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Three events stick in my memory about watching football in the late 1970s and early 80s. Firstly was when we played Tottenham at the Goldstone towards the end of 77/78 season. Their fans came down on Friday night and caused carnage all over town. In one incident a brick was thrown by one them...

Every club’s attendances dropped during the 1980s, certainly compared with the 1960s/70s. Something to do with football hooliganism getting worse and more vicious maybe?

No. They won the League in 1977/78 season. We got promoted the following year 1979 but they were Champions of Europe when we did the double.