Birmingham Away , Always An Interesting Trip

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I remember Kadg in the ground blood all over his Pringle dripping from his head.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Sure it was 85 sludge

Yes, final game. Birmingham promoted, we were virtually relegated. Remember like it was yesterday. Stood near touchline towards one end. Loads of Brum kids right by us, running on to the pitch when the goals went in. Was on edge throughout the game ! Looked up and only 15,000 or so. The bad, bad days of crowd trouble and poor attendances.

[life on mars]

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I've only been to St. Andrews once. I was at Aston Uni and went in the away end with a Middlesbrough supporting mate. Probably around 1979. The whole experience was a bit scary. Football was generally like that back then.

Went to Villa Park and Hawthorns a few times too, but neither had the same feeling of menace as Birmingham.

Yep you had to be on yer toes In that City ,friendly bunch , and we were such angels..

[life on mars]

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that was it

Rough day

There was a seat throwing contest for half time entertainment

What happened to those halcyon days you can't chuck a sausage roll now without being band 😏

[stan butler]

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that was it

Rough day

There was a seat throwing contest for half time entertainment

I was near around 40 from the valleys i think Aberdare area. One poured lighter fluid over a union jack and set it alight.
Another nutter amongst them picked up a seat that had been thrown down and returned it with accuracy hitting the fella who threw it flush in the chops.
Mad walking back to the station :wales:

[stan butler]

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What happened to those halcyon days you can't chuck a sausage roll now without being band ��

I wonder if it's against the law to throw blue bog roll onto the pitch these days

[splott parker]

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I wonder if it's against the law to throw blue bog roll onto the pitch these days

I always found that the Izal greasy, school type toilet roll unravelled the best and travelled a lot further. Late 60s/early 70s you couldn’t have a tom tit in Lady Mary on a Friday afternoon, every toilet roll was bagged up ready for a Grangetown End launching on Saturday. Away games the football special would be stripped of the very same standard paper. The demise of toilet rolls decorating goalnets was a watershed moment in football, very, very sad.

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I always found that the Izal greasy, school type toilet roll unravelled the best and travelled a lot further. Late 60s/early 70s you couldn’t have a tom tit in Lady Mary on a Friday afternoon, every toilet roll was bagged up ready for a Grangetown End launching on Saturday. Away games the football special would be stripped of the very same standard paper. The demise of toilet rolls decorating goalnets was a watershed moment in football, very, very sad.

I have to disagree with you on the choice of Izal. It was similar to 'tracing paper' in appearance and didn't stand out as much once on the pitch or draped over the goal as your bog-standard (pun intended) white toilet paper.
Also, those Izal toilet rolls were always too small they'd often fully unravel before clearing the terrace.

Anyway, back to their intended purpose - it failed miserably (although I conditioned myself never to have a 'number two' in school).

[splott parker]

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I have to disagree with you on the choice of Izal. It was similar to 'tracing paper' in appearance and didn't stand out as much once on the pitch or draped over the goal as your bog-standard (pun intended) white toilet paper.
Also, those Izal toilet rolls were always too small they'd often fully unravel before clearing the terrace.

Anyway, back to their intended purpose - it failed miserably (although I conditioned myself never to have a 'number two' in school).

I reckon Izal was designed a lot more for launching than wiping, rather than wiping clean it sort of moved the shite around your cheeks Like you I avoided having a turn out in school if possible, still try and avoid one away from home to this day, although going to football since 1961 my first (and still only) number two in a ground was at Derby County’s Pride Park after a particularly uncomfortable bus trip for a night game a few years ago. Reckon I need a medal as big as a dustbin lid for dropping my kecks in Derby given its Arctic climate What a conversation eh

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I reckon Izal was designed a lot more for launching than wiping, rather than wiping clean it sort of moved the shite around your cheeks Like you I avoided having a turn out in school if possible, still try and avoid one away from home to this day, although going to football since 1961 my first (and still only) number two in a ground was at Derby County’s Pride Park after a particularly uncomfortable bus trip for a night game a few years ago. Reckon I need a medal as big as a dustbin lid for dropping my kecks in Derby given its Arctic climate What a conversation eh

Yeah, without wanting to go into too much detail - you're right about it just "moving the shite around your cheeks".
The R&D department at Izal should take a long hard look at themselves!

[Former Labour leader]

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Yeah, without wanting to go into too much detail - you're right about it just "moving the shite around your cheeks".
The R&D department at Izal should take a long hard look at themselves!

Doubt they have eyes in their arse.😎

[life on mars]

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I wonder if it's against the law to throw blue bog roll onto the pitch these days

depends if its been used ??

[life on mars]

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I reckon Izal was designed a lot more for launching than wiping, rather than wiping clean it sort of moved the shite around your cheeks Like you I avoided having a turn out in school if possible, still try and avoid one away from home to this day, although going to football since 1961 my first (and still only) number two in a ground was at Derby County’s Pride Park after a particularly uncomfortable bus trip for a night game a few years ago. Reckon I need a medal as big as a dustbin lid for dropping my kecks in Derby given its Arctic climate What a conversation eh

You could be right as the share prices in Izal have taken a dive over the last 25 years

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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You could be right as the share prices in Izal have taken a dive over the last 25 years

You mean they still make that shit? (oops, done it again! )

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A lot of crap in this thread