The most scared you've ever been at a match

[Howards back]

2 hours ago, Shetland Owl said:

all in the 1970's

Sunderland 3 v 0 Owls, everyone running from ground back to the coaches. No police around, Sunderland fans waiting for the Owls fans. Managed to get on coach then a hail of bricks came through breaking all windows. A large knife came through the window and stuck in head rest, luck everyone was on the floor- police not interested, absolutely freezing on way back (January)

 

Similar at Middlesboro, lost 8-0 and still Boro fans put all windows through

 

Millwall away, coach pulled into carpark, hail of bricks never stopped went straight back to Sheffield (think it ended 0-0

When you think about it the guys who replaced coach windows in the 70-80s must have made a fortune. Week in week out all around the country coach windows put through. 

[sexpistol]

2 hours ago, gurujuan said:

 The one time I was a little concerned was the crush at Portman Rd, that for a while was a bit scary

This. I almost put that word for word myself.

[theowlsman]

When we beat Liverpool at Hillsborough. I’d got the runs and had to dash to the bogs on the Kop. Most frightened I’d been at a game.

 

Was scared to death I wouldn’t make it in time and would have to watch the rest of the game, then go back to town on the football special, with soiled trousers and smelling of crap.

 

Thinking about it now though, it was in the middle of the game, most people would still be sat watching the match. I could’ve tried rinsing my pants and trousers in the sink when I knew the coast was clear from the cubicle, then claimed I’d spilled my beer all over my crotch and ar53hole when I got back to my seat. No maybe not.

 

Would probably have got caught out with no trousers and pants on stood at the sink knowing my luck though, then got done for gay flashing, if there is such an offence.

 

Which brings me to my elderly father-in-law who was waiting in my wife’s car, in Tescos car park, whilst she went into Tescos to buy groceries. He suddenly felt the need to go to but knew he wouldn’t make the toilet, so opened the car door, crouched, and shat into a carrier bag he found in the car. People were driving past watching in disbelief. No toilet paper either so used his handkerchief before casually placing the carrier bag at the side of the car, and getting back in, waiting for my wife to get back.

 

“Dad, what’s that smell?” she asked. 

 

“Just get us out of here and I’ll tell you in a minute”.

 

Only mentioned he’d left the carrier bag next to the car on the drive home.

 

The Mrs had to clean the entire car afterwards just in case.

 

True story. I’m supposed to never let on I know about it in case it embarrasses him, so I thought I’d share the story on here. 

[Leaping Lannys Perm]

Thankfully I didn't grow up in the hooligan era. I'm a cat so it wouldn't have gone well.

 

So for me it was away at Burnley about 5 years back. That concourse is always tightly packed but it seemed terrible that day.

 

Had my daughters with me who were about 6 and 8 at the time.

 

Took us a while to get all of us through the toilets and by the time we got out the crush seemed to have doubled inside and the usual beer throwing knobheads were having a whale of a time. Genuinely feared for how I'd get the little ones through without them being crushed.

 

Luckily we have a lot of great fans and a bunch of them literally steamrolled a path through to the stand for us.

[belfast owl lad]

10 minutes ago, theowlsman said:

When we beat Liverpool at Hillsborough. I’d got the runs and had to dash to the bogs on the Kop. Most frightened I’d been at a game.

 

Was scared to death I wouldn’t make it in time and would have to watch the rest of the game, then go back to town on the football special, with soiled trousers and smelling of crap.

 

Thinking about it now though, it was in the middle of the game, most people would still be sat watching the match. I could’ve tried rinsing my pants and trousers in the sink when I knew the coast was clear from the cubicle, then claimed I’d spilled my beer all over my crotch and ar53hole when I got back to my seat. No maybe not.

 

Would probably have got caught out with no trousers and pants on stood at the sink knowing my luck though, then got done for gay flashing, if there is such an offence.

 

Which brings me to my elderly father-in-law who was waiting in my wife’s car, in Tescos car park, whilst she went into Tescos to buy groceries. He suddenly felt the need to go to but knew he wouldn’t make the toilet, so opened the car door, crouched, and shat into a carrier bag he found in the car. People were driving past watching in disbelief. No toilet paper either so used his handkerchief before casually placing the carrier bag at the side of the car, and getting back in, waiting for my wife to get back.

 

“Dad, what’s that smell?” she asked. 

