I practised the moonstomp on a policeman's helmet at that one. The daft eejit had come in all full of Met arrogance and bravado to our end. He was shuffled off sharpish but without his full uniform

Still can't quite believe what that small fella did to Burridge. He entered the field of play right by me.

Edited by Kermit8 (08 Nov 2013 6.35pm)

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Dressed like this for most of the 80's Dm Boot's or Chelsea boots.

TaxiMark
Sheffield Wednesday Fan
Posted 23 February 2013 - 07:49 PM
I don't mind palace to be fair. Much better club than tinpot Charlton and Brighton

Come on BBF - the statute of limitations is up - I know you have a plethora of stories and are itching to tell us. We want you to

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That's the one, Burnley had a decent mob back then, they was in the Palace end for the game, proper toe to toe stuff inside the ground. Palace took about 1500 up there if I recall. Outside was carnage, train took a proper battering. Luckily I was so pissed I managed to fall asleep in one of them old V shaped luggage racks and avoided hypothermia on the way home.

Never had a ticket for the special either, bunked the Inter City up there, don't get away games like that anymore.

Edited by kevpofcpfc (08 Nov 2013 8.42pm)

Yes I remember that game very well. Brum had been relegated and turned up wearing fancy dress. I took my two kids to what was their third match at Selhurst and noticed Birmingham supporters buying alcohol openly in the High Street. Several were drunk and loud. We went into the Sainsbury End, the family section and the kids were allowed to sit on the grass almost behind the goal. During the match Brummy fans in the Holmesdale began spilling out of the terraces, presumably because of some sort of intense intimidation at that end. They actually stopped short of the pitch itself and were milling around seemingly not being willing to return to the terraces. At this point the police could have addressed their concerns and maybe repositioned these 'lost' souls elsewhere in the stadium. But no. In keeping with the general air of overeaction that pervaded at that time, the rozzers mounted up and charged across the pitch like the Light Brigade. The milling throng had nowhere to go and dispersed all around the ground, some even getting into our end. Fearing for my kids I went down to the pitch entrance gate and asked the steward there to open the gate and allow my kids back with me. The little lad (looked like a school boy) threatened to have me arrested!
The whole ridiculousness of the situation prompted me to write to both the club, who never replied and the Croydon Advertiser who published some of the letter and said they would pass on the whole of it to the club. An appalling tale of stupidity by the club and the boys in blue. Now I watch the local club Gillingham with my grandchildren and the atmosphere is a happy, party affair. It's the same when I visit other grounds over the country. Mrs Thatcher tried to get a grip but was from a section of society that had no real understanding the game and supporters. But with the clubs being unwilling to solve the problem of disorder in the game, Mrs T's unscientific solution held sway. Now clubs like Palace have only a fraction of their previous support and the game is now financed not by the supporters who love the game, but by faceless commercialism. The game has changed because clubs can afford to get expensive talent from abroad, thus bypassing much home grown players. Even the England team is now under threat because of the scarcity of properly trained English men.
Yes that afternoon versus Birmingham sure affected , in part, the game as we knew and loved it.

Just brought my son one of those for xmas, his first one and he's 25, i did laugh when paying for it, and said to the totty behind the till, i had one of those 40 years ago.

Theres someone in my head ... But its not me

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