A typical Piggy view
Was my first 'proper' away game since Luton away about 3 years ago, must say I quite enjoyed it really.
Got to the ground around 7.15 and there were mahoosive queues outside. I saw at least two flare's thrown into the Wednesday fans waiting to get in, and no more than a bit of banter to be honest. I realised we weren't going to get in in time, the queues just weren't moving, everyone was expecting a delayed kick-off but obviously there wasn't one. I was supposed to go in turnstiles 21-23 but the queue wasn;'t moving, one steward told us to go up to the other end to get in there, got to the front of that queue only to be told I couldnt get in with the ticket I had. Was turning out to be a farce by this stage, there must have been AT LEAST a thousand, if not more, Wednesdayites, still outside come kick-off time, and there a fair few crushes going on with people desperate to get in. One steward, a woman, was nearly in tears saying they couldn't cope and were doing their best, another said to blame McCabe as the police wanted Wednesday to have the top tier too! Became apparent some of the turnstiles weren't working, yet the stewards stood watching. Was on my own by this point, and by 8.10 there were still a lot of fans outside trying to get in, saw a kid in tears getting crushed against a wall, people were pleading to just open the exit doors and let people in with a ticket, but they didn't.
I got into the ground about 8.15, the gangways were packed, no way you could get to your seat, people were just glad to be in and it was like being stood on the old terraces, albeit with seats in the way. Just couldn't move, I really think there must have been more Wednesday fans in there than tickets sold, somehow. Onto the match itself, the view where I was stood wasn't great but I could just about make the goal, cue absolute pandemonium, with people stood in the ganways, I, and many others, found myself on the floor, but meh, we were winning at the Lane. From what I saw (the last 15 mins) I thought we shaded the first half.
Second half I was a bit further down and met up with the geeks I was with beforehand, after seeing another geek stood in front of Lee Bullen, who was in there. Being a bit further forward we were on the recieving end of a lot of 'missiles', mainly coins (one bounced off my head, was a bit of blood for a while) and spit, but also saw a GLASS bottle thrown, if it hits someone on the head it's curtains, but 'luckily', it hit someone on the back instead. Also saw a bottle of what looked suspiciously like piss flying past. The second goal, despite what eventually happened, has to go down as being one of my favourite moments as a Wednesday fan, didn't really see the build up, but just saw it being bundled in, and cue more pandemonium, the place was absolutely going mental, and I found myself covered in beer, Brownlad, coins, and tears. A nice combination!
Obiously the second goal was the catalyst for all the main in-ground trouble, didn't see anything on the Kop because I was focusing on the stand to our right, where it seemd one Wednesday fan wanted to take on the world and was getting a good kicking for it. From what I heard from others, there were similar scuffles all round the ground, and it's clear that giving Wednesday just 3,000 tickets, putting United fans in the tier above, and putting the tickets on general sale with no questions asked, contributed massively to the fighting.
Onto United's goals, I really didn't see their first, just saw the ball in our box then the first bit of noise i'd heard all night indicated they'd scored. Throughtout, I only heard two bursts of noise from their end, when they scored. Our fans went quiet after their first, but overall, outsung the Blades, for which they should give themselves a pat on the back and an icre cream. From there on in i'd have taken a draw, it was inevitable what was going to happen, and it did, a really well took free-kick. I was absolutely gutted to be honest, but if anyone was going to get a winner it was going to be us, we again seemed to want it more, battling away, and I firmly believe that with Sodje, Simek, Hinds etc..., we'd have won comfortably. From what I saw, Beevers was solid as a rock again, as was Wood. Songo'o tore Gear a new arsehole, and Johnson impresses me game by game for his commitment to the cause. 2 points lost, but 1 gained, and it could be crucial.
Outside the ground was just as laughable as inside. The police didn't have a clue, I heard one say 'Julian...JULIAN, we're meeting outside MFI, hurry up', and some of them were so overweight we got there first - and we were walking. Overall, the big losers of the night were SY police and Sheffield United. So poorly organised you'd expect better from SWFC.
Sums it up for me
Never heard us sing, load of shit.
Bottles of piss, i would have done acid Piggy scumbags.
Despise them so much
