Niceonesparky Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I read a topic on another website this morning about going in the home section at away games. It reminded me of a match verses Cardiff in the 76/77 season I think. A mate and I got talking to some Cardiff fans in the Spinners before the game. We got on really well and they suggested we go in the RRE with them for the game. Being young and foolish (and after several beer we agreed). Walking to the ground with them we got attacked by some Latics fans but that didn’t put us off. Latics won 2-0 and my mate and I both went mad when Latics scored. We got some funny looks from the Welshmen but survived intact. We must have been mad. Has anyone else done anything similarly foolish? I remember my junior latics days. We used to always sit with the away fans. 1 that sticks in my head was away at Shrewsbury. We were 2-0 down at half time and they were given us some stick. Anyway a certain Glenn Keeley was pushed up front in the 2nd half, Roger palmer scored 2 goals to make it 2-2, then we got a penalty and Tony Henry ballooned the ball into the away fans. With around 5 minutes left Roger palmer picked the ball up on the half way line beat 2 men and slotted the ball home to make it 2-3. There were about 50 odd kids jumping up and down with 2 fingers up at the home fans- I think the local constabulary found it amusing too!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I remember my junior latics days. We used to always sit with the away fans. 1 that sticks in my head was away at Shrewsbury. We were 2-0 down at half time and they were given us some stick. Anyway a certain Glenn Keeley was pushed up front in the 2nd half, Roger palmer scored 2 goals to make it 2-2, then we got a penalty and Tony Henry ballooned the ball into the away fans. With around 5 minutes left Roger palmer picked the ball up on the half way line beat 2 men and slotted the ball home to make it 2-3. There were about 50 odd kids jumping up and down with 2 fingers up at the home fans- I think the local constabulary found it amusing too!!!!!! Hey......i think i remember that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niceonesparky Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Hey......i think i remember that 1 Birmingham away as well. Apple core ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordy Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The title of the thread is wrong, it should be in with the home fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martjs Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I remember my junior latics days. We used to always sit with the away fans. 1 that sticks in my head was away at Shrewsbury. We were 2-0 down at half time and they were given us some stick. Anyway a certain Glenn Keeley was pushed up front in the 2nd half, Roger palmer scored 2 goals to make it 2-2, then we got a penalty and Tony Henry ballooned the ball into the away fans. With around 5 minutes left Roger palmer picked the ball up on the half way line beat 2 men and slotted the ball home to make it 2-3. There were about 50 odd kids jumping up and down with 2 fingers up at the home fans- I think the local constabulary found it amusing too!!!!!! I remember that! One of my favourite ever away games. Weren't you Junior Latics fans throwing free sweets at the Junior Shrews (?)?? What a comeback that was. I remember the car park after the match - "Roger Palmer Marij...." Not his favourite song for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The title of the thread is wrong, it should be in with the home fans. Title police out in force! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latic12345 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I've done this a few times and it was always fun (having said that I was much younger and you can get away with all sorts). The one that stands out in my mind is Wolves away when we won 3-1. We were 1-0 down at half time and I have never heard so much rubbish. As bad as Scummer fans really. Announced the score as part of half time scores as well!! Anyway we came out and destroyed them. Beresford got the first I think. Then Makin got the second which squeezed over the line. I went mental. Then after realising where I was, sat more calmly only for us to bang in a 3rd and Sean McCarthy to do a "Temple like" backflip in front of us, pointing the whole time. Not a particularly pleasant experience. Others include, City, Bastards, Scummers, Luton, Rushden & Diamonds. There must be more though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordy Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Title police out in force! l0llol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Oh just remebered, me and my Dad sat with The Wednesday fans at Hilsborough sometime in the late 70's early 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The title of the thread is wrong, it should be in with the home fans. Actually, Lordy, I think Lincoln Blue named the topic 'In With The Away Fans' because he was telling the tale of his visit to Boundary Park when he chose to sit with the Cardiff fans, in the away end. Am I right? You have been mislead by others telling lesser tales of travelling to our away games and sitting in the home end which, Im sure Lincoln Blue will tell you, is for fannys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martjs Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Oh just remebered, me and my Dad sat with The Wednesday fans at Hilsborough sometime in the late 70's early 80's. I did that with my mate and his uncle. He used to want to go in the 'main stands' at away matches. (Did it at Rotherham were we won.) But, despite going into the lead at Hillsborough, when we all did a "Jasper Carrott at Old Trafford" "Yes" and then sat down. The Pigs (as they are affectionately known by the Blades) equalised and then scored a winner. As we were the only ones sat down at this point, we got some stick (verbal). Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Blue Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 The title of the thread is wrong, it should be in with the home fans. The title of the thread is correct if you read my first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) Me and my mates used to do it regularly years ago to save money. Go into the home end, look a bit 'nervous' and 'lost' and ask a friendly steward to take me to the away end. After a while some stewards would cotton on, so we'd go to the St. John's Ambulance folk and feign a bit of illness, then after 5 minutes of errr 'treatment' (Cup of tea and a sit down) we'd then be escorted t the away end after claiming we came in the wrng side. The only time I came a cropper was at Villa when we won there 1-0 in 1993. After feigning a bit of bellyache, they wouldn't let me back in the ground unless I went to hospital because they would be liable should I collapse with a bust appendix or something. I had to miss the last 20 mins of the game then, which was probably a good thing really. Quite an amusing time was at Derby in the League Cup a few years ago. There was a massive queue to the away end because of a ticketing fiasco, so not wanting to miss the first 15 mins we just simply went into the Derby end. Tony Carrss got clogged right in front of us to which the whole Derby end are up incensed that Carss was cheating. As he was at the side recieving treatment he gave a Peter Kay-style two fingers against his cheek which me and my dad in stitches as the already-wound-up stand went ballistic. Great win too, for which we had to keep our celebrations [relatively] muted. And another funny one was at Luton, around 1991. Down that alley behind the poxy row of 'exec' boxes at the side of Kenilworth Road there was a door slightly ajar. Me and 3 mates crept in and found ourselves in an empty box. We simply got moved by the stewards once they noticed a gang of slightly chavvy looking runts alongside all the suits. A happy day then turned sour as Mick twátting Harford scored two in the 89th and 90th minutes to snatch our first away win in the top flight away from us. Edited September 24, 2008 by Frankly Mr Shankly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) Done it on both sides with Bury. At BP, there was the Tuesday night game when we won 4-0...the Bury fans wanted the gaffer out (can't remember who it was then), and by the time the 4th went in the Shakers fans were cheering on Latics. When the Rat knocked the ball into the net for the fourth the Bury fans cheered as it rolled towards the goal...I held myself back but when that ball hit the net I celebrated like nothing else...four goals worth of celebration for me in one saracastic dig at their manager... The one at Gigg was the Inspector's winner...I waited to get out of the ground for that celebration but I almost exploded when it hit the goal... Edited September 24, 2008 by jsslatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamSheridan Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Done it on both sides with Bury. At BP, there was the Tuesday night game when we won 4-0...the Bury fans wanted the gaffer out (can't remember who it was then), and by the time the 4th went in the Shakers fans were cheering on Latics. When the Rat knocked the ball into the net for the fourth the Bury fans cheered as it rolled towards the goal...I held myself back but when that ball hit the net I celebrated like nothing else...four goals worth of celebration for me in one saracastic dig at their manager... The one at Gigg was the Inspector's winner...I waited to get out of the ground for that celebration but I almost exploded when it hit the goal... It was Preece they wanted out then wasn't it? They made a third and final substitution during the game, with him 'upstairs' in the main stand relaying the decisions down. Frantic arm waving from him as his assistants made the wrong sub, but all to no avail. That was one of the worst teams I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYLEOAFC Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Me and two mates went in the cheadle end against stockport at edgeley park a few years back. Got dragged out and on the pitch near the end after Latics went close to scoring, thats the danger of drinking Vodka before and during the game!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forte_Baby Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Did not know Swansea was all ticket last season. Having booked my rail tickets went in the away end. Went in with the Leeds fans in the RRE when we played them in a friendly a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leezyverpunk Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Went in Blackburn end once as stweards wouldnt let us in away end as too drunk - was ok though - got escorted into away end after asking stewards and said areet to Deneees whilst they were warming up. Went to watch Rochdale once while tics were away when about 16. they were playing Carlisle (who we were playing the following Tuesday!) We started singing to players (F K W!) 'we'll see you on Tuesday night'. About 5 minutes later we were invited into the toilets for a stabbing (not the homo type either!!!) Nice. When we played City at BP in the early 80's, the whole ground seemed like the away end - stood in Chaddy with me mates all brikkin ourselves. Some City fan came over and said - just stand here and you'll be ok - nice chap! Went to our 2nd game in Prem vs Scum with 2 scum mates, we scored I whispered yesss and it was dissallowed to which they started SHOUTING -'aaaargh!'. I told em to shut it and remained quiet throughout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Happened to me a few times in different contexts... Slightly different twist was a couple of seasons back when i decided to get the Bristol City Coaches up to BP... Latics shirt in bag, and wearing my nice red, england away shirt... cover story that i was from Oldham, never a fan, and went to Uni in Brizzle and became a city fan.... anyway, typically I ended up sat next to their head of the supporters association, never spouted so much crap in my life... and he actually said to me at the end of the trip 'its really refreshing to meet someone so informed about lower league football' - mainly because I had just spent the whole trip telling him about wayne andrews, who he hadnt heard of and they had just signed on loan.... bloody awful trip back after they battered us 3-0, pretendinmg to be happy... After getting very drunk with my Huddersfield supporting mates a few years back I also decided for some reason to sit with the Town fans at BP, was when we beat them 4-1 with Wijnhard scoring after about 5 mins (and the Lourenco overhead kick!)... that was fun, however I was too drunk to know what was going on... so missed most of our goals... Finally, my favourite memory was going to the Cup Final after losing in the semi to Man Yoo (1990 - not 94)... my dad just said sod it, we should be in the final so he was getting tickets.... both went in Oldham shirts and sat in the Utd end... have to say, the Man U fans were fantastic, shaking our hands and genuinely saying well done.. always remember one guy coming up to us and saying "Bloody hell lads, you two are a couple of months late!" ... fantastic day out and saw the 'Ian Wright' final which was superb.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeykieran Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Went to see city a few years back with two mates who were arsenal fans, we were on the front row. They were cocky as hell throughout the game, but luckily City won, and there was no trouble (and they are the dullest group of fans going anyway). Hope I don’t get any probs on Saturday bringing my hudds mate in the main stand with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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