If I remember correctly the supporters coach broke down on the M4 when it was heading to Bristol Rovers. , X-Ray Poor Millwall. Pitch invasions resulted in another closure in 1947 and in 1950 the club was fined after a referee and linesman were ambushed outside the ground. I knew a 'gooner' from Hayes in the 70's who went to our away games, because of this!!!. Sounds like a nice scarf. It was a different world back then. Im pretty sure this documentary was the basis for the film the firm with Gary Oldman. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Unable to add item to List. No, this happened in Hockley Essex (near Southend) on a Thursday night after a Disco at the local Youth Centre!.Couple of weeks previously one of our lot had a cousin (wall fan) who lived in South London. 2nd February 74 was the home game. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Yeah, yeah we said and thought nothing of it. Still a tough place. Millwalls place in hooligan folklore was assured and was entrenched as part of the culture of the club. Although he had played for eight different clubs, playing his fewest games (four) for Millwall, and was signed to Bradford City at the time, the BBC used the headline, "Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant guilty of murder". A lot of dodgy haircuts in that documentary as I remember. My last match was at home vs bloody Charlton, when we needed a win to stay in the 1st division, but couldnt make it and were relegated. Could you please allow adverts on this domain by switching it off. : WHU77 8:55 Sun Mar . London has changed a lot since then mind you. In the same year, a referee was attacked and the FA ordered the club to erect fences around The Den's terracing. Reply. Yeah London has changed and grown. : Some of the advert banners can actually be closed to avoid interferance of your experience on The Shed End. Watched this a while ago, really good watch indeed. It was weak, pathetic and not worthy of a club that has done fine work in the community over the years. Alex Mighten 8. By The pretence that the issue had gone away was maintained. Millwall has changed a lot since the days of Harry the Dog, Bobby the Wolf and the hooligan firms of the 70s . Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. 21 Toughest British Football Hooligan Firms Ever!! Loved early to mid 80s The millwall game remember them just before kick off giving it some and getting run out of the west.into the north and setting fire to everything they could . 70's and 80's were my time. "Alright Smiffy, still supporting Chelse?" North Stand Chat: the biggest and best Brighton & Hove Albion independent fan site - get involved!. Early 80's without a doubt. You're Going Home in a F*****g Ambulance: Hooligan Wars - The Inside Story, NIGHTMARE: The Incredible Story of Britain's Most Prolific Football Hooligan. "The problem of mob violence is not solely a Millwall problem, it is not a football problem, it is a problem which plagues the whole of our society", he said. The surgical mask lot always cracked me up even in those days! They have a prominent place in football culture that means they have a relevance that exceeds their small-club status. Can't keep his job after this week surely ?? Not to be denied his afternoon's fun Harry hitched a lift to Rovers and carried out his lone assault on the home end - he was promptly ejected. Display as a link instead, Replies (0) 0 0. chalmetteowl New Orleans Saints Fan Chalmette Member since Jan 2008 42012 posts Online . Megson wasn't steady though was he, he was taking us straight down, Negative, boring and shit as well as alienating half the players and three quarters if the fan base is quite something else, It appears fashionable for folk to try to rewrite history though. Everyone can go about their business and act as if nothing really happened. Loved early to mid 80s The millwall game remember them just before kick off giving it some and getting run out of the west.into the north and setting fire to everything they could . Please try again. Sports. They sing: No one likes us, we dont care. A distorted version of working-class pride has grown in south-east London that appeals to boneheaded contrarians like Rod Liddle. Am I Nearly There Yet? I mean he was that good.look at the quality job he has now.. Wasnt Harry the Dog a child minder or nursery assistant or somat like that? Learn more. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2021. "[8] In the 1920s Millwall's ground was closed for two weeks after a Newport County goalkeeper, who had been struck by missiles, jumped into the crowd to confront some of the home supporters and was knocked unconscious. Introduction | ; Board Members | ; The Eviction | ; Projects | And don't forget cambridge away first game of the season when the general was in all the newspapers what a mob that plus pop robson scoring the winner.on his debut and brighton in the cup bank holiday weekend the rows started on the friday night , and finished with us all over the pitch and the old bill running everywhere, I remember the Brighton game I got down there early on the Saturday and all the talk was, I can remember a few of us having a couple of drink in the town pub before hand and then walk to. Fighting began on the terraces and spilled onto the pitch; dozens of fans were injured, with some hooligans turning on their own team's supporters leaving some innocent fans bloodied. This escalated into violent clashes between fans of the two teams. The mob was at its peak when i was mid teens..Then in my opinion peaked again in the 80sNormally when i wasnt in the mob probablyhahahha. I suppose its a tough part of London so in away I admire how they stick together. Thread starter mil1lion; Start date Feb 19, 2017; Forums. Back in 1977, one fan spoke of an Asian family, just off the Banana Boat, being placed in an expensive hotel. We played Millwall shortly after the documentry was aired and one of my mates said the curly haired lad with glasses was in the away end at Leicester and they had a bit of a chat through the fence . [12][13], On 11 March 1978 a riot broke out at The Den during an FA Cup quarter-final between Millwall and Ipswich Town, with the home team losing 61. The squire on Bromley road? Bryan's Gunn. Great days. As well as the Millwall hooligans and those belonging to Luton's firm the MIGs, many of the 31 fans arrested after the violence were identified as being from Chelsea's Headhunters