70's & 80's away games

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Been to loads one that does come to mind Wrexham away late 70s night match lost 4-0
Took 2 vans set off at around 10am called at Buxton around 11am for dinner time sesh on the way both vans had windscreens took out by a tipper wagon spraying rocks all over the road. No windscreen replacement service those days
We left Buxton travelled on to Wrexham arrived around about 5pm more beers before the game had an altercation with their boys on their Kop. After the game it started to snow stopped for a beer afterwards bit of an altercation in the chip shop a well known Blade got nicked the coppers decided to take both vans to Chester nick. I was supposed to be one of the drivers but wasnt driving Id been drinking all day 16 / 18 pints approx. The coppers then decided to release one van and gave me the keys I thought WTF this was around 3am I was still pissed the snow was very bad I had to drive in the snow Snake was closed so was Woodhead and so was the M62 no windsceen it was fekking freezing the one thing it did do was sober me up. We ended on the A62 Oldham to Huddersfield road and then into Sheffield arriving around 8am the following morning
 

Decided one Friday night after a few ales to make our own way to Stoke so we got the last bus to Castleton from Pond St then topped up the ale intake at last orders before setting off walking. Just over Mam Tor the coppers pulled us and took our names & addresses but let us carry on. Next a pissed up greaser in an Anglia van offered us a lift over the cat & fiddle to Leek, we shared the back of the van with an oily car differential rolling about on every corner what a trip that was ......... fookin glad I couldn't see outside we seemed to be going at light speed. After walking through Leek in the early hours we kinda got a bit lost in the townships that make up Stoke so decided to get our heads down for a bit somewhere near the M6, never been so cold in my life the three of us huddled together trying to keep warm down a banking at the side of the road. At daybreak we decided to have a look round to see where we were and just got to the road level in time for the motorway cops to pull us in, don't know if they felt sorry for us or thought we were completely nuts (more likely the latter) they were ok though and drove us into Stoke dropping us off at a greasy cafe for breakfast. The game went as usual we were shit and lost but at least some kind Blades sneaked us onto their coach for a free ride back to Sheffield. We never pulled that stroke again walking/hitching to away games when half pissed on a Friday night, I still have a deep hatred of Stoke on Trent, horrible place.
 
Captain said:
Wolves away 88-89 season, 2-2 draw, Brian Deane and Tony Agana and wibbly wobbly woo, both promoted to old second division that night!Magic
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Ah, yes! Both sides knew a draw was enough to see us & Wolves promoted from the Third, so the final few minutes were played like a training game. About five minutes from FT, the ref. blew for a free-kick. A lot of the crowd (and Pike, our full back) thought it was the final whistle. Pikey pulled his boots off and chucked them in the crowd. (and played the last few minutes in stockinged feet!)

Relevant to today, Bristol City in the play-offs (memory going, but I think it was 1988, first of 2 legs and the 'play-offs' them days were to decide who got relegated from the second tier to the third.)

Scorching day, Sunday and I was bored by about ten in the morning. Jumped in the old jalopy and drove down. Great turn out from the Blades. (It was the 'pants day'. Ask your dad for details.) Again, think we drew and lost the second leg at the Lane tho' Colin Morris scored a cracker.

For the younger fans who thought going away in those days was one long laugh, well it largely was. But the fans & coppers at the two aforementioned games were utter cunts who would put you in hospital as soon as look at you. Yes, the 'new' grounds have been sanitised now, but Roker Park, Ayresome Park, Maine Road etc. were a good remedy for constipation!
 
grafikhaus said:
Scorching day, Sunday and I was bored by about ten in the morning. Jumped in the old jalopy and drove down. Great turn out from the Blades. (It was the 'pants day'. Ask your dad for details.) Again, think we drew and lost the second leg at the Lane tho' Colin Morris scored a cracker.
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It was the other way round. Alan Walsh scored the only goal of the first leg at Ashton Gate. At the Lane, Carl Shutt headed in a goal at the Kop End to increase their aggregate lead. Our only goal was Colin Morris' cracker. Soon after Paul Williams missed an open goal (one of the worst misses ever seen at the Lane)
 
