Peter Venkman
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« Reply #60 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 20:29:42 » |
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Norwich away a few years back when Nestor Lorenzo got sent off had everything...great away day....we lost but should have beaten them....also Everton away losing 2-1 after THAT match and also Spurs away losing to two late Gerry Armstrong goals. Actually we should have won all those games. But my favourite game was a little remembered 4-1 loss at Forest...they had a great team under Clough and our fans were right next to the Trent End.....Kammy missed a sitter early on and i think Moss got our consolation......the atmosphere that day was incredible,probably around 1978?....anyone else remember it? Yep Banbury i went to Boreham Wood and it was dodgy....but not as bad as Dagenham years back  My dad went to Forest but I wasn't allowed to go as a 12 year old, can't really remember why, it was the season they went up as champions to the top divison I think. And the Daggers game in the 80's under Macari was bloody scarey when we got a 0-0 there and then they beat us in the replay at the CG, the first non-league team to beat us at the CG IIRC. |
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From the station at Colchester
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From the services at Leicester
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #61 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 20:31:58 » |
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Kettering away 7-0 and poor sid nearly lost an eye from a Northampton fan using a snooker cue as a spear.
Pool balls flying everywhere.
Ha ha yeah Sid Sellars, I was stood next to him having a chat in the pub a few minutes before that, the Northampton fans were a bit evil that day. |
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
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And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #62 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 20:45:29 » |
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Ha ha yeah Sid Sellars, I was stood next to him having a chat in the pub a few minutes before that, the Northampton fans were a bit evil that day.
Saw Sid at Torquay Boxing Day and had a chat. Lucky he didn't lose his eye. Still got the scar. Bloody war zone but Boreham Wood was worse  |
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« Reply #63 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 20:48:41 » |
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My dad went to Forest but I wasn't allowed to go as a 12 year old, can't really remember why, it was the season they went up as champions to the top divison I think.
And the Daggers game in the 80's under Macari was bloody scarey when we got a 0-0 there and then they beat us in the replay at the CG, the first non-league team to beat us at the CG IIRC.
Also now remember a match at snow bound Luton when Rideout scored a good goal disalowed....lost that 2-1 also..............Horton grabbing a late winnner  |
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« Reply #64 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 20:59:32 » |
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Saw Sid at Torquay Boxing Day and had a chat. Lucky he didn't lose his eye. Still got the scar. Bloody war zone but Boreham Wood was worse Sid was never a looker so it didn't affect him much!  and difficult not to recognise when he ran on the pitch and had a go at the lino/ref (can't remember which it was now!) in the MuckMarn championship winning season, I was an apprentice at the Rail Works with him in 83, a good lad now that he supports Pompey less and less! |
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #65 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:13:27 » |
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Also now remember a match at snow bound Luton when Rideout scored a good goal disalowed....lost that 2-1 also..............Horton grabbing a late winnner Bloody hell, i remember that one. We were taking the piss telling them that "Aardvark will get you" to which they replied that "Aardvark" was going to get killed. We were lobbing snow balls at them and winding them up. After the game Me, aaardvark and a few others walked into the middle of their mob and had to run like fuck to get away. We also went there and won 2-0 in another cracking game. |
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tans
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« Reply #66 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:15:29 » |
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Ha was pete there?
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« Reply #67 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:24:41 » |
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Ha was pete there?
I don't think so. He wasn't one of the ones who run like fuck. We had to run through shops and in the end 3 of us jumped in a taxi, the driver said where to and we said just get the fuck out of here. He earned a decent tip that day. "Aardvark" was probably the most docile fan we had - as harmess as a fly. we just thuoght if Millwall could have Harry the Dog then Swindon could have Alex the Aardvark. |
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« Reply #68 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:27:21 » |
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Can you remember that little feller with curly permed hair...think his sirname was Ashby  Was always in bother him. |
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« Reply #69 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:46:35 » |
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Can you remember that little feller with curly permed hair...think his sirname was Ashby Was always in bother him. The thing is there were so many lads that you only knew their nicknames. I'm sure our paths must have crossed at some stage leefer. |
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« Reply #70 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:50:21 » |
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The thing is there were so many lads that you only knew their nicknames. I'm sure our paths must have crossed at some stage leefer.
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« Reply #71 on: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 21:55:59 » |
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For me it's the Fulham pair in the 70s being 3-3 at the Cottage and 5-0 at the County. They had Moore, Best and Marsh (well past their best tbf) but we had Moss, McHale and Anderson (who were smoking).
Never been a hard man and the only blows actually suffered by me at football came from STFC at the Cottage when I had a stripey Breton-style white and navy (nearly black) woollen hat yanked off my head from behind as we were leaving a packed away end, turned and demanded its return and suffered a punch and a kick from not too sure where and meekly gave up.
If your dad reads this forum Crispy, tell him to give me back my hat - or else!
The "pair" I would most like to have attended were the two WHU ties (3-3 and 3-1) with the boy Rogers already mentioned. was that the year we took Forest (who finished runners up in the old First Division) to a second replay?
Add the League Cup exploits (Arsenal twice, the Wolves semi etc) and I'm really struck by how "historical" STFC's real Cup upsets have become
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« Reply #72 on: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 10:26:00 » |
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What about those 2 away cup matches at Grantham? Absolute shithole of a ground and took forever to get there but murdered them in ’65, 6-1. Couple of years later, same 2nd round, same crap draw, same crap journey (except with under age booze). Won 2-0 I think?
The Forest matches around that time were epic. 5th round, 0-0 up there, 1-1 at home with that great Bruce Walker last minute equaliser then the 3-0 defeat in the 2nd replay at Villa Park when most of us got in late ‘cos of the chaos around the ground. 50k+ crowd.
Agree Boreham Wood was scary. I lived near there for a short while in the early ‘70s. Their idea of a sophisticated Saturday night out was to go to Scratchwood Services (as was) on the M1 which had opened a year or 2 before. Says it all really.
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« Reply #73 on: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 13:46:55 » |
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Bloody hell, i remember that one. We were taking the piss telling them that "Aardvark will get you" to which they replied that "Aardvark" was going to get killed. We were lobbing snow balls at them and winding them up. After the game Me, aaardvark and a few others walked into the middle of their mob and had to run like fuck to get away.
We also went there and won 2-0 in another cracking game.
That 2-0 win in 1980 was my first away game. Luton were doing well in the 2nd under David Pleat at the time, memory tells me Rowland and Williams scored that day, that could be wrong... |
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« Reply #74 on: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 14:07:21 » |
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Can you remember that little feller with curly permed hair...think his sirname was Ashby Was always in bother him. Was that "jimmy Summerville" a bit of a punk. piercings and a tatty black leather jacket ? Always in the thick of it. |
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