it was two days before my 18th.... I was having my 18th do a week after, so I had decided not to go to BP that day but had to go into Manny to get a decent dress.
didn't know anything about it untill we got back into Oldham. Saw it all unfolding in a tv shop on the corner of George st/high st in Oldham town centre, it was roughly where the Abbey National bank in now....remember the road use to curve from the High st down into george st near the undeground subway across from the regent pub. Bloomin eck how places change....
really wanted to go to the away game the weekend after but couldn't. If i remember rightly, they just charged a donation on the day rather than an entrance fee.
So near my birthday I always remember
How could the authorities believed it was crowd trouble????......I will never know....