Stories of being in the ‘Home’ End

[Premier ram]

20 hours ago, Bearwood Ram said:

Anybody remember the away game at Bradford around 1984? About 15 of us were in the back of a transit van, no windows, complete darkness. Went in a very hostile pub and left. Got to the ground and were pelted with concrete chunks from the crumbling terrace. Rams fans responded in kind and the slabs rained back and forth until kick off. My mate got smacked straight in the ear, blood everywhere. No sympathy from cops or stewards. The ref blows for kick off. Huge chant of DLF from the main home stand and around a hundred Derby stand up gesturing to a group next to them. Another chant goes up, 'Leeds Leeds Leeds'...A pre arranged scrap Then 90 minutes of all out fighting. Graham Richards apparently described the chaos as 'like a scene from Zulu dawn'.. Can't remember the game or the score. 

Was there too mate , got the scar on my head to prove it , never been to a game like it , absolute war , yes lost 3-1 , think Charlie Palmer got our goal

[chezzyram]

18 hours ago, Bianoic said:

Is this thread a parody ? A kind of Monty Python/Not the nine oclock news pisstake ? 

I have been in the away end manys the time - out of choice 

The idea that people on here want to claim it as some kind of conquest is astonishing

Like throwing bricks at other people somehow made them proud

Its the kind of thing 13 year old boys and girls might want to brag about and glorify

All very pathetic and sad 

Not everyone was in the DLF or intentionally looking for trouble! I mentioned Bradford simply because it was a very scary experience being on the receiving end of chunks of concrete raining down with no cover, not glorifying in throwing them back. Football in the 70s and 80s was in a very different place and situations like this on away days were almost unavoidable. If you wanted to follow your team home and away every week you knew what to expect, knew the risks and took your chance. The only safe option was to stay at home and for many of us this was simply not an option, the adrenaline rush was part of the day

[Crewton]

Back in the 70s, being in the 'away' end (if there even was one), or being a fan who just wanted to follow his/her team, was no guarantee of avoiding trouble. The home team's mob weren't always picky about which opposing supporter they clumped or threw a brick/bottle/dart at. You had to keep your wits about you and planning was a big part of avoiding a kicking. You also had to be able to trust who you went with : no big mouths attracting the wrong kind of attention, but also mates you knew wouldn't leave you stranded if things got a bit threatening. 

[Oldben]

Which players are the outstanding transfer fees assigned to.

Assuming Derby had contractual terms on how long they get to repay transfer fees.

So unless Derby changed their contractual repayment period which fees are outstanding.

Another club can't just recall all fees with immediate effect, so I assume it can't be all transfer fees, just outstanding fees.

[Ram-Alf]

31 minutes ago, Oldben said:

Which players are the outstanding transfer fees assigned to.

Assuming Derby had contractual terms on how long they get to repay transfer fees.

So unless Derby changed their contractual repayment period which fees are outstanding.

Another club can't just recall all fees with immediate effect, so I assume it can't be all transfer fees, just outstanding fees.

Who were you talking too in the home end? and did he/she become your friend?

[Spanish]

2 hours ago, Crewton said:

Back in the 70s, being in the 'away' end (if there even was one), or being a fan who just wanted to follow his/her team, was no guarantee of avoiding trouble. The home team's mob weren't always picky about which opposing supporter they clumped or threw a brick/bottle/dart at. You had to keep your wits about you and planning was a big part of avoiding a kicking. You also had to be able to trust who you went with : no big mouths attracting the wrong kind of attention, but also mates you knew wouldn't leave you stranded if things got a bit threatening. 

You also had the added problem we tended to win away games because we were good.  All the intentions of sitting quietly regularly evaporated

[Van der MoodHoover]

4 minutes ago, Spanish said:

You also had the added problem we tended to win away games because we were good.  All the intentions of sitting quietly regularly evaporated

This is true. 

I was invited to the Chelsea v Derby match in 97 by my season ticket holding mate. 

We sat in the east stand middle tier, above and further along the side of the pitch to the away fans. 

When ace whacked in the free kick I just couldn't help myself.....off my seat, both arms in the air, "woooaaahhhhyyyessss". 

 

The silence was deafening. 

 

Thankfully, unlike 1983, good humor was restored as the blues rattled three goals in and won the day, so I got some indulgent pats on the back rather than flying Doc's.......?

[Spanish]

14 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

This is true. 

I was invited to the Chelsea v Derby match in 97 by my season ticket holding mate. 

We sat in the east stand middle tier, above and further along the side of the pitch to the away fans. 

When ace whacked in the free kick I just couldn't help myself.....off my seat, both arms in the air, "woooaaahhhhyyyessss". 

 

The silence was deafening. 

 

Thankfully, unlike 1983, good humor was restored as the blues rattled three goals in and won the day, so I got some indulgent pats on the back rather than flying Doc's.......?

I was at Maine road for franny’s goal and there was no choice all I could think of it was probably worth potential death  

[Van der MoodHoover]

11 minutes ago, Spanish said:

I was at Maine road for franny’s goal and there was no choice all I could think of it was probably worth potential death  

Just look at his face..... ?

[Ram-Alf]

10 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Just look at his face..... ?

Here you go Mister Hoover ?

