29 years ago today

[bertlambshank]

We walked from the pub and it was weird outside,there was normally a queue for the under 16's *cough*,but got straight to the turnstile.

[Damo70]

There's probably about 20,000 who could claim to have been there, but I really was.  The biggest memory was Dave Ismay's pre-match 'get behind the team' speech and then getting the bird from the sparely populated Holte End.
We reguarly had gates of 10 to 12,000 all season, but that was the nadir.

I was in a few sparse crowds in the late eighties. That Southampton game, Charlton away in '87, Huddersfield away in the rain and Bradford at home in the Simod cup. Anyone else have that full set? To top it all we only won one of them.

[nodge]

There's probably about 20,000 who could claim to have been there, but I really was.  The biggest memory was Dave Ismay's pre-match 'get behind the team' speech and then getting the bird from the sparely populated Holte End.
We reguarly had gates of 10 to 12,000 all season, but that was the nadir.

I was in a few sparse crowds in the late eighties. That Southampton game, Charlton away in '87, Huddersfield away in the rain and Bradford at home in the Simod cup. Anyone else have that full set? To top it all we only won one of them.

Was Huddersfield the game where the big guy was dancing and singing to Misfit by Curiosity Killed the Cat?  I wasnt there but Nev told me the story and I have no idea why I remember it so fondly.

[Damo70]

There's probably about 20,000 who could claim to have been there, but I really was.  The biggest memory was Dave Ismay's pre-match 'get behind the team' speech and then getting the bird from the sparely populated Holte End.
We reguarly had gates of 10 to 12,000 all season, but that was the nadir.

I was in a few sparse crowds in the late eighties. That Southampton game, Charlton away in '87, Huddersfield away in the rain and Bradford at home in the Simod cup. Anyone else have that full set? To top it all we only won one of them.

Was Huddersfield the game where the big guy was dancing and singing to Misfit by Curiosity Killed the Cat?  I wasnt there but Nev told me the story and I have no idea why I remember it so fondly.

Twas indeed that game. The same game where I got on the coach to eat my burger and read my programme only to find the burger was now 90% water and the programme was a ball of paper mache. Nev was suitably sympathetic, as you can imagine. He only pissed himself for five minutes.

The misfit story reminds me of a couple of fat middle aged blokes at Reading later that season singing "Fat bastards la, la, la" over and over. A skinny lad joined in with them and it was hilarious when they wound him up by pretending to take offence.

[OzVilla]

I was there too, Holte End left side. I just recall it being very cold and very dull.

We've gone full circle.

 

[Nev]

There's probably about 20,000 who could claim to have been there, but I really was.  The biggest memory was Dave Ismay's pre-match 'get behind the team' speech and then getting the bird from the sparely populated Holte End.
We reguarly had gates of 10 to 12,000 all season, but that was the nadir.

I was in a few sparse crowds in the late eighties. That Southampton game, Charlton away in '87, Huddersfield away in the rain and Bradford at home in the Simod cup. Anyone else have that full set? To top it all we only won one of them.

Was Huddersfield the game where the big guy was dancing and singing to Misfit by Curiosity Killed the Cat?  I wasnt there but Nev told me the story and I have no idea why I remember it so fondly.

Twas indeed that game. The same game where I got on the coach to eat my burger and read my programme only to find the burger was now 90% water and the programme was a ball of paper mache. Nev was suitably sympathetic, as you can imagine. He only pissed himself for five minutes.

The misfit story reminds me of a couple of fat middle aged blokes at Reading later that season singing "Fat bastards la, la, la" over and over. A skinny lad joined in with them and it was hilarious when they wound him up by pretending to take offence.

Among the other highlights that day:

Getting off the coach just as it started to rain, most suddenly decided to pay that bit more and sit down because it was under cover but the rush was mistaken for trouble and the mounted Police herded us onto the open terrace.

Me and Damo were stood right at the back and if you stepped down you could no longer see the pitch, I'm sure Aspinall had the ball in the net and we were running up and down the walkway celebrating until someone told us it had been ruled out.

It was on this walkway that the "Misfit" dance took place. There was also a scoreboard mounted on steelwork underneath which was a little person shaped gap that if you bent over you could contort yourself into the only bit of shelter on the whole terrace. It was so uncomfortable you could only stand it for five minutes or so but it didn't stop people almost forming a queue for just the slightest relief from the rain. It was September so most had only shirts and t-shirts on, it was freezing and as we filed off the terrace with three points in the bag courtesy of Steve Hunt, the chorus of "down with pneumonia" went up to complete a brilliant day.

[Damo70]

I definitely remember celebrating the phantom goal. I think I carried on even after being informed it didn't stand as running around seemed the best way to dry off a bit.

[bertlambshank]

The seats at Huddersfield were quite cramped,but very dry as I recall.

[Damo70]

The seats at Huddersfield were quite cramped,but very dry as I recall.

Can I have your programme then?

[Chris Jameson]

I was at the 100 Club for the Pistols that night so couldn't make it.