Rival watch

you aren't wrong .

 

I ran on the pitch once the night we won the league! It was good humoured & fun with everyone singing & cheering
with sheer joy. The players appeared in the stand waving & the atmosphere was wonderful. I've never forgotten it.

 

I've done it twice - when we were relegated in '77 and at Highbury after the '81 FA Cup Semi Final. In those days it was pretty common place.

I can't remember any threat to players or managers back then. The fences were to keep large numbers of fans apart. Recent days have shown that it's safer to have a zero tolerance policy because there are just too many idiots out there.

 

Most of the time pitch invasions are joyous, but these days drugs, drink and the moronic mindset of a sizeable minority means that some idiot is bound to ruin it - could be anywhere, anytime and for any reason. But somebody always seems to ruin it

 

I ran on the pitch at Fisher Athletic when Barnet won promotion to the FL for the first time! At the age of 33! Sad ****wit!

 

I do agree, threats to players or management were unheard of. I remember when there was no segregation at all in the ground & we mingled quite amicably with opposing fans, imagine that now!
Why did you go on the pitch when we got relegated? I can understand the 81 semi final 'cos that was a belter but relegation?????

 

Weren't the fans showing their support for Burkinshaw and the team? The same team that got them promoted the following season?

 

In support of the club/players/management. many people held banners reading "We Will Return" and chanted "We'll be back..." There was zero protest from the 26,000 who were there, as per this section of a review of the season...

"Goals from John Pratt and Jimmy Holmes gave Tottenham an important 2-0 win against Leicester.The home crowd had an anxious wait to find out that West Ham had gained an impressive 0-0 draw at Liverpool and so Spurs were relegated. This triggered incredible scenes as fans streamed onto the pitch. There were banners of defiance, such as ‘We Will Return’ and the mood was fairly upbeat."

The players came out of the dressing room in towels and clapped the fans from the directors box and the fans clapped and cheered back. It was very good natured. Most fans who were there, were die-hard types and there was a sense that the club would bounce back. United had gone down 3 years previously and as difficult as it was to accept, it was time to start again, as they had done so successfully.

 

I would have been at that game but must have deleted it from memory as I tend to do with anything that upsets me & relegation definitely upset me!!!!

 

Yes, but apart from the League Cup and in Europe, we were a fading force. By the time we were relegated, we'd probably earned it...plus there were lots of clubs who we hadn't visited in years - Fulham, Millwall, Orient, Charlton and Palace in London alone.

Most fans thought that we'd come straight back up after a nice little refreshing season in the old Division 2, which the last few games apart, is pretty much how it worked out.

 

It’s not even the drink and/or drugs. There are a lot more ****ers around these days and the internet doesn’t help. Football as ever reflects problems in broader society, and amplifies the most extreme elements.

 

yeah, i would offer points deductions/game forfeits for any pitch invasions involved a signifianct number of fans (say 50, so you can't have people posing as fans coming onto the pitch).

It's the only way you are going to stop a pitch invasion and have fans policing each other if it hits the club in a way that would screw them over.

Plus it would be funny to see elation grow to sadness cause of their idiotic actions

 

Sentences are not harsh or long enough, right through the whole range of offences, not just public order. Jail is more like a holiday camp. Try Rwanda, proper sentences, likely to get 6 years for steeling a car. Prisoners do hard labour repairing roads etc, orange jump suits, do a runner you will be shot. 7 days a week, no work no food no days off. Parole is possible after 1/4 of sentence but you have to be a model prisoner. People seldom go back. Get used to working for a living as well.

 

Useless Scouse ****ers.

 

Frankfurt have taken out an ad in The Daily Record in Scotland.
It thanks Rangers and their fans and wishes them luck for their domestic cup final today.
Classy gesture.

"Rangers, it was an honour for us!

You were a fantastic opponent with your countless fans. Together we showed how football should be!
Emotional, passionate and fair. Greatness is revealed in defeat, especially in such dramatic fashion.
Just like 62 years ago: you are a great club! See you soon.
Bring home the Cup this weekend!
You deserve it.

Eintracht Frankfurt."

 

I think I've mentioned it before, but I was also on the pitch at the time.

 

Also not true. We finished bottom so West Ham's result was irrelevant.

 

The state of Gareth Aimsworth at Wembley
If you can’t get your hair cut for a final you scruff, then at least brush it.
Come on Sunderland.

 

That day is the reason that Sunderland fans hate Jimmy Hill, funnily enough.
I didn't realise it was that season.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976–77_in_English_football

"Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City's long spells in the First Division came to an end with relegation. Stoke sacked their manager Tony Waddington. On the last day of the season, with three teams hoping to avoid the last relegation place, Coventry City and Bristol City played out a controversial 2–2 draw. The kick-off had been delayed for fifteen minutes by Coventry chairman Jimmy Hill due to "crowd congestion". With ten minutes still to play, and the sides level, play virtually stopped when it was announced over the tannoy that Sunderland had lost to Everton. Both clubs survived while Sunderland was relegated."

So the FA should really have booted Bristol and Coventry out for being cheating ****s.
At least they're both **** now.

 

Looks like we've won the Covid League

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