Millwall documentary from 1977

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Chelsea at home in 1977. There was a burger van on the corner of the Bob bank and the Grange end. Chelsea tipped the van over on their way onto the Bob bank. Do anyone remember that or is it a figment of my imagination.

A mate and I drove up to the away game, poured down all the way. Anyway, we got to the ground a few minutes after KO and weren't sure which end City were. Picked the wrong one and ended up in the Shed end. Strangely didn't feel too threatened though hardly anyone wore 'colours'. City lost 2-1 but the worst bit was trying to find something to eat nearby after the game and ended up in a pie and mash shop. Absolutely revolting !

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

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I was 16 at the time of the Spurs game at White Hart Lane. I was studying at the Merchant Navy Sea Training School in Kent. I made my own way to the ground with two other City fans. As you said, a very iffy day.

I was at Gravesend NSTC 1980. I started going away with city the 78/79 and remember the stories told by the older lads about White hart lane from the season before.
Spedger

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I was at Gravesend NSTC 1980. I started going away with city the 78/79 and remember the stories told by the older lads about White hart lane from the season before.
Spedger

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[Tuerto]

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A mate and I drove up to the away game, poured down all the way. Anyway, we got to the ground a few minutes after KO and weren't sure which end City were. Picked the wrong one and ended up in the Shed end. Strangely didn't feel too threatened though hardly anyone wore 'colours'. City lost 2-1 but the worst bit was trying to find something to eat nearby after the game and ended up in a pie and mash shop. Absolutely revolting !

A pie and mash shop in Fulham! How things have changed.

[JamesWales]

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A mate and I drove up to the away game, poured down all the way. Anyway, we got to the ground a few minutes after KO and weren't sure which end City were. Picked the wrong one and ended up in the Shed end. Strangely didn't feel too threatened though hardly anyone wore 'colours'. City lost 2-1 but the worst bit was trying to find something to eat nearby after the game and ended up in a pie and mash shop. Absolutely revolting !

So where there no formal away ends back then? I know fans always used to be mixed bit thought segregation came in before the late 70s?

[olderblue]

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So where there no formal away ends back then? I know fans always used to be mixed bit thought segregation came in before the late 70s?

There was, but there were hardly any police or stewards involved at the Old Den, and the Millwall fans used to jump over the fence or just wander into the away end
Always an eventful experience going there late 70’s early 80’s

[NYCBlue]

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So where there no formal away ends back then? I know fans always used to be mixed bit thought segregation came in before the late 70s?

You could go anywhere you wanted well into the '80s. Just show up, keep quiet and pay on the gate. It was only when you started trouble you would get moved. They didn't even kick you out. Even if you did get nicked, it wasn't until the mid to late '80s that the fines got hefty.