Things you don't see in football anymore

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Things you don't see in football anymore

Post by Beehole67 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:11 pm

One of the things I remember well from away games in the early 90's, was usually within the first half hour, a section of fans being escorted
around the ground to the away end. Two examples here, away at PNE and the other Bradford City. You just couldn't imaging it nowadays.
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Re: Things you don't see in football anymore

Post by jollyjack » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:14 pm

Arggh! The plastic Deepdale pitch! Remember a report of John Beck's Cambridge running out to play in leggings, home crowd ripped in but they won!

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Post by tim_noone » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:14 pm

Female streakers!!

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Post by scouseclaret » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:20 pm

Toilet rolls being lobbed on the pitch.

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Post by BurningBeard » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:20 pm

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Post by bfcjg » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:22 pm

Owen Coyle.
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Post by tim_noone » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:26 pm

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Post by gawthorpe_view » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:32 pm

Full-on terrace punch-ups.

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Post by Dark Cloud » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:35 pm

Tackles. (Which are not fouls)
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Post by Loyalclaret » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:36 pm

Did you ever get similar photographs of away fans at Turf Beehole67?

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Post by Beehole67 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:40 pm

Loyalclaret wrote:Did you ever get similar photographs of away fans at Turf Beehole67?
Don't ever remember away fans walking around the Turf like that, only away fans I saw in the Longside were the Darlington ones in 89/90

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Post by MrClaretandBlue » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:40 pm

Dogs on the pitch.

Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch.
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Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:46 pm

Bradford away in the Sherpa Van or whatever it was called that year (when Pearce had the game of his life and think Futcher won it with a Pen) I think they moved the Burnley fans from the away end behind one set of nets into the home end behind the other nets because the away end was so packed. Think we already had the little Midland road stand as it was then and more fans than them in their main stand

Not sure if thats the game youre thinking of

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Post by Moorite » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:52 pm

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Post by starting_11 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:54 pm

Beehole67 wrote:One of the things I remember well from away games in the early 90's, was usually within the first half hour, a section of fans being escorted
around the ground to the away end. Two examples here, away at PNE and the other Bradford City. You just couldn't imaging it nowadays.
THAT LOOKS WELL DANGEROUS!

WOT APPEN IF SUM1 FALL OF?!
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Post by Beehole67 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:55 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:Bradford away in the Sherpa Van or whatever it was called that year (when Pearce had the game of his life and think Futcher won it with a Pen) I think they moved the Burnley fans from the away end behind one set of nets into the home end behind the other nets because the away end was so packed. Think we already had the little Midland road stand as it was then and more fans than them in their main stand

Not sure if thats the game youre thinking of
No idea why they were moved but it caught my eye. In my mind we battered them that night but couldn't score then Pearce saved a late penalty.
Even though it wasn't a great cup comp, it was one my favourite away games.
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Post by Dyched » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:56 pm

starting_11 wrote:THAT LOOKS WELL DANGEROUS!

WOT APPEN IF SUM1 FALL OF?!
THY FUKED UP INIT BRO
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Post by icu81b4 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:58 pm

Goalie's socks that match the rest of the team,

Foul throws being penalised.
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Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:59 pm

Beehole67 wrote:No idea why they were moved but it caught my eye. In my mind we battered them that night but couldn't score then Pearce saved a late penalty.
Even though it wasn't a great cup comp, it was one my favourite away games.
My memory of that game is they battered and Pearce saved everything they threw at him! Think it was shortly after he’d been sent off for a punch up against Stockport!

Great photos by the way!
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Post by NL Claret » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:59 pm

I would have been in the one at Deepdale, think we were already 2-0 by that point.

Even the disabled were abusing us as we were escorted to the far end. It was an awful night. They put us in a small pen with PNE to our left, right and behind who took great pleasure as they banged 6 in. The tipping point was when Pearce took a free kick for offside, short pass to Deakin who wasn't looking, it went out for a PNE throw in.

I would say the other one is the SVT or FRT game when Pearce had a blinder as mentioned above. 1-0 win with rocket Ron getting the winner on a freezing cold night.

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Post by MACCA » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:02 pm

A fairly priced twix
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Post by Devils_Advocate » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:03 pm

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:My memory of that game is they battered and Pearce saved everything they threw at him! Think it was shortly after he’d been sent off for a punch up against Stockport!

Great photos by the way!
Agree on the photos and my memory also is that it was us who got battered and that Pearce was inspired. Rumour was that Bradford signed Pearce about 18 months later based on that performance though that might be an old wives tale.

Anyway was my first away game without an adult and had a great night

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Post by Beehole67 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:04 pm

NL Claret wrote:I would have been in the one at Deepdale, think we were already 2-0 by that point.

Even the disabled were abusing us as we were escorted to the far end. It was an awful night. They put us in a small pen with PNE to our left, right and behind who took great pleasure as they banged 6 in. The tipping point was when Pearce took a free kick for offside, short pass to Deakin who wasn't looking, it went out for a PNE throw in.

I would say the other one is the SVT or FRT game when Pearce had a blinder as mentioned above. 1-0 win with rocket Ron getting the winner on a freezing cold night.
Right on both games mate. Preston was a grim night.

