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It’s really changed in the last ten or so years. Much like most away grounds pre-match if you aren’t travelling by train and funnelled away from the opposition fans quickly. Was very spicy when I went in 2011 and noticeably less so every time since. Away from home they aren’t nearly as bad either. They’ll all be out for West Ham if that happens next season.

Probably one of the safest grounds in the country now if you go by train due to the walkway.
 
Yeah. One year South Bermondsey was closed for some reason so got the tube into somewhere and had a long walk. Was very normal vibes.

We had that two seasons ago. Forced onto a tube to Canada Water (wouldn't let us off before) and made a 15ish minute walk into over an hour and got in late.

Someone I went with parked up near Surrey Quays this season but they wouldn't let us walk there after the game and we had to go via London Bridge still which was annoying.
 
I often wonder how sublime some of these players ball control would be nowadays if they were doing it on that pile of **** back then

Players we still talk about as being some of the best to have played the game

Glenn Hoddle, Ozzie Ardiles, Liam Brady, Trevor Brooking, David Rocastle.

These were artists of the game and all played on potato patch fields.

Remember watching Rocastle play at Southampton on a badly cut up pitch and just gliding across it, scoring a beauty that day.

Makes you wonder what these players could have done on the modern carpet like pitches.
 
I went to the old Den a few times around 1986-1989. It was a horrible **** hole, both the ground and the surrounding area. I grew up in Lewisham so had a few mates who were Millwall fans. If Arsenal were playing away, I'd often go and watch Millwall, Charlton, West Ham, Crystal Palace instead.

Never went to the Old Den as an away fan and never would have. I remember Millwall coming to Highbury in 85 I think it was, in a 3rd round FA cup tie and it kicked off big time in the away end. Horrible fans.
You used to have to run the gauntlet with Plod down a narrow open passageway with high walls both sides to actually reach the ground - and watch out for lumps of concrete being lobbed over.
And inside was even worse!
 
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It’s really changed in the last ten or so years. Much like most away grounds pre-match if you aren’t travelling by train and funnelled away from the opposition fans quickly. Was very spicy when I went in 2011 and noticeably less so every time since. Away from home they aren’t nearly as bad either. They’ll all be out for West Ham if that happens next season.

West Ham v Millwall was always the big hooligan game in London when I was growing up. Followed by West Ham v Chelsea. All of those clubs were yo-yo-ing between the old Div 1 and Div 2 back then, so there were years that they wouldn't play each other, but there would still be scraps at train stations and in pubs.

Most of the places that were sketchy af when I was growing up are now pretty gentrified and trendy. Bermondsey, Peckham, Deptford, Camberwell etc.
 
Glenn Hoddle, Ozzie Ardiles, Liam Brady, Trevor Brooking, David Rocastle.

These were artists of the game and all played on potato patch fields.

Remember watching Rocastle play at Southampton on a badly cut up pitch and just gliding across it, scoring a beauty that day.

Makes you wonder what these players could have done on the modern carpet like pitches.

Would Messi have scored as many as he did if he was on them pitches?

These are the kind of questions one ponders

That reminds me

Dont forget to do that DMT thread brh
 
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Glenn Hoddle, Ozzie Ardiles, Liam Brady, Trevor Brooking, David Rocastle.

These were artists of the game and all played on potato patch fields.

Remember watching Rocastle play at Southampton on a badly cut up pitch and just gliding across it, scoring a beauty that day.

Makes you wonder what these players could have done on the modern carpet like pitches.
Theyd all be exhausted by 30 mins
 
Tekkers doesn’t depend on stamina bro

Stamina can be worked on I believe having done that in periods of my life init
sent off or carted off in an ambulance/police van by 30mins bro

For Fitness and violence reasons
 
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Would Messi have scored as many as he did if he was on them pitches?

These are the kind of questions one ponders

That reminds me

Dont forget to do that DMT thread brh

We definitely need to do a DMT thread one day.
 
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