ever had a kicking while watching the blades

[Hodgesleftpeg]

I've always thought that a good way to avoid any innocent bystanders getting involved is ...........

Any fucker that wants a scrap wait in the ground at the end of the match, say 10 minutes or so.. all the innocent people have gone.... then for 5 minutes on the pitch go for it!!..- no weapons...

 

[BushBlade]

You've missed my point Cecil, I wasn't implying that fighting at football matches was big or clever but as a young working class football supporter back in the day you would have been very fortunate to have avoided trouble , especially if you were with other young lads and had to travel by train or bus to away matches.

What I think is below the belt are latter day fans in the safer more sanitised, stewarded, policed all seater stadium seeming to sneer or look down their nose at fans who had to negotiate their safe passage through all the bullshit back in the day.
I never ever went looking for trouble, I'm sure many did. I was battered for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. "Taking" the other fans kop was another way of saying you stood and watched the match from behind the goal at one end of the ground.

Football does seem to have become more "trendy" and socially acceptable in recent decades, we were treat like social lepers in the 1960's and 70's

They were pretty violent times really. I was a teenager in the early eighties and just going into town on a Saturday afternoon you were risking a random slap. My mate used to get punched every time he went into town, unless he was with a big group of us, fuck knows why, he just had one of them faces I suppose.
Same with Silver Blades when we were that age. Always someone wanting to have a go.
Got jumped on the Moor by a big herd of pigs, some of them a lot older than us.

And that was before we started drinking. Town was like a fucking war zone on a Friday night.

Never looked for it and managed to avoid it most of the time but sometimes it was just unavoidable.

 

[Danny_Boy]

You've missed my point Cecil, I wasn't implying that fighting at football matches was big or clever but as a young working class football supporter back in the day you would have been very fortunate to have avoided trouble , especially if you were with other young lads and had to travel by train or bus to away matches.

What I think is below the belt are latter day fans in the safer more sanitised, stewarded, policed all seater stadium seeming to sneer or look down their nose at fans who had to negotiate their safe passage through all the bullshit back in the day.
I never ever went looking for trouble, I'm sure many did. I was battered for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. "Taking" the other fans kop was another way of saying you stood and watched the match from behind the goal at one end of the ground.

Football does seem to have become more "trendy" and socially acceptable in recent decades, we were treat like social lepers in the 1960's and 70's

Cecil??

In fairness I'll concede the point, I wasn't born in the 60's and 70's so wouldn't be fair on me to comment either way.

 

[Danny_Boy]

They were pretty violent times really. I was a teenager in the early eighties and just going into town on a Saturday afternoon you were risking a random slap. My mate used to get punched every time he went into town, unless he was with a big group of us, fuck knows why, he just had one of them faces I suppose.
Same with Silver Blades when we were that age. Always someone wanting to have a go.
Got jumped on the Moor by a big herd of pigs, some of them a lot older than us.

And that was before we started drinking. Town was like a fucking war zone on a Friday night.

Never looked for it and managed to avoid it most of the time but sometimes it was just unavoidable.

I got battered in Silverblades, Someone stole my baseball cap and I thought I was hard, started mouthing off about what I was going to do to him and he was stood behind me, I was 12 he must've been 16 but he looked about 30 haha all my mates legged it as he pasted me. Was trying to impress a bird as well. Fail.

 

[JJBlade]

Hull City, early 80's

Walked into the stadium at Boothferry Road and it was awash with Blades who had invaded the pitch before the game had even started.
There was nobody on our end except me and a couple of old codgers

Half a dozen Hull City fans saw the opportunity and scaled the fence to invade the away end which was practically empty.

I was stood minding my own business with a cup of Bovril when "THWAACCKK", some cunt walloped me on the back of the head

I think he was surprised that I didn't go down, I didn't even spill me Bovril.
So him and his mates came back to finish me off and I threw the scalding hot Bovril over as many of them as I could

By this time most United fans were arriving back on the terracing of the away end, so the Hull fans legged it.
However, some United fans caught up with them before they got back over the fence and gave them a stiff talking to

 

[cahill]

Cecil??

In fairness I'll concede the point, I wasn't born in the 60's and 70's so wouldn't be fair on me to comment either way.

"Cecil" yeah, sorry for the sarcasm, peace and love all Blades together

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

How I'm picturing United matches back in the day;

 

[JordoBlade]

Can't say I've ever been hit never mind had a kicking. It's all fucking hand bags these days anyway and youth thinking they're rocky til you get up close and personal.

Edit - I've probably had more grief off our own supporters!