 

“Just get us out of here and I’ll tell you in a minute”.

 

Only mentioned he’d left the carrier bag next to the car on the drive home.

 

The Mrs had to clean the entire car afterwards just in case.

 

True story. I’m supposed to never let on I know about it in case it embarrasses him, so I thought I’d share the story on here. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, bladeshater said:

A lot of man utd fans at the return leg got  good hidings definitely retribution

 

Remember that, I was sat in the north west corner for the 2nd leg and it all went off before the match along Middlewood Road towards Leppings Lane. 

[Brinsworthowl]

Semi final at villa in 86.  I was 13 years old. Spent full game crushed against barriers in between my dads arms. Frightening 

[Guest Bulgaria]

2 hours ago, dr. benway said:

Out of interest, what was he calling it?

Doug.

[belfast owl lad]

Northern Ireland V Scotland Windsor Park 1967,The 'George Best Game',Literally stuck in the North Stand unable to breathe or move and the place reeking of Park Drive and Old Holborn.

[belfast owl lad]

3 minutes ago, Bulgaria said:

Doug.

+1

[ChapSmurf]

Probably the most scared is as school kid, probably 14 or 15 at the time. Wednesday were playing away and I was too young to go to away matches, so I went to watch the Pigs vs Millwall with a pig supporting mate, obviously oblivious to Millwalls reputation. I think it was 1984. Pigs lost (haha) 2-1 and I think they also missed a penalty.

 

We got free tickets from school and were somewhere near the away end. Anyway, it kicked off big time after the game. Millwall were proper tooled up and it was a full blown riot with police horses and the lot. A police horse came charging towards us (although he was after some Millwall fans) near a petrol station behind the away end (it's not there now). The horse slipped on the spilt petrol and gashed its leg open. The copper went flying and this was litterally feet away from me. I actually went over to see if he was alright. 

 

As kids, we were well out of our league and with me not supporting either team I wasn't going to hang around and have my face caved in. It was just chaos. There was literally 100s fighting, all around us. Millwall smashed up a bus gave some of the blunts a right kicking but we were proper pooing ourselves. We eventually legged it and got back to Pond Street and the bus home. I don't think any of us had ever witnessed hooliganism, never mind something on that scale. It wasn't pointing and windmilling - it was full on hard core and the amount of bloody faces was like something from a horror film. We were all really quiet on the bus home it had shook us up that much and to be fair, none of us were the kind of kids to back down from a fight (although we didn't go looking for one either) so to us this was just on another level entirely. I doubt I will ever witness a brawl on that scale ever again in my life.

[Sleepy Joes Cafe]

50 minutes ago, theowlsman said:

When we beat Liverpool at Hillsborough. I’d got the runs and had to dash to the bogs on the Kop. Most frightened I’d been at a game.

 

Was scared to death I wouldn’t make it in time and would have to watch the rest of the game, then go back to town on the football special, with soiled trousers and smelling of crap.

 

Thinking about it now though, it was in the middle of the game, most people would still be sat watching the match. I could’ve tried rinsing my pants and trousers in the sink when I knew the coast was clear from the cubicle, then claimed I’d spilled my beer all over my crotch and ar53hole when I got back to my seat. No maybe not.

 

Would probably have got caught out with no trousers and pants on stood at the sink knowing my luck though, then got done for gay flashing, if there is such an offence.

 

Which brings me to my elderly father-in-law who was waiting in my wife’s car, in Tescos car park, whilst she went into Tescos to buy groceries. He suddenly felt the need to go to but knew he wouldn’t make the toilet, so opened the car door, crouched, and shat into a carrier bag he found in the car. People were driving past watching in disbelief. No toilet paper either so used his handkerchief before casually placing the carrier bag at the side of the car, and getting back in, waiting for my wife to get back.

 

“Dad, what’s that smell?” she asked. 

 

“Just get us out of here and I’ll tell you in a minute”.

 

Only mentioned he’d left the carrier bag next to the car on the drive home.

 

The Mrs had to clean the entire car afterwards just in case.

 

True story. I’m supposed to never let on I know about it in case it embarrasses him, so I thought I’d share the story on here. 

Nowt to do with the thread but does remind me of me and two mates on a night down Hillsborough 

Finished up in Swiggys wine bar totally done it.

