Cardiff fans at Burnley 1987/88

[Claretforever]

I’ve seen 1 or 2 of these before but thought I’d share after seeing them on Twitter again. Last game of the season and we lost 2-1. Not 100% but I recall 8,600 as the crowd, give or take, and what appears to be around 2,500 or so Cardiff?

A cracker from George Oghani into the Bee Hole End and I’d swear that their winner was offside. Off the post to another player across goal when they broke free. Interfering with play wasn’t a thing then.

[Vegas Claret]

yeah they had won the league from memory, wasn't this the last game of the season ? Trouble all over town

edit: unless that was a different season ?

[Goody1975]

yeah they had won the league from memory, wasn't this the last game of the season ? Trouble all over town

edit: unless that was a different season ?

Trouble yes, lots of it.

Wolves definitely won the league that season at a canter, think Cardiff went up with them automatically.

[Claretforever]

Wasn’t it Cardiff and Bolton who went up automatically?

I remember them singing about getting promoted, whilst our fans were singing back about going to Wembley.

[Quickenthetempo]

They seem to be walking the wrong way for there to be trouble all over the town, or was that before the game?

[Goody1975]

Wasn’t it Cardiff and Bolton who went up automatically?

Yes they both went up with Wolves as champions.

[Dark Cloud]

Wolves won the division (plus they beat us in the Sherpa Van Final at Wembley) and Cardiff, Bolton and Swansea also went up.

[Herts Clarets]

Lots of trouble that day. I was playing cricket at Towneley and ended up going up through the park to Worsthorne and over to Briercliffe back to Nelson as the police had roads blocked round Tod Rd, Belverdere Rd, Yorkshire St etc.

[tim_noone]

Great pictures the second one is why the longside generated such an atmosphere happy days!

[AlargeClaret]

Don’t remember any actual trouble at all that day. Remember them chucking misiles coins etc at the Burnley fans when we went on the pitch . They we’re well
penned in and heavily escorted to and from ground with roads blocked off all over . Lots of trouble that season though esp at the Bolton games in fact pretty much everywhere

[Dark Cloud]

Cardiff's promotion must have been relatively short lived as we played them again in our 91/92 promotion campaign.

[jrgbfc]

As someone who wasn't around in them days have to say looks so much more fun back then!

[NL Claret]

I'm an out of towner and used to park on the Irish league back then (IDLSC back then ?).

Was that the usual escort up belvedere Rd for big followings back to central station?

Remember in the 90s a huge escort wolves escort near west way / hammerton st. And Huddersfield getting marched up and down parliament street at a very slow pace. Wigan too after the Ian Wright game getting escorted up plumbe st.

[Herts Clarets]

Used to park coaches up the side of Queens Park so probably escort back to the coaches.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

I'm an out of towner and used to park on the Irish league back then (IDLSC back then ?).

Was that the usual escort up belvedere Rd for big followings back to central station?

Remember in the 90s a huge escort wolves escort near west way / hammerton st. And Huddersfield getting marched up and down parliament street at a very slow pace. Wigan too after the Ian Wright game getting escorted up plumbe st.

Remember the Wigan escort mayhem after that match under culvert.

[Bin Ont Turf]

Wigan too after the Ian Wright game getting escorted up plumbe st.

I didn't think I could make it to that game but at the last minute I ended up being able to go.

A few of us went in the Cricketfield with the Wigan fans as incredibly it was pay on the gate. The big jobbies were escorting Burnley fans out of there all through the first half.

It was like a who's who of Nelson old boys in there.

[BarstewardsEnquiry]

That was the game where the Cardiff goalkeeper was at the Bee Hole End and had to run like **** for the tunnel as Burnley fans ran on the pitch, he swerved a few swinging legs, poor lad

[grapidianclaret]

That was the game where the Cardiff goalkeeper was at the Bee Hole End and had to run like **** for the tunnel as Burnley fans ran on the pitch, he swerved a few swinging legs, poor lad

Poor lad? He turned and flashed V's after they scored the winner. Fair play to him though, he could run.

[RingoMcCartney]

£2.50 to get on the longside that day. A family member who lived away came up to get their tickets for Wembley and went on. Still have their ticket for the Cardiff game and the official sherpa van t-shirt the club was selling.

[Siddo]

Remember the Wigan escort mayhem after that match under culvert.

Why did we play under the Culvert?

[Loyalclaret]

Problem with Wigan was their fans getting to Plumbe street without an escort.

They were then taken up Plumbe street and down Parliament street at a slow pace.

[ClaretTony]

A cracker from George Oghani into the Bee Hole End and I’d swear that their winner was offside. Off the post to another player across goal when they broke free. Interfering with play wasn’t a thing then.

It was offside but the linesman couldn't flag because Burnley fans had perviously invaded the pitch and there were loads in front of him. I think, if memory serves, the referee abandoned the game at this point because it was impossible to continue.

[BarstewardsEnquiry]

Poor lad? He turned and flashed V's after they scored the winner. Fair play to him though, he could run.

I weren't aware of him flicking the v's. In that case .... him

[Ribble Claret]

I remember the game because I'd won what was then the claret and blue bond! Got presented with a cheque for £500 on the pitch at half time. Think it was Joyce Pickles who presented it!

[Working_Class_Zero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLYtbRqTlw

[Loyalclaret]

Good video. All those ADULTS on the pitch now sit in the Bob Lord or JHU and boo when the kids run on the pitch at the end of the season