Post by tiptoes on Jan 25, 2022 12:53:17 GMT
I'm getting fed up to the back teeth with reading headlines that with this latest outbreak of missiles being thrown at players in football grounds represents a throwback to the dark ages of the 1980s!
Anyone who went to football matches in the 70s and 80s will tell you that hooliganism was far more widespread in the former decade. Yeah, there was no incident on the scale of Heysel in the 70s although the mighty Spurs started the trend of fv abroad in 1974 when Feyenoord got battered and it was continued by Man U at St Etienne and Leeds later on in the decade. My mates who followed BHA had far more fun in the old div 3 going to places like Swindon, Peterborough and Chesterfield back in 76/7 although they got their come uppance a year later when the still mighty Spurs caused carnage. They even took a hiding from Arsenal later on. Remember Man Us journey of destruction everywhere they visited the year they were relegated in 74/5 and by the 80s it was all quiet. Yup clubs like Chelsea, Leeds especially and Cardiff were still doing the hard yards in the 80s but overall it was a far quieter period on the hooligan front than the 70s.
Anyone who went to football matches in the 70s and 80s will tell you that hooliganism was far more widespread in the former decade. Yeah, there was no incident on the scale of Heysel in the 70s although the mighty Spurs started the trend of fv abroad in 1974 when Feyenoord got battered and it was continued by Man U at St Etienne and Leeds later on in the decade. My mates who followed BHA had far more fun in the old div 3 going to places like Swindon, Peterborough and Chesterfield back in 76/7 although they got their come uppance a year later when the still mighty Spurs caused carnage. They even took a hiding from Arsenal later on. Remember Man Us journey of destruction everywhere they visited the year they were relegated in 74/5 and by the 80s it was all quiet. Yup clubs like Chelsea, Leeds especially and Cardiff were still doing the hard yards in the 80s but overall it was a far quieter period on the hooligan front than the 70s.