firm and West Ham United's Inter City Firm. Borata had an incredible game that night. Please try again. [38], The infamous terrace chant of Millwall supporters , Utrecht Bunnikside, Glasgow Rangers ICF, Westham Massive, Millwall F.C.West Ham United F.C. You must log in or register to reply here. Paste as plain text instead, Please try again. [12] In 1982 Millwall club chairman Alan Thorne threatened to close the club because of violence sparked by losing in the FA Cup to non-league side Slough Town. but the thrill of turning up at some town un-escorted by Seor plod, going into the local pubs and having all the "banter", walking to the ground and thinking that our numbers were massive. Away support seemed to me better, than home support, when troube arised. Bwahaaa now that was funnyshame, some of the F-Troop used to drink in my Aunt's pub in Mile End. Where we playing Millwall are did your paths just pass. 1977 some of you older chaps will remember this documentary. [17] Some legal experts said it would have been difficult to hold a football club responsible for something that occurred away from its ground and involved people who did not attend the match. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? What he was doing there i've no idea, but he went home with a few bruise's!. Soulboy It explained: It is their right to do so., It continued: The eyes of the world are on this football club your club, and then came the bombshell. January 25, 2013 in Terrace Talk, Not on telly, I fear it would be because villa would of took the piss out of the mighty wall on a satdy, it has and thats with only handful of villa, thats why ob made it friday night. In the second-half, a coin was thrown from the terraces, which struck Millwall player Len Julians on the head, drawing blood. There will be plenty who deny it, but a large section of the clubs support embrace the notoriety. in /nfs/c05/h04/mnt/113983/domains/toragrafix.com/html/wp-content . Knew most of them as a few of them drank in my local which was called the Squire in them days the lad with the big hair and glasses was Billy Piummer young lad was Gary Roberts usually got on with them well except of course around September 1976 when there was a couple of rows between our pub the Saxon which was Chels and the Squire I remember one Sunday night Little Tommy from Paddington (RIP) and a few others came over for a drink the Millwall lot came up from the squire and ran most of our mob up the road to Lower Sydenham station I got done pretty bad with a glass luckily I had one of the thick wrap round cardigans on which took most of it as they tried to do me in the back funny enough was drinking with them a couple of weeks later as if nothing had happened funny old game football eh!! We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. One thing Cafu isnt afraid to do is put a shift in and his work rate was a real bonus against Millwall. as leader of millwall's notorious f-troop during the 1970s, he was at the forefront of many of the fist fights, pitch battles and gang warfare that broke out between rival firms in that era, including at eastville stadium in bristol where he single-handedly tore into bristol rovers firm, the gas hit squad and began headbutting, kicking, punching Memory might be playing tricks on me but our mob was larger than the 50 or so that day. Had to get stuck in that day and Chelsea . Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Vol. Pasted as rich text. Got nicked after the match, when we were waiting for them, could escape by jumping in a passing bus. : A police spokeswoman said that 47 police officers and 24 police horses were injured, and the Metropolitan Police considered suing the club after the events. Seen it before.not a bad docu and some noted faces appear and quality fight footage of west 'aaam in action v Millwall Man U and others. Yeah it was the pub featured in the Panorama program became a Wetherspoons a couple of years before I moved down the line understand now demolished and is a block of flats the Saxon is now Lidls, RIP billy plummer.. millwall fan was a nice fella, Sorry to hear about that he was a good laugh Billy. . The board then give in sack the boring manager and then appoint the fans favourite up-coming Scottish manger with an attacking style of play. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2022. The Den has never been as universally white as some imagine. As this has been a theme the last two nights there were also some great paperbacks written at the time. , Paperback [2][3] On five occasions The Den was closed by the Football Association and the club has received numerous fines for crowd disorder. Yep and a few of the Cockney Rejects if I'm not mistaken. "Trumpton FC's hooligans _____ "Return to the land of your fathers; blood calls to blood." . [25], In October 2004, during a Football League Cup tie at home to Liverpool, Millwall fans taunted their Liverpool counterparts with songs making fun of the Hillsborough disaster which had claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans in 1989. That Bobby the Wolf is still around, lives up Brentwood, But unfortunately the coach broke down ! This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. The Cap Member Posts: 972 Joined: 26 May 2008 17:22 Location: 'Avin a larf. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings, help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. He lived in Cuckfield for a while and I used to have a pint with him in The Sussex in Haywards Heath on the odd occasion. Pint Pot is his name. A 7,500 fine was levied against Millwall, though this was later withdrawn on appeal. There was also widespread fighting in the stands. In the last episode of the series Bobby gets his revenge on the Wolf for last week's grilling and the Wolf lays down a chilling challenge for the current top. The one who wanted to stick a pint glass in a Northerner's facking head? Bobby the Wolf: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Football Hooligan, and the West Ham's Intercity Firm's Top Boy Kindle Edition by EWAN RILAD (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1 rating See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 0.00 This title and over 1 million more are available with Kindle Unlimited 1.99 to buy Paperback Luton were asked by Millwall to make the Wednesday night match all-ticket, but this was ignored. 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