Football Special Trains , The Good Old Days

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Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep

I'm not talking size of following - already said it was big but didn't think it was particularly evil as you put it and no my memory is not playing tricks - just have a different opinion to you as to the definition of evil.

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I was on that special with my Father. I was 10 years old. I can't remember it being scary, and i was quite an alert Nervous kid. I remember a few thuds and bangs on the way out with Pompey fans bricking the train, and the old mans ears pricking up when a group of lads in front of us started talking shite about Combat 18. Thankfully my dad didn't confront them, he would have though if i hadn't been there.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

I was on that special with my Father. I was 10 years old. I can't remember it being scary, and i was quite an alert Nervous kid. I remember a few thuds and bangs on the way out with Pompey fans bricking the train, and the old mans ears pricking up when a group of lads in front of us started talking shite about Combat 18. Thankfully my dad didn't confront them, he would have though if i hadn't been there.

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If you were 10 you wouldn't have been aware of aggro and I doubt very much you can remember much if anything at all regarding detail

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

If you were 10 you wouldn't have been aware of aggro and I doubt very much you can remember much if anything at all regarding detail

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I was very aware. Where i was sat was pretty standard, routine for a football special. If people had been causing a disturbance i would have remembered it, and my Father would have protected me or moved me away from it. Bristol City was bad, 1989, the toilet was ripped out and thrown out of the window, seats were ripped out etc

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

I was very aware. Where i was sat was pretty standard, routine for a football special. If people had been causing a disturbance i would have remembered it, and my Father would have protected me or moved me away from it. Bristol City was bad, 1989, the toilet was ripped out and thrown out of the window, seats were ripped out etc

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You were 10

I am not doubting you were on the train but you either didn't see it or don't remember or were not aware of bother

There was loads of trouble that day , on the way to the ground , in the ground and on the way back to the station

Just because a ten year old boy can't remember, was too young to understand what was happening or wasn't there when the fans or the police clashed doesn't mean it was all jolly good fun

82 to 84 was when our lot were on the way up and Pompey away was one of the biggest

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

You were 10

I am not doubting you were on the train but you either didn't see it or don't remember or were not aware of bother

There was loads of trouble that day , on the way to the ground , in the ground and on the way back to the station

Just because a ten year old boy can't remember, was too young to understand what was happening or wasn't there when the fans or the police clashed doesn't mean it was all jolly good fun

82 to 84 was when our lot were on the way up and Pompey away was one of the biggest

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I haven;t said any of that, I have said that where i was sat on the train there were not any problems. Read what i have written. Whatever happened in other carriages happened, i wasn't there, so can't have an opinion. Deal with what i have said sludge.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

I haven;t said any of that, I have said that where i was sat on the train there were not any problems. Read what i have written. Whatever happened in other carriages happened, i wasn't there, so can't have an opinion. Deal with what i have said sludge.

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You said you were on that train , you were ten and you can't remember it being scary

The second and third points are sort of the key

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

You said you were on that train , you were ten and you can't remember it being scary

The second and third points are sort of the key

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Yes, on the train, in my carriage, where i was sat, the people around me in general. It was ok from memory, no problems.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Yes, on the train, in my carriage, where i was sat, the people around me in general. It was ok from memory, no problems.

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Good

Now go to bed , school in the morning

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Good

Now go to bed , school in the morning

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Your carers must have to do you double handed.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Your carers must have to do you double handed.

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At least I don't still sit on a potty

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Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep

You talking about the one in the early 80s in the old division 3 the nil nil?

Don't remember the train being evil but the welcome along the streets to the ground from Pompey fans was - I remember thinking they all looked like proper men and not many from our escort made any attempts to say hallo

Specials to me were a young person thing and not special at all

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Maybe those City fans who travelled up independently by car, mini-bus, or perhaps even supporters' busses, might have encountered trouble before the game, I don't know.
What I do know was the three train-loads of fans who were escorted to the ground didn't encounter any problems. There were no Portsmouth fans anywhere to be seen, apart from the small group across from the station who soon moved away.

I recall walking past blocks of flats and some of the residents looking out of the windows in curiosity, but that was it.