Shrewsburys 'Top Boy'

[chalkies_shorts]

Shrewsbury is a beautiful town, surrounded by some great countryside in one of England's most sleepy, unspoiled counties.  I simply refuse to believe that they have a 'firm'.

It is a beautiful Town. Great pubs and a good bit of history.
They did have a firm back in the 80'd as I shook hands with some of them after Kamara did Melrose's jaw.

[Spencer_White]

Shrewsbury brought a coach load down for their league game a few seasons ago. They werent picked up by Police and got off at the Magic roundabout.

They were giving it the big one comming past the Town End and a few came unstuck.

Swindon had massive numbers at the league game at gay meadow, they had a mob that were locked in a pub by the Police all day.

[Bogus Dave]

I remember the last time we played there, wises last game i think. Properly pissed it down

[The_Plagiarist]

yeah I shanked one of those orrible lot couple of years back outside gay meadow. old bill nowhere to be seen etc

[Spencer_White]

Great second half.

Remmember jumping around for ages, thinking if this is the end of the road for Swindon fans and terracing, better enjoy it while I can.

[The_Plagiarist]

That was epic, dancing around the terraces in the pouring rain, proper taste of old school footie!!

seem to remember phil smith played an absolute blinder

[DV]

He did.

Think it was his first game for us as well? He made a fantastic save from Ben Davies right the death, which lead me to run, jump up the fence and tell him what a 'fucking excellent' save it was. He looked alittle bit scared!

Aaron Brown 'scored' the winner, it took about 3 deflections. Fola Onibuje missed a sitter and then scored a harder chance about a minute later!

[shady]

I was living in Shrewsbury when we last played them, and spent the previous 18 years there. Being a Swindon Town fan I got a lot of grief at school for my choice of club so these encounters were serious grudge issues for me. I lost my voice from screaming with celebration after our deflected winner, then came that point blank range effort stopped by Phil Smith, which had me just as jubilant. Me and Smith were eye ball to eye ball as I scaled the fence to roar my approval at his heroics. Pointed my index finger at him, then the thumbs up. Massive day of elation that one. Pissed with rain in the second half but as everyone retired to the relative cover at the back of the partially covered terrace, I defiantly stood out front, looking out to a cluster of friends in their end thinking to myself 'have it, you bastards!'

 Contrary to perception, they have got a reputable firm called EBF (English Border Front) who in the past punched well above their status might suggest. It's that Welsh/English antagonism that fueled it, sense of national partisanship.

 What a bloody day though! 

[The_Plagiarist]

EBF that rings a bell

it was one of their lot I shanked in the gizzard a few years back

[shady]

Plagiarist, here's a thread on them:

http://shrewsburyforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=191&st=0

[thedarkprince]

Roger Cook (apparently) did a Cook Report on them so they must be well 'ard....   

[The_Plagiarist]

Plagiarist, here's a thread on them:

http://shrewsburyforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=191&st=0

cheers, yep thats them

I stole his pork pie and all - lairy motherfucker

[shady]

Good on you, they were to the man complete twats whilst I lived there. Was taken aback by the fact that in 93/94 they had more arrests apart from Liverpool. Like a few others who know the town on this thread will concur, it's a sedate place on the whole, but it has a side to it that would put Beirut to shame.

[Crispy]

Yeah this 15 year old said he was the leader and top boy of this EBF, i saved the hole convo and put it on a different forum.

[Simon Pieman]

You've just fuelled his ego even more then