Old Grounds

I think a few of us have been to the old Wembley as well.

Highbury gay meadow and millmoor

I've been to 21 of them. The strangest experience was at a night match between Middlesborough and Nottingham Forest  at Ayresome Park in 1978 when, before the match, the stadium announcer exhorted the home fans to give a rousing cheer for 'this season's champions' when Forest still had 10 matches to play and were only 2 points ahead of the second-placed team!! I doubt that such sportsmanship is still alive and well in the Premier League! The scariest experience was after a night match at Springfield Park, Wigan. I arrived late for the kick-off and parked my car in a street of red-brick terraced houses and rushed off to the ground. On leaving the match I discovered that any number of identical streets surrounded all sides of the ground and I couldn't remember for the life of me which one contained my car! I was beginning to get very worried when everybody else in the crowd had gone home and I was still wandering the streets! Eventually I happened upon it about an hour after the game had finished! Phew!!

I can remember after we beat Middlesborough in the FA Cup in '89 we were getting pelted with coins by the Boro fans. The police kept us just outside the away turnstile area until they had dispersed the Boro "fans" waiting for us at the end of the street.

When we finally got back to the car I spotted a car with a Grimsby number plate in front so decided to follow him but he went down a dead end street with loads of dodgy looking terrace houses on each side. Then I spotted a gang of Boro fans coming towards us. I reckon that must have been the quickest 3 point turn I've ever done with the car in front I'd followed not far behind.

Quoted from Les Brechin

I can remember after we beat Middlesborough in the FA Cup in '89 we were getting pelted with coins by the Boro fans. The police kept us just outside the away turnstile area until they had dispersed the Boro "fans" waiting for us at the end of the street.

When we finally got back to the car I spotted a car with a Grimsby number plate in front so decided to follow him but he went down a dead end street with loads of dodgy looking terrace houses on each side. Then I spotted a gang of Boro fans coming towards us. I reckon that must have been the quickest 3 point turn I've ever done with the car in front I'd followed not far behind.

Aye it got a bit naughty outside there after the game I made the mistake of going on the train and had to run the gauntlet afterwards with a rapidly melting band of Town fans the OB smiled and said fill your boots lads isnt this what you come for

18 with grimsby 5 more happened to be in that area working and fancied a game

23 i think

11 for me, best being Towns 4-1 win against Rotherham at Millmoor in 91 promotion season.

Quoted from Pint of Mild Please Batchy

11 for me, best being Towns 4-1 win against Rotherham at Millmoor in 91 promotion season.

Super Clive scored Rotherham's goal that night IIRC.

Quoted from Les Brechin

I can remember after we beat Middlesborough in the FA Cup in '89 we were getting pelted with coins by the Boro fans. The police kept us just outside the away turnstile area until they had dispersed the Boro "fans" waiting for us at the end of the street.

When we finally got back to the car I spotted a car with a Grimsby number plate in front so decided to follow him but he went down a dead end street with loads of dodgy looking terrace houses on each side. Then I spotted a gang of Boro fans coming towards us. I reckon that must have been the quickest 3 point turn I've ever done with the car in front I'd followed not far behind.

It wasn't just coins, half bricks and broken coping stones were being thrown.