Danny Bergara Dies

[Brynner]

Was the final game of that season when we got battered at Blundell Park
Harry Haslam,with tears in his eyes,came to applaud us on the away end at the final whistle.
Or am I mis-remembering.
He was such a nice fella.
Always well turned out in Suit n tie,whilst Danny wore an old fashioned baggy blue track suit.

Happy Harry was a nice guy, a front man but limited in coaching. He was instrumental in the Argentina connection, Maradona (who we would have ruined ), Sabella and the Spurs signings of Ardiles and Villa. I think the aim was to get the full Luton management team of Haslam, David Pleat as the manager/coach with Danny Bergara as no. 3. Unfortunately Pleat stayed to become the Luton manager, before becoming Spurs manager and eventually the Pigs.

With regards the Grimsby game year or two later, a 4-0 drubbing IIRC. Our support was fantastic and sufficiently impressed the watching Reg Brealey, who I believe was there as a guest of Grimsby, to the extent he took us on instead. He financed the 4th division turnaround under Porterfield and beyond and had ambitious plans to develop the Lane into a great stadium. Unfortunately the Pig dominated City council vetoed his plans. When his business empire in India when tits up, his time was done. Personally I liked Reg and thought he got an unfair press.

More examples of the football gods being against us .

 

[I should coco]

There was some anger at that Leicester game we needed to win by 9 or 10 goals to stay up we were down at Cambridge and it kicked off there at full time.
Skins were history in 79 but there was a mod revival around then

Skins most certainly weren't history, as I can attest to, watching Sham69 at the Top Rank as a spotty 16 year old. The hundreds of skins outnumbered the punks and young herberts, causing fights all night. This was the start of the hardcore punk / Oi! scene.

From my gig going existence, skins were definitely dying out by 83, but plenty hung around well into the 80s.

 

[Lane Ender]

Almost 50 years later we're back in the second division. We've been promoted back to the top division four times (and been relegated four times), and had plenty of good times along the way. Seven league and FA Cup semis (lost all seven but we got there) and in recent years completely dominating our city rivals.

And in a couple of months I'm off to watch us play in Europe for the first time. It's not all bad

That’s what’s following The Blades is about

 

[Lane Ender]

Skins most certainly weren't history, as I can attest to, watching Sham69 at the Top Rank as a spotty 16 year old. The hundreds of skins outnumbered the punks and young herberts, causing fights all night. This was the start of the hardcore punk / Oi! scene.

From my gig going existence, skins were definitely dying out by 83, but plenty hung around well into the 80s.

For me there was only the original skins 69-71 they were proper bootboys the ones who use to gather in the Down Broadway on the high street
Then came the Suede Heads crombies,sheepskins, stapress trousers,brogues, loafers
Those who appeared mid seventies were a joke just babies playing at it