Mucker1884

If there is one thing we have proven at DCFC it's that doing the same things over and over again never causes us any problems at all. So bring him home!

Found it!
17th Jan 1981...
(3 days short of my 18th!  What an horrendous thought! 😲)
 
Reference to Bolton v Derby match postponed...
https://www.derbycountymemories.co.uk/derby-county-postponed-programmes-from-the-1980s
 
Same date... Chesterfield 0 v Charlton 1
https://www.11v11.com/matches/chesterfield-v-charlton-athletic-17-january-1981-137802/
 
Brownie points to @Daly duncan emery duncan for remembering the away team.  (Wise of me not to argue that one! 🤣)
The result probably explains why we were welcomed in the away end throughout.  I'm almost certain we would have joined in the celebrations when they scored!  🤣

not all of them!  
Waggy is a right laugh! 

Surely we must
Shittor bust
The pressure rises
So please, no nasty surprises
 
Home win
3-1
Collins
 
#neverindoubt
#don'tknowwhatweweresoworriedabout
#ohyeoflittlefaith
#whatapleasantevening
#etc

No, you hang up!

When does this not commenting start?

Oh

Can we use a different short cut for his name ?. I find CBT somewhat unsettling.

I thought it was a pleasant disposition and a beard?
When did this change?  🤷‍♂️

the CBT thread is that way

What’s Steve Ovett got to do with it ?

🤣🤣I must have been with you at the chesterfield game 6 or 7 of us went up to Bolton on train got half way & found out was postponed . Headed to chesterfield must have seen your lads in pub or something but we went game in their end behind goal few  schuffles etc marched round to away end etc I’m sure it was charlton though not orient 😃 . Ilson lads were always going Barnet as was really big game for them derby did play Chelsea same day but not many travelled . I wasn’t at Barnet but did attend the ilson v Enfield game famous for the green berets 🤣🤣🍺🐏 cheers 

Oh!
So it does!
Well I never!
etc 🤣
 
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Yes feel free 🤣🤣

See what you did there given we are next up

We had an away game at Bolton, postponed just as we arrived at Derby Bus Station.
Rather than lose the money for the privately hired coach, we took a look at the fixtures, and had a vote.  Some chose to give up, and amble home.
Some of us chose to jump on the bus, and divert the driver to Chesterfield v... Orient, I think? 🤷‍♂️
(This was back in the day of "Pay at the gate".  Probably 80/81? 🤷‍♂️).
We were in the pub before noon!  And just a 15 min walk to the turnstiles.  Best part of 3 hours in the pub before kick off.  It got heavy!
So I guess we may have been merry by the time we headed for Saltergate!   Loud, proud, and very obviously from the city of the county!
We even found a flat-capped higher-ranking police gentleman, to discuss the sensible option of heading for the away end, but he was adamant we were local, and therefore had no option but to be corralled into the home end.  We quietened down from that point.
We ended up being a couple of dozen or so of us, right in the centre of their home fans singing section behind the goal.
We spent the 10 mins before kick off either keeping quiet, or just joining in with the "Derbyshire, La, la, La"!... But as soon as the game kicked off, one of us got bored, and out came the Derby songs!
A quick dispersal by those around us, just for them to gather their thoughts I guess, and then a good 5 or 6 mins of mayhem.  Fists flying at close quarters.  The occasional kick out, when space allowed.  Lots of testosterone trickling down the concrete steps.  For my own sins, I received a mildly blackened eye, and a short sharp scratch to the nose.  I didn't check the medical records of those around me, and don't recall any ambulances being requested. 
I'm pretty sure I landed a swinging fist, but as my eyes were closed, I cannot confirm (I also used to close my eyes when heading a football.  This may explain why I never became a pro footballer nor a "top lad"! 🤣)
Plod finally came to their senses, dragged/guided us out at the front, and escorted/marched us around the perimeter of the pitch, past the dug-outs, to the opposite end of the ground, and in with the away fans.  Seems our original idea was a good one afterall, but I imagine that aforementioned flat-capped higher-ranking police gentleman had a smug grin on his face, as he counted our minor cuts, bruises, and the odd limp!  
I hasten to add, we didn't have a recognised hooligan amongst us (as per every away game on The Mafaway), and at no point was "The taking of their end" discussed prior to our arrival (or at any time since!), so nor do I claim that we ended up doing so!  At a push, maybe we "Held our own"!  
For the record, our welcome into the away end was most welcoming and convivial.  Ended up being a good crack of a day.
 
*I probably slept through the second half, but that's lunchtime drinking for yer!  🍻

If this is the pub by Spider Island being referred to, then it's long been demolished, and replaced with a shiny new Starbucks.  

I was at Chesterfield on that day after the Mafaway bus was redirected. I stayed in the home end whilst others escaped to the away end. I remember the home fans trying to suss us by asking where we were from. A local tipped me off that "Staveley" was the safest answer. As an aside Charlton won 1-0 with a cracking goal from some chap named Derek Hales !! (You can still see the goal on YouTube)

If that happens, a few of us should become red dogs and invade the pitch for a few of their games to be called off.
It's a dangerous precedent, closure or partial closure of the ground would be quite effective.

I say void the game and award the 3 points to Vale.
If it happens at their next game, then void again, and award double that to the opposition.  
#Hail the efl
#etc

We’re talking about an old pub at Hatton Garden.
edit: didn’t realise this had already been clarified 😂

Think you've mixed up your quotes, as that's the Chesterfield game I referred to.
Wouldn't argue with your reference to "Charlton not Orient".  I'm defo hazy on that one!  I can't even recall the score!  🙄
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