WOLS Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I was at the Boxing Day Massacre 1979. What memories of that day! I can't wait to be there on Sunday. What a great atmosphere it will be. Who else was at the BDM who are going this Sunday? Do you think this can compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Fathers testicals 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Yes I was the attendance will be governed by just how much netting and heart pills the safety group can manage whatever the figure it will be electric You're everywhere and nowhere, baby,That's where you're at,Going down a bumpy hillside,In your hippy hat.Flying out across the countryAnd getting fatSaying everything is groovyWhen your tyres are flat[Chorus:]And it's hi ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveger Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Probably travelling up the A66 and A76 to Kirkconnel in Dumfrieshire then onto Cumnock In Ayrshire from Maltby as we had only moved to England in 1978 and visited haggisland to see family every 2 months or so, used to go up on Boxing Day for a few days or so, hated that boring journey....... Was always glad to see the England sign on the way back Edited September 20, 2017 by steveger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Upper Leppings Lane with their lot as my wife's uncle got the tickets. Good to see there were more than a few of us up there when we scored 1-2-3-4!! Amazing there was no trouble as we celebrated every goal, but they were just pig sick :) and many left after the 3rd went in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigthinrob Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Yep. South Stand towards the Lepps, goading the sad f***ks. They finally lost it and a bottle came flying over smashed into something and sprayed glass everywhere. Christmas hadn't existed that year, it was totally irrelevant, you were just wanting it all out of the way so Boxing day would come. What made it all the sweeter, was that no one gave us a prayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxine Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Far too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 16 at time and stood at top of Kop, I was only little so couldn't see much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wednesday_Jack Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Just a Tickle in mi fathers ball bag !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpaowl Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Yes I remember it well. United were flying in the old 3rd division and had one Alex Sabella on show. We were mid table and definite underdogs. I was on duty in the old stand bar and had to scrape ice off the car to get to the ground by 9.00. The place was buzzing and the atmosphere electric. I can't remember the full team but I don't think Sabella had a kick and Ian Mellor ( 75% legs and 7st wet through) scored a cracker after a mazy dribble. A game that entered Wednesday folklore, and I was there. Here's hoping but this time United are the underdogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Went with my two brothers...one a cosmetic blade as his mates at school were blades...last match he ever went to. Sam my little brother who was 15 went out on the lash with us all day and kept phoning his brother from every pub we went in to ask him what the score was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLS Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ha Ha! I had forgotten about the buses not running! I remember being dropped off in the massive crowds before the game. But I don't remember how I got home. I bet many can't remember how they got home - none of us cared after that great performance, I was 14 at the time and I have always been grateful to my uncle who bought me the ticket. I think he probably picked it up in the Club cos he only told me about it on Christmas Eve. I often wondered if he paid over the odds for it. Turned out to be such a memorable Christmas present and its fantastic to be singing about it with the Owls family over 35 years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Yep was on the kop, I was 20 at the time didn't expect the result, we never looked back after that game and went on to get promoted some good away days that season, Blackburn, Oxford, Bury, Exeter Terry Currans goal away at United, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I was there with my brother half way up the Kop. We were in truth dreading it and not expecting the win as United were well ahead and looking at promotion and we were well . . . Meh really. Incredible atmosphere and once the game started you could sense we were on it. Turned into a blissful dream, could not believe what was unfolding before our eyes, we went mental. Does show that form counts for nothing in these matches though. The result turned our season around, and we all know how it finished. Same again Sunday please. "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple O Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I couldn't get a ticket but ended up going (good connections at the time), sitting in the Director's box and witnessing the celebrations in the tunnel/dressing room area. The champagne was flowing and the noise was incredible from our dressing room. Anyone who went in to congratulate the players ended up in the bath. What a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.kirkbyowl Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I was there, on the kop - what a Christmas and a great way to spoil it for the other lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Didn't bother going to bed just drank all night and took a bottleof spirit, in ,(which would not happen now) We partied in the North all game, then carried on for the rest of the day!, I was a tad longer then! Edited September 20, 2017 by Big Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I was on the kop with my old mate Pete. Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 16. On the kop. Ratted. Can't remember much of the game. Remember a long walk home to S7. All the way up London road. Must have had drunks luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ah back art kop like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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