lowedges-owl Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 MY WEB SITE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Royds Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I was there and pooing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeadonowl Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 it was pure evil down at cold blow lane. this was my only visit to the old den. i can still remember the big open terrace down one side and all the high rise council flats behind the ground with the Wednesday fans singing "we know where you live, in those flats, in those flats" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Was a great game for the neutral as it was end to end. I used to enjoy going there for the atmosphere espicially those that sat near the away fans although we never got much look. Remember the previous game where Nilsson got injured and we were 2-0 up at half time. I had stayed at my sisters house in London and gone on the train but my mates came on the coach and didn't get there until half time. We went onto lose 4-2. A nightmare 2-0 lead I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl-zat Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I went several times to The Den in the late 80's/ early 90's and never had any problems although I did hear some stories about the 70's and early 80's which sounded erm fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormOwl Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I was there that day, first and only time I've seen a knife in a ground. A massive black lad walked up to the fence and said oh edit hav you Eva seen some money and then pulled out a bundle of ten pound notes and then showed be a big kitchen knife. Happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web_owls Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 it was pure evil down at cold blow lane. this was my only visit to the old den. i can still remember the big open terrace down one side and all the high rise council flats behind the ground with the Wednesday fans singing "we know where you live, in those flats, in those flats" Same here and I remember the song aswell. 'Welcome to Hell' was scratched on something aswell, cannot remember if it was a turnstile or some sign. I am sure it was Big Viv's first game for us and he was awful. Caught out of position soooo many times he could have played fullback for us now. However once he was match fit he was absolutely immense. Good times back then in my late teens, a real shame today's kids haven't seen such a wonderful side full of skill, grit, determination and about 7 players ready to wade in if it came to blows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birstall Owl Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Same here and I remember the song aswell. 'Welcome to Hell' was scratched on something aswell, cannot remember if it was a turnstile or some sign. I am sure it was Big Viv's first game for us and he was awful. Caught out of position soooo many times he could have played fullback for us now. However once he was match fit he was absolutely immense. Good times back then in my late teens, a real shame today's kids haven't seen such a wonderful side full of skill, grit, determination and about 7 players ready to wade in if it came to blows. I remember the 1st time I ever went one of the away turnstiles had "Enter At Your Own Risk" scrawled on the door.......thank god for a 2-0 defeat I remember in the 4-2 game some of the Wednesday fans didn't get there until half-time due to road works so all they saw were the Millwall goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I was there that day, my one and only visit to the old Den. Awful place, and I remember us being stood in that corner behind the fences and barbed wire, being barely able to even see the goalposts at our end. Think they equalised in the last minute, and I got home to hear that our next door neighbour had died that day (funny how you link certain events to football matches) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I was there for both the 4-2 and the 4-4 - my 3rd and 4th games respectively. I remember it being pretty intimidating, especially as I was only 11 years old. The 4-4 was still one of the most exciting games I've ever been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horwichowl Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Never went to the Old Den. Went to the New Den when we scored the controversial goal while the Millwall players thought they had scored themselves and were doing a knees up in the corner. After the match it was tasty to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 We tamed the Lions, that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowedges-owl Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 I went to both games at the den that year. Pretty scary from what I recall, good times tho! WTID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killaowl Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Was a great game for the neutral as it was end to end. I used to enjoy going there for the atmosphere espicially those that sat near the away fans although we never got much look. Remember the previous game where Nilsson got injured and we were 2-0 up at half time. I had stayed at my sisters house in London and gone on the train but my mates came on the coach and didn't get there until half time. We went onto lose 4-2. A nightmare 2-0 lead I suppose. I was there and remember wednesday fans singing easy, easy and someone saying don't sing that, we did at 66 final and lost, then look what happened ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Royds Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) I was there that day, first and only time I've seen a knife in a ground. A massive black lad walked up to the fence and said oh edit hav you Eva seen some money and then pulled out a bundle of ten pound notes and then showed be a big kitchen knife. Happy days flip me, I remember the same incident. Do you recall a Wednesday fan getting out some sort of Credit Card, showing it to him and shouting, "Sorry pal, don't carry cash" (or something to that effect). He went ape poo poo and pretended that he wanted to climb the fence to get to the said fan, while a lonely WPC looked forlornley on in the nomansland between us. Edited October 4, 2010 by M Royds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 it was pure evil down at cold blow lane. this was my only visit to the old den. i can still remember the big open terrace down one side and all the high rise council flats behind the ground with the Wednesday fans singing "we know where you live, in those flats, in those flats" I was there and sang it unfortunatley I was a bit to close to their fans and got a lovely cut throat sign form a few of their fans for it (soon shut me up).and it was nice for them to keep us back 40 mins after the final whistle just so we could walk through a corridor of Milwall fans after the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ancientowl Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I was there and didn't see any of the goals. Second row in stand behind a group of six footers who stood up for every goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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