Most intimidating away day

Albion_Dave · Jul 16, 2017

Bingo said:
Or the game in the 80's when their fans lobbed bricks at the train!

Think that was '86. They hadn't lost at home for a year and Fergerson scored for us. They broke a wall down and pelted us.

Ninian Park 84 was worse. Got battered that day.

LamieRobertson · Jul 16, 2017

Weststander said:
Burton 2016.

oh yes with you there....fiesty lot and so many of them ..scary or what

Driver8 · Jul 16, 2017

Timbo said:
Just to elaborate on this, getting there was pretty uneventful. I'd wrongly thought that having turned them over 4-1 in the first leg, they wouldn't be interested and we'd take over the place. Turning up, they had about 18,000 there while we had just a few hundred. Stood down near the front until a lump of concrete landed at my feet, so moved back a bit.

I remember being quite pleased when they scored as they may lay attention to the game but we ended winning 2-1 and it turned into the most incredible atmosphere. I think John Robinson scored the 2nd and instead of celebrating turned round and ran back to the half way line.

At the end of the game we were kept in for ages while they lit a bonfire in the stand to the left and burnt policeman's hats. When we finally got out we couldn't move anywhere. Hundreds of police and horses trying to get us to the station while anything the Millwall fans could get hold of came flying over the top. I had to nip down a side road as I needed to get back to London Bridge rather than a direct train back to Brighton that had been laid on, just stood in a corner while they ripped the train to pieces.

Strange evening.

We couldn't find our car that night as we had to leave by a different route to the way in. Spent ages wandering around with hoards of Millwall fans charging around looking for Albion fans to attack. Wasn't much fun!

origigull · Jul 16, 2017

my first away day was 1972 at Portsmouth. We decided to go on the train early and arrived just after 11am. I wish I didn't bother going early. We were on our toes from the get-go. Managed to get back to the station and wait for reinforcements to arrive. We were still on our toes after a couple of specials coming in from Brighton. Me and a couple of mates even managed to get into their end thinking it was the away end. Luckily both teams had the same colour scarf. A baptism of fire but it didn't put me off going to away games.

Thunder Bolt · Jul 16, 2017

Cardiff at their old ground, and Bristol City.

Codner's Wallop · Jul 16, 2017

For me, definitiely Millwall 1991 play off semi final. The only game I've ever attended where I wish I could have been magically transported somewhere else. The Robinson goal was the final nail. I can remember so little from the actual match but do recall thinking 'oh shit, I really wish that hadn't gone in'......

Guinness Boy · Jul 16, 2017

Timbo said:
Just to elaborate on this, getting there was pretty uneventful. I'd wrongly thought that having turned them over 4-1 in the first leg, they wouldn't be interested and we'd take over the place. Turning up, they had about 18,000 there while we had just a few hundred. Stood down near the front until a lump of concrete landed at my feet, so moved back a bit.

I remember being quite pleased when they scored as they may lay attention to the game but we ended winning 2-1 and it turned into the most incredible atmosphere. I think John Robinson scored the 2nd and instead of celebrating turned round and ran back to the half way line.

At the end of the game we were kept in for ages while they lit a bonfire in the stand to the left and burnt policeman's hats. When we finally got out we couldn't move anywhere. Hundreds of police and horses trying to get us to the station while anything the Millwall fans could get hold of came flying over the top. I had to nip down a side road as I needed to get back to London Bridge rather than a direct train back to Brighton that had been laid on, just stood in a corner while they ripped the train to pieces.

Strange evening.

Again, this, although we got the direct train home. New Cross was no fun, trust me.

The whole week was edgy. Millwall had the East at the Goldstone but there were a load of them in the North. Every time we scored at home we invaded the pitch & they kicked off and we scored four times.

We assumed everyone would turn up away but no one did. When they set fire to their programmes in their own end I was properly petrified. It was only 5 years after Bradford.

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origigull · Jul 16, 2017

Albion_Dave said:
Ninian Park 84 was worse. Got battered that day.

I remember going down the players tunnel with a couple of mates one year at Cardiff after the game to get away from their fans. Got escorted through to the outside of the ground and thought it safe when some work mate started calling my name. He was dressed up in the Albions finest merchandise. I had to talk to him for a few minutes but it seemed like ages.

Deleted member 2719 · Jul 16, 2017

Timbo said:
Millwall away, play off semi final 2nd leg.

Yep, easily this one, they did want to kill us all and probably eat us.

