alanharper Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 20 minutes ago, Bannofan said: Burnley away, last match of the season, already relegated, won 7-2..people with shoes off..Ashley Westwood, Steven Haslam and Richard Wood scoring Internet tells me Richard Evand and Allan Quinn both scored 30 yarders. I can't even remember Quinn's goal but the Evans "30 yarder" was actually a cross that flew straight in. It was more surreal that Steven Haslam actually scored a goal, but iirc it was a block tackle that ended up in the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 3 hours ago, BrownOwls2018 said: great “surreal” day, just shading the Blackpool away night with the same crew that ended up with our picture in the news of the world due to some ladies selling sleaze on Ashley’s chipolatta Blackpool 2004, night match early in the promotion season before Sturrock came in? Think we win 2-1 with Bullen scoring his first goal for us. I was there and was convinced I'd seen Ashley from Coronation Street at the match with Tommy Craig (seen Tommy at away games loads of times), so thanks for confirming that it definitely was him - I don't remember you though! Or Ashley's chipolata. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilli Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Owl in Manc said: i was definitely mad one away game. Back in the early 2000's, we were due to play Gillingham away in the FA cup, I was living in Manchester, I had been sent by work to Glasgow for the week. I got back into Manchester Piccadilly at 5pm on the Friday, after travelling most of the day on a slow train due to snow. On arrival in Manchester I phone Gillingham F.C. to see if there was any chance of the match being called off, explaining to the bloke i spoke to, about my shitty journey so far. i was assured that the game would be on, so i dashed home. picked up some clean clobber, dashed back to Piccadilly to get the train back to Sheffield, after another delayed journey, due to the weather I got to my parents home about 10pm. Got up Saturday morning and walked down Halifax Road to catch the Intercity owl to the game. We got all the way down to the last services on the M1, where we stopped for a break, 30 minutes later when we got back on the coach, we were told the game had been postponed. I was ******** livid! We had a similar experience in the early 90's. Playing Southampton away, our coach was setting off early to get down to Southampton to as close as opening time as possible. We eventually arrived on the outskirts of Southampton at about 11.30/11.45am and walked into the nearest pub to settle down to a few hours pre-match drinking. A couple of the lads were wearing Wednesday shirts, and as we walked into the pub the landlord and the handful of locals who were already in there looked at us non-plussed. 'You lot Wednesday fans?' enquires the landlord. Trying not to be too sarcastic, we replied to the affirmative!!. ' 'Didn't you know the game had been postponed?' Cue most of us bursting out laughing, thinking the landlord was trying to have a little joke with us. Over the next minute or so in conversation with said landlord, it became quite clear that he wasn't joking and the game had indeed been postponed due to torrential rainfall in the Southampton area over the previous 36/48 hours!!. That was a long journey back to Swinton!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisOwl72 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, alanharper said: Blackpool 2004, night match early in the promotion season before Sturrock came in? Think we win 2-1 with Bullen scoring his first goal for us. I was there and was convinced I'd seen Ashley from Coronation Street at the match with Tommy Craig (seen Tommy at away games loads of times), so thanks for confirming that it definitely was him - I don't remember you though! Or Ashley's chipolata. Good day/night that Blackpool 2004 game! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 6 hours ago, Nut said: Virtually every one in the 80''s on the Wino/High Greave/ Gate coaches. Some reyt characters and always something going off but most of the stories are best left as memories rather than being posted on here. Nowt wrong with the odd kidnapping mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Most of the Wino Express trips. The Spartacus one The Kidnapping one The 'fit up' one The Newcastle decoy one And many many more For those that know 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onge Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Millwall away 2006(?) when Bullen ended up in goal and Simek scored that controversial goal. Millwall fans went mental at that goal (with good reason in all fairness) and were throwing all sorts of things onto the pitch. We were held back for ages after the match in the away "cage" until all Millwall fans had been moved on then had a police escort on the train to London Bridge. Police had a chain of officers to ensure everyone got to Kings Cross... problem is I live in London so had to break through the barricade or I'd have ended up in Sheffield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 37 minutes ago, lanzaroteowl