west ham hard as nails

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

WHY ? CCFC

So What happened?

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

When was that? The one where a few sentences were dished out after?

West Ham get slagged off and all of a sudden 'Woody' turns up

WHY ? CCFC

stood their ground,heavily out numbered,pelted with stones,charged on numerous occassions,just kept waiking towards us.Iwas a schoolkid at the time,and i realise w.ham not going run from me,but there was plenty of well known names ,from that era that stopped short when they realised w. ham wasnt going to run

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

When was that? The one where a few sentences were dished out after?

79-80 season.before thecasual,s came in.the guy next to me was wearing a pin stripped suit,with massive flares

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

When was that? The one where a few sentences were dished out after?

79-80 season.before thecasual,s came in.the guy next to me was wearing a pin stripped suit,with massive flares

writes like swansea lad.

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

When was that? The one where a few sentences were dished out after?

79-80 season.before thecasual,s came in.the guy next to me was wearing a pin stripped suit,with massive flares

writes like swansea lad.

Dresses like him, too. Flares in 79-80? Must've been Swansea!

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

When was that? The one where a few sentences were dished out after?

79-80 season.before thecasual,s came in.the guy next to me was wearing a pin stripped suit,with massive flares

writes like swansea lad.

Dresses like him, too. Flares in 79-80? Must've been Swansea!

just telling like it was

just read on board w.ham didnt cause many problems on there visits to s.wales.should have been outside ninian pub, after the 0.0 draw. when w.ham turned up,without police escort.most impressive

When was that? The one where a few sentences were dished out after?

79-80 season.before thecasual,s came in.the guy next to me was wearing a pin stripped suit,with massive flares

writes like swansea lad.

Dresses like him, too. Flares in 79-80? Must've been Swansea!

just telling like it was

I don't doubt it, mate. I know some fashion victims, myself!

West ham , let me think. Yes that was the time, they set a motorbike on fire outside The Old Arcade, and it blew up! Yes they came with quite a big crew but not a lot happened in town before game. They brought about 30 onto corner of Bob Bank. They came down the corner by the floodlight with a very large black guy who decided to flatten a couple of cardiff guys. As the roar went up he was engulfed as B troop steamed in. They got smashed and soon got backed out. The black guy got the worst of it with one of the B brothers breaking his own leg! Don't get me wrong they were probably one of the best firms on their day. They were barbaric as we're all the London firms. As for the ninian pub I can't remember anything significant happening. Oh by the way it wasn't before the casuals either, woody as many of us were bouncing round in Lois cords, Velcro strapped trainers, woollen cycling jumpers, Pringles and leather wolf jackets. Ha ha we just come out of the skinhead era.

dont think was same match.it was a night match.maybe it was 78-79 season.they didnt bring many.that was what made it so impressive

dont think was same match.it was a night match.maybe it was 78-79 season.they didnt bring many.that was what made it so impressive

woody maybe you ought to go and have your head examined..my friends and me were all wearing casual clothes in 79/80..but like you said you were only a school boy then...the only time i can remember west ham having a proper go was at west ham and you can read all about it in annis''s book...

dont think was same match.it was a night match.maybe it was 78-79 season.they didnt bring many.that was what made it so impressive

woody maybe you ought to go and have your head examined..my friends and me were all wearing casual clothes in 79/80..but like you said you were only a school boy then...the only time i can remember west ham having a proper go was at west ham and you can read all about it in annis''s book...

rather spend my money on booze

went to west ham that season got battered, the hardest ground i been to.

but west ham never had it all there own way, and from what i can remember
city fans got clapped for coming back the next year.

as for NP they did turn up but from what i can rember they trashed in bob bank.

from my experience west ham was the hardest place to go and chelsea were the best
away from home, but spurs had good crown out in fa cup 77/78.

but all those days gone

who's NP.Millwall away was bad.their crew the bushwackers were aptly named

went to west ham that season got battered, the hardest ground i been to.

but west ham never had it all there own way, and from what i can remember
city fans got clapped for coming back the next year.

as for NP they did turn up but from what i can rember they trashed in bob bank.

from my experience west ham was the hardest place to go and chelsea were the best
away from home, but spurs had good crown out in fa cup 77/78.

but all those days gone

spikey remember spurs game very well after the game we came out of the ground and there were a handfull of yids there one black guy had a dustbin lid...fair play they stayed and held there ground...

Who's NP? Oh my days. As EMF sang 'unbelievable'. WUM.

I was on the Bob Bank in April 80 with a mate reading a programme at half time when a mob gathered to the back of us (West ham) & they made a surge into a number of city fans & what i can remember West Ham certainly did'nt take no hiding. I had no interest in their antics but as a neutral observer there was no way did they get battered.

dont think was same match.it was a night match.maybe it was 78-79 season.they didnt bring many.that was what made it so impressive

woody maybe you ought to go and have your head examined..my friends and me were all wearing casual clothes in 79/80..but like you said you were only a school boy then...the only time i can remember west ham having a proper go was at west ham and you can read all about it in annis''s book...

