LionOfGosforth Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I used to love man united away. Knowing we'd get bummed but not caring at all. "legs off" if anyone remembers that guy? First year in ages I missed we got a draw, that was about nine years ago and I haven't been since. Only got to OT twice but both were memorable for different reasons. Went there early in the 84/85 season soon after promotion. We got absolutely pasted 5 nowt and played s**** generally (apart from moments from Waddle and Beardsley) but it was memorable for the sheer amount of Toon fans at the game. It's easy to exaggerate a large away following but there had to be at least 12000 Newcastle fans there and if you watch the highlights that are out there, you can see we had that entire end behind the goal and a bit up the side as well. I could swear we had more fans there that day than even Liverpool and Everton did in that era. Also went in the 87/88 season for the 2-2 with Mirandinha scoring 2 and although he was uncoordinated and greedy and generally lacking in any type of awareness whatsoever, he was a treat to watch that day. He scored from a deflected free kick that seemed at the time to take about 4 seconds to trundle into the net and a mad back-post header from a flicked-on corner. Can remember getting pelted with coins after both goals by the c***s next to us. Everything happened in the first half, loads of action and then the second half, from memory, nowt seemed to happen at all. Tons of memories from the 84-98 era, hard to only pick out a few. yep was at that one, in the paddocks, almost to the half way line down the side. remember speaking to some man utd fans years later who said they were in the stretford end that day, and were shitting themselves when they saw how many of us there was- but f*** me OT made some noise then when they scored. was it 52k crowd? Would have to look it up but their big gates in those days were around 55-56k so probably right around there. Aye it was loud as f*** when they scored, OT in those days, seemed like there was something about the construction/acoustics of the Stretford end that created some amazing noise levels when they scored. Remember seeing them on the news beat Liverpool in the very last minute with a long range curler by Davenport, Easter 87, deafening when the goal went in. We had played at Everton that day, got tanked 3 nowt (Wayne Clarke hat-trick) and I can remember seeing loads of Liverpool fans on the way to Manchester as we were going to Liverpool same day, full of themselves, giving us the Vs and generally being worky tickets. Then heading home, their faces on the coaches going back to Liverpool as we left the city were a f***ing picture. Everton basically won the league that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I used to love man united away. Knowing we'd get bummed but not caring at all. "legs off" if anyone remembers that guy? First year in ages I missed we got a draw, that was about nine years ago and I haven't been since. Only got to OT twice but both were memorable for different reasons. Went there early in the 84/85 season soon after promotion. We got absolutely pasted 5 nowt and played s**** generally (apart from moments from Waddle and Beardsley) but it was memorable for the sheer amount of Toon fans at the game. It's easy to exaggerate a large away following but there had to be at least 12000 Newcastle fans there and if you watch the highlights that are out there, you can see we had that entire end behind the goal and a bit up the side as well. I could swear we had more fans there that day than even Liverpool and Everton did in that era. Also went in the 87/88 season for the 2-2 with Mirandinha scoring 2 and although he was uncoordinated and greedy and generally lacking in any type of awareness whatsoever, he was a treat to watch that day. He scored from a deflected free kick that seemed at the time to take about 4 seconds to trundle into the net and a mad back-post header from a flicked-on corner. Can remember getting pelted with coins after both goals by the c***s next to us. Everything happened in the first half, loads of action and then the second half, from memory, nowt seemed to happen at all. Tons of memories from the 84-98 era, hard to only pick out a few. yep was at that one, in the paddocks, almost to the half way line down the side. remember speaking to some man utd fans years later who said they were in the stretford end that day, and were shitting themselves when they saw how many of us there was- but f*** me OT made some noise then when they scored. was it 52k crowd? I was there. We started off in two paddocks behind the goal then as more cane in the law cleared paddocks of them to let us in, paddock after paddock after paddock. We had paddocks from one half way flag to the other., Jasper Olsen ran us ragged (hat trick I think) I bought the very things "bushes scream" from some record shop in the arndale and kept it safe through an attack on the van.l Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 just reading the post about the half time entertainment yesterday, got me thinking if we've ever had any decent HT ent.? Can recall a pipe band once, Norman wisdom, and RAF military dogs chasing and biting people?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Half time heroes was the way forward. Half time entertainment shouldn't be necessary anyways if you ask me. Load of shite. I'm sure people can go without 15mins of "entertainment". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 just reading the post about the half time entertainment yesterday, got me thinking if we've ever had any decent HT ent.? Can recall a pipe band once, Norman wisdom, and RAF military dogs chasing and biting people?? The Geordie Dancer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Pretty sure we had zorb balls races a few seasons ago which used to be quite fun. Zorb balls for those who may unaware of what they are (not on water obviously): http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/140764922267-0-1/s-l1000.