Elland road in 1990. Leeds were top and we were 2nd. Tickets were in short supply for away fans due to development work ongoing at their ground. Someone from the Railway pub went up there and bought 50 on their end.
I was never into the hoolie scene - although just about every fan in the 70's and 80's will have been caught up in a football ruck at some time - and so climbing onto the coach that morning was a bit of an eye opener. Not a single female on the bus, and every bloke was aged between around 25-40.
We had been suppin' in the Railway from early doors, and were hoping for some more in Leeds, but the police had other ideas as they stopped coaches en-route and tried to escort us straight to the ground. We did manage to break away but had no luck in finding a welcoming boozer. An off license was the best we could find, and consoled ourselves with a few cans of piss and a burger before taking up our seats.
None of us had colours on, but we must have stood out somehow, cos as the players came out of the tunnel all hell broke loose. Leeds fans to the front and left of us came at us, and it was just a sea of windmilling arms. We held our own for a while, but then a second wave of more fans came at us and it was obvious that we were in for a real beating. So it was a great relief when the police started wading in, and I thought they'd just move us to somewhere else in the ground, or kick us out, but no...I was thrown into the back of a van with 3 other Blades and 3 or 4 leeds fans. We sought of 'growled' at each other for a while before realising that it wouldn't help our predicament if we had round 2 in the back of a police van.
I ended up in a cell (which I think was under Leeds town hall) with around a dozen more Blades, and the Leeds coppers took great delight in informing us of the score. When he finally said 4-0, I thought he was just on a wind up.
The result of all that, was 2 trips up to Leeds court on a charge of 'a breach of the peace', and being bound over for a year. It meant that I missed a great day out at Leicester at the end of the season
