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Post by sarge1 on Oct 20, 2010 13:32:28 GMT
That was a f**king amazing night
Champions before we got there , won the game in style, thousands of OUFC fans, we were down the side to the left of the away end as so many of us.
On the pitch 3 times, both goals and the final whistleMagic Yes that was an amazing night - and day in fact - our game was an evening kick off and we knew that we would become champions if Wimbledon failed to beat Gillingham at home in the afternoon - so a car load of us went off to Plough Lane to see that game - I remember getting there just after kick off, 4 of us wearing Oxford shirts - the bloke on the gate said the games already started and just waved us in - I can't remember why but we ended up walking alongside the edge of pitch and up towards the Gillingham end - when we got on the terrace with them they were great supporters and really chuffed we had come to support them - there was also a few chants of "we hate oxford" from the Wimbledon supporters when they saw us. Gillingham were already 1-0 down when we got there but the atmosphere was great and they came back to win 3-1 - I remember Steve Bruce thundering a header into the net in front of us for one of the goals. As you can imagine the away end was celebrating like mad at the final whistle - Gillingham brought loads of supporters that day - there were also a few fights at the end as Wimbledon supporters invaded the pitch. We zipped up our jackets and made a swift exit to get to Brisbane Road for the evening's proceedings....happy days indeed. Blimey! thats real dedication McVicar, watching our only rivals for the title throw it away, n the yellows crowned champions there n then  ( ....btw ... where's me f**king trainers! ;D ) DO remember THAT Orient one, I was in the side, one of the funniest sights Ive seen at a footy match there too,' Kermit the frog' being nicked by two OB , and someone dressed as a Lion... both were , err, frog marched between 2 OB apiece to the far corner, where presumably the OB control room and holding 'cell' was located ? - pre mobile phone era or there would be shit loads of pics of that I reckon |
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Post by SteMerritt on Oct 20, 2010 14:10:45 GMT
...to the far corner, where presumably the OB control room and holding 'cell' was located ? From what I remember (I was only 12!) the holding area was just a sunken piece of the terrace with a bloody big wall around it. There were quite a few Oxford in there. I remember Kermit quite well, and one of my old man's mates got marched off the pitch carrying a pint when he ran on trying to get Bobby Mac's autograph. |
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Post by mymanor on Oct 20, 2010 22:37:43 GMT
I remeber a guy from either Thame or Bicester getting mugged on the way back from the 84 promotion game? anyone recall who it was?
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Post by Dodge City Skin on Oct 21, 2010 5:38:46 GMT
If I recall correctly after the Orient game as all the Oxford fans were leaving the ground a car tried to force its way quite aggressivly through them,and promptly got all its panels rearranged by angry fans!
Have said before have some pictures somewhere of the pitch invasion,will have to get in the loft and get em on here.
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Post by randomox on Oct 21, 2010 8:31:40 GMT
I remeber a guy from either Thame or Bicester getting mugged on the way back from the 84 promotion game? anyone recall who it was? Short little scruffy bloke wasn't it? |
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Post by leznkids on Oct 21, 2010 8:32:44 GMT
Here's two songs we could sing. 1. For the benefit of Northamton fans. (It's an oldie) We call on Northamton to sing us a song, sing us a song, sing us a song! We call on Northampton to sing us a song - so sing, you B*stards - SING! 2. This should've been a football anthem ages ago, and we could use this for our Standing up crusade. To the tune of Chumbawumba's Tubthumping: Yellows sit down, but get up again; You're NEVER gonna keep us down, Yellows sit down, but get up again; You're Never gonna keep us down; (repeat till you get bored) Or, similar to the original: We get knocked down, but get up again, You're NEVER gonna keep us down! We get knocked down, but get up again, You're NEVER gonna keep us down! Please change the songs from; Chris Wilder my Lord and eieieio up my nose my bogies go! Variety is the spice of f*cking life and all that! Here's one; Aye, aye, aye - aye! Alfie