seat172 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Correct, was freezin, raining as well. Got my old Babour coat on but we were stood out in the open. Old railway sleepers were the edge of the steps, back filled with gravel. Weeds had grown were we were cos only Wednesday took that many fans, so your legs were wet through because you were knee deep in the undergrowth. Bliss............ ..I think it was that year we played away at Port Vale..coldest night at a football match I can remember...there were people standing in the toilets at the back cos it was warmer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I was almost nine and on the Kop it was 40p to get in. Don't remember it raining though. Remember that fanny Burtenshaw waving from the director's box though. This forum needs an official fact checker. Burtenshaw was sacked in October that season after our bad start. Why he came back to wave God Only Knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 dark times, soaked parkas battery acid filled pies awful, awful football that was a right of passage and meant you could really enjoy and appreciate the early 90s and now this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 dark times, soaked parkas battery acid filled pies awful, awful football that was a right of passage and meant you could really enjoy and appreciate the early 90s and now this season It was an endurance test of the highest order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoryBell Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Apparently there were 59,632 at the Derby-Man Ure semi. It's before my time, but when attendance really dived in that era, what was it like to be at a near empty Hillsborough? It was wind-swept and cold and usually miserable and very frequently sodden wet. But the fans kept each other's spirits up with banter, gallows humour and undefeatable optimisim. It was character forming and I'm glad I enjoyed/endured it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham67 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 dark times, soaked parkas battery acid filled pies awful, awful football that was a right of passage and meant you could really enjoy and appreciate the early 90s and now this season It was an endurance test of the highest order Only the strongest survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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