reggae Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, The coach said: This..was only young in the 80s and Liverpool was a horrible place to visit..might be my imagination but they allways seemed to be night matches..and them jolly old salt of the earth scousers..running about slashing everybody 1986 was worse. Day of grand national. Chapman scored. They scored straight after. Loads of scousers tooled up slashing wednesday all day. Horrible twats. Never their fault 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Malc Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Worrying lack of violence in my story, but I had only just turned 15 so… Me and my mate decided we would do our first away game, it happened to be Crystal Palace 1991/92 season. Met at Hillsborough to get match and ICO tickets. My mate arrived and said that his parents wouldn’t let him go as he had to revise for his mock GCSE’s. I decided to be brave and got my tickets and told my parents he had got his. Got to the ground early-ish and I had no money and no idea so just stood on the terrace waiting for kick off. Bright scored a late equaliser for Palace. I left the ground and headed towards the coaches. I was first on, found my seat, sat down and relaxed. A high pitched cockney voice from the door said “Sheffield nearly won today didn’t they, dad?” A gruff cockney voice responded “But they didn’t, did they son?” Obviously I’d got on a Palace coach, sh@t myself and legged it. Had to ask a copper where the Wednesday coaches were. Never saw any trouble at any other away games so that was officially my scariest experience. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 7 hours ago, Big Malc said: Worrying lack of violence in my story, but I had only just turned 15 so… Me and my mate decided we would do our first away game, it happened to be Crystal Palace 1991/92 season. Met at Hillsborough to get match and ICO tickets. My mate arrived and said that his parents wouldn’t let him go as he had to revise for his mock GCSE’s. I decided to be brave and got my tickets and told my parents he had got his. Got to the ground early-ish and I had no money and no idea so just stood on the terrace waiting for kick off. Bright scored a late equaliser for Palace. I left the ground and headed towards the coaches. I was first on, found my seat, sat down and relaxed. A high pitched cockney voice from the door said “Sheffield nearly won today didn’t they, dad?” A gruff cockney voice responded “But they didn’t, did they son?” Obviously I’d got on a Palace coach, sh@t myself and legged it. Had to ask a copper where the Wednesday coaches were. Never saw any trouble at any other away games so that was officially my scariest experience. Did your parents ever find out you went to the match alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSheridansBigToe Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Mine was a friendly at Everton, the Waddlers debut. Genuinely thought we were going to have another Hillsborough it was that packed. Very scary, plod were clueless as usual. No lessons had been learnt there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Sam Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, JohnSheridansBigToe said: Mine was a friendly at Everton, the Waddlers debut. Genuinely thought we were going to have another Hillsborough it was that packed. Very scary, plod were clueless as usual. No lessons had been learnt there! I remember a night match vs Forest away, same thing. We were crushed up against metal fences people of all ages frightened and panicking. Police on the other side of the fence just stood and watched. PR1CKS. Edited January 12, 2022 by Señor Sam Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Barnsley away, Carlton Palmer late equalizer, was surrounded by flying fists and kicking legs on the Barnsley terrace. I did a good impersonation of Herol Bomber Graham as I dodged most of them, then legged it out of the stadium as quick as a Derby winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Señor Sam said: I remember a night match vs Forest away, same thing. We were crushed up against metal fences people of all ages frightened and panicking. Police on the other side of the fence just stood and watched. PR1CKS. Milllmoor lane was always scary as a young kid but the worst crush I was in was outside the ground at Grimsby one boxing day in the 80's. People getting pulled over the top of the turnstiles to escape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 My last away game was at Barnsley, about 10 years ago. I went with my son and some of his mates, I was stood behind the goal when the wed's C/H cleared the ball of the goal line, saving a goal, some Wed's fans got very aggressive and were going to give me a good kicking, and followed me up to where my son was, they took one look at the size of my son's mates, all Coal delivery men, poo them selves and went back. It led to me having a severe panic attack and that was the last time I went to an away game, apart from Rovrum this season, where I felt completely safe among the Rovrum fan's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo89 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 12:41, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: I went with a couple of Leeds-supporting mates to watch Leeds vs Wednesday in the home end at Elland Road. And when I say 'home end', I mean I was surrounded by blokes whose necks were thicker than my waist, most of whom had various Leeds tattoos on their arms, necks, and bare torsos. We lost 3-0 and I had to cheer them on for fear of getting my head kicked in. It got worse when we had to get on a train home full of p*ssed-up, grumpy Wednesday fans, though. Especially as my mates were doing a bad job of hiding their Leeds shirts under their jackets. Shortly after an empty whisky bottle smashed against the seat behind us and showered us in broken glass, things got bad enough for us to leg it off the train at a random station and wait for the next one. So all in all, my worst Wednesday game comprised: sitting among a bunch of pretty rough-looking Leeds fans whilst trying to blend in; cheering Leeds scoring against Wednesday three times; and nearly getting my head kicked in by a bunch of Wednesday fans. I've had better days. I went to Leeds away when I first started seeing my Mrs, think it was about 12/13 season, her dad and brother are both ST holders and were away so she said we could use their tickets. Brian McDermott was their manager. She didn't like me laughing at the Humpty Dumpty based songs coming from the away end. Wednesday went 1-0 up(JJ) I was half way out my seat when she grabbed my jacket and pulled me back down. Wednesday lost 2-1, I think it was Varney that got one of not both. I refused to stand up for the first goal, when the second went in I left her there and went for a pint under the stand, where a Leeds fan with teeth resembling a piano decided to quiz me on the previous games and the capabilities of the current squad. I sent a text to her to say I'd meet her at the car, told the dirty scruff to fizz off, and flounced off with the face on. Was a quiet car ride