Potter is magic (a play on Harry Potter) Couldn't someone come up with a Panto song that has Midson and Constable in it? IE: Jack and the Beano stalk (Defences!) Get it? How about a song about Pinky and Purkiss?! Or a take on the Troggs' Wild thing? It could become: Wilder Thing. Come on! There's gotta be a budding songwriter out there! Oh, sh*t! Here's an old'n but good'n: When I was little, my father said: "Son, I've got something to say: When you grow up be an Oxford fan, and that's the way to stay" He said: "Son, you are an Oxford fan and that's the way to stay: Happy to be an Oxford fan until your dying day!" He said: "Son, you are an Oxford Fan and that's the way to stay; Happy to be an Oxford fan - until your dying day!" Ok, it's sang to a Cliff bluddy Richard song - but f*ck it! Who cares! “Variety is the spice of f*cking life and all that!” Agree with you, Dave. The singing these days is all a bit bland...just thinking back to our last ‘successful’ era – mid/late 1990’s, (just a few off the top of my head), whatever happened to these? Might be easier to resurrect a few of the old chants...obviously updating them... Used to hear this every week aimed at the opposition’s villain:“He’s the meanest, he sucks the horse’s penis, Shaun Taylor is a horse’s arse” Also:“There’s a circus in the town in the town, Barry Fry is a clown, is a clown, Karren Brady is f**king slag, and Birmingham are going down, going down” and:“Yippee-i-o, yippee – i-ay, There’s a slaphead on the pitch today!” Also, the players had more individual songs back then... e.g. “We’ve Joe, Joe, Joe, Joey Beauchamp on the wing, on the wing... We’ve Joe, Joe, Joe, Joey Beauchamp on the wing, on the wing...” “David Rush, David Rush, David Rush, he has a pint, he has a fight, David David Rush” “Lo-thar, Lo-thar Matt Ell-iott, Lo-thar Matt Ell-iott, Lo-thar Matt Ell-i-ott, HEY!” (Could Quite easily have been ‘Low-Tar’ as Big Matty used to like his fags, often came in to the petrol station I was working in at the time for 40 Silk Cut). Sure there was one for Phil Whitehead sung in a baritone type voice too. Ok, some of these ain’t the best, but used to give it a bit of variety on the London Road not too long ago...gotta be better than just ‘Beano, Beano” etc Can I be petty? I will anyway Surely it should be: Yellows went down, then came up again; You're were NEVER gonna keep us down, Yellows went down, then came up again; You're were Never gonna keep us down; (repeat till you get bored) |
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Post by Amersham Dave on Oct 21, 2010 12:47:53 GMT
“Variety is the spice of f*cking life and all that!” Agree with you, Dave. The singing these days is all a bit bland...just thinking back to our last ‘successful’ era – mid/late 1990’s, (just a few off the top of my head), whatever happened to these? Might be easier to resurrect a few of the old chants...obviously updating them... Used to hear this every week aimed at the opposition’s villain:“He’s the meanest, he sucks the horse’s penis, Shaun Taylor is a horse’s arse” Also:“There’s a circus in the town in the town, Barry Fry is a clown, is a clown, Karren Brady is f**king slag, and Birmingham are going down, going down” and:“Yippee-i-o, yippee – i-ay, There’s a slaphead on the pitch today!” Also, the players had more individual songs back then... e.g. “We’ve Joe, Joe, Joe, Joey Beauchamp on the wing, on the wing... We’ve Joe, Joe, Joe, Joey Beauchamp on the wing, on the wing...” “David Rush, David Rush, David Rush, he has a pint, he has a fight, David David Rush” “Lo-thar, Lo-thar Matt Ell-iott, Lo-thar Matt Ell-iott, Lo-thar Matt Ell-i-ott, HEY!” (Could Quite easily have been ‘Low-Tar’ as Big Matty used to like his fags, often came in to the petrol station I was working in at the time for 40 Silk Cut). Sure there was one for Phil Whitehead sung in a baritone type voice too. Ok, some of these ain’t the best, but used to give it a bit of variety on the London Road not too long ago...gotta be better than just ‘Beano, Beano” etc Can I be petty? I will anyway Surely it should be: Yellows went down, then came up again; You're were NEVER gonna keep us down, Yellows went down, then came up again; You're were Never gonna keep us down; (repeat till you get bored) I like it! Now the hard part - getting our mob to sing it. You get better bluddy songs at a funeral, than what gets belted out at the Curse-him Stadium! |
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Post by cottosocks on Oct 21, 2010 13:51:40 GMT
table booked cuddy !!!! sat 18th dec, just numbers to decide pre match this sat.c u soon..