 

[binstedblades]

70s and 80s you had to all stick together and fight your way back to the coaches or train hit or be hit .different times then to now treat like animals behave like animals
utb

 

[Davalon]

Worst injury I've had was being kicked by a police horse at Bolton. Thought I'd broke my ankle. All because I had to wait for my mate who had my ticket, and the coppers were adamant I was to enter the ground.

Biggest cowards goes to Leeds in the 80's. Grown men intimidating kids between about 10 and 15 years old is about as fucking low as it gets in terms of football bother.

 

[I should coco]

Grown men intimidating kids between about 10 and 15 years old is about as fucking low as it gets in terms of football bother.

They managed far lower than that.

IIRC they set the disabled stand at the Dingles on fire in the 80s. What a bunch of hard nuts eh?

 

[Grappler]

Walking back up past the shitty "Park Hotel", from the sty, after Akinbadbuy had scored in that game, with another lad (just two of us) as the Mrs was picking us up at Dial House Club. There was a line of police officers and coppers on horseback, up the middle of the road. A group of young filth, probably 16 - 18 years old were stood outside the pub with bricks in the their hands, goading the Blades. Worst part of it was that a load of older scum (30's to 50's) were stood behind them, goading them on, "go on, throw it, then mingle in with us lot, the coppers will never know who did it", etc.

Nothing came of it, a young Police woman went and had words with them and the older blokes were all cheering and jeering her, what a shithouse of a pub, a shithouse of a ground, a shit house of a team and shit supporters.

Fuck Wednesday!

 

[coolhandluke]

I know a few people that used to like to fight at football and like Dkc stated they were nice enough chaps that just liked a few pints and a scrap and then there are the scum bags that I saw stealing off fellow blades (coats / hats etc) basically bullying anyone younger or smaller than them. To add to your point re innocents getting caught up in it, something else that annoys me is that thanks to the minority every single football fan in the country is treated like scum by the police. Me and a small group of mates like to go to the football, have a laugh and a few pints, we might even get drunk and rowdy but we don't fight or cause trouble and we actually are more likely to make friends with opposition fans than fight them but having said all that we still get treat like absolute shit by the police. Told where we can and can't go, forced out of town centres with no explanation, pushed and shoved about by bullies in uniform. Yes I know it's the copers fault as well but if it wasn't for football hooligans I also feel like the police wouldn't treat us all like shit.

When you say the stealing of clothing , do you mean the ritual of scarf stealing from opposition fans ?

 

[Th!stledo]

I was often confronted by football fans 'looking for some bovver'. Sadly it was usually Blades fans who seemed to assume that someone of mixed race must be an away fan.Luckily, I did mostly manage to talk them around and those who persevered were 'all puff and no powder' and didn't pose much of a threat.

 

[coolhandluke]

I was often confronted by football fans 'looking for some bovver'. Sadly it was usually Blades fans who seemed to assume that someone of mixed race must be an away fan.Luckily, I did mostly manage to talk them around and those who persevered were 'all puff and no powder' and didn't pose much of a threat.

Now that's something I've never heard of or experienced .

A " badge of honour " for many of the BBC was their multii-cultural/ethnic diversity .

 

[Danny_Boy]

When you say the stealing of clothing , do you mean the ritual of scarf stealing from opposition fans ?

No sorry I wasn't really clear. I've witnessed older Blades (BBC I imagine) stealing designer coats and hats from younger "wannabe BBC lads"

 

[BushBlade]

No sorry I wasn't really clear. I've witnessed older Blades (BBC I imagine) stealing designer coats and hats from younger "wannabe BBC lads"

 

[Th!stledo]

Now that's something I've never heard of or experienced .

A " badge of honour " for many of the BBC was their multii-cultural/ethnic diversity .

They were possibly just BBC wannabes because they had little to back their threats.

 

[coolhandluke]

They were possibly just BBC wannabes because they had little to back their threats.

I'll be honest mate , I couldn't give a fuck who they were , if I ever witnessed that the last thing on my mind would be a discussion with them about their racist views .

That kind of scum isn't welcome anywhere least of all Bramall Lane .

 

[Th!stledo]

I'll be honest mate , I couldn't give a fuck who they were , if I ever witnessed that the last thing on my mind would be a discussion with them about their racist views .

That kind of scum isn't welcome anywhere least of all Bramall Lane .

I was initially a 16yr old who loved the Blades and used to come down to the Lane with a couple of mates. Never looked to get involved in the fighting and only defended ourselves when we had to. I doubt if I was ever confronted by any of the hardcore BBC.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

Myself and a few friends are offering £100 a piece for someone to
give us a good fisting after the next home match.

Easy money for some of you Beefcakes on 'ere.

X

A good fisting. Oo-er Mrs.