Football back then was barbaric.

No one flinched when someone next to them threw coins at the away fans. Racism was at every single game, and the chants were certainly worse

All crammed into small pens behind 6 foot fences . It really was wrong

Posted By: strap_on sally on October 21st 2012 at 20:35:35

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All this stuff about the 80s being too scary to go to games (NCFC) - lurd, Oct 21, 20:23:11
- Hundreds of people on pow road separated by ...... (NCFC) - yellowman, Oct 21, 21:13:18
  - I saw trouble most weeks, although sometimes you would play in front of near empty away (NCFC) - Malkybarneedledick, Oct 21, 21:18:19
    - Knew it'd be that.... (NCFC) - yellowman, Oct 21, 21:26:06
      - the ripping of the asbestos panels happened most weeks in the 70s. (n/m) (NCFC) - Malkybarneedledick, Oct 21, 21:28:07
        
        When I first went in .... (NCFC) - yellowman, Oct 21, 21:32:13
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Malkybarneedledick, Oct 21, 21:36:49
- things I saw 1) A big black Ipshit fan climbing up the fencing seperating us in the North (NCFC) - Malkybarneedledick, Oct 21, 20:49:00
  - 2) There use to be 2 pubs on the approach to carrow bridge, I was about 12-13 (NCFC) - Malkybarneedledick, Oct 21, 20:56:43
    - Spurs were always cunts (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Oct 21, 21:00:31
- Don't remember it being scary, went in late 70's had a season ticket from 5 years old.... (n/m) (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Oct 21, 20:43:15
  - Was only ever worried once (NCFC) - PercyVarco, Oct 21, 20:52:30
- totally disagree (NCFC) - PercyVarco, Oct 21, 20:40:09
- Football back then was barbaric. (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 21, 20:35:35
  - yup it was pretty grim! (n/m) (NCFC) - revsimon, Oct 21, 20:45:48
    - It was fun (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 20:47:27
      - When I reached my late teens it certainly was fun (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 21, 20:56:09
      - It was fun but I prefer it how it is today, you certainly hardly ever saw ladies at (NCFC) - Malkybarneedledick, Oct 21, 20:50:28
  - I remember all the things you describe above (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 21, 20:43:22
    - Strangely I never got that scared, I was obviously with my Dad (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Oct 21, 20:50:40
  - Trigger, trigger, trigger......... (n/m) (NCFC) - col canary, Oct 21, 20:42:58
    - very much this (NCFC) - PercyVarco, Oct 21, 20:45:26
- Been going to football since the late 60,s (NCFC) - Surrey Yella, Oct 21, 20:31:47
- Absolute rubbish (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Oct 21, 20:30:55

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