Goldstone 70's Hothead

[Worried Man Blues]

Hello chums, haven't seen this story before so thought I would share it with you…..

Early 70s defo before the Rochdale game some match, don't know which one. I was standing 3-4 rows down from the main North Stand entrance, that would be the big hole in the corrugated iron, when a piece of paper lazily floated over my head. Now it was unusual to see any piece of newspaper in the North Stand but what made this even more unusual was it was on fire. It drifted down and alighted, pun intended, on some blokes head 6-7 rows in front of me just as it reached it's fullest conflagration.
Now there you are watching a game of football and suddenly your head's on fire…..Que massive windmilling of arms and a large gapness appeared around him as his mates left him to spontaneously combust. Don't know how the paper got into the air or whether it was a freak or controlled didn't see what happened next as me and 100 others were p1ssing ourselves on the floor.

Still makes me chuckle, were you there, are your ears burning? Expects flaming……..

 

[Return of the Rev]

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together

 

[whitelion]

That's not spontaneous combustion though...there was a fire source

 

[seagurn]

PMSL too.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

hello chums, haven't seen this story before so thought i would share it with you…..

Early 70s defo before the rochdale game some match, don't know which one. I was standing 3-4 rows down from the main north stand entrance, that would be the big hole in the corrugated iron, when a piece of paper lazily floated over my head. Now it was unusual to see any piece of newspaper in the north stand but what made this even more unusual was it was on fire. It drifted down and alighted, pun intended, on some blokes head 6-7 rows in front of me just as it reached it's fullest conflagration.
Now there you are watching a game of football and suddenly your head's on fire…..que massive windmilling of arms and a large gapness appeared around him as his mates left him to spontaneously combust. Don't know how the paper got into the air or whether it was a freak or controlled didn't see what happened next as me and 100 others were p1ssing ourselves on the floor.

Still makes me chuckle, were you there, are your ears burning? Expects flaming……..

i bring you fire !!!
regards
DR

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

what passes for a 'North Stand' these days? abusing a steward? standing up? singing out of tune after 12 halves of real ale?
A fire was common place in the 70's, all standing round making a circle, If the police got involved and that was an 'If', it all went off. People just used to piss where they stood,grown men paraletic drunk climbing on the barriers, Winfield trainers were lost all over the place when we scored, big red smoke bomb poisoned us all (v Bolton 79) Massive coin fight v Palace Boxing day (how no one lost an eye was a miracle) Not sure i'd enjoy it much now but as a 12 year old I thought it was great, I'm not anti new stadia but comments regarding "the lack of internet access" or "the poor quality of food in the 1901" sit uneasy with me

 

[GingerBeerMan]

what passes for a 'North Stand' these days? abusing a steward? standing up? singing out of tune after 12 halves of real ale?
A fire was common place in the 70's, all standing round making a circle, If the police got involved and that was an 'If', it all went off. People just used to piss where they stood,grown men paraletic drunk climbing on the barriers, Winfield trainers were lost all over the place when we scored, big red smoke bomb poisoned us all (v Bolton 79) Massive coin fight v Palace Boxing day (how no one lost an eye was a miracle) Not sure i'd enjoy it much now but as a 12 year old I thought it was great, I'm not anti new stadia but comments regarding "the lack of internet access" or "the poor quality of food in the 1901" sit uneasy with me

Others may disagree, but this sounds great

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

what passes for a 'North Stand' these days? abusing a steward? standing up? singing out of tune after 12 halves of real ale?
A fire was common place in the 70's, all standing round making a circle, If the police got involved and that was an 'If', it all went off. People just used to piss where they stood,grown men paraletic drunk climbing on the barriers, Winfield trainers were lost all over the place when we scored, big red smoke bomb poisoned us all (v Bolton 79) Massive coin fight v Palace Boxing day (how no one lost an eye was a miracle) Not sure i'd enjoy it much now but as a 12 year old I thought it was great, I'm not anti new stadia but comments regarding "the lack of internet access" or "the poor quality of food in the 1901" sit uneasy with me

Title a thread"standard of focaccia bread in the 1901" and watch your page count climb! It's not about the football anymore.

 

[Leighgull]

Ahh the happy days of pyromania and coin throwing. I remember being taken into the kop in the early Eighties and seeing the rivers of piss running down the steps.