firefighterblue
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I've said before. Being in the boys pen prepared you for the ups and downs if being an evertonion!!
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firefighterblue
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But worked with a few United lads when I worked away. They thought they had took it to Everton at Goodison. Big laugh from me when they said it was in the main stand ha
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Enclosure was decent in the 80's.
Major Gowen
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This isn't footage of Everton away, but it does convey, better than anything else I've seen, the atmosphere and fashion at matches from post-skinhead (circa 1971) until, say, 1977/8 (and the rise of punk and then the neo-mods). It's also a great reminder of just how far you had to walk from the station in Leeds to the bloody ground:
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Watch Elland Road Football Control - BFI Player
Back to the bad old days of skinners, as worn by these Man. United troublemakers, being escorted by police dogs along that perilous walk from Elland Road to Leeds railway station.
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Everton had a few in there joe who ran the coaches had about 40 in there
In the seats that season
Are main crew at the time was in the paddock , they got took around the pitch to get out of the ground that day, as there were literally thousands outside waiting for them, nothing happened much after the game we couldn't get near them.
Took some bad hidings United those days , night game when lights went out and one tried to run at the St end nobody joined him
Biggest let down of a pitch invasion I have ever seen,
Gave himself up to the cops , unfortunately one of them was blackbeard.
Boxing day home game after the 3-0 cup game at there place they didn't want to come out, dont blame them thousands outside , coppers looked like they wanted them to get a hiding they did, a united fan I was talking to when I worked up there said ,that was the last time I went to goodison and I have no interests in ever going again.
Night game after they marched up by the side of the cemetery got as far as the st end school , ran back as they were hammered, came back with even more, same result , they did well in Langham st one year give them there due, but I only heard about that as I was off the scene.
Villa brought thousands early seventies think they beat us , andy Lockhead scored I think.
Not many used to come to goodison, united /city liverpool, even then the mancs never sold there full end, Chelsea / Spurs/ Arsenal used to have half decent following, but never more than say 1500
Arsenal surprisingly the best crew out of them in the eighties, others just stayed in the escort looking cool they at least tried to engage.
Spurs brought thousands in the cup one year in the parkend and top of the main stand.
West ham used to come up but numbers were up and down one year we broke through the police at half time under the parkend, most of the west ham left shortly after only about 10 of them stayed , we ended up talking to them as it would have been a bit of a snide thing to mob up on them, decent lads and loads of balls for not getting off.
Odd time Newcastle would come , but even they were down to 2 or 3 coaches one year for a Saturday game.
Odd cup came, Sunderland Forrest first game of the season, they did bring a few up a few times by coach , all in green flying jackets decent crew as well .nothing much else I dont blame away fans for not coming at all to be honest.
Saying that some times we didn't bring that many away.
Went to leeds one year there were only about 500 of us there.
firefighterblue
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That walk never seemed to end. Did it a few times in the 70s but switched to the coach in the 80s. Lot less scary ha. Funny though leeds never came near goodison in the 70s. Brought numbers in the 80s but usually on coachesThis isn't footage of Everton away, but it does convey, better than anything else I've seen, the atmosphere and fashion at matches from post-skinhead (circa 1971) until, say, 1977/8 (and the rise of punk and then the neo-mods). It's also a great reminder of just how far you had to walk from the station in Leeds to the bloody ground:
Watch Elland Road Football Control - BFI Player
Back to the bad old days of skinners, as worn by these Man. United troublemakers, being escorted by police dogs along that perilous walk from Elland Road to Leeds railway station.
firefighterblue
Player Valuation: £20m
Forest first game of the season in 77 I think. Came up from the second division. Brought good numbers. After the game a couple of hundred started to walk back to lime street along Stanley park. Got near Anfield road and they backed up to the metal fence with evertonians in front of them, at the rear and at the side of them. That was the worst beating I ever saw at goodison. Police arrived after about 10 minutes and called buses up and got the forest fans on. What a Welcome back to the first division!!Everton had a few in there joe who ran the coaches had about 40 in there
In the seats that season
Are main crew at the time was in the paddock , they got took around the pitch to get out of the ground that day, as there were literally thousands outside waiting for them, nothing happened much after the game we couldn't get near them.
Took some bad hidings United those days , night game when lights went out and one tried to run at the St end nobody joined him
Biggest let down of a pitch invasion I have ever seen,
Gave himself up to the cops , unfortunately one of them was blackbeard.
Boxing day home game after the 3-0 cup game at there place they didn't want to come out, dont blame them thousands outside , coppers looked like they wanted them to get a hiding they did, a united fan I was talking to when I worked up there said ,that was the last time I went to goodison and I have no interests in ever going again.
Night game after they marched up by the side of the cemetery got as far as the st end school , ran back as they were hammered, came back with even more, same result , they did well in Langham st one year give them there due, but I only heard about that as I was off the scene.
Villa brought thousands early seventies think they beat us , andy Lockhead scored I think.
Not many used to come to goodison, united /city liverpool, even then the mancs never sold there full end, Chelsea / Spurs/ Arsenal used to have half decent following, but never more than say 1500
Arsenal surprisingly the best crew out of them in the eighties, others just stayed in the escort looking cool they at least tried to engage.
Spurs brought thousands in the cup one year in the parkend and top of the main stand.
West ham used to come up but numbers were up and down one year we broke through the police at half time under the parkend, most of the west ham left shortly after only about 10 of them stayed , we ended up talking to them as it would have been a bit of a snide thing to mob up on them, decent lads and loads of balls for not getting off.
Odd time Newcastle would come , but even they were down to 2 or 3 coaches one year for a Saturday game.
Odd cup came, Sunderland Forrest first game of the season, they did bring a few up a few times by coach , all in green flying jackets decent crew as well .nothing much else I dont blame away fans for not coming at all to be honest.
Saying that some times we didn't bring that many away.
Went to leeds one year there were only about 500 of us there.
Leylo
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Do remember a few hundred of them in main stand they only started shouting near the end tho .think they were worried about shouting too early incase a few of the pensioners lamped them
Funny you saying that about that forest game I have always said the same.
Mutzo Nutzo
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Loved the buzz in there. It was weird as the police control room was right behind the terracing.
I liked it in there as well.
That united game above I said are crew was in the paddock it should have been the enclosure .
Had some great times in there.
Mutzo Nutzo
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Mad bunch of lads in there.
jaycee
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I want to see what the readers and Roy have to say ,
please say you have the inside of the comic,I know you were a big fan.
jaycee
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Dont think he finished his rousing speech,Gumbo and the rest of the Shadwell army invaded the press conference
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