You are damned right...yes there was a buzz and an excitement about being around it but I certainly remember poor sods getting isolated and getting a terrible battering and that sure isn't anything to celebrate.
Do you think so Rev? I agree that there would be hundreds milling around at the hot-spots for those matches, shouting, shoving, running about and swearing, but I still reckon that when it came down to it there was around 200-300 on each side who were really up for it, maybe another couple of...
There are elements of truth in "The Seagulleaters" account but he massively exaggerates the numbers, and gives the impression that these were all hardened hooligans. As a lot of people on here will know the vast majority of us young teenagers on both sides were only acting the hooligan but...