79/80 was in the midst of the mod/skinhead revival, so I can't remember any Cardiff wearing casual clothes in those days.

Jimmy remember the west ham trip when our coach pulled up near the Boleyn pub and the mob in front of us. Even the old bill were shitting it. They kept saying don't start singing . I thought don't worry I ain't . I think it was 1978 . When we got by the Boleyn they piled out . I remember hearing "kam on u fecking welsh slags".bit of fisticuffs in the doorway followed. Nasty horrible place. Coach was mainly Llanrumney , Trowbridge and Ely boys.

I was on the Bob Bank in April 80 with a mate reading a programme at half time when a mob gathered to the back of us (West ham) & they made a surge into a number of city fans & what i can remember West Ham certainly did'nt take no hiding. I had no interest in their antics but as a neutral observer there was no way did they get battered.

.... Well your the only one whos ever said they never took a beating . Cass pennant was not the black fella either. How long did they stay on the bob bank then. I am not saying cardiff were a match for them then. But 30 on the bob bank was a bad mistake

What i can remember it was all over within a minute but in all honesty i would never have said they took a battering & it was they who took it to the City. In all fairness though West Ham in the late 70's to early 80's were probably the best mob ever seen in Britain, when Bill Gardiner used to use his trademark ""good afternoon gentlemen, the name's Bill Gardiner" it must have sent shivers down most fans spines.They were probably the only firm to ever to take it to Millwall at the Old den in the 70's .

dont think was same match.it was a night match.maybe it was 78-79 season.they didnt bring many.that was what made it so impressive

woody maybe you ought to go and have your head examined..my friends and me were all wearing casual clothes in 79/80..but like you said you were only a school boy then...the only time i can remember west ham having a proper go was at west ham and you can read all about it in annis''s book...

79/80 was in the midst of the mod/skinhead revival, so I can't remember any Cardiff wearing casual clothes in those days.

........ Nedd we were casual then . Not many but we were there and defo not wearing £5 donkey jackets from Millets might of jumped the gun on the Lois cords by a year but it was well over 3 decades ago. Best days of my life

remember the west ham away game well, got to the pub and every thing was thrown at us, got to the ground could not wait to get in, felt safe for a min until noticed only segragation was a line of police, they were in with us going off every few mins.

the they sany there's only one way out , very frightening, after thegame game they came from every were, a lot of the coach windows put in, and the one we were on was going to Germany for the welsh game the next day.

spurs in FA cup after game, came out put straight on my arse, and then the grange end gates closed for a few mins,
then re-opened and every one piled out, the tall spurs fan in some sort arm coat who put me on my arse went straight down, but kept getting up, fair play to them they were game.

first time i went to west ham was april 1979...easter saturday i think.....we got off the coaches and walked towards the ground....they came out of the pub throwing glasses and chairs....i don't remember any fight just everyone running towards the away end....some that run back the other way didn't even get to the game.....in the ground they were in with us

next time was november 1979.....i went to the game but i can't remember any bother.....i seem to remember that adder glas coaches dropped fans in london and they had to make their own way to the ground

then october 1980....mid week game.....went up on a half empty coach....mostly filled with the barry boys....i can't remember any bother

dont think was same match.it was a night match.maybe it was 78-79 season.they didnt bring many.that was what made it so impressive

woody maybe you ought to go and have your head examined..my friends and me were all wearing casual clothes in 79/80..but like you said you were only a school boy then...the only time i can remember west ham having a proper go was at west ham and you can read all about it in annis''s book...

79/80 was in the midst of the mod/skinhead revival, so I can't remember any Cardiff wearing casual clothes in those days.

........ Nedd we were casual then . Not many but we were there and defo not wearing £5 donkey jackets from Millets might of jumped the gun on the Lois cords by a year but it was well over 3 decades ago. Best days of my life

nedd me and my friends were wearing casual clothes in those days..its just a lot of other fans down the city were not up with the times and fashion

I was on the Bob Bank in April 80 with a mate reading a programme at half time when a mob gathered to the back of us (West ham) & they made a surge into a number of city fans & what i can remember West Ham certainly did'nt take no hiding. I had no interest in their antics but as a neutral observer there was no way did they get battered.

.... Well your the only one whos ever said they never took a beating . Cass pennant was not the black fella either. How long did they stay on the bob bank then. I am not saying cardiff were a match for them then. But 30 on the bob bank was a bad mistake

yid we were there..i know what happened they had a kicking ...like you said one of the b.troop members broke there leg in the mayhem..west ham were good in there day..but that day they bit off more than they could chew

to cardiff yid the black guy got tangled up on the green fence on the way over it got a few slaps of ely