home. None of it scary, but reminded me of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birstall Owl Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 12:48, Ian Fleming said: Middlesbrough away about 88, we won at Middlesbrough and as we were in Croftys coach we decided to call for a drink on the way back in a place called Knottingley. We all piled into a boozer that unbeknown to us was heavily populated with coked up Leeds fans. We decided to drink up quick but before we finished it kicked off big time. We got chased all over Knottingley and everybody ended up in different directions, with some even running to the cop shop. My mate ended up in someone's house hiding for cover and another lad had been caught and duly dealt with. Not the most pleasant of evenings but at least we won that day and I've never been back to Knottingley since. I was brought up in Pontefract which is the next town along, back in the late 90's I used to work with a lad who was a Leeds fan and regular in that pub (The Railway?) and when I asked him about it, he was well aware of what went off. What I knew of him he would have been defintely involved, right nutter. Growing up in the late 80's Knottingley wasn't a place I would have gone drinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughdowd Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Had some scary moments at away games .. Charlton /Sheffield Utd/Chelsea..but scariest moment was an actual home game… Millwall at home late 70s ..think we won 4-1…I was a young 14/15 year old .. stood quietly on the kop …when around 50 absolute lunatics from millwall ran onto the kop and took it .. unheard of in them days ….remember them”kung fu kicking “ any Wednesday fan than stood in their way ….They stood in the middle of the kop showing off till around 15 mins before kick off when the “Ozzie owl” club emptied and older Wednesday fans came on and all hell broke loose …. Wednesday fans chased them onto the pitch …started taking the ********…so millwall jumped back on the kop and it all started off again ……Millwall seemed to hold a grudge against Wednesday after that episode…..always turning up whenever Wednesday where in London (Charlton away fa cup )……..Mad times !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 14:57, Baldrick said: St James Park late 80’s when we sent them down. Think it was a Hirsty wonder goal, green and white hooped shirts Open terrace at the away end back then, loads of Geordies waiting in the park opposite the exit. Got a police escort some of the way then had to walk back to the car on our own. Locals gave chase, we did Starsky & Hutch entrance to car, wheelspinning away as they continued to run alongside the car. Pulse rate racing ! We got followed by a group of geordies walking up that road back to our car. Fortunately there was a couple of coppers around otherwise we'd have been in big trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponteowl1976 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 12:48, Ian Fleming said: Middlesbrough away about 88, we won at Middlesbrough and as we were in Croftys coach we decided to call for a drink on the way back in a place called Knottingley. We all piled into a boozer that unbeknown to us was heavily populated with coked up Leeds fans. We decided to drink up quick but before we finished it kicked off big time. We got chased all over Knottingley and everybody ended up in different directions, with some even running to the cop shop. My mate ended up in someone's house hiding for cover and another lad had been caught and duly dealt with. Not the most pleasant of evenings but at least we won that day and I've never been back to Knottingley since. Ahh good old knottla ,lol ,my current place of residence ,pretty sure that would of been the railway I reckon ,frequented by some big names in the leeds ranks back then (knottla whites) and ferrybridge whites ,lads who travelled everywhere with em ,not the friendliest of pubs as you found out . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Ipswich away first game 1990/91. Stood on the away end which totally packed and where I was standing, you could hear one or two supporters shouting for help.I really feared that something akin to the Hillsborough Disaster was happening again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birstall Owl Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, parkfieldowl14 said: Ipswich away first game 1990/91. Stood on the away end which totally packed and where I was standing, you could hear one or two supporters shouting for help.I really feared that something akin to the Hillsborough Disaster was happening again. And then the old bill panicked and tried to shut the gates to the pens, remember it well Edited January 12, 2022 by Birstall Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Birstall Owl said: And then the old bill panicked and tried to shut the gates to the pens, remember it well 32 years later, and that day still give me nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Went to Norwich in the sixties for a FA cup game got attacked by a load of canaries Scarred me for life 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Man City cup replay at Maine Road 1980 Me and my mate drove there, we arrived about 4pm and parked up at Moss Side While we were getting out of the car we got threatened by an eight year old He said if we didn't pay him to look after the car, it would be on bricks when we got back to it We moved and parked elsewhere. A lot of Wednesdayites were delayed and they were still entering the ground at half time We pretended we were hard and stood near the railings seperating us and the City fans A girl who must have been 14 told me she was going to kick my head in outside When we got outside it was mayhem, fights and chases everywhere We stood with our backs to the wall and tried to pretend we were house bricks While simultaneously shiiting them. 4 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...
unkastav Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, parkfieldowl14 said: Ipswich away first game 1990/91. Stood on the away end which totally packed and where I was standing, you could hear one or two supporters shouting for help.I really feared that something akin to the Hillsborough Disaster was happening again. Thank god another few thousand didnt turn up and force themselves in it wouldve indeed been another disaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakefieldowl Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 22:25, reggae said: West ham away when newsome equalised. West ham out for blood. Any London lot in 80s especially Chelsea until the swiss cottage incident with blades when all seemed happy after that. Man utd semi when "mistaken" Munich chants ( although got sorted in replay) Port vale when stoke were waiting for us after at station. Bristol city when we got to their boozer too early and they just kept bringing more and more ( even worse at home when at pumphouse) Oldham all time. What was the swiss cottage incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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