How my old man enjoyed his football......
And the old lane in all it's glory
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How my old man enjoyed his football......
And the old lane in all it's glory
Why did Bill Nic have us training in red?
Why did Bill Nic have us training in red?
because in them days people seemed to just focus on themselves and not their rivals :gylfi:
Hmmmm....Id say the rivalry was alot more real back then
as in they only cared about each other, if they were playing each other
Who told you that?
When do you think all the anti Woolwich songs came from? They've been sung for decades all over the country...
You dont even hear them now "Hark thou.." is never sung anymore, thats from like 75 or so when they spanked us on boxing day I believe..
Today, people gloat on twitter. The fact that people complain about singing anti arse songs in other games says alot..
I know for a fact that Hark Now* was sung almost constantly at the last NLD.
I know this because I repeatedly started the chant on the walk to the ground.
Why did Bill Nic have us training in red?
Probably assumed we'd only ever be filmed in black and white and no one would know. :avbfacepalm:
I see the crowd in the Lane where very animated and giving it plenty of song back then.............
Isn't Hark Now Hear from boxing day '82 when we took the North Bank?
Not sure mate....thought it was from one season we eventually went down in the 70's, when they beat us 5-0 at Christmas?
Folklore.....stuff football is made of!
its was from long before that.. we where in the northbank long before 1982.. remember mid 70's myself unfurling
a "Paxton road" banner when we got well under the roof & took and held the middle for the first time If I recall correctly before getting outnumbered & rushed from all sides... we ended up all over the northbank that day with lots of little offs everywhere.. even our schoolboys took there schoolboys section in them days
it was always the traditional game on boxing day back then & before.
its was from long before that.. we where in the northbank long before 1982.. remember mid 70's myself unfurling
a "Paxton road" banner when we got well under the roof & took and held the middle for the first time If I recall correctly before getting outnumbered & rushed from all sides... we ended up all over the northbank that day with lots of little offs everywhere.. even our schoolboys took there schoolboys section in them days
it was always the traditional game on boxing day back then & before.
Brilliant. Heard plenty of stories from boxing days long gone.
Became a yearly thing!
As i recall, the 'boxing day chant came from the game vs Milwall away on Boxing Day 1977. The previous home game (Palace on the 17th) leaflets were distributed in the Park Lane saying 'Millwall Boxing Day DONT BOTTLE IT' with the meeting point (London Bridge) & time for the long walk mob handed to the old Den.
That was not an occasion for the faint hearted but we had massive numbers there day.
the only day that ever beat the size of that mob imho was Chelsea away in the f.a cup when we took the piss
from Sloane square all the way down kings road & walked straight into Chelsea's main lot at worlds ends & destroyed them.
posted on that millwall day before mate when we got split afterwards at the top of ilderton road after the game!
think most yids where more afraid of the consequences from our own for taking a backward step rather than
fronting walls lot & nobody took a backward step even when all the artillery came our way out of the sky
that mob walking over London bridge that morning was something to behold though!.. everyone & his dog was out on show after all the threats & panorama bollocks.
happy days
the only day that ever beat the size of that mob imho was Chelsea away in the f.a cup when we took the piss
from Sloane square all the way down kings road & walked straight into Chelsea's main lot at worlds ends & destroyed them.
posted on that millwall day before mate when we got split afterwards at the top of ilderton road after the game!
think most yids where more afraid of the consequences from our own for taking a backward step rather than
fronting walls lot & nobody took a backward step even when all the artillery came our way out of the sky
that mob walking over London bridge that morning was something to behold though!.. everyone & his dog was out on show after all the threats & panorama bollocks.
happy days
I love all this shit....you should right a book fella, I would read it. Proper old school shenanigans, none of this Trevor Tanner nonsense.
Of course if Trevor is reading this....loving your work mate *please don't kill me*
God forbid you work in a job with any responsibility, especially teaching the young....
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