I lost my shoe at this match. Never got it back.

[Harry Balls]

Yup, shoe. Not trainer. Went straight from work to the game. When Allison scored, the pushing and shoving was intense and I ended up well away from my starting place.

Anyhow, we were talking about social distancing and it made me think about the most squashed in I ever have been (it was either that night at Spurs or except maybe Juventus at Highbury in 1980 - "it's ****ing hot in here, it's...) 1980's style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJbTwOQoQU

[Sir C]

Yup, shoe. Not trainer. Went straight from work to the game. When Allison scored, the pushing and shoving was intense and I ended up well away from my starting place.

Anyhow, we were talking about social distancing and it made me think about the most squashed in I ever have been (it was either that night at Spurs or except maybe Juventus at Highbury in 1980 - "it's ****ing hot in here, it's...) 1980's style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJbTwOQoQU

I was at both those games. I reckon the Juve game was the most squashed I have ever been. The queue for the NB turnstiles went halfway down Avenell Road and for about 50 years my feet weren’t touching the ground. Mental, it was.

[IUFG]

Yup, shoe. Not trainer. Went straight from work to the game. When Allison scored, the pushing and shoving was intense and I ended up well away from my starting place.

Anyhow, we were talking about social distancing and it made me think about the most squashed in I ever have been (it was either that night at Spurs or except maybe Juventus at Highbury in 1980 - "it's ****ing hot in here, it's...) 1980's style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJbTwOQoQU

v Forest early 80s. . Last minute winner. Might have been Rix. There was a life threatening surge. Iirc

[Luis Anaconda]

v Forest early 80s. . Last minute winner. Might have been Rix. There was a life threatening surge. Iirc

Everton Littlewoods cup semi - lost my shoe that day but somehow got it back. It was a few days after United in the cup and McLair's penalty. Has that come down yet?

[Burney]

v Forest early 80s. . Last minute winner. Might have been Rix. There was a life threatening surge. Iirc

Given that such surges were a commonplace in the pre-Taylor Report era, it does seem genuinely extraordinary that anyone who had ever attended a football match could possibly have thought fencing supporters in was a good idea.

[The Insider]

Everton Littlewoods cup semi - lost my shoe that day but somehow got it back. It was a few days after United in the cup and McLair's penalty. Has that come down yet?

I'm with you here. The Everton S/F wa sprobably the worst, I got crushed against a barrier and nearly passed out. Somebody pulled me clear, if we had had fences then it would have made Hillsborough look like a street party.

[Luis Anaconda]

I'm with you here. The Everton S/F wa sprobably the worst, I got crushed against a barrier and nearly passed out. Somebody pulled me clear, if we had had fences then it would have made Hillsborough look like a street party.
yes - wd the Arsenal for never putting them up

[Sir C]

yes - wd the Arsenal for never putting them up

I remember an article in the programme around that time by Sir Hill-Wood père, promising that we would never be caged.

Dear old Denis. Peter. Whichever.

[Luis Anaconda]

I remember an article in the programme around that time by Sir Hill-Wood père, promising that we would never be caged.

Dear old Denis. Peter. Whichever.

Denis was the daddy - and also as it turns out played First-Class cricket (albeit for Derbyshire). wd dhw

[Burney]

Denis was the daddy - and also as it turns out played First-Class cricket (albeit for Derbyshire). wd dhw

Is there any other club with such strong cricketing history as Arsenal, la?

I had no idea Brian Close played for our reserves/youth, btw.

http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=10763

[Luis Anaconda]

Is there any other club with such strong cricketing history as Arsenal, la?

I had no idea Brian Close played for our reserves/youth, btw.

http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=10763

I very much doubt it - impressive list. I think I did know the Close thing but had slipped my mind.

Looking forward to reading this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086XBLGS8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Vaguely knew him when he was coach at Middlesex - always had some interesting stories

[Burney]

I very much doubt it - impressive list. I think I did know the Close thing but had slipped my mind.

Looking forward to reading this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086XBLGS8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Vaguely knew him when he was coach at Middlesex - always had some interesting stories

I remember him from his Sussex days, when he was notoriously chirpy and had a propensity for vocally encouraging Imran Khan and Garth Le Roux to do physical injury to the batsmen. :hehe:

[redgunamo]

Oh, that's lovely! Charlie & Johnny :love:



Is there any other club with such strong cricketing history as Arsenal, la?

I had no idea Brian Close played for our reserves/youth, btw.

http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=10763

[Pokster]

I very much doubt it - impressive list. I think I did know the Close thing but had slipped my mind.

Looking forward to reading this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086XBLGS8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Vaguely knew him when he was coach at Middlesex - always had some interesting stories

Is that why we turned into flat track bullys?

[Luis Anaconda]

Is that why we turned into flat track bullys?

No - that is still Berni's fault

[Burney]

No - that is still Berni's fault

Ooh, la. On your benighted, foreign version of Netflix, can you get The Test? It's very good (although naturally it sees everything from a pro-Aussie point of view) and the remarkable thing about it is that you come out of it actually liking a lot of the Australian players.

Not David Warner, though. He's still clearly a massive c.unt.

[Luis Anaconda]

Ooh, la. On your benighted, foreign version of Netflix, can you get The Test? It's very good (although naturally it sees everything from a pro-Aussie point of view) and the remarkable thing about it is that you come out of it actually liking a lot of the Australian players.

Not David Warner, though. He's still clearly a massive c.unt.
Yeah, be meaning to check it out. I'd heard very good things

[Burney]

Yeah, be meaning to check it out. I'd heard very good things

Justin Langer is very much as you'd expect. Scary, intense little man.