IslandExile Posted Sunday at 16:13 Share Posted Sunday at 16:13 (edited) Saw this on Facebook Dunno where I saw this one, maybe on here.. Happy days 🐏 Edited Sunday at 16:23 by IslandExile Kathcairns, DiggerB, SKRam and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted Sunday at 16:37 Share Posted Sunday at 16:37 The Popside, An area known for very vocal support among other attributes ☺️, We had the Columbo End and the Vulcan End with just a very narrow fenced gangway separating the 2 ends about 5 foot high, This gangway was probably less than a couple of feet wide, Away fans in the Columbo End, Home fans in the Vulcan End. The gangway was often climbed and jumped into by some Derby fans into the away fans...only the mental cases did this, They either got a good kicking or managed to windmill their way in and out...then back to safety. At the back was where it all kicked off, No quarter given on either side, The police were always outnumbered, Then the realisation was a rather large fence was needed to separate both waring factions with a gate in the middle this only encouraged the throwing of a hot cup of beef tea from the cabin. Then the middle of the Popside was split into Season ticket holders only, So a very wide section separating both sets of fans, This only antagonised DCFC fans who simply went into the Columbo end before the away fans got there for it to kick off just before kick off. Then the Ossie end became home for the home "Lads" with a bigger fence as a barrier, And then all seats. The song..."you'll never take the Popside" was always sung...it never did get taken, They tried even when they had the numbers ie Man Utd, Newcastle, Spurs, Liverpool, WHU, But were always beaten back. Great memories from an old sod Dordogne-Ram, Ram-a-lama fa fa fa, Ziga Zaga10 and 8 others 7 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ramage 4 EVA Posted Sunday at 18:25 Share Posted Sunday at 18:25 I remember Chelsea trying and failing ,sure it was a night match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted Sunday at 19:08 Share Posted Sunday at 19:08 I'm sure that's the 'orse that stood on my toes when we were all crammed into the alleyway behind the Normanton End waiting to get into the Popside? Kathcairns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathcairns Posted Sunday at 19:37 Share Posted Sunday at 19:37 29 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: I'm sure that's the 'orse that stood on my toes when we were all crammed into the alleyway behind the Normanton End waiting to get into the Popside? They were there every week🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted Sunday at 21:11 Author Share Posted Sunday at 21:11 And then there was the filthy wall that was officially "the toilet"... My wife remembers one cubicle for women. One of my early memories of Pride Park was flowers in vases between the sinks in the toilets. I mean wash basins!!! How things have moved on. Still miss the BBG though. SKRam, Kathcairns, DerbyAleMan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted Sunday at 21:44 Share Posted Sunday at 21:44 2 hours ago, Grumpy Git said: I'm sure that's the 'orse that stood on my toes when we were all crammed into the alleyway behind the Normanton End waiting to get into the Popside? I was pressed up against the wall with a horses arse in me face once there. Comrade 86, SKRam, Sweetness34 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted Sunday at 21:49 Share Posted Sunday at 21:49 4 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said: I was pressed up against the wall with a horses arse in me face once there. Some folk would pay for that 'pleasure'. 🫣 SKRam and jimtastic56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted Sunday at 21:52 Share Posted Sunday at 21:52 1 minute ago, Grumpy Git said: Some folk would pay for that 'pleasure'. 🫣 You know some strange people Grumpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted Sunday at 21:59 Share Posted Sunday at 21:59 13 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said: I was pressed up against the wall with a horses arse in me face once there. Well sounds like you had a mare. well hopefully, or you might have been beat with both riders and horse’s truncheons! Comrade 86, uttoxram75 and Grumpy Git 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted Monday at 08:08 Share Posted Monday at 08:08 10 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: I was pressed up against the wall with a horses arse in me face once there. Was that against Man Ure 😁 Mucker1884, uttoxram75, richinspain and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted Monday at 08:29 Share Posted Monday at 08:29 20 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said: Was that against Man Ure 😁 One of the worst I remember was v Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted Monday at 08:49 Share Posted Monday at 08:49 20 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: One of the worst I remember was v Spurs. Man Ure, Man Ure. Get it? Patrick Rams, Comrade 86 and Ram-Alf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted Monday at 08:55 Share Posted Monday at 08:55 I don't remember ever having trouble with the police horses at the BBG. We did have one particularly over zealous one at The City Ground one year, which was totally unnecessary as we were forming an orderly (for football fans) queue and some with kids in the middle of it all. I always seemed to get frisked every week as we entered the BBG. When a friend commented on it the copper said that he only went for the young good looking ones with a big grin on his face. I suppose that sort of answer now would get a fair bit of abuse even if it was obviously a joke. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted Monday at 09:26 Share Posted Monday at 09:26 36 minutes ago, richinspain said: Man Ure, Man Ure. Get it? 🤦🏼♂️ Mucker1884 and richinspain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tray boy Posted Monday at 09:43 Share Posted Monday at 09:43 Pop side although it was "our patch" the view could be crap if you got wedged near a pillar and the trek to the bog was a pain (even worse trying to get back to your mates.Good days when life was so much simpler school,football,school,football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Ram for All Seasons Posted Monday at 09:45 Share Posted Monday at 09:45 I remember a cup tie against Man U in the early seventies when both sets of fans in the Columbo and Vulcan ends started spitting at each other. Torrents of phlegm were raining down. My father vowed never to go to a football match again. Glad nothing like that ever happens at Pride Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted Monday at 09:46 Share Posted Monday at 09:46 46 minutes ago, richinspain said: I don't remember ever having trouble with the police horses at the BBG. We did have one particularly over zealous one at The City Ground one year, which was totally unnecessary as we were forming an orderly (for football fans) queue and some with kids in the middle of it all. I always seemed to get frisked every week as we entered the BBG. When a friend commented on it the copper said that he only went for the young good looking ones with a big grin on his face. I suppose that sort of answer now would get a fair bit of abuse even if it was obviously a joke. They were pretty brutal around Ivy Square, I remember one copper on horseback grabbing hold a lads hair and dragging him for quite a while, That's what you got if you had a feather cut which was for the girls 😏, Me...well...I was a skin ed...B O V...V E R bovver boys is what we are...we kick like donkeys kick like hell...kick like fu**ing Colin Bell 😁 richinspain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted Monday at 09:58 Share Posted Monday at 09:58 Spurs had a go. Came round the back into the Vulcan and came up towards the middle. They hadn't bargained on Fagin pulling a shovel out from under his trenchcoat. Home against Boro, Loads of us in the Colombo. The Smoggies hadn't expected that and spent the match up against the railings between Colombo and Ossie End. Stuck between a rock and a hard place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted Monday at 10:09 Share Posted Monday at 10:09 10 minutes ago, MadAmster said: Spurs had a go. Came round the back into the Vulcan and came up towards the middle. They hadn't bargained on Fagin pulling a shovel out from under his trenchcoat. Home against Boro, Loads of us in the Colombo. The Smoggies hadn't expected that and spent the match up against the railings between Colombo and Ossie End. Stuck between a rock and a hard place. I could be wrong but I think it was the 8-2 game that Spurs tried it on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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