Blades v Millwall..

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

It was 86 I think it was also a Saturday game when they came into town it kicked off ouside The Mulberry
I was outside The Claymore, the Millwall fan fell and smashed his head on Commercial Street

The revenge job so Im led to believe started at Beighton then they made their way to Woodhouse
I was told it kicked off in The Royal not The George but Ive got that second hand I do know a couple of Woodhouse lads did time for the fracas with Millwall fans who got a severe beating

You're right, it was "The Royal".... which for years I've called "The George", and should know better having spent many a night in there.... I know which one I'm picturing, I just never get the name right.

 

[metalblade]

I think it did kick off in the Royal, I was in the Angel that night when the word went out Millwall were in the village .............. as you say not too wise of them, there were some serious families in Woodhouse who you didn't want mess about with.

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

Cool story.
I've always though of football violence as being for bullies. There's very few that want to know if they are outnumbered. I don't condone it but in Eastern Europe they meet in a secluded area miles from the game and fight it out, hooligans over here dress the part but seem to love having a police escort to the game.
It's so childish, if you want to fight go boxing or take up MMA.

Agreed - it's usually blokes that wouldn't be up to much one-on-one but get their thrills from bouncing around with their mates, making a lot of noise and doing the odd line. Can't fathom the attraction.

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

The incident I remember at BL must have been in the late 70's: Me and a mate used to go in the old John Street terrace at the time and early into the game someting caught my eye in the crowd on the Kop. I nudged my mate and we watched as a small group of Millwall 'made themsleves known' and started a 'fracas' to the left of the Kop. This was quickly snubbed out by a group of Blades coming down from the back of the Kop to 'restore order'.
Suffice to say, the Millwall contigent were then 'rescued' and escorted away by SYPD 'for their own safety' albeit battered and bruised!!!!

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Wendy fans at the Old Den in the eighties

"We're gonna get our fucking heads kicked in"

Respect

 

[cooperblade]

A notorious incident that went roughly as:

In the mid-80s they'd been playing a night match at Barnsley i think... a group of them came into Sheffield for a gargle after that game, and got into a series of scraps with locals. One of their lads (apparently) attempting to drop-kick someone fell backwards onto a kerb, smacked his head and later died.

It was 86 I think it was also a Saturday game when they came into town it kicked off ouside The Mulberry
I was outside The Claymore, the Millwall fan fell and smashed his head on Commercial Street

There was a song about that incident wasn't there?

Something like (in the style of a military cadence - thanks wiki)

A Millwall fan was out one night (A Millwall fan was out one night)
He was looking for a fight (He was looking for a fight)
He came to the Mulberry (He came to the Mulberry)
He said will you fight with me (He said will you fight with me)
I don't know but it's been said (I don't know but it's been said)
A Millwall fan is fucking dead (A Millwall fan is fucking dead)

 

[grafikhaus]

There was some trouble in the early 2000s when Millwall travelled up and came haring out of the away end post match, then were promptly chased back in by United's element. Also probably 5 or 6 years ago they travelled again and there was lots of trouble around St Mary's Gate between opposing sides.

Are you seriously suggesting that the cops think that letting away fans out immediately on the final whistle - to mingle with mums, kids etc. just leaving the ground - won't lead to trouble?

It's designed to cause trouble ergo overtime. Some time ago, somebody suggested that keeping away fans in would violate their Yooman Rights. I know that, if I got a punch in the gob because of these insane 'tactics', my Yooman Rights would feel pretty fucking violated.

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

Are you seriously suggesting that the cops think that letting away fans out immediately on the final whistle - to mingle with mums, kids etc. just leaving the ground - won't lead to trouble?

It's designed to cause trouble ergo overtime. Some time ago, somebody suggested that keeping away fans in would violate their Yooman Rights. I know that, if I got a punch in the gob because of these insane 'tactics', my Yooman Rights would feel pretty fucking violated.

Letting fans out together was part of the "re-civilisation" of football - not treating all supporters as dimwitted hooly morons... and after all, most do mingle after a game without incident... but there are some games when this backfired - I think the most notorious at the Lane was when Birmingham turned up with a decent following - drew 0-0 i think.... and the fat, balding numpties charged out of the ground onto Bramall Lane, laying into everything they saw... including other Brum fans.

Different games need different solutions it seems.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Letting fans out together was part of the "re-civilisation" of football - not treating all supporters as dimwitted hooly morons... and after all, most do mingle after a game without incident... but there are some games when this backfired - I think the most notorious at the Lane was when Birmingham turned up with a decent following - drew 0-0 i think.... and the fat, balding numpties charged out of the ground onto Bramall Lane, laying into everything they saw... including other Brum fans.

Different games need different solutions it seems.

Is that the 1997 encounter which almost became a full-scale riot? I was a bit young then but I've heard about it.

 

[grafikhaus]

Different games need different solutions it seems.

In recent years, they've done the same with Cardiff and Leeds. That's 'Police Intel' for you.

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

There was a song about that incident wasn't there?

Something like (in the style of a military cadence - thanks wiki)

A Millwall fan was out one night (A Millwall fan was out one night)
....

Mmmm, he died as a result of his own stupidity and the chaos of events, and it was generally accepted as such - which is why it never became an issue between the clubs/fans... pretty routine I suppose, that someone would come up with some sort of glorification of it, especially if they were involved... but it's a bit crass, isn't it? (and it never stuck - I've never heard that one).

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

One of my most abiding memories of Blades v Millwall games is getting on a special train laid on for us when that was routine - to the original Den, Cold Blow Lane.... only for the train to get stuck at Crickelwood Junction for 2.5 hours - because the change driver didn't turn up to take the train on to New Cross Gate. We ended up hauling into St Pancras instead at about 4:10 whence we were given the choice of free tickets back to Sheffield on the next service train, or getting to the last 10 minutes of the game and paying to get back home on scheduled trains....

 

[1995Blade]

Note to anyone buying a ticket for the game:

United have designated this a Catagory A fixture, which personally I find effing ridiculous. So that makes it £23.

Doesn't affect me as I'm a season ticket holder but still......

it is ridiculous pricing however on the united website it says "this game has be designated season ticket holders bring a friend for £10" so it isn't too bad i suppose

 

[cooperblade]

Mmmm, he died as a result of his own stupidity and the chaos of events, and it was generally accepted as such - which is why it never became an issue between the clubs/fans... pretty routine I suppose, that someone would come up with some sort of glorification of it, especially if they were involved... but it's a bit crass, isn't it? (and it never stuck - I've never heard that one).

Never heard it at a game but it was sung on a bus I was on from The Railway to Stoke in the 90s.

 

[Rodley]

Is that the 1997 encounter which almost became a full-scale riot? I was a bit young then but I've heard about it.

Happened two years on the spin.