West street FIRM

[Pretty pink fairy]

yes i did occasionally a lot of them used to stand in the east in the early 80's we were all sergio, l'ecosted and pringled up to the eyeballs !!
Anyone remember mark groves

yeah ,well done, any need to put up a name his parents used to run a burger shop .

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Spot on

made a good showing at LORDS a couple of years back

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I didnt say he was i just asked if anyone remembered him ??

You didn't really know who many of them were to be honest they weren't significantly bad hools just some nutters in there !!

Is he still around Mark havent seen him for years and years

i have

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Yes i did occasionally a lot of them used to stand in the East in the early 80's we were all Sergio, L'Ecosted and Pringled up to the eyeballs !!
Anyone remember Mark Groves

quite a lot of skinheads in the east as well

 

[Hungry Joe]

As a teenager I used to spend a lot of time at games and in the arcades of West Street 83 to 85 with some casual mates from Lancing. I knew a lot of the WSF by face but was never directly involved with them, was more into the fashion and trying to pull than fighting. Still see the odd face I remember at games now and again.

 

[Weststander]

Weren't some just Pringle wearing cowards, who'd think nothing beating up in a numbers an innocent bystander in the street or in a Brighton nightclub ... if they'd drawn a blank and not pulled yet again?

No Queensbury Rules, or solely thug against thug.

That is, exactly the same as the 20 year old cowards that we all criticise today.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Weren't some just Pringle wearing cowards, who'd think nothing beating up in a numbers an innocent bystander in the street or in a Brighton nightclub ... if they'd drawn a blank and not pulled yet again?

Some were, but by no means all. You can't really refer to the WSF and its fringes as a homogenous firm, they were a real mixture over the years. Some were well respected by other serious firms, some were laughed at.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Some were, but by no means all. You can't really refer to the WSF and its fringes as a homogenous firm, they were a real mixture over the years. Some were well respected by other serious firms, some were laughed at.

all the local towns had their own firms , WSF mainly Brighton bods , not a lot of mixing going on if the truth be known .

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Thanks for that
Wow 29 pages, read about 15 pages I'll browse through the others later
Makes this thread irrelevant now I suppose just going over what's been said on NSC nearly 3 years ago , sorry

 

[T soprano]

all the local towns had their own firms , WSF mainly Brighton bods , not a lot of mixing going on if the truth be known .

Southwick casuals ( hanging round the square & cricks ) had the hardest mob always used to run mile oak & portslade all over the place

 

[Hungry Joe]

all the local towns had their own firms , WSF mainly Brighton bods , not a lot of mixing going on if the truth be known .

True, which is probably why me and my Lancing mates were tolerated over there, but hardly welcomed with open arms. We might have looked the part but were still considered provincial. Lancing had a real repuatation in Brighton around that time. A lot of the West Street club's bouncers would ask where you were from, and if you said Lancing you wouldn't get in.

 

[Varndean VI Form College]

top A&H, bottom A&H, Family Fun, Line Up, Nudges Unlimited, Pac Land, Track and Field, Marble Madness, Paperboy, Lois cords, Kickers, Australian tracksuits...aah it's all coming back

You weren't even there mate.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

quite a lot of skinheads in the east as well

Dont remember seeing too many skinheads in the East but then i wasnt there to boy watch i was there to watch football

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Dont remember seeing too many skinheads in the East but then i wasnt there to boy watch i was there to watch football

mmmmmmmm

 

[User removed 4]

yeah ,well done, any need to put up a name his parents used to run a burger shop .

do leave off das , stop trying to make it anything more important than a simple enquiry if anyone knew him , it was 30 years ago ffs

 

[The Birdman]

Fishing shop comes to mind?

 

[Birdie Boy]

Southwick casuals ( hanging round the square & cricks ) had the hardest mob always used to run mile oak & portslade all over the place

I was one of the Southwick Casuals... Still see some of the guys. Great days and just read through the other thread, what great memories! In fact, sitting here reading this in my Fila BJ top!

Now take my kids to footy, glad those days are over.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

do leave off das , stop trying to make it anything more important than a simple enquiry if anyone knew him , it was 30 years ago ffs

don't think it's important bushy he wasn't really a player was he, just a case of a bit of privacy when required , lets face it we don't really want names bounded about with anti social behaviour

 

[Puppet Master]

2 pages and not a single comedian giving it the 'aw pwopa nawty' impression. This site is improving.

I was waiting for that too.

I was kind of playing hooligan thread Bingo in my head and waiting to also tick off anything like "top boys" and "toe to toe"

 

[T soprano]

I was one of the Southwick Casuals... Still see some of the guys. Great days and just read through the other thread, what great memories! In fact, sitting here reading this in my Fila BJ top!

Now take my kids to footy, glad those days are over.

Great days mate ( just sent you a pm )