What's the most scared you have ever been following city away ?

Forget spurs in the FA cup

Forget all the big names

For me it was our seasons in the abyss , to quote a slayer album

Exeter , hereford , Chesterfield, Lincoln

I wet myself several times in those dark days , being chased around a DIY centre opposite Hereford train station long after the police had got our lot back on the train to south wales ......just me and two young lads from aberdare and twenty ginger haired big eared blokes from hereford with hands like shovels

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Forget spurs in the FA cup

Forget all the big names

For me it was our seasons in the abyss , to quote a slayer album

Exeter , hereford , Chesterfield, Lincoln

I wet myself several times in those dark days , being chased around a DIY centre opposite Hereford train station long after the police had got our lot back on the train to south wales ......just me and two young lads from aberdare and twenty ginger haired big eared blokes from hereford with hands like shovels

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Thinking about it, you could have produced a guide to branches of Mothercare around the country!

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Thinking about it, you could have produced a guide to branches of Mothercare around the country!

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Theres no mothercare opposite Hereford train station

My memory of it was like something out of night of the living dead

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Forget spurs in the FA cup

Forget all the big names

For me it was our seasons in the abyss , to quote a slayer album

Exeter , hereford , Chesterfield, Lincoln

I wet myself several times in those dark days , being chased around a DIY centre opposite Hereford train station long after the police had got our lot back on the train to south wales ......just me and two young lads from aberdare and twenty ginger haired big eared blokes from hereford with hands like shovels

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The irony about the Spurs game is that I was with my ex's nephew, who is a Spurs fan and whom I had travelled to the game from Oxford where he lived. I was with him in a pub frequented by Spurs supporters and trying to mask my Welsh accent as best as possible when ordering at a crowded bar. And as the pub was so crowded we decanted into the access area to it just off the main road and whose wrought iron tall gates were closed to separate the locals from the City fans passing on the other side. It was starting to get nasty and I was trapped on the wrong side of the gates both physically and metaphorically.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Theres no mothercare opposite Hereford train station

My memory of it was like something out of night of the living dead

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There’s no Mothercare anywhere these days!

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

The irony about the Spurs game is that I was with my ex's nephew, who is a Spurs fan and whom I had travelled to the game from Oxford where he lived. I was with him in a pub frequented by Spurs supporters and trying to mask my Welsh accent as best as possible when ordering at a crowded bar. And as the pub was so crowded we decanted into the access area to it just off the main road and whose wrought iron tall gates were closed to separate the locals from the City fans passing on the other side. It was starting to get nasty and I was trapped on the wrong side of the gates both physically and metaphorically.

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That was a very scary day , I was glad we had so many nutters as well if I am honest

A group of city fans in one of the pubs were less fortunate

Bout 9/10 yrs ago, I was working near Sheffield and went to Brammell Lane to watch the City.
Didn’t have a ticket so went in one of the home ends and kept my head down.
Unbelievable game, which we won 4-3. I tried my best to contain my emotions, but sure I was rumbled by some surrounding fans, so got out of there toot sweet.
I got away unscathed, but wouldn’t chance it again. Very hairy experience.

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There’s no Mothercare anywhere these days!

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Much to my chagrin

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

The irony about the Spurs game is that I was with my ex's nephew, who is a Spurs fan and whom I had travelled to the game from Oxford where he lived. I was with him in a pub frequented by Spurs supporters and trying to mask my Welsh accent as best as possible when ordering at a crowded bar. And as the pub was so crowded we decanted into the access area to it just off the main road and whose wrought iron tall gates were closed to separate the locals from the City fans passing on the other side. It was starting to get nasty and I was trapped on the wrong side of the gates both physically and metaphorically.

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I guess you refer to Spurs in the 1978 league game, the year after knocking them out of the FA Cup 3rd round? I went up on Tommy Morris' buses from Pencoed, 13 years old, on my own. Driving close to WHL, a Spurs fan pulled out a knife..! The start of a series of Rourke's Drift moments that lasted the whole day. Frightened me to death!!

