I WAS ONE OF THE FEW

During the era when we were banned from the vetch, I was one of the few that made it in, thanks to me old mate Beefy who many will remember seeing in his wheelchair all around the country (usually sleeping thru the match coz he was pissed )

Well over that years that wheelchair got us into more locked doors and closed pubs than I'd like to own up to, and on this occasion it worked again, we got thru the police ring around the Vetch and just blagged our way in. We wre put as always pitch side not far from the dugouts.

There may have been a handful of City fans lucky enough to have got in, but they had to sit on their hands, we however went ballistic when Simon Howarth scored, after the goal he wheeled around and the only fans he seen celebrating was this giant and a 4ft eight bloke in a wheelchair, he ran over to celebrate in front of us, it was like having a personal audience with the Pope.

The chief steward seen this and run over to us shouting"no cheering" well after we stopped laughing we told him to go f**k himself, and he threatened to throw us out, and i said that would make great headlines in the paper, disabled fan thrown out of football ground for cheering, even he was bright enough to see he was in a no win situation.

I was half expecting to find half of Swansea waiting outside for us, but I had a plan, and i was going to push Beefy into them in his chair and run like f**k to save myself, but luckily there was no need.

I was one of the ones sitting on my hands

Disrespectful that.

Can't beat the memories, good to read them

Not sure which game it was for, but it was while away fans were banned. 5 of us got tickets and drove down.
got as far as by the prison on the walk to the ground before we got rumbled by the police who promptly sent us packing, on leaving the car park we was pulled over and had the car turned inside out before being escorted a gd few miles back down the M4. still got the unused ticket somewhere........do you think i could get a refund?

you should be on the stage Gwyn....that cracked me up.

I also sneaked into the vetch ,if I remember we lost 3-1 and it snowed like f**k after the game.

I also sneaked into the vetch ,if I remember we lost 3-1 and it snowed like f**k after the game.

Outside, Barbara the ob kindly pointed out we were Cardiff

not as cool as the one when we battererd a few of yours and spent 2 nights in cocket police station ehough.

During the era when we were banned from the vetch, I was one of the few that made it in, thanks to me old mate Beefy who many will remember seeing in his wheelchair all around the country (usually sleeping thru the match coz he was pissed )

Well over that years that wheelchair got us into more locked doors and closed pubs than I'd like to own up to, and on this occasion it worked again, we got thru the police ring around the Vetch and just blagged our way in. We wre put as always pitch side not far from the dugouts.

There may have been a handful of City fans lucky enough to have got in, but they had to sit on their hands, we however went ballistic when Simon Howarth scored, after the goal he wheeled around and the only fans he seen celebrating was this giant and a 4ft eight bloke in a wheelchair, he ran over to celebrate in front of us, it was like having a personal audience with the Pope.

The chief steward seen this and run over to us shouting"no cheering" well after we stopped laughing we told him to go f**k himself, and he threatened to throw us out, and i said that would make great headlines in the paper, disabled fan thrown out of football ground for cheering, even he was bright enough to see he was in a no win situation.

I was half expecting to find half of Swansea waiting outside for us, but I had a plan, and i was going to push Beefy into them in his chair and run like f**k to save myself, but luckily there was no need.

Were you there for the game in the snow gwyn? Or the boumd last minute winner? Now they were games

During the era when we were banned from the vetch, I was one of the few that made it in, thanks to me old mate Beefy who many will remember seeing in his wheelchair all around the country (usually sleeping thru the match coz he was pissed )

Well over that years that wheelchair got us into more locked doors and closed pubs than I'd like to own up to, and on this occasion it worked again, we got thru the police ring around the Vetch and just blagged our way in. We wre put as always pitch side not far from the dugouts.

There may have been a handful of City fans lucky enough to have got in, but they had to sit on their hands, we however went ballistic when Simon Howarth scored, after the goal he wheeled around and the only fans he seen celebrating was this giant and a 4ft eight bloke in a wheelchair, he ran over to celebrate in front of us, it was like having a personal audience with the Pope.

The chief steward seen this and run over to us shouting"no cheering" well after we stopped laughing we told him to go f**k himself, and he threatened to throw us out, and i said that would make great headlines in the paper, disabled fan thrown out of football ground for cheering, even he was bright enough to see he was in a no win situation.

I was half expecting to find half of Swansea waiting outside for us, but I had a plan, and i was going to push Beefy into them in his chair and run like f**k to save myself, but luckily there was no need.

Were you there for the game in the snow gwyn? Or the boumd last minute winner? Now they were games

The bound last minute winner was a killer blow, I was paralytic that day on a bottle of vodka

During the era when we were banned from the vetch, I was one of the few that made it in, thanks to me old mate Beefy who many will remember seeing in his wheelchair all around the country (usually sleeping thru the match coz he was pissed )

Well over that years that wheelchair got us into more locked doors and closed pubs than I'd like to own up to, and on this occasion it worked again, we got thru the police ring around the Vetch and just blagged our way in. We wre put as always pitch side not far from the dugouts.

