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[Football] spurs april 1978 *roll call*
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thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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9 year old me was in the West behind our dugout and fair to say a little scared when things started kicking off
origigull
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- Jun 29, 2009
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Maybe you got hit over the head with a baseball bat that day.
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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No I was very very youngMaybe you got hit over the head with a baseball bat that day.
My dad used to take two bar stools in (seriously) and we stood behind the dug out looking over the top.
Chris Cattlin once put his hand through the tunnel fencing to the left and nicked my popcorn.
- Feb 22, 2014
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Almost sure I was there but very little recollection of the game. Wasn’t there a pitch invasion? I have always associated Spurs pitch invasion with the fences going up but can’t really remember. The Millwall pitch invasion stands out more because of the balaclavas but I think that was before Spurs.
Weststander
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origigull
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- Jun 29, 2009
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The infamous 'tea-hut' incident. Were you part of the Bosun lot. There were at least 10 Bosun (with many other NS regulars) on the tea-hut during the game fighting off the spurs fans trying to get at them. There was a photo of the incident a month or so back on another thread.
I was in the South Stand but from what I remember the Spurs fans broke down the fence in the North East corner and invaded the North. I think many Albion fans came onto the pitch to escape the violence
- Nov 15, 2006
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Nope, don’t recall that but we got some grief from pissed off Spurs fans once we went ahead. When I say East Stand I obviously meant terrace
Have you got a link to the photo? edit - seen it, think that’s the West Stand?
- Nov 15, 2006
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That’s not the East terrace tea hut is it?
West Stand
salazar
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Was in the East terrace with my Dad. All I remember was a Spurs fan who was drunk in a duck mask ( I don’t know why !).He ended up on the floor when having a disagreement with my Dads friends fist. Real shame.
Swimboy64
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- Oct 19, 2022
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Mine too what a goal that was
oneillco
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- Feb 13, 2013
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I did my best to avoid football aggro in the 70s and 80s but when Spurs fans invaded the North Stand I found myself involved whether I liked it or not. I remember decking a Spurs clown who came at me swinging wearing one of those daft Donny Osmand baker boy hats and a big gold earring; caught him right on the nose. A lot of people call it the good old days but I hated it...
POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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And ended up in the South. Where it was heaving. Those were the days.
Look at the photo in post #25, many fans are sitting or standing around the pitch in front of the advertising boards
Weststander
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The police were so unprepared. If you read football violence stuff, throughout 77/78 Spurs were involved in sometimes big disorder at many away games. As were Manure in their relegated season.
Violence had been prevalent for many years by then, the whole approach was amateurish.
Violence had been prevalent for many years by then, the whole approach was amateurish.
Not Andy Naylor
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I was never a big Clark fan as he'd replaced Steve Piper, but that was a tremendous goal. I was on the south-west terrace and well clear of any of the unpleasantness and enjoyed an excellent Albion performance.