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Tickton Tiger. said:
We used to chip in and pay for Gordon Moreton (RIP) to come on our away trips with us in those days as a bit of protection. He was big unit but he wasnt black, I do know the person you remember and he's also no longer with us. Remember Mr Nesbitt well, he was vicious, and he'd nick you or wack you across the legs with his truncheon, or head if no-one was watching, for no reason at all. Never saw him do it to away fans though.
The WHU tie got a mention in despatches in one of Cass Pennants books. I don't recall the fence being up then but it probably was. I remember them arriving by train direct to the ground and trying to get into Kempton that way, but as you say the old memory does play tricks and it was over 50 years ago..
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There was plenty of west ham who walked from station along Anlaby road, as said I was only a kid a saw things I'd never seen before in such numbers. Skinheads, shiny docs, half mast jeans, scarf tied to the wrist. Some things from 50 years ago you remember like yesterday but can't remember what you did yesterday.
 
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steverico said:
There were quite a few aggressive chants, like, “Your going home in a ****ing ambulance” they never did, or “you’re gonna get your heads kicked in” never happened. And a Gary Glitter spin off, “Hello, hello, it’s good to be back”, at the start of the season, which was quite good to be fair. “In the (insert the club you’re playing) slums, the look in the dustbin etc,” was used by everyone.

Oh and the one that nearly got me and less than a hundred of us nearly killed on Boxing Day 1973 at Sheffield Wednesday sung the game before, “If your all going to Wednesday clap your hands” cue thousands on South Stand clapping, lying bastards.
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Or the Gary Glitter spin off, "Hello,Hello,City Aggro,City Aggro" ?
 
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Tickton Tiger. said:
Probably or FC from Hornsea? I honestly cannot remember if the fence was up or not but knowing City it probably was.
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I only heard FC had passed away last year. Is John O still around? The fence was put up at end of 1971/1972 season I think. Took my wife to be for her first game, the Pearson 4 goals against Portsmouth in the 1972/1973 season and I am sure it was there then. Think they put one fence up and sometime later replaced it with a sturdier one.
 
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Yes John I’m pretty sure And I recall he wore leather gloves or at least one ( fashion or hand protection) . It was a good day really ! lOL
 
Tickton Tiger. said:
We used to chip in and pay for Gordon Moreton (RIP) to come on our away trips with us in those days as a bit of protection. He was big unit but he wasnt black, I do know the person you remember and he's also no longer with us. Remember Mr Nesbitt well, he was vicious, and he'd nick you or wack you across the legs with his truncheon, or head if no-one was watching, for no reason at all. Never saw him do it to away fans though.
The WHU tie got a mention in despatches in one of Cass Pennants books. I don't recall the fence being up then but it probably was. I remember them arriving by train direct to the ground and trying to get into Kempton that way, but as you say the old memory does play tricks and it was over 50 years ago..
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This thread needs to be re-titled. Down our way.

After that WHU game I was walking through Paragon Station when the biggest black guy I had ever seen (who seemed somewhat pissed off about something), offered me out.

Naturally, I declined the offer.
 
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charon-the-ferryman said:
And the usual 10 minutes before the end ' it's time for you to run' followed by an emptying of the South Stand with all the rum lads marching down North Road to meet and greet the away fans in The North Stand car park
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Hmmn.
I was there back in those days on Bunkers.
What was funny was us singing those songs at away fans who's "rum lads" typical outnumbered us x times over.
When it came to the final whistle, most times it was us lot trying to navigate a way to steer clear of the away fans, who often came in their thousands. Alright for a lot of you who lived in Hull, but some of us had to get back to Paragon and then on our train still alive. Hairy times, but a buzz.
 
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Remember a Sheff Utd match in the early 80,s. Good turn out in Kemptom with the wooden fence ( only chest high) between big sets of lively chaps. Word was as the teams came out the blades were going to get egged.
Come the teams coming out egg missiles took to the air and splashed many a head to the rather angry response from the South Yorkshire visitors.
Genuinely don’t think I laughed so much at a match.
Surprisingly they were still a tad pissed off after the match.
Great great days.
 
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Gone For A Walk said:
Hmmn.
I was there back in those days on Bunkers.
What was funny was us singing those songs at away fans who's "rum lads" typical outnumbered us x times over.
When it came to the final whistle, most times it was us lot trying to navigate a way to steer clear of the away fans, who often came in their thousands. Alright for a lot of you who lived in Hull, but some of us had to get back to Paragon and then on our train still alive. Hairy times, but a buzz.
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I had that experience a few times as a youngster..

Never in the field of human conflict was a train back to Driffield so welcome and safe:emoticon-0103-cool:

Then I came up here and had to negotiate my way around the East End of Glasgow,after an old firm match, without bumping into hordes of Celtic nutters...:emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
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Ric Glasgow said:
I had that experience a few times as a youngster..

Never in the field of human conflict was a train back to Driffield so welcome and safe:emoticon-0103-cool:

Then I came up here and had to negotiate my way around the East End of Glasgow,after an old firm match, without bumping into hordes of Celtic nutters...:emoticon-0102-bigsm
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Saw this earlier and thought of you. :emoticon-0125-mmm:

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balkan tiger said:
There was plenty of west ham who walked from station along Anlaby road, as said I was only a kid a saw things I'd never seen before in such numbers. Skinheads, shiny docs, half mast jeans, scarf tied to the wrist. Some things from 50 years ago you remember like yesterday but can't remember what you did yesterday.
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Forest taking Bunkers a couple of times in the mid-70s was entertaining but the "best" scrap I saw at BP in those days was the cup match against West Ham just inside the station turnstiles.
 
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DaveSpencer said:
Forest taking Bunkers a couple of times in the mid-70s was entertaining but the "best" scrap I saw at BP in those days was the cup match against West Ham just inside the station turnstiles.
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That might be why the big black guy I bumped into was so up for it :emoticon-0100-smile
 
DaveSpencer said:
Forest taking Bunkers a couple of times in the mid-70s was entertaining but the "best" scrap I saw at BP in those days was the cup match against West Ham just inside the station turnstiles.
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A few Forest came on Bunkers but they didn’t take it. The only lot who got right across were Wednesday, Leicester and Man City in the Cup game. Though before the fence went up the Blunts, Boro and Sunderland always had a fair few on there as did Bolton, Blackburn and a few others.
 
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