Will the last obese bandwagon-jumping family member turn the light out? King Keith ensures our survival against Southend, as we battle against overwhelming RL local media bias and an exodus of fickle supporters. 3, 297 heroes that day 37 years ago.
I was 6. Funnily enough I've heard( on good authority) that you were definitely not one of the heroes( look up the definition soft lad) that day. Absolute clown.
Happy to say I was there but don't consider myself a hero, just a regular Saturday afternoon enjoying watching my team win lose or draw. I can't even recall being nervous before or during the game, I'd be there the next season anyway. The only thing I remember about the game is Keith's goal, although I have a vague recollection of the stadium announcer saying "if anyone is interested, the score at Wembley is ...." followed by very loud jeers that drowned him out.
Where you at Wembley or BP . I was at the Southend game and was still smarting after the infamous Brentford home game a few weeks earlier when FC fans turned up and supported Brentford . As someone who used to go to the Boulevard and watch rovers too on occasions I was appalled by their behaviour .
I remember a TV film crew focusing their cameras on the empty corners, where no one could stand anyway in those days, obviously for a snippet on the news which would be about a deserted BP being surrounded by a group of people using such a torrent of four letter words theycouldn't use the footage. And doing a jig down the North Stand with a black bloke I who I had never seen before and haven't since. Stuck in the mind as in those days a black bloke was not a common sight in Hull and certainly not at City. Michelle Dewberry's dad turned off the TV in the social club at half time, telling someone who objected that if he had been interested he would be at Wembley which caused a bit of a row. I remember him dancing on the metal cage above the entrance on to the pitch after the game and being threatened with arrest for his efforts. Cringe making to recall Mike Smith declaring that this was our Cup Final.
Interesting reading about the Pals battalions. The first one was in Liverpool. There were 4 battalions from Hull, the raising of which was described as an unprecedented effort,who were incorporated in the East Yorkshire Regiment. They were organised according to trades. The Hull Commercials were heavily involved at Oppy Wood. The East Yorkshire Regiment lost over 8,000 in the war. Elsewhere there were Pals Battalions from Public Schools, sports organisations and banners and other professions. This sounded good in theory, fighting for each other and people you knew but had a devastating effect as whole communities and professions were decimated in some actions. We should all be thankful we have never had to go through something like that.
Not bothered if he was at City or at Wembley , or maybe the fact he's to young to have attended either . It was just me asking as he had mentioned the anniversary of the Southend game .
I can think of a couple who have lectured other people about supporting City who weren't there. One CI one in particular who wasn't even a rugby fan, think it was his first and last attendance at a rugby match. Still, it is a free country. I can sort of understand why some people who were from Hull wanted to be part of a unique Hull event, but as a City fan who wasn't born in Hull there was only one place I was going to be that day. Or any time City were playing in those days.
and more importantly is the 10th year to the day that the madeline mcann scam started ... everything I see or read and when I look at the "parents" I feel sick to the stomach ... but hey ho what happened happened eh ? priorities and all that
