I slept in the shelter at Aston station on the Saturday night before tickets went on sale on the Sunday morning. I was gutted to find you could pay cash on the day because we hadn't sold all our tickets!
It was the day they officially opened the Bob Lord stand. We stood opposite. No glory but we gave them a game playing in that great yellow and blue second strip. A big travelling support - I can recall a huge travellers club coach convoy stringing along the M6.
First time I went there was 1st season back in the top division. I was on the weekend trip to Blackpool with the Lions coach. Lionel and his lad from London talked into going- they paid the hotel for me.