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Offline dave.woodhall

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Press-ing on
« on: March 05, 2022, 09:37:42 PM »
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Offline Risso

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2022, 09:53:09 PM »
There's nothing irrational about not liking Leeds!
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Offline Lizz

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2022, 10:46:58 PM »
The only times I've ever felt afraid as a female at games the other club involved was Leeds.
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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2022, 10:57:44 PM »
Coventry City and SHA as a male for me.
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Offline darren woolley

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2022, 12:06:05 AM »
Great read Dave.
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Offline robbo1874

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2022, 12:08:25 AM »
Never been to the Dell or st Mary’s. Was the dell away end really worse than Highfield Rd? That’s the shittest away end I’ve ever been in. Remember as a kid having a bit of a flap feeling crushed getting out of there. Big fence down the middle meant you couldn’t see anything in the other corner at that end. Absolute toilet of a ground.
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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2022, 12:35:36 AM »
Quote from: Risso on March 05, 2022, 09:53:09 PM
There's nothing irrational about not liking Leeds!

Quite.
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Offline brian green

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2022, 10:30:09 AM »
Great read Dave.  I put it down to auto suggestion but I found myself as I read your words touching a scar on the top of my head sustained from a dustbin lid thrown down on us Villa fans herded into that barbaric hell hole they used to call home.
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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2022, 10:31:13 AM »
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Offline Chico Hamilton III

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2022, 10:48:07 AM »
I remember being in a worrying crush in the away end at the Baseball Ground.
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Offline Abbeyfealeavfc

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2022, 10:58:21 AM »
I agree about the baseball ground. Was that Cascarino's debut game? Frightening!
Another frightening ground was Loftus Road. Your feet not touching the terracing was scarey.
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Offline Exeter 77

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2022, 11:31:23 AM »
A very fair assessment of yesterday and games against Southampton over the years (when was the last time anyone saw them abbreviated to So'ton?). I only went to The Dell once and wasn't in the away end but agree about Highfield Road as that never ever felt safe.
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Offline LeeB

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2022, 11:36:06 AM »
The Dell and Shitefield Rd we're similarly awful, and Dave touched on something there with away fans not being welcome.

Not in a sense of hostility from the fans, that's a given, but from the clubs themselves. It's hard to put a finger on it, but it felt like they thought of you as lesser human beings.
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Offline Richard E

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2022, 12:11:43 PM »
Quote from: Chico Hamilton III on March 06, 2022, 10:48:07 AM
I remember being in a worrying crush in the away end at the Baseball Ground.

Me too. Literally not being able to move at times.
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Offline clash city rocker

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2022, 12:18:36 PM »
Quote from: brian green on March 06, 2022, 10:30:09 AM
Great read Dave.  I put it down to auto suggestion but I found myself as I read your words touching a scar on the top of my head sustained from a dustbin lid thrown down on us Villa fans herded into that barbaric hell hole they used to call home.

Would be worse now Brian as a wheelie bin would be attached to the lid.
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