Worst away end you've been in?

[Lane Ender]

Wasn't it Cooper man at Grimsby that got the Blades fans singing Losing 3 or 4-0. Got the Away Fans off their arses. had a party. Still got hammered on the pitch.

Made Reg Brealey decide to become our Chairman ( i believe ).

Happy Harry gave us around of applause at the end

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Can't remember if it was the away end or the Kop (because in the old 4th Div days we regularly took over the Kop end of grounds), but does anyone remember the "We're Bouncing up and Down" chant at Bury. The stand floor was made of railway sleepers I think and was like a trampoline with 3000 hooligans jumping up and down at the same time. Happy days UTB

Fulham used to have a bouncy stand. I remember a cup tie in the sixties when Mick Jones scored, and all the Blades really got it moving having practised thoroughly before kick off.

 

[metalblade]

Watford was shit too on a January 3rd round FA cup match cold as fuck and the coppers were threatening to take our boots off us.

 

[spongebobblade]

Having read that lot I can't believe our present fans moan incessantly about mustard, flares and limited leg room on the kop. What a bunch of fucking softies.

Don't forget the tomato sauce! Stings your eyes and stains ya clothes...... give me concrete and darts any day

 

[Part timer]

Carrow Road in the FA Cup when Dean and Agana ripped a new arsehole for Norwich who were sitting atop the old Division One at the time although we ended up narrowly (and possibly undeservedly losing) 3-2. Fantastic game, great away atmosphere, but the whole game we were pelted with coins, plastic bottles full of piss and spit. But we loved every minute of it... So actually it was the BEST away end ever ;-)

I remember that game well, one of the local weirdos kept pulling his knob out for some reason.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I remember that game well, one of the local weirdos kept pulling his knob out for some reason.

That was a young Carruthers in training I suspect.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

The Shay (Halifax Town) was a strange one back in the day. The stand was a steep grass bank. We won though!

 

[GV Blade]

Stockport always stays in my mind for some reason, probably around 1982.
Away end seating was planks of wood where your seat number painted on and defined by a painted stripe either side of where you was suppose to sit.
If you sat on a bit of a plank that was unsupported in the middle you bounced about a bit.
W.B.A created boing, boing Bggies at that very away end I do believe, cos you could feel yourself being bounced up and down on the springy, plank seating.

UTB

 

[TTMeysh]

Pleasing to see all my 'favourites' on here but Chesterfield's old ground, and a pair of piss-stained hitherto box-fresh trainers, just shades it.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Carlisle United. Stuck on an open corner and it came down stair rods

Lost 1-0 I think. 68 or 69 or possibly both

 

[Rufus Smalls]

The old Stamford Bridge terracing ......... the whole ground was a shit hole.

 

[Grandmanasty]

Not read the whole thread yet but I remember going to Chester when we were in the 4th and the away end (they might have given us the home end due to numbers but I wouldn't swear to that) was wriggly asbestos sheeting over a railway sleeper stepped stand about 7 or 8 people deep and at least one side of the ground was a cow field. Of course my memory may be playing tricks on me for at least some of that.

 

[Blade In Kent]

Priestfield is my local ground and must have the worse excuse of a stand I’ve seen, the only redeeming features are a good view and where I met a gentleman ‘Canterbury Blade’ who introduced me to the forum.

 

[nopigfansintown]

Brighton's old ground, the Withdean stadium. Gillingham's a good call.Don Valley when Rotheram played there was horrific.

 

[Gretsch Blade]

Gotta agree with Cerberus, as I recall falling arse over tit and muddying my best jeans on the slippery grass bank at The Shay, Halifax!

 

[Top Cat]

Not wishing to take this OT, but you play guitar Gretsch?

 

[Peezablade]

Cold and wet winter days on open terracing in the 1980s. Today's grounds are luxury by comparison, even Gillingham.
All my nightmares have been mentioned; Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, but in particular Wigan. It was there that Shred marched round the pitch and banged on the roof of Porterfields dug out cause we were so poor (and cold).

 

[Gretsch Blade]

Not wishing to take this OT, but you play guitar Gretsch?

Badly....!

 

[Top Cat]

You play a Gretsch? Telecaster man myself. Had many exotic Les Pauls in the past. Now just a Les Paul junior (great simple guitar....only one tone....but wind it up and down with the volume pot) and a Special in TV yellow with a pair of P90's. Love it. Filtrons on the Gretsch?

Apologies. Slipped into guitar nerd mode.

 

[Eyeball]

Watching the Gillingham v Portsmouth game on Sky reminds me how miserable the Priestfield away end is. Held up by scaffolding, the stand moves when you walk on it, no roof, it always seems to be cold and we always play shit there. Surely the worst away end in the League?!

Hillsboro
Nowt more needs to be said
End of

 

[Gretsch Blade]

You play a Gretsch? Telecaster man myself. Had many exotic Les Pauls in the past. Now just a Les Paul junior (great simple guitar....only one tone....but wind it up and down with the volume pot) and a Special in TV yellow with a pair of P90's. Love it. Filtrons on the Gretsch?

Apologies. Slipped into guitar nerd mode.