Silent Blade said:
It was the other way round. Alan Walsh scored the only goal of the first leg at Ashton Gate. At the Lane, Carl Shutt headed in a goal at the Kop End to increase their aggregate lead. Our only goal was Colin Morris' cracker. Soon after Paul Williams missed an open goal (one of the worst misses ever seen at the Lane)
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Damn this Alzheimer's. :D
 
Captain said:
Wolves away 88-89 season, 2-2 draw, Brian Deane and Tony Agana and wibbly wobbly woo, both promoted to old second division that night!Magic
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I remember going to Molineux for the very first match of the season around 84/85. Think we were 2-0 down and came back to draw 2-2 in glorious sunshine in the old away end.

Very 'interesting' under the subway heading back to the minibus with loads of Blades. Journey back through all the villages and a pint in each boozer.

Crackin day out !

UTB.
 
Pedro Verde said:
Been to loads one that does come to mind Wrexham away late 70s night match lost 4-0
Took 2 vans set off at around 10am called at Buxton around 11am for dinner time sesh on the way both vans had windscreens took out by a tipper wagon spraying rocks all over the road. No windscreen replacement service those days
We left Buxton travelled on to Wrexham arrived around about 5pm more beers before the game had an altercation with their boys on their Kop. After the game it started to snow stopped for a beer afterwards bit of an altercation in the chip shop a well known Blade got nicked the coppers decided to take both vans to Chester nick. I was supposed to be one of the drivers but wasnt driving Id been drinking all day 16 / 18 pints approx. The coppers then decided to release one van and gave me the keys I thought WTF this was around 3am I was still pissed the snow was very bad I had to drive in the snow Snake was closed so was Woodhead and so was the M62 no windsceen it was fekking freezing the one thing it did do was sober me up. We ended on the A62 Oldham to Huddersfield road and then into Sheffield arriving around 8am the following morning
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This is the same game I mentioned earlier on the thread, PV. It was certainly a freezing cold night and not one to be riding pillion on a motorbike like I was. Sounds like you had it worse, though.

Despite the abject performance - all I can remember is Matthews thundering one against the bar and Sabella wearing the expression of someone wondering what he'd let himself in for - it was an entertaining night with one Unitedite keeping going singing the mah-na mah-na Muppets song for the entire 90 minutes (plus stoppages) and a Wrexham fan sitting in the nearby stand and wearing some funny headwear being subjected to many choruses of "where did you get that hat?"
 
Rufus Smalls said:
I remember going to Molineux for the very first match of the season around 84/85. Think we were 2-0 down and came back to draw 2-2 in glorious sunshine in the old away end.

Very 'interesting' under the subway heading back to the minibus with loads of Blades. Journey back through all the villages and a pint in each boozer.

Crackin day out !

UTB.
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I went to that game think Wolves had been relegated and wasn't Tommy Docherty in charge?
Rufus Smalls said:
I remember going to Molineux for the very first match of the season around 84/85. Think we were 2-0 down and came back to draw 2-2 in glorious sunshine in the old away end.

Very 'interesting' under the subway heading back to the minibus with loads of Blades. Journey back through all the villages and a pint in each boozer.

Crackin day out !

UTB.
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I went to that game,i think Wolves had been relegated and wasn't Tommy Docherty in charge??
 
Remember Brentford away night match. Milwall fans turned up must have been fun for the balmy army who went in the cop. After the game someone died the police stoped all the busses and took all the blades into an investigation room they caught the eds bus near to Leicster and escorted back to London Chief inspector Plod came in his car smelling of alcohol. S.U.F.C made an official complain about inspector Plod but nothing happened. They later found out the man had died of a heart attack and hit his head as he fell they let then go in the early hours.
 
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