There were a load of Spurs in the Swindon end in the first game. The home fans couldn't fathom it out, what with it being all-ticket. In fact some had gone down there the week before and bought tickets. A mate of mine was amongst them. His dad was a train driver, so he got free train travel.
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Jeez, Brighton away, what a day that was. This is a brilliant thread , thanks guys and gals
John Pratt was very lucky, in that his testimonial took place the midweek after the Southampton game. He got 23,000 plus.
Compare to Meathook two years later against Palace - and only 7,000. Felt so sorry for the guy.
I was at the League game. I was probably at the cup game but all memory of it has faded!
We went in the home end, gave it a big rendition of TOT-TEN-HAM & they all backed off half way across the terrace. When they turned around and realised we amounted to about 10 feral youths that couldn't have weighed more than 9.5 stone wringing wet they reversed direction. So did we. We were over the fence and on to the pitch & being escorted into the Spurs end. Only for the Swindon's fans safety you understand :lamelashock:
Even when the Enclosure went ST holders only - give the guy on the turnstile a couple of quid, and you were in.
I think that the poor turnout was because the game was postoned from its original date.
I was there.
Mrs Perryman
has seen the proof 
Not forgetting Molly....
Couldn't believe we won that game. We never looked liked scoring until then. They had Chris Kamara playing for them - he was one dirty batsard.
I recollect there were Spurs in the North Bank, at the Billy Bonds testimonial in '78. Mind you, Spam went in the shelf for Skip's game a few month later. Was mayhem at WHL station after the game...also went off at South Tottenham station.
Remember scum fans lobbing lumps of rock into the ground from Avenell Road.
We played Boro at home, first game of the 79/80 season. Was the first time they'd actually brought any numbers of sorts down. After the game some of their lot got a kicking on the High Road. Then one punk Boro fan ran across Bromley Road and got knocked over by a car - wasn't too badly injured.
When we went up there for the return game in November, it was a nasty atmosphere. Someone had sprayed "Spurs die" on a wall in our end. All game you could feel the hatred in the air. We went up by coach and at Boro Bridge services "met" some Chelscum on their way to Sunderland.
There was a certain old goon of the time who was known for wrapping bricks in scarfs and throwing them from close range after enticing you in with sob stories...after that particular semi he got caught on his lonesome in the robinson crusoe opps clissold park on green lanes and got severly dealt with by one of ours..i mean severly battered
I get in that pub on occasion.I might ask the guvner to put a blue plaque up
Remember it well,one of my first away games.I was standing outside the away end about 1pm waiting to get in (there were about 100 of us) when a small group of Wolves emerged from the subway and charged straight at us.Roughly half of us stood our ground the others took flight,some of ours were very young-barely teenagers.Wolves just ran straight past those of us who stood and chased the kids into the nearby carpark,how very brave of them!! Fyi we won 1-0,Tony Galvin with the only goal.Sad to report that four days previously we had lost at home 4-0 to West Ham.I remember all of those days as if they were yesterday!!
Was that when David Cross( i think) scored all 4?
That just added to my hatred of that lot.
Does anyone remember Leeds away in 1980? We hired a Kennings van for this. There were 5 of us - all living in Tottenham. (how times change). Got up there around 12.30 and parked up in the car park next to the ground. We had those Cockney Spurs t -shirts on at the time, so everyone knew who we were. As we walked past one of the stands , there were a load of Leeds sitting on a wall watching us. Then a group of them came over to us. One of our lot who was a right nutter said to one of them; "Look pal, if you wanna steam us, you'd better do it now" They just backed off in a state of shock. We kept on walking towards our end, and all the time we could hear footsteps behind us, increasing in volume. Then we heard a shout of; "Get the cockney bastards" The five of us turned and saw what must have been around 30 Leeds coming towards us. We stood our ground, which surprised them. Only a few of them actually wanted to fight, but we were still outnumbered. Then this car pulls up and these 4 massive geezers jump out, shouting in Northern accents. We thought that was our lot. But it turned out they were Mansfield Spurs (one of them was born in Enfield). One of them took out a baseball bat from the boot and within seconds Leeds were on the retreat. We stayed friends with them for years afterwards.
The game itself finished 0-0. At the final whistle a load of us scaled the fencing and got on to the pitch. We headed to the kop end where Leeds had been mouthing off the whole game. We got to the centre circle, before OB pushed us back. Coming out of the coach park afterwards, we were still chasing Leeds. Saw some Spurs in another van, from Basingstoke...and we kept in touch with them.
On the way back home, picked up a couple of female hitch hikers from Stockton and had a brilliant drink-up in Northampton.....where one of ours got so pissed that he jumped through a glass window.
We eventually dropped off the two girls in Finsbury Park.
All in - one of the best away days ever.
The game itself finished 0-0. At the final whistle a load of us scaled the fencing and got on to the pitch. We headed to the kop end where Leeds had been mouthing off the whole game. We got to the centre circle, before OB pushed us back. Coming out of the coach park afterwards, we were still chasing Leeds. Saw some Spurs in another van, from Basingstoke...and we kept in touch with them.
On the way back home, picked up a couple of female hitch hikers from Stockton and had a brilliant drink-up in Northampton.....where one of ours got so pissed that he jumped through a glass window.
We eventually dropped off the two girls in Finsbury Park.
All in - one of the best away days ever.
Great stories mate, keep em coming
Don't talk to me about the 4-0!!! Came out after the game and was walking up Park Lane. These Spurs fans surrounded me and said "You're West ham aren't you?" of course I said I'm Tottenham. They said prove it. Didn't have any colours on. Next thing I was punched and kicked and ended up spending the night in the North Mid for observation.
The very next day I went to a tattooist just off Bounces Road and got a cockerel with THFC underneath.
Seven quid for the cockerel and a pound for the writing.
I remember they brought loads ,or it seemed it.They spilled over on to the pitch,not just chaps ,ordinary fans as well.i remember two skinhead girls being escorted to the Worcester Ave bit up by the half way line, where me and a mate were.They refused to be put in there so the OB took em back to the Park lane.