Like myself, tons here started watching in the 1970's. Saw some magical times, mega crowds packed in, a sea of people in chicken-run & the old north stand.
10,000's hooked for life. Many coming back to the club, with their descendents.
Knight, Perry, Bloom & others made the dream into a reality.
Jan 1976. I was of primary school age, and an older brother took me to the Goldstone. Luckily, I saw a good Peter Taylor team beat Colchester 6-0.
Was then hooked.
Soon after saw some evening games in front of mega crowds of 33,000 (in the Bamber era, many believed even more. Something anout...