Nice one Dave. About 10 of us went in a tranny van, we stopped somewhere in Brum & 2 lads nipped out for a pi*s, police appeared from nowhere and nicked 'em. The police told us to ring the station after match to collect them A copper then climbed in the back of our van and emptied bottles of beer all over the floor - great - we had to perch from then on to avoid getting soaked.
Like you say, Shezza's goal gave us a few minutes of joy. After game we found massive "estate" pub somewhere in Brum so we could use the phone. Eventually police told us our mates had been released. The pub started to fill up with locals who "took a dislike" to us - after a bit of argy-bargy we had to make a hasty exit, just getting away in our van. The next day we learned that our 2 mates were still being held when we had rung. They were released at 2am in Brum city centre with no money or coats - not good when one of them had a Leeds shirt on - they had to hide until it got light and then hitch home! Happy days... 😉 Ted H On Tue, 29 May 2018, 16:58 [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote: > Just read on waccoe that it is 31 years since we lost to Charlton in the > play off finalA day out I remember well - It was pre mobile phones and yet > myself from Manchester, and my two mates coming from Bristol and Leeds > respectively managed to meet up in a pub outside New street (following our > 'first right out of the station and then keep walking to first pub, unless > there is one obvious from station' plan that we always used came up trumps > as it most often did)We ended up in the afternoon when the pubs shut (was > before 24 hr opening) getting some bottles and going to a local park where > we, along with some other Leeds fans, ended up playing an impromptu game of > football (my mate smuggled the ball into the ground where Ian Baird kicked > it back into the stands in the pre-match warm up) > On the way to the ground I saw what I thought was the only Brummie lad I > knew (from a course at work) turns out it was his twin brother !! > We swamped the ground with Charlton having around 300 in one corner - the > play-offs had not really taken off and are not the dog and pony show they > are now. > Then that glorious moment when Shez (possibly my old time Leeds favourite) > got that free-kick and the world was magnificent for a few minutes and then > all came crashing down. > The 'we will support you ever more' songs after the final whistle and > Baird getting stripped down to his undies. A dodgy walk back to New Street > with Brum fans trying to ambush us all the way back and being chased off. > I always remember the journey back (we all went to Leeds) sat in total > silence for around an hour and then someone said "imagine this team in the > first division (as it was)" - that cracked us all up and the atmosphere > become one of gallows humour but humour non the less. Got to Leeds in time > for a couple of late night beers but we were not in the mood for it, so > back to my mates house where he put his Leeds United LP on the stereo and > on repeat as we stayed up till the early hours. Then a trek back home to > Salford thinking of what might have been to find a message on my > answerphone from my (scum supporting ) cousin saying "for once I wanted > Leeds to win then I heard after the goal 'are you watching / listening (?) > Manchester and that reminded him how much he hated us" > > Great days > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