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Post by Longsidebovril » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:09 pm

The bucket and sponge!
Imagine with all the sports science and medical what nottery we have nowadays, that the footballing panacea was no more than a cold bucket of water and a sponge, applied liberally to the affected area.
Some of the premier leagues prized ponces would have a fit.
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Post by starting_11 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:11 pm

Longsidebovril wrote:The bucket and sponge!
It comes in a branded water bottle these days... but still, the magic watter is liberally squirted on the injury resulting in immediate gratification!
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Post by piston broke » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:22 pm

Obstruction.
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Post by Longsidebovril » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:25 pm

Not as many moustaches as there used to be

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Post by ecc » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:25 pm

Throw-ins taken according to the laws of the game.

Application of the obstruction rule (just seen your post, piston broke).
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Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:26 pm

honesty
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Post by Longsidebovril » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:30 pm

One thing that definitely improved things was the back pass rule. I’m sure Liverpool wouldn’t have won half their titles without passing it around the back 4 and back to the keeper.

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Post by john'sroseyspecs » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:38 pm

Contested drop balls !

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Post by Libero » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:58 pm

Stimerol

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Post by Man of Kent » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:20 pm

Libero wrote:Stimerol
Victory V lozenges and bus ticket rolls being thrown on the pitch (more lethal than a bog roll)

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Post by paulus the woodgnome » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:25 pm

Goalies without gloves.

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Post by cocotheclaret » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:29 pm

Loyalclaret wrote:Did you ever get similar photographs of away fans at Turf Beehole67?
Only game I can remember this happening Sheff Wed in the cup when jack charlton came on the pitch trying to stop everyone fighting!!!

There were loads of them in the bee hole, gaz Bradley certainly enhanced his reputation that day!!!

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Post by Bop » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:33 pm

Pay on the day.
1) For the game
2) Just turning up if you wanted to pay on a coach to go away

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Post by RocketLawnChair » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:33 pm

Teams coming out separately before the game, the away team to boos of disdain the home team a heroes a reception.

And trophies presented to the admiration of the winning teams fans rather than what he have now, dance music on full blast and a dickhead PA announcer screaming utter hoss sh1t down a mic

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Post by Man of Kent » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:35 pm

I was once in the Beehole and there were two sets of away fans in there - Sheffield United and Leeds United. Bizarre atmosphere. We had nothing to play for but there were quite a few three-way punch ups. The police didn't know who to escort out. It was so long ago, I can't remember the date.

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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:37 pm

Beehole67 wrote:One of the things I remember well from away games in the early 90's, was usually within the first half hour, a section of fans being escorted
around the ground to the away end. Two examples here, away at PNE and the other Bradford City. You just couldn't imaging it nowadays.
Remember this at Oldham, Bradford, Wigan and plenty of others back in the day. Great times.

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:37 pm

plumes of fag smoke

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:38 pm

Man of Kent wrote:I was once in the Beehole and there were two sets of away fans in there - Sheffield United and Leeds United. Bizarre atmosphere. We had nothing to play for but there were quite a few three-way punch ups. The police didn't know who to escort out. It was so long ago, I can't remember the date.
Probably thinking of Sheffield United and Hull. We were playing Hull and they needed to beat us by three to go up or Sheff U went up. They won 2-0.
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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:42 pm

Come on you clarets at a corner and all other chants at normal pace!

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Post by Braindead » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:45 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Remember this at Oldham, Bradford, Wigan and plenty of others back in the day. Great times.
The Wigan one was in 99 i think, thousands turned up at the newly opened ground and the stand to the left of the Burnley fans was empty as it didn't have the required safety certificate. The police started to put the excess Clarets in the empty stand but forgetting to put any stewards in there, cue loads of lads legging through the empty stand and straight into the Wigan fans behind the other goal :lol:
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Post by The Hung Juror » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:45 pm

Beehole67 wrote:Don't ever remember away fans walking around the Turf like that, only away fans I saw in the Longside were the Darlington ones in 89/90
FA Cup quarter final against Sheffield Wednesday 1983. Wednesday fans being escorted out of the Bee Hole around the pitch and into the away section of the Longside. There was a shed load of them in there, but as their numbers started to be depleted the idiots spoiling for a fight started circling like hyenas and eventually all hell broke loose. It is like watching a programme on the Serengeti with David Attenborough.

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Post by The Hung Juror » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:47 pm

Oh and on the thread theme. Free kicks for obstruction.

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:55 pm

letter and numbers on big black and white boards , supposedly letting fans know the scores from other games, but only if you were once employed at Bletchley Park would you be able to figure it out.
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Post by piston broke » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:56 pm

The Hung Juror wrote:FA Cup quarter final against Sheffield Wednesday 1983. Wednesday fans being escorted out of the Bee Hole around the pitch and into the away section of the Longside. There was a shed load of them in there, but as their numbers started to be depleted the idiots spoiling for a fight started circling like hyenas and eventually all hell broke loose. It is like watching a programme on the Serengeti with David Attenborough.
Not that I condone it but I saw the greatest punch I've ever seen that match.
It was on the Beehole End. A Claret was walking around the walkway, halfway back, and a Sheff Wed fan leant over the barrier and said summat to him. He just smashed him out cold and the guy was well above him, with the height of that first step.

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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:57 pm

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:01 pm

Happy -go - lucky leeds fans

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Post by tim_noone » Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:02 pm

The blue three wheeler cars.
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