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Much to my chagrin

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Originally Posted by Blue Dwr

I guess you refer to Spurs in the 1978 league game, the year after knocking them out of the FA Cup 3rd round? I went up on Tommy Morris' buses from Pencoed, 13 years old, on my own. Driving close to WHL, a Spurs fan pulled out a knife..! The start of a series of Rourke's Drift moments that lasted the whole day. Frightened me to death!!

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That sounds scary , we are on about the fa cup tie about 15 years ago

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That sounds scary , we are on about the fa cup tie about 15 years ago

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Chelsea at home in the 3-3 draw - Walking down Tudor Road (fast)

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That was a very scary day , I was glad we had so many nutters as well if I am honest

A group of city fans in one of the pubs were less fortunate

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The problem was that those nutters were trying to storm the gates that I was on the wrong side of!

Leicester away, in the first leg of the play/off !!!!

When Whitt’s scores, I thought the bloody stand was going to collapse, it bounced so much :hehe:

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Leicester away, in the first leg of the play/off !!!!

When Whitt’s scores, I thought the bloody stand was going to collapse, it bounced so much :hehe:

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Oi, you. I tapped you on the belly as you walked past me on Saturday but you were too busy on the blower to know what was going on :-)

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Originally Posted by Blue Dwr

I guess you refer to Spurs in the 1978 league game, the year after knocking them out of the FA Cup 3rd round? I went up on Tommy Morris' buses from Pencoed, 13 years old, on my own. Driving close to WHL, a Spurs fan pulled out a knife..! The start of a series of Rourke's Drift moments that lasted the whole day. Frightened me to death!!

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I was also at that game. I was based at the Merchant Navy training school in Gravesend, Kent. I travelled to WHL with three other cadets. They were a bit naïve (so was I at the age of 17!) and were all wearing City scarves. They soon hid those scarves though as we travelled on the underground with hoards of Spurs fans. Spurs fans had infiltrated the away end with us and were right loons.
The two Spurs fans stood right next to me, as brazen as could be, were telling me how great it was at our place (Ninian) with all the rocks and pieces of concrete flying back and forth on Sloper Road, they both looked in their 40's.

I also travelled on my own to Stamford Bridge, at a time when Chelsea were mental, again, I think that was about '78? They had played Bristol Rovers away at Eastville the Saturday before and rioted, in the mayhem a WPC got knocked unconcious. I saw it all on the HTV West News (my grandmother always tuned her ariel into the west country reception, don't know why! :hehe:). So I had built up in my mind that it was going to be hairy, and it was!

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Oi, you. I tapped you on the belly as you walked past me on Saturday but you were too busy on the blower to know what was going on :-)

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Was deep in thought :hehe:

Trying to find coaches !!!!

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

That was a very scary day , I was glad we had so many nutters as well if I am honest

A group of city fans in one of the pubs were less fortunate

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we were in the Queen Vic pub that was attacked by a big mob of spurs before the game. They didn't get into the pub but a few poor souls outside took a bit of a slap.

the tennis courts afterwards were fun and games

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Originally Posted by Toadstool

Chelsea at home in the 3-3 draw - Walking down Tudor Road (fast)

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I was in jubilee park as hundreds of cardiff and hundreds of Chelsea beat each other senseless

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Originally Posted by TISS

we were in the Queen Vic pub that was attacked by a big mob of spurs before the game. They didn't get into the pub but a few poor souls outside took a bit of a slap.

the tennis courts afterwards were fun and games

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Let's just say that the tennis courts was an experience I dont want to go through again

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Originally Posted by TISS

we were in the Queen Vic pub that was attacked by a big mob of spurs before the game. They didn't get into the pub but a few poor souls outside took a bit of a slap.

the tennis courts afterwards were fun and games

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The problem was that those nutters were trying to storm the gates that I was on the wrong side of!

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Sorry about that tbg , you were deep behind enemy lines but you did us proud

Birmingham away 1985
Attacked by the zulus

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Birmingham away 1985
Attacked by the zulus

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Did you go up on the train ?

This bloke was sitting on the wall by the away end with a hole in his neck , pouring with blood

Hed been hit with a butcher's meat hook

We had a load of nutters up there that day mind , turning over cars and trying to pull the police off their horses on the way home

Only once have I been scared on a away trip, 2006 away to Plymouth I was 13 and I had a slap off a Plymouth fan who was at least 40, twat.
I wasn’t the sort to give it the big one, looking for trouble. just me and a few friends were walking pre game singing Cardiff songs, not causing harm.

