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Most intimidating away day
- Thread starter Withdeanseagull
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You jest?
The most agg i have seen at a match since the 70s/80s was a pre-season friendly at Millwall in 2001. It went on pretty much all day - Spurs even went back on their manor several hours after the game to carry on the mayhem (i was on my toes as soon as the final whistle went!). The crowd was around 15k & i don't think there were more than a couple of hundred 'normal' fans there.
Most aways in the 70s & 80s had the potential to go off, always had to have your wits about you.
Most aways in the 70s & 80s had the potential to go off, always had to have your wits about you.
Do you remember that tit "Royal Ali"? Well he TOLD us that opposition players found Reading VERY intimidating - so it must be true.
For me it's either Reading (any season) or Millwall in 1986 when we won 1-0 thanks to Mick Ferguson, they lobbed bricks into the away end with half an hour still to play and we know of people who after the game ended up taking an Albion fan to hospital after he'd been kicked in the head until he was unconscious by 3 Millwall skinheads.
Built from the same cloth as MK Dons hooligans.
The Kid Frankie
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It really won't.
The only frightening thing about that day that I can remember was our performance on the pitch
The red pepper kid
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I was 11years old and watched as my cousin and his mate were nicked leaving me behind the goal on my own !.
Shortly after the rozzers dragged my cousin back to identify me and so I was ejected (kind of ) as well
DavidRyder
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It was Millwall 2 Forest 2.
I can't remember when, early 90s I think. I went with a Forest supporting friend, as a neutral (although I was a full on Forest fan for that 90 mins!). As i recall, it was near the end of the season in what's now the Championship, and both teams were in or around the play offs. The atmos was the most fierce and intimidating I can remember, not helped by the game going for and then against Millwall. I remember there were fans on the pitch, as well as police horses etc. When we left the ground, my mate told me to hide the red scarf I'd borrowed. There were bottles being thrown, the usual Millwall stuff. It was fun though, all in all!
I can't remember when, early 90s I think. I went with a Forest supporting friend, as a neutral (although I was a full on Forest fan for that 90 mins!). As i recall, it was near the end of the season in what's now the Championship, and both teams were in or around the play offs. The atmos was the most fierce and intimidating I can remember, not helped by the game going for and then against Millwall. I remember there were fans on the pitch, as well as police horses etc. When we left the ground, my mate told me to hide the red scarf I'd borrowed. There were bottles being thrown, the usual Millwall stuff. It was fun though, all in all!
Peter Grummit
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Yeah that was the one for me. Remember Millwall fighting with the police in the pen next to ours and a policeman's helmet flying about 10 feet in the air.
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Betfair Bozo
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Millwall play off semi also. I remember very quietly boarding the train at New Cross after and thinking we'd got away only for a 'wall chap who looked a right psychopath fixing me with a stare and saying "quiet journey home, Brighton." Absolutely froze!
That said, Tunisia v England in Marseille in '98 topped it as an away game as such. That was just utter carnage.
That said, Tunisia v England in Marseille in '98 topped it as an away game as such. That was just utter carnage.
luppers
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for me it was the Old Den in the 60s, Sheff Wed in the play off is leg. The strange ground where there were a lot of problems was Torquay when I went with Eastbourne Borough. The stewards joined in with the Torquay mob which did not help
The Birdman
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i thought the police were standing on each corner and it was doggy In-between the corners also it was not to safe on the platform.
John Byrnes Mullet
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Are you from Sussex?
Maybe some goal music to create some atmosphere?
Whitley Bayster
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That walk back to the station was eerie. No jubilation no chanting. It was quiet at first but everyone could sense something was about to kick off. Then suddenly the Miiiillll....walll chant went up and all sorted of stuff was being lobbed at us. To be fair the police did well to get us to the station in one piece. Naturally we all got billy big balls once we were safely on the train.
Mr Bridger
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Have to agree with Marseille, kicked off in the port with the infamous " pig of Marseille who we travelled down with. Day of the game tensions were running high and it just needed the flash point. Along came the Tunisian team coach with England fans singing either side, then someone throws a bottle and that's it. We were stuck on the wrong side of it near the underground tunnel protecting some woman who had lost her boyfriend while bottles came over from the England fans.
All of a sudden the Tunisians or maybe locals came along and pull a knife out in us, that was it we were off, getting booted in the way. Eventually got in the ground, but that night after the game we were in our toes a lot from pub to pub trying to get away from the locals.
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Lenny Rider
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From memory the various trips to Wales were always 'interesting', I can also recall the vast majority of Ayresome Park 'intimidating' Mike Small on the cusp of all out racist abuse, but the clear winner for me was the Play off Semi Second leg at the Old Den in 1991, the natives didn't take defeat, both on the night and over both legs, well culminating in a mini riot in which I saw an image which I quite simply will never forget, a Policeman's helmet ablaze, thankfully his wasn't wearing it at the time.
The walk back to the car was like a fusion of Village of the Damned, Deliverance and The Hills Have Eyes.
The walk back to the car was like a fusion of Village of the Damned, Deliverance and The Hills Have Eyes.
The Kid Frankie
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3rd Generation born and bred Brightonian matey. I love GOSBTS - but intimidating it aint.
Not because of what happened but because of what you felt might happen........
West Ham, early to mid 80's, their mob hanging over 4ft crowd control barriers just feet from your face as you made your way into the Tube station. Similarly at Chelsea, the mobs of 50-100 strong on EVERY corner back to the Tube and the Police escort just melted away halfway on the journey, making the train to discover it full of Chelsea and there are just four of you together. They were intimidating, plenty of other incidents far involved far more interaction but never felt quite as daunting.
West Ham, early to mid 80's, their mob hanging over 4ft crowd control barriers just feet from your face as you made your way into the Tube station. Similarly at Chelsea, the mobs of 50-100 strong on EVERY corner back to the Tube and the Police escort just melted away halfway on the journey, making the train to discover it full of Chelsea and there are just four of you together. They were intimidating, plenty of other incidents far involved far more interaction but never felt quite as daunting.