said: Nowt wrong with the odd kidnapping mate Or the assault on the wedding cake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) Millwall away 2014/2015 when we each had a player sent off after a tussle by the corner flag. Got saucy after that Edited November 19, 2021 by FreshOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 minute ago, FreshOwl said: Millwall away 2014/2015 when we each had a player sent off after a tussle by the corner flag. Got saucy after that Correction this was 2013/2014. Giles Coke was sent off for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Also Brentford away, think jt was 2004/2005 promotion season where we chucked away a 2 goal lead in the last 5 mins to draw 3-3 All kicked off after the match and was nearly caught in the firing line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, OasisOwl72 said: Good day/night that Blackpool 2004 game! It most certainly was! And we had a few classics, Wrexham, Bradford, Leeds, Plymouth etc. come to mind. Bournemouth was a shocker though, although we can laugh at it now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Joes Cafe Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Freshfish said: The Van! The abandoned 'Walsall' game. The Mini over into the Midlands. 5 in a mini. Policeman: 'Carry on lads but keep the windows open or you'll die. Best thing to do when you get back is take it to the nearest cliff and push it off' Bert/Sam/Betsy the Escort: Thick fog over the dales ...Sam jogging in front to show us the way. It would have been a very long way down if you hadn't sensed summat! Grimsby: 'Black Ice' Lincoln: 24 players on the pitch due to alcohol. Lying nasty plod. Reading Away: We won!!! To the people of Reading we thank you for the tea and biscuits Oldham/Huddersfield away: The Snake/The 'Stainrod Incident': RIP Les ... but what days!!! All those van trips from the coach were memorable, jenks falling out of stand at Mansfield and landing at side of a big copper, Scholey falling out of back of van at Wrexham all had a tale to tell. Orient express coach from Norfolk arms at warren lane another Wimbledon away in early 80s. Stayed in Finsbury Park at Holmes’S flat. Total anarchy that weekend. must be many more great days my old mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 5 hours ago, punkskaphil said: I was at that game because I was at uni in Southampton and regularly went to Fratton Park with my Pompey-supporting mate. A few of our other uni mates came along too, but they all sat with him in the home end. I got soaked on the roofless away end, and we lost 2-1 (Owen Morrison pulled one back for us). Witnessed the collector's item of Des Walker having a pop from distance. I went to that one too. Not long after that they put a roof over the stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Old Trafford - the infamous Dambusters League cup semi - final I've never seen so many people being dragged out of cars / chased / beaten Really scary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandrewchaz Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Swindon Town (meeting Phil King and getting free breakfast), Burnley (for the 7-2, some of which are the worst goals I've seen keepers concede) but Dundee is the maddest. Travelling all that way and getting locked of our room at the hotel by a mate, so two of us had to stop of the restaurant floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Crawford Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Blackburn in 2018 - walked from the town to the ground and ended up in the middle of a housing estate then on the way home to Chester on the train - ended up in Milton Keynes and eventually got home at 1 in the morning - and we lost 4-2 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassy knoll Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 At forest a couple of seasons ago and seeing Jordan Rhodes score a hatrick……BONKERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niallzi Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) Donny away in 2014, Lost 1-0, freezing cold and wet through as we'd been on the front row. After the match about a dozen of us followed what we assumed was a police escort back into the town centre until they suddenly left us with a friendly "surprised you lads have come this way" and we realised we'd just been following a random group of coppers about a mile in the wrong direction. Long walk back to the centre from that and dived in a random s-hole of a pub just to warm up, shivering away with half a carling. Edited November 19, 2021 by niallzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifetime Owl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Everton on boxing day 1994 was good.....went with a mate who was driving and made it clear he had to get back straight after game Guy Whittingham's debut and scored 2 and we won 4-1 Yeh yeh yeh thats fine i said !! went for a couple after the match ( remember it was weeing down with rain) and both of us ended up bladdered and kipped in his car in city centre....happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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