How i miss these games, the younger fans will probably never discover the passion/tension and hate that was displayed at this match.

One of my top three away games ever.

Publius Ovidius · Jul 16, 2017

Sunderland in 1979ish!

Nothing came close to that evening.

Publius Ovidius · Jul 16, 2017

Guinness Boy said:
Again, this, although we got the direct train home. New Cross was no fun, trust me.

The whole week was edgy. Millwall had the East at the Goldstone but there were a load of them in the North. Every time we scored at home we invaded the pitch & they kicked off and we scored four times.

We assumed everyone would turn up away but no one did. When they set fire to their programmes in their own end I was properly petrified. It was only 5 years after Bradford.

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The east was fine...we had a bit of banter with 'wall fans that day

Stamford bridge when we had all the horrible stuff down at the goldstone. About 20 of us went in the shed. No point going in the away end. Very interesting after the game

Return of the Rev · Jul 16, 2017

Ninian park 1976 Mellor scored no segregation celebrated(bad move) got chased out the ground by 40 odd Cardiff at the age of 15 :shrug:

Worst watching England Turin 1980 chased by youths with knives chains on three different days before England played,two of us in hotel and the manager would not let us out as Italians waiting outside for us and one point we had the wardrobe up against the door :ohmy:

When we did chase them off with a few other England fans we were rounded up at gunpoint and taken to the local nick.held till late at night then released after getting told by the police there was mob italians waiting out side,16 of us made our way back to our hotels one got stabbed another a broken leg

Return of the Rev · Jul 16, 2017

origigull said:
my first away day was 1972 at Portsmouth. We decided to go on the train early and arrived just after 11am. I wish I didn't bother going early. We were on our toes from the get-go. Managed to get back to the station and wait for reinforcements to arrive. We were still on our toes after a couple of specials coming in from Brighton. Me and a couple of mates even managed to get into their end thinking it was the away end. Luckily both teams had the same colour scarf. A baptism of fire but it didn't put me off going to away games.

My first away game and had to go to the ground to get match tickets from a pompey player,Brighton mob turned up but got run by pompey(much to Portsmouth surprise tbf :moo:

Mayonaise · Jul 16, 2017

As has been said - the old Den.

Justice · Jul 16, 2017

Hillian1 said:
Was about to post this.

The only time I've ever really been scared for my life at a football match.

I was only 17 and just remember being kept in for ages and fires being lit in the home ends.

Blackadder · Jul 16, 2017

I would also like to throw in the 0-0 at White Hart Lane. 1978ish for consideration.

48.000 at the game. They weren't taking prisoners that day.

Codner's Wallop · Jul 16, 2017

Grassman said:
We had more than a few hundred that game, I seem to recall it was about 1500. I went back very early the following season, a warm late summer evening, and saw John Robinson get attacked by one of their fans, only for Mark Beeney to intervene. That was pretty lively afterwards too.

We had 2,500 according to Brian Moore! However, it felt like we had 23 compared to that massive mob from Millwall.

origigull · Jul 16, 2017

Return of the Rev said:
My first away game and had to go to the ground to get match tickets from a pompey player,Brighton mob turned up but got run by pompey(much to Portsmouth surprise tbf

You didn't get on the train that got there at 11ish by chance. Silly move if you did!!

Weststander · Jul 16, 2017

Timbo said:
Just to elaborate on this, getting there was pretty uneventful. I'd wrongly thought that having turned them over 4-1 in the first leg, they wouldn't be interested and we'd take over the place. Turning up, they had about 18,000 there while we had just a few hundred. Stood down near the front until a lump of concrete landed at my feet, so moved back a bit.

I remember being quite pleased when they scored as they may lay attention to the game but we ended winning 2-1 and it turned into the most incredible atmosphere. I think John Robinson scored the 2nd and instead of celebrating turned round and ran back to the half way line.

At the end of the game we were kept in for ages while they lit a bonfire in the stand to the left and burnt policeman's hats. When we finally got out we couldn't move anywhere. Hundreds of police and horses trying to get us to the station while anything the Millwall fans could get hold of came flying over the top. I had to nip down a side road as I needed to get back to London Bridge rather than a direct train back to Brighton that had been laid on, just stood in a corner while they ripped the train to pieces.

Strange evening.

I wasn't there but from TV highlights, didn't a Millwall fan jump on Robinson's back at some other point, at the touch line during the game?

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