My Boy Harry
Striker
Yes, we were always noted for being friendly.It used to be great rushing out of the New Derby when the away fans were being escorted past. It was man to man marking by the police and them lot would be quiet as owt
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Yes, we were always noted for being friendly.It used to be great rushing out of the New Derby when the away fans were being escorted past. It was man to man marking by the police and them lot would be quiet as owt
I loved it at Roker before the teams came out and the buzz of the crowd became a roar.
Now they drown it all out with music until kick off, the bastards. This annoys me intensely and is honestly one of the reasons I don't go as much as I used to.
Half of the point of going to a football match is to experience the atmosphere. If this is drowned out, so is half the reason for going.
T'was even better when everyone also rushed out of Whelans chippy to have a looksee, leaving me at the front end of the queue to get my matchday Cowboy snack, instead of being outside the door in the usual lengthy queue :-DIt used to be great rushing out of the New Derby when the away fans were being escorted past. It was man to man marking by the police and them lot would be quiet as owt
No mate its not a matter of Dr Happy
your sense of fuckin humour is shite
The legendary Millwall Brick. Havent heard of that one for a while.Ah cars driving around the perimeter, RAF display dogs, the peanut man, f***ing awful piss troughs, sharpened coins, Millwall bricks
I qualify for this thread on both the age AND the weight criteria (easily!)....
A couple of memories....
One of my first games at Roker around 67 or 68 saw us playing West Ham. A Geoff Hurst thunderbolt of a shot hit Charlie smack in the face. The trainer ran on wiped his face with the magic sponge, and he played on - 'the soft gets' nowadays would be carted off and knackered for 6 months.
Also the Millwall game 1974, first game of the season - won 4-1, but hell on before during and after match. Also in London that day were Man U, playing their first game in the Second Division. Hell on in Kings Cross area with Man U and Cockneys.
We'd been dropped off by Tennicks at Kings Cross at about 7am, and about 20 of us spent part of the morning in some open air swimming pool in Central London, where we borrowed some cossies. A few years later saw the film 'Catch us if you can' starring the Dave Clark 5 (I know I know....) in which the said swimming pool was seen.
You couldn't make it up........
Anyone else here remember that?
I qualify for this thread on both the age AND the weight criteria (easily!)....
A couple of memories....
One of my first games at Roker around 67 or 68 saw us playing West Ham. A Geoff Hurst thunderbolt of a shot hit Charlie smack in the face. The trainer ran on wiped his face with the magic sponge, and he played on - 'the soft gets' nowadays would be carted off and knackered for 6 months.
Also the Millwall game 1974, first game of the season - won 4-1, but hell on before during and after match. Also in London that day were Man U, playing their first game in the Second Division. Hell on in Kings Cross area with Man U and Cockneys.
We'd been dropped off by Tennicks at Kings Cross at about 7am, and about 20 of us spent part of the morning in some open air swimming pool in Central London, where we borrowed some cossies. A few years later saw the film 'Catch us if you can' starring the Dave Clark 5 (I know I know....) in which the said swimming pool was seen.
You couldn't make it up........
Anyone else here remember that?
Now yer talking - I remember making a few of those as a ladAh cars driving around the perimeter, RAF display dogs, the peanut man, f***ing awful piss troughs, sharpened coins, Millwall bricks
I didnt go, but some of my older mates did. Legendary game that Tommy Lynn has just recounted in the latest edition of ALS.I qualify for this thread on both the age AND the weight criteria (easily!)....
A couple of memories....
One of my first games at Roker around 67 or 68 saw us playing West Ham. A Geoff Hurst thunderbolt of a shot hit Charlie smack in the face. The trainer ran on wiped his face with the magic sponge, and he played on - 'the soft gets' nowadays would be carted off and knackered for 6 months.
Also the Millwall game 1974, first game of the season - won 4-1, but hell on before during and after match. Also in London that day were Man U, playing their first game in the Second Division. Hell on in Kings Cross area with Man U and Cockneys.
We'd been dropped off by Tennicks at Kings Cross at about 7am, and about 20 of us spent part of the morning in some open air swimming pool in Central London, where we borrowed some cossies. A few years later saw the film 'Catch us if you can' starring the Dave Clark 5 (I know I know....) in which the said swimming pool was seen.
You couldn't make it up........
Anyone else here remember that?
1985 League cup run - Gayle scoring against Nottingham Forest (?) at the Roker End.
standard procedure in those days. Ah Dundas St memories
f***ing hell man! Dundas Steet and the John Tennick's Hogwart's Special. Who was the old fella with the mouthie on Tennick's bus? Giving it Robert Zimmerman licks at half past two in the bastard morning!standard procedure in those days. Ah Dundas St memories
the whole run was bizarre. Started at C Palace IIRC and then just seemed to gather momentum. Remember the Spurs game well. SAFC kicked to shit after the game. Lad off the SAFCSA bus taken to hospital - hit with a bottle IIRC.A great moment that was. I used to like Howard Gayle, even though he was basically shite.
"Gayle Warning For Spurs" ran one headline the next day.
Ashurst worked wonders getting those misfits to a Wembley final.
I didnt go, but some of my older mates did. Legendary game that Tommy Lynn has just recounted in the latest edition of ALS.
Remember that. FACT.Also away to Southampton in 85. Len Ashurst took all of the names of people who travelled as it was a midweek game and said that if we got to the final we would get tickets. True to his word
The Mecca first then on to Dundas Steet. Happy days.