[Humour] Holmesdale Fanatics

[Return of the Rev]

That was the first time they’d lost at home for about a year. The walk back to New Cross Gate after the game was pretty terrifying especially for a wet behind the ears 16 year old.

76 was no picnic, could have been 5000 Brighton in the 23,000 crowd and segregation a joke. Went with my brother who was already in a plaster cast.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I read that too, but let's be honest - that comment applies to pretty much every club going to Millwall. I remember in 1984 we took 3,000 to the Valley (when we won 1-0 thanks to a goal in the first minute) but about 600 to the old Den a year later when we also won 1-0 when, incredibly, Mick Ferguson actually scored. I think the difference can best be explained by what happened after our winning goal went in on each occasion. At Charlton, the Charlton players threw everything at us for the rest of the game. At Millwall, their fans did the same - mostly bricks.

Yes, but no every club has a bunch of fannies claiming that south london is theirs. And then are too scared to go to watch their team play in....South London.

 

[ThePaddy]

Yes, but no every club has a bunch of fannies claiming that south london is theirs. And then are too scared to go to watch their team play in....South London.

Not sure if you've quite understood the point. When Palace fans sing "South London is ours" it refers to the fact that we're currently the most successful team in South London by a distance. It doesn't have anything to do with violence or how 'ard we are, because that's utterly ****ing stupid and it isn't 1985 anymore.

 

[Insel affe]

Bunk off school, meet the legends, catch train, sing about Brighton running away to an empty train at 10:30am, head to west street, pose for obligatory photo with banner outside mountain warehouse, looking mean, wonder down to Burger King, herded back up to the station, text mates telling them “we own Brighton”, escorted on to trains, jump the turnstiles, set off some crappy flares, Smash the toilets up, rip up the seats, slash the legends banners again…
Escorted safely back to Croydon and tucked up in bed by 11pm, and all for nothing…..

 

[Seagull's Return]

Big day out for the Hoodie Herd! Frantic attempts to pinch a can of spray paint from Daddy's shed today so they can make a misspelt bedsheet banner instead of going to double maths, right enough; I'm afraid there won't be enough Ovaltine in the world to dry their tears before bedtime, though, the poor exhausted little mites.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Bunk off school, meet the legends, catch train, sing about Brighton running away to an empty train at 10:30am, head to west street, pose for obligatory photo with banner outside mountain warehouse, looking mean, wonder down to Burger King, herded back up to the station, text mates telling them “we own Brighton”, escorted on to trains, jump the turnstiles, set off some crappy flares, Smash the toilets up, rip up the seats, slash the legends banners again…
Escorted safely back to Croydon and tucked up in bed by 11pm, and all for nothing…..

You missed the "Shalalalalalala creeestul paaaalisssssss" chant

 

[Originunknown]

Have the wallies embarrassed themselves again yet? Shouldn't be long now

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Not sure if you've quite understood the point. When Palace fans sing "South London is ours" it refers to the fact that we're currently the most successful team in South London by a distance. It doesn't have anything to do with violence or how 'ard we are, because that's utterly ****ing stupid and it isn't 1985 anymore.

Tell that to your black clad , turnstile jumping, mural defacing, spotty, teenage, embarrassing morons

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Bunk off school, meet the legends, catch train, sing about Brighton running away to an empty train at 10:30am, head to west street, pose for obligatory photo with banner outside mountain warehouse, looking mean, wonder down to Burger King, herded back up to the station, text mates telling them “we own Brighton”, escorted on to trains, jump the turnstiles, set off some crappy flares, Smash the toilets up, rip up the seats, slash the legends banners again…
Escorted safely back to Croydon and tucked up in bed by 11pm, and all for nothing…..

Can’t wait for the show of power outside Mountain Warehouse on a work day!

 

[Simster]

Yes, but no every club has a bunch of fannies claiming that south london is theirs. And then are too scared to go to watch their team play in....South London.

Not every club maybe, but ours does.

Loads of gobshites taunting Millwall with "you're not scary anymore" (amongst other things) from the safety of the very back of the queue at Cowards Way, initially unaware that the gate wasn't actually shut - soon went quiet when the MIllwall fans filed past. And anyway, as the dearly departed Lord Bracknell complained at the time - were the Albion fans at the front of Cowards Way supposed to take a kicking then?

I'm all for taking the piss out of Palace, but this one is a bit of a stretch.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Not every club maybe, but ours does.

Loads of gobshites taunting Millwall with "you're not scary anymore" (amongst other things) from the safety of the very back of the queue at Cowards Way, initially unaware that the gate wasn't actually shut - soon went quiet when the MIllwall fans filed past. And anyway, as the dearly departed Lord Bracknell complained at the time - were the Albion fans at the front of Cowards Way supposed to take a kicking then?

I'm all for taking the piss out of Palace, but this one is a bit of a stretch.

You 're just not in the loop


Regards
DF

 

[Simster]

You 're just not in the loop


Regards
DF

You're over 50 aren't you?

 

[WATFORD zero]

You 're just not in the loop


Regards
DF

Someone has certainly been stuck in a loop for the last 30 odd years

 

[faoileán]

Not sure if you've quite understood the point. When Palace fans sing "South London is ours" it refers to the fact that we're currently the most successful team in South London by a distance. It doesn't have anything to do with violence or how 'ard we are, because that's utterly ****ing stupid and it isn't 1985 anymore.

The profile of Palace fans is pretty similar to Albion's, i.e. neither club has a huge following of nutcases like Millwall do. I couldn't help thinking that you lot were playing with fire with all the "south London is ours" stuff and the flares and smoke bombs. There must have been a lot of Palace fans at the New Den thinking "could you lot shut-the-f**k-up".

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Not sure if you've quite understood the point. When Palace fans sing "South London is ours" it refers to the fact that we're currently the most successful team in South London by a distance. It doesn't have anything to do with violence or how 'ard we are, because that's utterly ****ing stupid and it isn't 1985 anymore.

Well...

All sounds a bit 'off off off, it's an early bath for you Mr Cantona' to me.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Not every club maybe, but ours does.

Loads of gobshites taunting Millwall with "you're not scary anymore" (amongst other things) from the safety of the very back of the queue at Cowards Way, initially unaware that the gate wasn't actually shut - soon went quiet when the MIllwall fans filed past. And anyway, as the dearly departed Lord Bracknell complained at the time - were the Albion fans at the front of Cowards Way supposed to take a kicking then?

I'm all for taking the piss out of Palace, but this one is a bit of a stretch.

I was going to disagree with you but I saw the post directly under yours and thought I'd best leave it. Don't want to risk conflation.

Hopefully we can all be laughing at Palace together, later on tonight.

 

[lawros left foot]

One thing I don’t understand is the whole‘South London and Proud’ thing.

What are they proud of? Being from South London, the place itself?

I wouldn’t say Im Sussex and proud, being born in Sussex was just good luck, I can’t see it’s anything to be especially proud of.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

You're over 50 aren't you?

It's like being in the masons chap a sort of secret society ,don't worry I'll have to put you right in the future



Regards
DF

 

[Gazwag]

That was the first time they’d lost at home for about a year. The walk back to New Cross Gate after the game was pretty terrifying especially for a wet behind the ears 16 year old.

I can still remember that walk, it was done in silence and we went to the game by car jumped in a taxi at the railway station back to where the car was parked.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Whoops.