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 They'd be quality if brought back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 They really wouldn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Remember a guy about 10 years ago who sat not far behind me with curly greyish hair who used to make like a horn sound whilst doing an arm movement like pulling a cord. Seen him at aways too. Always seemed smashed. Never knew who he was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 I used to love man united away. Knowing we'd get bummed but not caring at all. "legs off" if anyone remembers that guy? First year in ages I missed we got a draw, that was about nine years ago and I haven't been since. I seen him as well he was next to me at villa away about 2006 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNGLEGIONNAIRE Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 just reading the post about the half time entertainment yesterday, got me thinking if we've ever had any decent HT ent.? Can recall a pipe band once, Norman wisdom, and RAF military dogs chasing and biting people?? Norman Wisdom ... That was against Sheff Wed wasn't it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Crossbar challenge is all the HT entertainment I need like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 I remember being in a bar somewhere and "Sit doon, if you love the Toon" amongst other variations were being sung then that bloke did that with his prosthetic limb. Was fucking hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 The bloke who did the Tarzan yell in the 80s, didn't matter what end you were in you could hear it from anywhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Wasn't slap your lass with a Christmas tree mentioned on here recently? I still have no idea what it means, if anything. whip patsy Kensit Whip patsy kensit Whip patsy kensit Till she bleeds, yee hah! Oh when the beans come out the tin. He'd also do the double decker theme, I remember helping him with the bell and horn sounds at Peterborogh. He slipped on a pie at a game in the mid 90s, cracked his head and he's had loads of problems since. Quite sad really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 The bloke who did the Tarzan yell in the 80s, didn't matter what end you were in you could hear it from anywhere Remember it well. Funnily enough someone did it down at Rotherham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Remember an away game in the 80's when somebody got thrown in the Trent.it was handily placed next to Notts county's ground. The day was filled with comic book violence,unbelievably some grounds back then had freedom of movement for fans inside and this was one of them. There was this big ginger lump in a sheepskin and he was lamping Toon fans left, right and centre.One of the lads in our crowd got his head dunked in the hamburger vans containers, with brine and onions. He was fucking reeking on the bus back.....and we got beat as usual,great times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 just reading the post about the half time entertainment yesterday, got me thinking if we've ever had any decent HT ent.? Can recall a pipe band once, Norman wisdom, and RAF military dogs chasing and biting people?? The Geordie Dancer? Good god. I remember him. Remember coming out of the stairwell on level 7, looking down to the pitch to see that knacker doing his thing. His stained black top and cheap trousers combo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Did anyone used to go to the old ODEON to watch matches when they weren't there? Was great fun as a kid - think they showed most games, even if they weren't televised. Particularly remember 3-2 at QPR there, 2-1 at Anfield in the League Cup and the 97/98 opener v Sheff Wed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Used to take my eldest. Can remember the high pitched screams and kids singing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Remember an away game in the 80's when somebody got thrown in the Trent.it was handily placed next to Notts county's ground. The day was filled with comic book violence,unbelievably some grounds back then had freedom of movement for fans inside and this was one of them. There was this big ginger lump in a sheepskin and he was lamping Toon fans left, right and centre.One of the lads in our crowd got his head dunked in the hamburger vans containers, with brine and onions. He was f***ing reeking on the bus back.....and we got beat as usual,great times Was that before/after the last game of the season 86/87? If it was that game, I don't recall anyone getting thrown in the Trent, but there was a quite amazing pitch battle at the end of the game, about 40 a side, went on for a good 2-3 mins. I remember watching it from the benches, we lost the game 2-1, huge Toon contingent there. Gazza scored our goal when put clean through, can recall the celebrations, fans on the pitch and we were 2 down at the time in an end-of-season game that meant nowt. Different times, think it was about 3 quid a ticket to get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Used to take my eldest. Can remember the high pitched screams and kids singing. Aye, I think maybe it was a Junior Magpies thing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 That's it, yes it was. There was a Metro Radio presenter for half time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I remember being a young un out sjp on a matchday, we used to hang around while the match was on so we could get autographs after the game. This guy comes up to us about ten minutes in and asks if we want two tickets, absolutely buzzing, had probably only been to a couple of games at this point. Couldn't believe our luck. Anyway get our seats, watch the game (Leicester) and heskey gets sent off near the end and I remember shouting 'bye bye fatty' only to get the filthiest look by a bloke near me. Took me.ages.to figure out why he was so mad at me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Did anyone used to go to the old ODEON to watch matches when they weren't there? Was great fun as a kid - think they showed most games, even if they weren't televised. Particularly remember 3-2 at QPR there, 2-1 at Anfield in the League Cup and the 97/98 opener v Sheff Wed. Aye, 2-0 defeat at Anfield. Proper odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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