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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
That's not quite how I remember it pre-match.
I arrived on a service train packed with City fans. We weren't allowed to exit the station as the football special was arriving minutes later. The police then let us slowly leave the station, and kept us penned in while another service train came in some 15 minutes later, again it was fairly full of City fans.
I remember there were about 15 or so Pompey fans waiting across the road, they soon dispersed once they saw our numbers.
We were marched straight to the ground and not allowed in any pubs. The ground wasn't even open at the time we arrived. Someone spotted an entrance (perhaps a utility entrance) and hundreds of us found ourselves wandering around on the pitch!
No Pompey would have got near us with the numbers we had from the station to the ground.
Agree there was a big away following but the post u was replying to said it was evil - that's not my recollection - yes the clock went etc but Millwall away that season was much worse and the home and away games against Swansea in the Welsh cup final stand out but not Pompey away that season for me
Even Hereford away was worse than Pompey away
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.
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
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