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That picture of Swansea away where the fans invaded the pitch has been put up so many times he may as well leave it as a sticky.
It was the 1st away game I went to and was just a kid in school and went on the service bus from Aberdare. I still cant believe my old man didnt try and stop me going. It was mental! Youd never have thought we were the away side if you were outside the Vetch. Cardiff fans were everywhere.
The Soul Crew protecting scarfers is one big myth. In many ways it was the other round. Big reliance on fans who didnt go looking for trouble but if it came their way as it often did were more than capable of defending themselves.
It might be hard to comprehend but life in the UK was very different in the late 70’s and 80’s, it was seen a popular and cool thing to be involved in. In the 80’s there wasn’t much else. Half our support were fans up for a ruck when I first went in 87, lots who went to away games were rarely if ever seen at Ninian. There’s alsways been plenty of youth culture here from mods, punks, new romantic, Brit pop, rave scene etc...
Agreed truly special days, the fans who never experienced it will never understand though
When we rolled in, you could always be guaranteed all them places would put on a bit of a show
Exeter always used to be able to muster a few, when we arrived by train after a game at torquay ( that games Justin fash got sent off ) a few walked into town to get a bite to eat, inside 20 mins a mob had arrived,
Lets be honest, most city fans at the time must have been mental to go and follow us, mainly working class blokes who identified with each other ( once again, if you were not part of it, you will not understand ) this " soul crew " thing was just a name, at any big game, you always had a fair few who were just guys looking out for " mates " ( they might just know them to give them a Nod in the pub, but that didnt matter ) going to away games you really felt safe in numbers, and we really were a big fish in a small pond
as above, most football fans i know always admire the numbers we took away, yes we were a rowdy bunch, but wasnt that a reflection on the geographical area that city take its fans from ? ? ? I wouldnt have had it any other way
but times have changed, football has moved on, lets enjoy it for what it is today, just as many enjoyed it in the past
[QUOTE=blue matt;4840
but times have changed, football has moved on, lets enjoy it for what it is today, just as many enjoyed it in the past [/QUOTE]
You say football has moved on but what did hooliganism have to do football. If people wanted a fight with like minded people why didn't they just agree to meet in a forest somewhere away from society and kick lumps out of each other? They added nothing to the game of football whatsoever from my point of view