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Post by Amersham Dave on Oct 21, 2010 14:33:53 GMT
table booked cuddy !!!! sat 18th dec, just numbers to decide pre match this sat.c u soon.. You're a bluddy hero, Tim, my son! Seeya 12.30 Saturday |
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Post by McVicar on Oct 21, 2010 17:25:38 GMT
...to the far corner, where presumably the OB control room and holding 'cell' was located ? From what I remember (I was only 12!) the holding area was just a sunken piece of the terrace with a bloody big wall around it. There were quite a few Oxford in there. I remember Kermit quite well, and one of my old man's mates got marched off the pitch carrying a pint when he ran on trying to get Bobby Mac's autograph. Yes I do remember panicking a bit when I suddenly saw the ol bill leading away the chap who was driving us that day! Even more so as I was due back in the smoke the next day working - I think the Orient game took place in the evening of Bank Holiday Monday. Anyway luckily enough our driver suddenly reappeared in that side paddock and all was well. |
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Post by sarge1 on Oct 21, 2010 17:36:32 GMT
Footage of Skinheads and Suedeheads inc from Chelsea v Newcastle 1969 - takes me back to the early days of my mis spent youth ( BTW the music is from the recently released King Hammond 'the King and I' album, which if ya like ya authentic sounding boss sounds will be right up your street) www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oNpi4W9vw&feature=related |
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Post by Amersham Dave on Oct 21, 2010 18:08:04 GMT
Footage of Skinheads and Suedeheads inc from Chelsea v Newcastle 1969 - takes me back to the early days of my mis spent youth ( BTW the music is from the recently released King Hammond 'the King and I' album, which if ya like ya authentic sounding boss sounds will be right up your street) www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oNpi4W9vw&feature=relatedBoots and Braces! YEAH! |
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Post by sarge1 on Oct 21, 2010 18:23:56 GMT
Yet another funny memory just popped into my head. In the late '70s, the authorities were really pissed off with us 'over-enthusiastic' fans. The powers that were, decided upon a really 'great' way of stopping violence at football matches. Their fantastic f*cking plan was to make those nasty-looking hooligans who wore laced-up boots take off their evil-looking footwear, before they got into the ground! The farking tossers never really got the hang of 'what makes a yob?' did they! It was NOT the boots that made someone 'hard'. It was the heart and soul (or lack of brains, some dicks might say) inside the person, and the free spirit of every youngster that made us enjoy the day out. Some people might say that, with all the violence that was around, people couldn't have enjoyed the games that much. Funny that - in the early '70s we used to regularly get 15 - 16,000 at EVERY home game! couple of awaydays in the v late 60's/ early 70's had my bootlaces confiscated before being allowed in the footy ground thet was being visited. After the first time sales of bootlaces & shoelaces as well as paper clips! went on away matchdays in the newsagent/corner shop across the road from oxford station ;D Cant rember personally having my boots 'impounded' though it did happen on more than a few occasions- dont remember it being a policy at the manor though Skinheads with boots removed, still from '69/'70 , I think? (its at at 1min 22sec during the tune )- along with other stills inc some from in and around matches back then www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Wfk3RQQwY( AND... its another King Hammond track too) |
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Post by Amersham Dave on Oct 22, 2010 8:11:04 GMT
When the two teams come out tomorrow, watch the two lads walking out with the big flag. They are my two sons Tommy and Richard who will be feeling rather proud, no doubt!
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Post by sarge1 on Oct 22, 2010 8:54:57 GMT
When the two teams come out tomorrow, watch the two lads walking out with the big flag. They are my two sons Tommy and Richard who will be feeling rather proud, no doubt! Rightly so |
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Post by sarge1 on Oct 22, 2010 8:56:19 GMT
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Post by charliedontsurf on Oct 22, 2010 10:05:13 GMT
Footage of Skinheads and Suedeheads inc from Chelsea v Newcastle 1969 - takes me back to the early days of my mis spent youth ( BTW the music is from the recently released King Hammond 'the King and I' album, which if ya like ya authentic sounding boss sounds will be right up your street) www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oNpi4W9vw&feature=relatedQuality..Brings back some very good memories...Good to see footage of Trojan skins and suedeheads as apposed to boneheads |
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Post by sarge1 on Oct 22, 2010 10:14:34 GMT
Footage of Skinheads and Suedeheads inc from Chelsea v Newcastle 1969 - takes me back to the early days of my mis spent youth ( BTW the music is from the recently released King Hammond 'the King and I' album, which if ya like ya authentic sounding boss sounds will be right up your street) www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oNpi4W9vw&feature=relatedQuality..Brings back some very good memories...Good to see footage of Trojan skins and suedeheads as apposed to boneheads exactly charliedont surf... check out the other two I posted up too see ya at the Priory 2morow? |
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Post by Amersham Dave on Oct 22, 2010 14:57:50 GMT
My sister's old boyfriend used to live in Northampton in the '60s and '70s. I remember him telling me that they had a large 'Hell's Angels' chapter in Northampton. One year, early '70s, Everton went to Northampton and their fans were 'sorted out' by the 'Angels', according to my sister's ex.
Can anyone confirm the existence of these 'Angels', please?
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Post by McVicar on Oct 22, 2010 15:32:22 GMT
Northampton away was my very first OUFC away game, back in 1976 I think. We lost 1-0 and there was a load of trouble I remember. I am fairly certain that night on Match of The Day Jimmy Hill said something along the lines of "Today Oxford United fans caused the worst trouble seen so far this season when they tipped a burger van over". Does anyone else remember this or is my mind playing tricks on me??
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( ....btw ... where's me f**king trainers! ;D ) 