 

[DavesaRam]

23 hours ago, I DONT MIND said:

Goddard scored the first that day after Saunders had hit the bar, then Deano converted a penalty after Goddard was brought down Sorry to be pedantic!!! Never had such a mixed day at a game The euphoria of winning at Old Trafford then the down of learning of the events at Hillsborough.

I didn’t find out about Hillsborough until I git home to my wife who was worried silly about us. She knew about the disaster but didn’t know which ground we had gone to. Poor lass!

[dcfc4ever]

Been in home end lots of times but for me biggest memory was Huddersfield away think it was cup game.We had sold whole away end and we got tickets in home end and we thought get corner near Derby fans for getting there hooligans would be there.We we’re way back in stand so no way out.Literally all game it was cracking off between Derby fans and the home fans.Never seen so many in a home end before.Both stands either side of the Derby stand had Derby fans jumping out and running to the away end.It was that bad for us the police went in to our stand to break up the fans but they got really bad kicking with one policeman actually getting knocked to the ground and badly hurt.We survived but not enjoyable experience.Also remember Lincoln away in with Derby fans and watching DLF in home end doing running battles with Lincoln fans until police moved in and segregated them.World cup Germany went in Ecuador end with three fans who were brilliant and luckily the England fans did not pick on them.Done my days of watching England abroad and got sick of the England fans constantly looking to start trouble usually with each other.Done France 98 and Marseille with all the riots,stabbings,hit and runs was like a war scene at times.In our room getting ready to go pub with riot outside window and all over French TV at same time live

[GangwayD]

1 hour ago, dcfc4ever said:

Been in home end lots of times but for me biggest memory was Huddersfield away think it was cup game.We had sold whole away end and we got tickets in home end and we thought get corner near Derby fans for getting there hooligans would be there.We we’re way back in stand so no way out.Literally all game it was cracking off between Derby fans and the home fans.Never seen so many in a home end before.Both stands either side of the Derby stand had Derby fans jumping out and running to the away end.It was that bad for us the police went in to our stand to break up the fans but they got really bad kicking with one policeman actually getting knocked to the ground and badly hurt.We survived but not enjoyable experience.Also remember Lincoln away in with Derby fans and watching DLF in home end doing running battles with Lincoln fans until police moved in and segregated them.World cup Germany went in Ecuador end with three fans who were brilliant and luckily the England fans did not pick on them.Done my days of watching England abroad and got sick of the England fans constantly looking to start trouble usually with each other.Done France 98 and Marseille with all the riots,stabbings,hit and runs was like a war scene at times.In our room getting ready to go pub with riot outside window and all over French TV at same time live

Mate of mine want to Marseille and described it identically as you have plus the running battles on the beach with locals, although he had tickets in the England end.  His first game I think, but didn't put him off.  Was amazed the Russia game was not moved from Marseille.  

I was certainly at the Lincoln game you mentioned but was in the away end and you could actually see it all kicking off from within the ground as the DLF made their way to Sincil Bank.  I understand they'd planned to go in the home end but had been clearly clocked by the Old Bill. 

Someone mentioned in this thread about being in the Man United home end.  Not sure but wonder if it was the game the same day as Hillsborough .  In those days you we're kept in to let Home fans disperse.  We'd won and we we're giving the seats behind the away terrace grief as they left and about 4 lads we're mouthing to us "We're Derby".  They'd not been rumbled, but it didn't help when we all started singing and pointing at them 'Derby, Derby'.  To ensure they missed the greeting party when they left they must have told the Coppers as I noticed the same lads in the Police escort laughing about all what had just happened.  

I recall Rotherham away late 80's when clearly a few Derby went in the home terrace opposite the away end.  They clearly made themselves known and the whole terrace opened up to leave them in the middle.  It was a mexican stand off and the Police came in. to escort them round to our end,.  We watched it from the away end amazed at the brass neck of these lads.

Cheers

Gangway D from the terrace 

 

[JJs dms]

4 hours ago, GangwayD said:

Mate of mine want to Marseille and described it identically as you have plus the running battles on the beach with locals, although he had tickets in the England end.  His first game I think, but didn't put him off.  Was amazed the Russia game was not moved from Marseille.  

I was certainly at the Lincoln game you mentioned but was in the away end and you could actually see it all kicking off from within the ground as the DLF made their way to Sincil Bank.  I understand they'd planned to go in the home end but had been clearly clocked by the Old Bill. 

Someone mentioned in this thread about being in the Man United home end.  Not sure but wonder if it was the game the same day as Hillsborough .  In those days you we're kept in to let Home fans disperse.  We'd won and we we're giving the seats behind the away terrace grief as they left and about 4 lads we're mouthing to us "We're Derby".  They'd not been rumbled, but it didn't help when we all started singing and pointing at them 'Derby, Derby'.  To ensure they missed the greeting party when they left they must have told the Coppers as I noticed the same lads in the Police escort laughing about all what had just happened.  

I recall Rotherham away late 80's when clearly a few Derby went in the home terrace opposite the away end.  They clearly made themselves known and the whole terrace opened up to leave them in the middle.  It was a mexican stand off and the Police came in. to escort them round to our end,.  We watched it from the away end amazed at the brass neck of these lads.

Cheers

Gangway D from the terrace 

 

Im not sure but I think it may have been the season after Hillsborough when I sat with there lot when Nick Pickering!!!scored certainly remember Bruce being sent off for a terrible tackle on Deano then Mark Wright got sent off by a weak ref to balance it out we had a good run of results up there for a spell