. Notts County were up and had a full back called Pedro Richards playing for them. I was only about nine or ten and remember watching him in fascination for most of the match stood on a sling seat at the front of the Paddocks.
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Arthur Reid
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Can any one remember that match at Oxford around Easter I think, when some berk ran on and thumped John Milkins the Oxford goalie?
Confucius
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Which Oxford game was it where we weren't happy and the ref took the players off the pitch. The daft cunts send Bob Moncur out to settle us down. "Fuck off you black and white bastard". Made it f***ing worse
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Joe Fabulous
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Spent a bit of time over there when i was in the Navy. In the summer time the place was toppers with gorgeous birds from Belfast. Great times.
Maximus
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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.
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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