Often think I’d love to have a chance to go face to face with him now

Hairiest moments involved being surrounded by foes inside grounds at Anfield (Wales - Scotland), Den and White Hart Lane (as referred to earlier in thread). Most concentrated number of Cardiff nutters assembled back then were at Chelsea and Newport.

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Birmingham away 1985
Attacked by the zulus

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If that's the game where they clinched promotion, yes, it was scary. We were relegated as well. Seemed every Brum fan was p*ssed. Ran onto the pitch after each of their goals. Was in a section with a mate that def. wasn't an 'away' section. Seems as though in the late 70's, early 80's you could get into anywhere in the ground if you traveled independently - which we invariably did !

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If that's the game where they clinched promotion, yes, it was scary. We were relegated as well. Seemed every Brum fan was p*ssed. Ran onto the pitch after each of their goals. Was in a section with a mate that def. wasn't an 'away' section. Seems as though in the late 70's, early 80's you could get into anywhere in the ground if you traveled independently - which we invariably did !

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Yes we lost two nil

We had a slim chance of staying up if we beat them , hence half of south wales being on that steep away end behind the goal

The crowd was only 15000 mind you , we had over 3000 of that

The week after we played them leeds came to town and it was a full scale riot with one young lad sadly losing his life when a wall collapsed on him

I remember the policing being dreadfu and totally incompetent inside and outside the ground

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If that's the game where they clinched promotion, yes, it was scary. We were relegated as well. Seemed every Brum fan was p*ssed. Ran onto the pitch after each of their goals. Was in a section with a mate that def. wasn't an 'away' section. Seems as though in the late 70's, early 80's you could get into anywhere in the ground if you traveled independently - which we invariably did !

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Birmingham had David Seaman in goal that day.
Our relegation was comfirmed at Plough Lane Wimbledon a few weeks later the same day as the Bradford fire..

Leeds away fa cup 1974? rough as fcuk that day and our transit broke down out side the ground.

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Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.

Hairiest moments involved being surrounded by foes inside grounds at Anfield (Wales - Scotland), Den and White Hart Lane (as referred to earlier in thread). Most concentrated number of Cardiff nutters assembled back then were at Chelsea and Newport.

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Forgot about that one! Mitched off school to attend (13 again). Stood at the front of the Kop, "our" end :hehe:, with what seemed the whole of Scotland there. Watching the bricks being lobbed back and forth at the back and the steady stream of mostly Welsh fans being carried out with blood pouring. Always remember a 30/40ish Jock telling me that I was lucky that Scotland won else he'd of kicked the shit out of me. As previously said, TWAT.

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Originally Posted by Zowhore

Only once have I been scared on a away trip, 2006 away to Plymouth I was 13 and I had a slap off a Plymouth fan who was at least 40, twat.
I wasn’t the sort to give it the big one, looking for trouble. just me and a few friends were walking pre game singing Cardiff songs, not causing harm.

Often think I’d love to have a chance to go face to face with him now

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That's freaky, i was at that game with my then 10yr old, a 40ish bloke walked past the pair of us pre game and made some arsey comment (I couldn't believe it, I was with a feckin' 10yr old!!) What kind of kent behaves like that.

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Originally Posted by jeepster

Leeds away fa cup 1974? rough as fcuk that day and our transit broke down out side the ground.

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That's the one for me too, went up on the special, okay on the way to the ground, very, very different story trying to get back to the train station. Scary.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

I was also at that game. I was based at the Merchant Navy training school in Gravesend, Kent. I travelled to WHL with three other cadets. They were a bit naïve (so was I at the age of 17!) and were all wearing City scarves. They soon hid those scarves though as we travelled on the underground with hoards of Spurs fans. Spurs fans had infiltrated the away end with us and were right loons.
The two Spurs fans stood right next to me, as brazen as could be, were telling me how great it was at our place (Ninian) with all the rocks and pieces of concrete flying back and forth on Sloper Road, they both looked in their 40's.