There may have been a handful of City fans lucky enough to have got in, but they had to sit on their hands, we however went ballistic when Simon Howarth scored, after the goal he wheeled around and the only fans he seen celebrating was this giant and a 4ft eight bloke in a wheelchair, he ran over to celebrate in front of us, it was like having a personal audience with the Pope.

The chief steward seen this and run over to us shouting"no cheering" well after we stopped laughing we told him to go f**k himself, and he threatened to throw us out, and i said that would make great headlines in the paper, disabled fan thrown out of football ground for cheering, even he was bright enough to see he was in a no win situation.

I was half expecting to find half of Swansea waiting outside for us, but I had a plan, and i was going to push Beefy into them in his chair and run like f**k to save myself, but luckily there was no need.

Got chased the night it snowed down there and we lost by a few..
I ran past you , beefy and i think jeff hill?
You asked us if everything was ok i said no we are being chased and to be fair Gwyn you said come and stand by us but we carried on running like f*ck
About 30 jacks chasing 2

The two times we were totally banned from the Vetch.

I got a girl to drive a couple of us down there and I managed to get to a turnstile and as I was just about to go in, I felt a hand on my shoulder by a copper I didn't know, saying no chance Annis and just said best just to go home, as I walked away from the Vetch there were some mad Valleys just standing out on the main road shouting do the

Another time when we were banned we went in cars again, but managed to get in to the Swansea section at the opposite end to the empty away terrace and within minutes Barbara and Jeff Richards both our coppers came over and spotted us out and we were taken to the empty away end, within 20 minutes of the game, the away section had over 400 Banned Cardiff fans in there singing you'll Never ban a City fan Would the Jacks have ever done that down our place, the simple answer is No they never did.

The two times we were totally banned from the Vetch.

I got a girl to drive a couple of us down there and I managed to get to a turnstile and as I was just about to go in, I felt a hand on my shoulder by a copper I didn't know, saying no chance Annis and just said best just to go home, as I walked away from the Vetch there were some mad Valleys just standing out on the main road shouting do the

Another time when we were banned we went in cars again, but managed to get in to the Swansea section at the opposite end to the empty away terrace and within minutes Barbara and Jeff Richards both our coppers came over and spotted us out and we were taken to the empty away end, within 20 minutes of the game, the away section had over 400 Banned Cardiff fans in there singing you'll Never ban a City fan Would the Jacks have ever done that down our place, the simple answer is No they never did.

Barbara grassed me up that game as well. Whatever happened to her my lasting memory of her was seeing her in tears at Victoria station at the millwall away game in 99
They kept us in the underground tunnel and it kicked off with the police as our more claustrophobic fans went nuts

The two times we were totally banned from the Vetch.

I got a girl to drive a couple of us down there and I managed to get to a turnstile and as I was just about to go in, I felt a hand on my shoulder by a copper I didn't know, saying no chance Annis and just said best just to go home, as I walked away from the Vetch there were some mad Valleys just standing out on the main road shouting do the

Another time when we were banned we went in cars again, but managed to get in to the Swansea section at the opposite end to the empty away terrace and within minutes Barbara and Jeff Richards both our coppers came over and spotted us out and we were taken to the empty away end, within 20 minutes of the game, the away section had over 400 Banned Cardiff fans in there singing you'll Never ban a City fan Would the Jacks have ever done that down our place, the simple answer is No they never did.

Barbara grassed me up that game as well. Whatever happened to her my lasting memory of her was seeing her in tears at Victoria station at the millwall away game in 99
They kept us in the underground tunnel and it kicked off with the police as our more claustrophobic fans went nuts

Steve, she just seemed to just vanish from being a police woman and never seen again, there were stories she was removed from the policem but no one seems to know.

The two times we were totally banned from the Vetch.

I got a girl to drive a couple of us down there and I managed to get to a turnstile and as I was just about to go in, I felt a hand on my shoulder by a copper I didn't know, saying no chance Annis and just said best just to go home, as I walked away from the Vetch there were some mad Valleys just standing out on the main road shouting do the

Another time when we were banned we went in cars again, but managed to get in to the Swansea section at the opposite end to the empty away terrace and within minutes Barbara and Jeff Richards both our coppers came over and spotted us out and we were taken to the empty away end, within 20 minutes of the game, the away section had over 400 Banned Cardiff fans in there singing you'll Never ban a City fan Would the Jacks have ever done that down our place, the simple answer is No they never did.

Barbara grassed me up that game as well. Whatever happened to her my lasting memory of her was seeing her in tears at Victoria station at the millwall away game in 99
They kept us in the underground tunnel and it kicked off with the police as our more claustrophobic fans went nuts

Steve, she just seemed to just vanish from being a police woman and never seen again, there were stories she was removed from the policem but no one seems to know.

She had it in for me she loved picking me out.. I asked jeff the copper where's Babs these days at a game he didn't say much only that she's living in spain or similar.
When i went to the vetch there certainly wasn't 400 cardiff there then but this night was when it snowed pretty bad.

Friend of mine was a Swansea fan, it was very rare in the Rhondda at that time. He got me in on the North bank. Hands in pockets but a blue, yellow & white scarf tied around my waist. That was one of my last away games but still got my ST for home games.

Lost contact with my friend, he stopped watching football last I heard he was going down to watch the Scarlets chasing egg.