Utah Owl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Hughdowd said: Anybody remember when Millwall came on the kop mid 70s ...never seen nutters like them lot ... eventually Wednesday chased them onto the pitch.. ..they then turned round and jumped back on the kop ...that match seemed to start an endlessly “*** for tat” with Millwall that lasted years.......Also Southend away .. August bank holiday Monday.. worst violence I’d ever seen ... think the whole of the east end of London was on a day out and wanted a pop at Wednesday............crazy days but it engrained the loyalty to the club into you ... most 50/60 year olds will know what I mean !!!....characters like ..Sammy..Fat Sid...Bathtub....where just as popular as the players in them days Remember that Millwall game vividly. F Troop in full crazy mode that day. They also were at the Valley "helping" Charlton against us in the cup 3 months later and agin it was utter carnage. Incidentally we beat Millwall 4-1 that day. One of our better moments that season (there weren't many). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgary Owl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 15 hours ago, fredmciverslovechild said: I think you mean Mick Lyons. He got their first that night. You’re probably right about Mick Lyons but I’d put money on Colin Harvey playing- him of that great midfield with Howard Kendall and Alan Ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmciverslovechild Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Calgary Owl said: You’re probably right about Mick Lyons but I’d put money on Colin Harvey playing- him of that great midfield with Howard Kendall and Alan Ball Would that be the same Colin Harvey that joined us from Everton in 1974 and retired after we released him in 1976? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffs owl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, fredmciverslovechild said: Would that be the same Colin Harvey that joined us from Everton in 1974 and retired after we released him in 1976? Came with the nickname ( the white pele ) , never really lived up to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood Owl1 Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Had an ongoing hip injury that led to his retirement. Everton fans weren't happy for him to go - but never really at his best at Hillsborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmciverslovechild Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Everton's team that night: Wood, Jones, Pejic, Lyons, Higgins, Buckley, King, Dobson, Latchford, Pearson, Thomas. Remember seeing Dave Thomas, who had his best years at QPR, turning out for Bognor Regis Town in an FA Trophy game at Chelmsford.....back in the 90's I would think. Sad to see he's now registered blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 20 hours ago, Bearwood Owl1 said: The violence/hooliganism bit was one of the most difficult to write. I didn't want to glamorise it, while accepting that it happened (pretty regularly), that Owls fans were as responsible for it as anyone, and that (some) fans actually quite enjoyed it. Others hated it of course, and the experience varied depending on the games you went to. So, tricky. Hopefully I've presented a fair picture of it all. The thing about those days was It was actually dangerous to go about in 3s or 4 you simply had to stay with the masses So inevitably you were in amongst it if and when it did kick off If ever I found myself on me own I just put me hands in me pockets and pretended to know where I was going til I bumped into some Owls fans It happened to me away at Chelsea in the game Droy spoiled the party in the last 15 minutes Fighting outside the ground near that railway embankment I got split up No idea where the coaches were bumped in 4 big lads from Stocksbridge and walked back with them nobody thought to bother them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 19 hours ago, fredmciverslovechild said: Remember the Wigan cup tie in late 1977 when they were still playing at Springfield Park; was like a building site. ManUre's game had been called off that day so a load of their fans came cos they knew we'd bring plenty. Both lots of fans in that covered shed down the side of the pitch. Everyone well tooled up with bricks, metal, anything that could be thrown. Saw quite a few spilt heads and lots of blood that day. Spent most of the match at the very back of the shed as I reckoned it would be the safest place to be. Dreadful game; didn't Oscar (or was it Tommy?) have a late equaliser disallowed? Coach broke down on the way back home. Happy days...... Ridiculous game That terrace was miles behind the goal we got in late and thought Wednesday were knocking it about OK until I recognised Wylde in the yellow away kit It was Wylde I think mate pulled up for offside Thr was an owls fan walking about with a length of scaffolding ffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Bearwood Owl1 said: Had an ongoing hip injury that led to his retirement. Everton fans weren't happy for him to go - but never really at his best at Hillsborough On his first game some Everton lads turned up with a banner to support him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood Owl1 Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, asteener1867 said: The thing about those days was It was actually dangerous to go about in 3s or 4 you simply had to stay with the masses So inevitably you were in amongst it if and when it did kick off If ever I found myself on me own I just put me hands in me pockets and pretended to know where I was going til I bumped into some Owls fans It happened to me away at Chelsea in the game Droy spoiled the party in the last 15 minutes Fighting outside the ground near that railway embankment I got split up No idea where the coaches were bumped in 4 big lads from Stocksbridge and walked back with them nobody thought to bother them I think that nails it, it was there. It happened. If you went to football, especially away, there was a chance of getting caught up in it - like it or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood Owl1 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Had confirmation of my place at Owls in the Park. The book will be launched that day - 28th June. I'll be there and happy to chat and sign a copy if that helps :) It'll be in all good bookshops, on Amazon and other retailers soon afterwards. More details to follow. Thanks for the positive words and support I've had on here. It is genuinely appreciated. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 24/01/2020 at 23:28, qantas said: Might have been one of the worse periods for Wednesday on the pitch but, off the pitch as a supporter was the best time I can remember, results apart the fans were fantastic, I traveled all over England with the best set of supporters ever, I hardly missed a game from 1970 to 1979 & the memories are brilliant, I will definitely be getting that book, can't wait for it. Love Wednesday, loved the 70's, I'm in my sixties now & still think about those days. Wish I could plus you more than one Qantas. That is exactly how I feel about that time and I wouldn't hesitate to swap them for now. Boxing Day at Hull ...character forming. UTO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 25/01/2020 at 03:46, Calgary Owl said: Lucky to get nowt was what I meant Remember coming back on the coach from Sunderland with every window smashed in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 28/01/2020 at 11:38, fredmciverslovechild said: Everton's team that night: Wood, Jones, Pejic, Lyons, Higgins, Buckley, King, Dobson, Latchford, Pearson, Thomas. Remember seeing Dave Thomas, who had his best years at QPR, turning out for Bognor Regis Town in an FA Trophy game at Chelmsford.....back in the 90's I would think. Sad to see he's now registered blind. Mark Higgins, played behind him for Derbyshire what a fantastic player, likened to Duncan Edwards but ruined by injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Capone Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 26/01/2020 at 16:57, asteener1867 said: You got used to the Green 'Un..It hardly ever reflected the game you had been to, and rarely criticised..not like what you get today. Phrases like "A workmanlike Sheffield Wednesday side unluckily went down 1-0 against Oxford United" Workmanlike mean absolutely crap...unluckily means we had a shot hit the old electric scoreboard.... Then there was the "late" entry...usually in bold after the report...it sorta went . "A workmanlike Sheffield Wednesday side held Bolton Wanderers at Blundell park this afternoon.... then................ Bolton Wandererers 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0 Speakin' of Bolton ..I went there in the 70's when we won 1-0...right late on...and none of us knew if the goal had counted , cos there wasn't time to kick off again... I found out back on the coach!!...Have I imagined that?....Think it was 74 or 5? The game you are talking about, we won 1-0 courtesy of a Bobby Brown goal. It was early in the season and was an early goal. In the dying seconds Bolton won a corner and Alan Gowling put it into the net, but the ref had already blown the whistle as soon as the corner was taken, so it was disallowed. The season before, we played them on a wet foggy February afternoon. It was a re arranged game and was on the same day as the 4th round of the cup. We had just signed experienced keeper Bobby Ferguson on loan from West Ham. it wasnt an inspiring debut from him as we were 4-0 down at half time. We did win the 2nd half 2-0 though!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ferkorf Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I'll be purchasing this just to see if it takes the edge off this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Is this the first part of a trilogy? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, theowlsman said: Is this the first part of a trilogy? Don't your scaring me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMortimer Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I'm looking forward to this. Will be especially interesting to read that season where we had Month of the Goal (1974/5). Can't be many teams who had a leading scorer that only played 9 times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennz Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 29/01/2020 at 05:28, asteener1867 said: The thing about those days was It was actually dangerous to go about in 3s or 4 you simply had to stay with the masses So inevitably you were in amongst it if and when it did kick off If ever I found myself on me own I just put me hands in me pockets and pretended to know where I was going til I bumped into some Owls fans It happened to me away at Chelsea in the game Droy spoiled the party in the last 15 minutes Fighting outside the ground near that railway embankment I got split up No idea where the coaches were bumped in 4 big lads from Stocksbridge and walked back with them nobody thought to bother them I remember a night game at Mansfield...me & a mate had driven there & after the game turned down a street where we thought the car was...turned out it wasn't & we'd entered a Cul-de-Sac When we turned to go back a group of around 6 or 7 Mansfield lads had followed us...we had no choice but to face it down...we gave our best in what basically just a fist fight, no weapons, no sticking the boot in or owt like that...we got a black eye apiece and a bit of a mauling but we were basically OK, lucky I guess could have been a lot worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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