I also travelled on my own to Stamford Bridge, at a time when Chelsea were mental, again, I think that was about '78? They had played Bristol Rovers away at Eastville the Saturday before and rioted, in the mayhem a WPC got knocked unconcious. I saw it all on the HTV West News (my grandmother always tuned her ariel into the west country reception, don't know why! :hehe:). So I had built up in my mind that it was going to be hairy, and it was!

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The Chelsea game referred to above was in October 1976 I think, we lost 2-1. Anyway we travelled up to North London to stay with an old school friend for the weekend. Train to Liverpool Street, then Tube to Fulham Broadway, all fine until about four stops before our destination. Then the train slowly filled with mad Chelsea fans, some had knives! When the train pulled in to Fulham Broadway and the doors opened the two of us bolted out of the train, out of the station being chased by probably 50 of South London's finest.

As we came out of the station and turned the corner we ran in to about 1500 City fans being escorted by the police, cue mayhem as all hell broke lose. We skulked off to safety, but we had tickets in the Home end, so were very, very quite for the rest of the afternoon. The only time I have ever been scared at football.

I have found swansea a bit butterfly inducing on occasions

As a 15 year old boy I caught the X2 from bridgend and it pulled up at the quadrant centre

We were very wet behind the ears and walked into the centre which was rammed with the locals , we tried to act normal but we were bricking it

Luckily Cardiff's lunatics turned out the Jack's ran out to meet them and everything turned to dust

We decided to get into the train escort for the walk back to the station instead of waiting around for the bus back to bridgend

Orient away in 1988. First ever away game and being young and stupid decided to go on the train on my own. Vaguely knew other city fans at central so hooked up with them. Unbeknown to me Chelsea were playing West Ham the same day. There were older Chelsea fans from wales on the train and basically we jumped off a moving train at Newport as they started swinging for us. Arrived late in London, got to Leyton station about half hour after game had started to be greeted by about 80 angry looking West Ham fans in opp platform. Game with Chelsea had been cancelled so they were at ours. 6 of us calmly walked as all sorts rained down across platform. Usain bolt wouldn’t have caught us as we left the station.
300 or so cardiff still trying to get in as we arrived who had just given the West Ham we encountered a good seeing too, so wonder they looked so happy. Pitch invasions by ours during game chasing West Ham out of the ground, cardiff fans stabbed outside. I was very glad to get to Paddington that day.:ayatollah:

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Forgot about that one! Mitched off school to attend (13 again). Stood at the front of the Kop, "our" end :hehe:, with what seemed the whole of Scotland there. Watching the bricks being lobbed back and forth at the back and the steady stream of mostly Welsh fans being carried out with blood pouring. Always remember a 30/40ish Jock telling me that I was lucky that Scotland won else he'd of kicked the shit out of me. As previously said, TWAT.

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I got the train from Cardiff to Rock Ferry and then double-decker buses took us to the ground. On the way, we saw nothing but Jocks, however, when we arrived outside the Kop End, you could see Welsh scarfs hanging out of those narrow, slit-like, windows they have high up. "Great!", I thought, the Jocks could have threequarters of the ground for all I cared, as long as we have a full Kop End of 20,000+ taffs, who cares!
How wrong I was... we were squashed up in the far right corner (looking down at the pitch) and they hurled everything at us, bottles, empty cans, half-full cans, lighters, coins.. the lot!

I was 16 at the time and nervous as hell - but one funny moment was a City lad, Ching, perhaps some of you will remember him from the 70's and 80's (from Canton)? Well, anyway - the missiles are flying over towards us and he stands up on one of the crush barriers and shouts to us.. "C'mon, there they are. Over there"! - he was urging us to have a go at them, but it was the they way in which he felt the need to point out where 18,000 Jocks might be.. we were bloody surrounded by 'em! :hehe::hehe:

Frankly any small northern town in the 80’s was scary.
Not sure if they lobotomise them all at birth and then fed them steroids but it certainly looked like that was the case and then there were the men.
Grim up north did not even begin to cover it.

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

Leicester away, in the first leg of the play/off !!!!

When Whitt’s scores, I thought the bloody stand was going to collapse, it bounced so much :hehe:

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Can't believe that was ten years ago, great trip, the whole stand was bouncing.

I was at both of those games, Birmingham and then Wimbledon when we were relegated in 1985, New street was always an interesting place back in the day