billyblademan
The small one holding a pint
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So yesterday, with my Dad and a Huddersfield fan, we did something I always wanted to do, but never had - 2 games in a single day.
We arrived at Barnsley at about 11:15 and headed to the Metrodome - despite not being in colours, cops told us that were only place we could go. Having arrived in a massive hall, one was to find four - yes FOUR! - people serving pints, despite there being several hundred people there, and a bloody huge queue. We gave up on that, rather frustrated we hadn't drunk in the town centre passing as non football folk, or even at Chapeltown where we parked one of the cars. Got to the ground, had a pie, found our seats, and watched a very comfortable away performance for United.
Dad likened it to beating Bradford at Valley Parade when we were in the 4th (long before my time
), but it was a great atmosphere, and we seemed 10 times more up for it than they did.
At FT, we made a hasty retreat, we were parked by the sixth form college, the only delay was the fact a train were going past, so we couldn't cross the tracks. Despite all the barricades, as discussed on other thread, both fans were together while stood around for about 5 minutes, so there were some inevitable low key comings together. Police tried to shift us into the train station, despite us making it clear that was not where we wanted to go. Fortunately train went (was it going to Shef? If so, should it not have waited 5/10 mins???), and we raced back to the car, and made very good time down the M1, and onto the A61. Parked at a friends just above from Hillsborough, and we were on the march to match number 2.
Pigs V Udders were a dire game, although actually Wednesday got the ball down a bit more than Huddersfield. Wells were shocking for Town, Coady was about only one who tried to play football, but it never really came off for him, and the fans seemed to get on his back, rather than reward the attempt/effort. Ibrahimovic look a like missed an open goal having rounded the keeper in the first half (hilarious), but when Wednesday scored, it seemed a fair enough result, until a bit of luck and shite defending saw the otherwise terrible Ishamel Miller through to equalise with a minute remaining. Walked away feeling like a win.
So there you go, thought it could have been a Sheffield Double of the worst variety at the start of the day, but saw a brilliant away performance, and t'Pigs denied very very late on. Top day
NB: Huddersfield fans sang exactly the same songs as us (including 'Can you hear the Dingles/Wednesday sing, I can't hear a fucking thing'), and if I hear 'Everywhere We Go' within the next day or two, I might strangle someone...
We arrived at Barnsley at about 11:15 and headed to the Metrodome - despite not being in colours, cops told us that were only place we could go. Having arrived in a massive hall, one was to find four - yes FOUR! - people serving pints, despite there being several hundred people there, and a bloody huge queue. We gave up on that, rather frustrated we hadn't drunk in the town centre passing as non football folk, or even at Chapeltown where we parked one of the cars. Got to the ground, had a pie, found our seats, and watched a very comfortable away performance for United.
Dad likened it to beating Bradford at Valley Parade when we were in the 4th (long before my time
), but it was a great atmosphere, and we seemed 10 times more up for it than they did.At FT, we made a hasty retreat, we were parked by the sixth form college, the only delay was the fact a train were going past, so we couldn't cross the tracks. Despite all the barricades, as discussed on other thread, both fans were together while stood around for about 5 minutes, so there were some inevitable low key comings together. Police tried to shift us into the train station, despite us making it clear that was not where we wanted to go. Fortunately train went (was it going to Shef? If so, should it not have waited 5/10 mins???), and we raced back to the car, and made very good time down the M1, and onto the A61. Parked at a friends just above from Hillsborough, and we were on the march to match number 2.
Pigs V Udders were a dire game, although actually Wednesday got the ball down a bit more than Huddersfield. Wells were shocking for Town, Coady was about only one who tried to play football, but it never really came off for him, and the fans seemed to get on his back, rather than reward the attempt/effort. Ibrahimovic look a like missed an open goal having rounded the keeper in the first half (hilarious), but when Wednesday scored, it seemed a fair enough result, until a bit of luck and shite defending saw the otherwise terrible Ishamel Miller through to equalise with a minute remaining. Walked away feeling like a win.
So there you go, thought it could have been a Sheffield Double of the worst variety at the start of the day, but saw a brilliant away performance, and t'Pigs denied very very late on. Top day
NB: Huddersfield fans sang exactly the same songs as us (including 'Can you hear the Dingles/Wednesday sing, I can't hear a fucking thing'), and if I hear 'Everywhere We Go' within the next day or two, I might strangle someone...
