[Spire-Power]

calvin plummers socks, on 26 June 2019 - 05:31 PM, said:

The Easter Monday game?
Remember getting off train and seeing about 20 Cardifff fans behind police line at station burning Union Jack flag.
During game police milling around Town fans urging us to not look at the fans to our left.

They equalised very late on and invaded pitch and almost all Town fans decided to quickly exit ground there and then!

Don't even dare look at them?
Ges would be rolling in his grave! I think our lot were involved in a number of skirmishes with Cardiff outside Saltergate about 20 years ago that resulted in a lot of banning orders for Spireites.
I'd guess we're a bunch of mild, well behaved supporters these days

[moondog]

calvin plummers socks, on 26 June 2019 - 05:31 PM, said:

The Easter Monday game?
Remember getting off train and seeing about 20 Cardifff fans behind police line at station burning Union Jack flag.
During game police milling around Town fans urging us to not look at the fans to our left.

They equalised very late on and invaded pitch and almost all Town fans decided to quickly exit ground there and then!

About 8 of us made a weekend of it, so had to walk into Cardiff City centre after the match, which was a bit hairy.

Someone thought it a great idea to call into Wetherspoons it was rammed with them fiercely chanting all manner of anti English pleasantries.

Happened to be my round, nutters all polite at the bar, making sure I wasn't served out of turn. Couldn't believe I got away with my first ever attempt at a welsh accent. We soon supped up, standing near the door in case we were sussed out and headed for the refuge of a nearby Jazz bar to safety while away an hour or two

Fortunately the City Centre became normal in due course and we managed the night without a scrape which looked very unlikely at 6pm

[RN Blue]

Mid week game at old Stoke ground, running late nipped in the Victoria for one, got sussed asked for a light/the time put on a jock accent and supped up. Peeled off sharpish to the away end.

This post has been edited by RN Blue: 26 June 2019 - 07:01 PM

[Geordieblue]

Siberian Spireite, on 26 June 2019 - 02:45 PM, said:

Lucky Yukka! That was the Auto-Windscreens match where Kevin Francis robbed us. Northern Area semi, I think- we kicked the ball out for an injured player only for them to lob it straight back in for Francis to head home.

Remember it well. I was fuming. Walked back through the Stockport fans cursing and swearing with the then wife telling me to shut up. Angriest I've ever been at a football match I think.
Hated them ever since.

This post has been edited by Geordieblue: 27 June 2019 - 03:55 AM

[Vivo]

Who can remember the girl on the kop in the early seventies, who used to bellow out a roar every so often?
I think they nicknamed her Tarzan.

[Westbars Spireite]

spireitenag, on 25 June 2019 - 08:13 PM, said:

Season after Phil Tingay made his debut.

May 5th,1972.

Lost 0-1, Villa had won league previous week, att: 45,714.

Forty seven years years later he's opening the batting for Staveley.

[JonB]

Westbars Spireite, on 27 June 2019 - 06:51 AM, said:

Forty seven years years later he's opening the batting for Staveley.

And probably doing some bowling as well isnt he?

[lindave]

Tora Tora Tora, on 26 June 2019 - 02:42 PM, said:

Remember Blackpool when my old pal andy longmore got slashed across his stomach. Carnage as it happened as we came out the ground. All hell went off. Police finding it hard to control handcuffed a Blackpool fan to a lamppost then left him. Unlucky for him the inscrutable Geoff Tennant from brim was spotted leathering him and the poor chap couldn't escape. The slasher ended up in a very bad way and arrested.

Can reneember the lad in question walked past me with blood all over his hands. Dozens of Town fans chased their fans across a grassed area. We were late getting on the supporters buses and the old codgers were moaning, but shut up when we told them what had happened. I was early 20s and it shocked me.

[lindave]

Spire-Power, on 26 June 2019 - 05:43 PM, said:

Don't even dare look at them?
Ges would be rolling in his grave! I think our lot were involved in a number of skirmishes with Cardiff outside Saltergate about 20 years ago that resulted in a lot of banning orders for Spireites.
I'd guess we're a bunch of mild, well behaved supporters these days

Gesler and his boys would have been in amongst them.

[dalekpete]

tomjoad, on 26 June 2019 - 11:47 AM, said:

Cardiff away in the 3 3 draw under Brown
Hostile crowd hostile stewards hostile police an a coward of a linesman who gave us nothing.No escort to the coaches but finally turning up in full riot gear complete with shields.They didnt lose at home that season no surprise there then.��

Cardiff 3 Town 3

This post has been edited by dalekpete: 27 June 2019 - 08:33 AM

[Johnnyspireite7]

tomjoad, on 26 June 2019 - 11:47 AM, said:

Cardiff away in the 3 3 draw under Brown
Hostile crowd hostile stewards hostile police an a coward of a linesman who gave us nothing.No escort to the coaches but finally turning up in full riot gear complete with shields.They didnt lose at home that season no surprise there then.🙈

Was at that one, stood in the end next to some of their nutters, one of their little scroats threw a full coke bottle towards us, unfortunately he forgot there was full height netting between us, it hit the netting and bounced back at their own fans, some of their's spotted that he'd thrown it and gave him a right pasting, meanwhile we were laughing our heads off!

[tomjoad]

70s Vivo, on 27 June 2019 - 06:49 AM, said:

Who can remember the girl on the kop in the early seventies, who used to bellow out a roar every so often?
I think they nicknamed her Tarzan.

Sure can think she lives in Walton.

[Spire-Power]

Is her name Jane?

[Tora Tora Tora]

lindave, on 27 June 2019 - 08:00 AM, said:

Can reneember the lad in question walked past me with blood all over his hands. Dozens of Town fans chased their fans across a grassed area. We were late getting on the supporters buses and the old codgers were moaning, but shut up when we told them what had happened. I was early 20s and it shocked me.

yes mate it was a shock and a nasty injury. Andy ended up in hospital and was lucky it was not more serious. I pointed out to the police the guy who did it and i cant remember if the guy did time. He and his pals took a right slapping.

Can anyone remember the time there was a big disturbance in blackpool not connected to a match and it ended up in the star paper. A mass fracas between leeds hooligans and chesterfield?