Too young to have gone to games in the 80s, but...

...one I remember being pretty squished in a 'this could've been managed much better' kind of way was Colchester Utd Sa31/3/07 (lost 3-0), which I think was our first game back at Layer Road for some considerable time, though there was only 1,019 of us in an attendance of 5,851. I remember thinking that was more to do with a stubborn selfishness amongst those trying to hold their ground close to the goal and not move down to the ends to spread out, despite being asked by the stewards.

Also bad, but not to the same degree due to it being a bigger stand, was Brentford on Tu18/8/09 (2-1 defeat, Owain Tudor Jones scoring for us). 1,850 away fans in a 7,395 crowd. Lambert was on a watching brief for that game, coming as it did after a couple of games in the west country, so an evening kick off in the capital at the start of an exciting new era and probably the first chance a lot had to get back on an old school terrace if they hadn't/couldn't get to the long away trips prior. Was a nightmare trying to move about in that one or to get back onto the terrace from behind the stands at half time.

Posted By: DJ Ginga on April 15th 2014 at 20:58:53

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The worst crowded terrace I ever stood on watching Norwich (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Apr 15, 20:24:24
- Too young to have gone to games in the 80s, but... (NCFC) - DJ Ginga, Apr 15, 20:58:53
- FA Cup 6th Round 89 West Ham away. (NCFC) - Pygmy bulb, Apr 15, 20:36:46
  - vmt (NCFC) - robert_rosario, Apr 15, 20:53:23
- I was quite scared at Norwich-Stoke in 87 when we won the 2nd Division (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 15, 20:27:38
  - The problem that day was at the very end of the game when (NCFC) - Pygmy bulb, Apr 15, 20:45:36
    - Good insight... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Apr 15, 21:17:11
  - Didn't they mostly keep that pen empty? (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Apr 15, 20:33:20
    - yep, I remember us singing for the police to open up the middle pen (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 15, 20:46:54
    - Yes,as a no mans land. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 15, 20:42:54
      - I remember a Sutton Utd fan tring to climb through it (NCFC) - Huge Small, Apr 15, 20:45:57
        
        I've got vivid memories of the Leeds game that year (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 15, 20:51:04
        
        be honest, was it more fun than games nowdays? exciting and exhilarating in equal measure? (n/m) (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Apr 15, 20:54:15
        
        Ah, do my memory served me right then. I got hit a couple of times.lovely ol leeds (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Apr 15, 21:03:59
        
        oh definitely, but I'd probably have very different memories if I'd been injured (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 15, 21:00:56
        
        Totally. (NCFC) - Pygmy bulb, Apr 15, 20:59:10
  - 86 I mean of course (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Apr 15, 20:30:30
- It was busy that day, Villa Park the day of the tragedy was also very packed, the trouble (NCFC) - lovely old job, Apr 15, 20:26:25
  - Remember it well (NCFC) - bristolboy, Apr 15, 20:36:33
  - I stood on the Holte end that day right at the back near the Everton fans (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Apr 15, 20:33:07
    - It wasn't packed at the front.it was at west ham though,that was chocker. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 15, 20:44:00
    - I too was at the back with an old lady, must have been about sixty next to me (NCFC) - Men without hats, Apr 15, 20:43:58
    - I was lower down in the centre, I can remember getting very squeezed and moving without (NCFC) - lovely old job, Apr 15, 20:37:40
  - A matchday experience these days is certainly different than when I started going (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Apr 15, 20:31:21

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