*Off topic warning...

Nice TC!
Agreed, big fan of the simplicity/ease of play of the tele! I have a US special which has great Texas dirty p/ups. Still have the Gretsch (with the filtertrons) but at the moment going through a semi hollow 335 type phase as opposed to the hollow Gretsch. Currently trying out a Hagstrom Super Viking which is surprisingly toney, esp with the coil split option. Always looking for new options though, too addictive....

 

[Grandmanasty]

Not read the whole thread yet but I remember going to Chester when we were in the 4th and the away end (they might have given us the home end due to numbers but I wouldn't swear to that) was wriggly asbestos sheeting over a railway sleeper stepped stand about 7 or 8 people deep and at least one side of the ground was a cow field. Of course my memory may be playing tricks on me for at least some of that.

On reflection I think it's Hereford I'm thinking of. Feb 1982.

 

[super_pig]

Watching the Gillingham v Portsmouth game on Sky reminds me how miserable the Priestfield away end is. Held up by scaffolding, the stand moves when you walk on it, no roof, it always seems to be cold and we always play shit there. Surely the worst away end in the League?!

Rotherham old ground made out of wood!

 

[Canterbury Blade]

The memory is fading and many of these grounds have changed since I went there, So bear with me..

Any stand that's built on scaffolding or made of plastic - Priestfield, The Withdean, Crawley

Any stand where the roof is so small it provides no cover to the elements - Stevenage, Fleetwood, Crewe

Any that is open to the elements - Priestfield, (honourable mentions to Manor Ground, Saltergate, The Shay, Bristol Rovers Memorial ground, York, Luton, sealand road, Springfield park

Any where the khazi has one cubicle, Izal if you're lucky, a painted wall with a trough to piss in, the sulphurous residue of a 1000 men lingering on and where basic human hygiene needs of running water are not met - Priestfield, London Rd, The County Ground, Brisbane Road, Portman Road, Southend, layer road, Millmoor,

Any stand where you think 'if there was a disaster of some sort what's my plan?' - The pig dome, Stadium of Light,

But nowhere, no matter how dangerous, rank, wet or cold can compete or compare with the feeling of being in the away end at Stamford Bridge in 94 or Wembley in 97.... for me that was the worst away end to be in....

I'd rather bathe in the urinal residue of a 1000 pigs and forever have Izal than Supersoft than be there again...

Never... nothing can ever compare with the feeling in those away ends on those early Summer days that trust me is still there today..

 

[GodricBlade]

The memory is fading and many of these grounds have changed since I went there, So bear with me..

Any stand that's built on scaffolding or made of plastic - Priestfield, The Withdean, Crawley

Any stand where the roof is so small it provides no cover to the elements - Stevenage, Fleetwood, Crewe

Any that is open to the elements - Priestfield, (honourable mentions to Manor Ground, Saltergate, The Shay, Bristol Rovers Memorial ground, York, Luton, sealand road, Springfield park

Any where the khazi has one cubicle, Izal if you're lucky, a painted wall with a trough to piss in, the sulphurous residue of a 1000 men lingering on and where basic human hygiene needs of running water are not met - Priestfield, London Rd, The County Ground, Brisbane Road, Portman Road, Southend, layer road, Millmoor,

Any stand where you think 'if there was a disaster of some sort what's my plan?' - The pig dome, Stadium of Light,

But nowhere, no matter how dangerous, rank, wet or cold can compete or compare with the feeling of being in the away end at Stamford Bridge in 94 or Wembley in 97.... for me that was the worst away end to be in....

I'd rather bathe in the urinal residue of a 1000 pigs and forever have Izal than Supersoft than be there again...

Never... nothing can ever compare with the feeling in those away ends on those early Summer days that trust me is still there today..

There's a poem in there, Canterbury.

 

[cahill]

Can I chuck in Oddsall where Bradford played after the fire.

The away 'end' (side) was open and a poor pretend effort at terracing. The 'stadium' was for speedway and there wasn't quite enough room for a footie pitch in the centre so the corners curved up. Absolute Mickey Mouse Toytown with bells on.

When Oddsall was built it was meant to be the “ Wembley of the North “. Is it still in use or now a Supermarket ?

 

[1973Blade]

There's a poem in there, Canterbury.

I read it to the voice of Winston Churchill! Fantastic!

 

[raul]

When Oddsall was built it was meant to be the “ Wembley of the North “. Is it still in use or now a Supermarket ?

Bradford Bulls are still in residence playing in the lowest tier of "professional" RL. The vastness of the now reduced terrace that sweeps round two thirds of it still has a wow factor but only in the sense of visiting a living museum.

Other Wembley of the North - Vale Park Burslem, another one that turned out well....

 

[Silent Blade]

From 2-0 down,iirc.Beagrie,Frain and Morris.

Morris, Frain and Philliskirk

 

[Silent Blade]

Carlisle United. Stuck on an open corner and it came down stair rods

Lost 1-0 I think. 68 or 69 or possibly both

February 1971. Bobby Owen scored. After that we didn't lose an away game until that game at Old Trafford in October.

We won 1-0 at Carlisle in the previous two seasons