They lived miles away so stopped at my parents house. Half way through night one of mates is kicking me to wake me up and through his heaving telling me our dog had had a s***. I said we didn’t have a dog. The other mate had done a giant walnut whip at the top of the stairs.

 

[theowlsman]

2 minutes ago, Sleepy Joes Cafe said:

Nowt to do with the thread but does remind me of me and two mates on a night down Hillsborough 

Finished up in Swiggys wine bar totally done it.

They lived miles away so stopped at my parents house. Half way through night one of mates is kicking me to wake me up and through his heaving telling me our dog had had a s***. I said we didn’t have a dog. The other mate had done a giant walnut whip at the top of the stairs.

 

 

[asteener1867]

I think the most frightened football supporters ive ever seen were Sunderland when they came on the Eastbank once....

They stood on the left hand side before the Ozzie Owl club tipped out....Then it was like a Benny Hill show....

The Ozzie owl club lads ran straight outta the club and up the left hand side from the bottom...Sunderland lads ran straight down the ramp..and appeared stage left again....followed by the ozzie lads...sunderland lads ran straight down the ramp...those that survived  appeared once again stage right..ran straight along the bottom of the Kop..followed by the Ozzie mob..to exit stage left..appeared stage right again..about 3 of 'em.....then got escorted across the pitch...you could honestly have put it to music....I watched it all..stood beneath the old electric scoreboard..The game was crap

[unkastav]

4 hours ago, Suzuki_San said:

Not scared, but funniest I remember is at Oakwell, watching England Under 21's and seeing a guy on a busy roundabout being beaten by someone with a spade.  

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He’d heard about his brother sleeping with his mum again

[Owls s18]

7 hours ago, Inspector Lestrade said:

West Street about twelve of us in, all Wednesday fans, when these two lads rush in shouting BBC throwing bottles.  We chase them out into the only to find there are bloody loads of them outside waiting for us. 

 

A bit of lashing out and more bottles thrown, and we run back in the pub and bar the door close and next thing windows are going through and there is glass everywhere.  Doors shaking as they try to force their way in. 

 

Like this for a few minutes then we can see some of them starting to run off, thank God coppers are here I thought, but no, it was some OCS lads, never felt so pleased to see them. A couple of united lads who stood their ground took a bit of a kicking. 

 

Rest of the united lads disappeared quick and I don't blame them as the OCS lads were big lads and game for a show down.

 

Had a few adventures round town in the eighties and early nighties, we got lucky that night we could have taken a right hammering. 

 

 

I heard about this a few years ago, I used to work with a piggy who claimed to be one of the lads that first came in chucking the bottles knowing you were going to be ambushed! ....he was a little vague about the outcome!  

[Inspector Lestrade]

1 minute ago, Owls s18 said:

I heard about this a few years ago, I used to work with a piggy who claimed to be one of the lads that first came in chucking the bottles knowing you were going to be ambushed! ....he was a little vague about the outcome!  

 

There were a few occasions like that, I doubt that it was the same one.  

[HIGHERSTATE]

6 hours ago, Bulldog said:

Old Trafford 1993 / 1994?? the infamous "Dambusters" game when thousands of them suddenly appeared at the exit as we were streaming out......nasty!

I managed to avoid that...but I had kids shouting scum at me.

 

I wouldn't have minded but I had a reight cracking beer headache and I was trying to eat my chips n curry.

 

Out of interest I'm sure we got kept behind didnt we?

[wakefieldowl]

5 hours ago, Sham67 said:

 

We walked back to the tram stop at the cricket ground without seeing any trouble.  It was only when other Wednesday fans starting turning up bloodied and bruised, we had an inkling there'd been bother.

I remember the return leg at Hillsborough where there were a lot of revenge attacks on any man u fans stupid enough to be at the wrong end of the ground before the match

[HIGHERSTATE]

Funny story...After a Derby away match a few years ago I was left outside the train station on myself after my brother had left me...So I decided to pop into the pub across from the Merry Widow for a quick one...As soon as I walked in I could see it was ram packed full of Derby fans...A minute later the police piled in, closed the doors and stopped anyone leaving....I just bought myself a half and edged into the corner till the coast was clear.  Good job I'd had a couple and didn't panic. Similar to when we went to Rovrum and we went in Weatherspoons packed with home fans and we had a kid chattin sh@t to us and asking where we were from.