Random away matches: an occasional series

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Oldham Athletic November 1989, lost 2-1. Plastic pitch, pissing down rain and wind that went straight though you. I forgot my coat that day.
 
Oldham in 1976, a certain Gary Rowell's debut in a 1-1 draw. Wasn't raining but there may have been one of those breezes whipping up. I think there was also a pitch invasion that day too, seemed to be a regular thing on away trips back in the 70's
 
Scarborough - Freight Rover Trophy 1987.

At least 1500 of our fans there though. IIRC it was partly terrace and part just a grass bank behind the goal?

Paul Lemon was world class that night - including an exquisite chip IIRC... :D
 
Swindon Mackem said:
Oldham in 1976, a certain Gary Rowell's debut in a 1-1 draw. Wasn't raining but there may have been one of those breezes whipping up. I think there was also a pitch invasion that day too, seemed to be a regular thing on away trips back in the 70's
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Quite a few of us in their end pre kick off , iirc the invasion was the troops coming to provide back up.

If I'm not wrong I'm sure it kicked off with Man Utd at Selby Fork services on the way over as well.
 
buster said:
Quite a few of us in their end pre kick off , iirc the invasion was the troops coming to provide back up.

If I'm not wrong I'm sure it kicked off with Man Utd at Selby Fork services on the way over as well.
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Yep, pretty sure that was "BATTLE OF SELBY FORK" day (don't think I've got a cutting of it though).

The Omega Man said:
Bradford City away midweek, Full Members Cup @ Odsal stadium circa 1986. Went down in my mates camper van. The brakes were fucked so every time we parked up we had to put bricks under the wheels to stop it from rolling away. Stadium was massive. We were winning 2 v 1 IIRC and in true SAFC style hoyed it away late on and lost 2 v 3.
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IIRC the pitch was literally at the bottom of a valley on one side. Big terrace on the bottom third/half of the valley and curving round 3 sides (seats on part of it and on main stand side) and then nothing at all behind one goal. Think the team coach was actually parked behind that goal?

It was not long after Leeds fans had rioted there and set fire to a burger hut (remember this is Bradford just a year after the fire) and tried to push it down the 'valley' (as you do)...
 
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Crammers said:
Oldham Athletic November 1989, lost 2-1. Plastic pitch, pissing down rain and wind that went straight though you. I forgot my coat that day.
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Remember that having a horrible kebab in the town before hand which handily managed to stay in the town courtesy of a dodgy stomach !! Crap hole it was
 
JTF said:
Scarborough - Freight Rover Trophy 1987.

At least 1500 of our fans there though. IIRC it was partly terrace and part just a grass bank behind the goal?

Paul Lemon was world class that night - including an exquisite chip IIRC... :D
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I was there as well. My mate's dad took us along. Some fucker let some kind of firework/flare off right next to us. And, there were kids in a tree behind our goal in there garden watching the match :lol:

I was only 12, but I can remember Lloyd Honeyghan was fighting that night, and we had it on the radio on the way home.
 
Blackburn away on a monday night in 2011 (?)

Finished 0-0. Think Elmohamady was booked for diving and that was the only highlight (or lowlight :lol: ) of the game. Game was live on sky iirc but as I was at uni in Lancaster, I foolishly decided to race across from my lectures at 5pm to the train station without any sort of planning on how to get home. Missed the last train back to Preston so phoned a taxi. Cost about 80 quid iirc.
 
The Omega Man said:
Ground was half closed? they still had that fuckoff massive end. We got tickets off one of the players and were in the stand. Had random tab ends and the like hoyed at us from up above for most of the match. Sat near/next to Geroege Forster that game.
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Sat by George at Leicester in 1970, he used to take a suitcase full of badges, scarves, pennants etc. to away matches and flog em.
 
Doberman said:
Blackburn away on a monday night in 2011 (?)

Finished 0-0. Think Elmohamady was booked for diving and that was the only highlight (or lowlight :lol: ) of the game. Game was live on sky iirc but as I was at uni in Lancaster, I foolishly decided to race across from my lectures at 5pm to the train station without any sort of planning on how to get home. Missed the last train back to Preston so phoned a taxi. Cost about 80 quid iirc.
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Didnt they have 10 men for more than half the game? Samba sent off I think.

West Brom early on in the 89/90 season, 1-1, Gabbiadini scored in the last minute. (Possibly Goodman for them late on).
 
February 1996 Portsmouth away. Lee Howey equalised late on with a header and the promotion push was on again.
 
FLATHEED said:
1989/90 Wolves 0 Sunderland 1 Hardyman. Class day out. Recall Gabbiadini doing the donkey's lugs gesture to Mark Venus and all the SAFC fans joining in.
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i had a scarf flying out of the window on the way down to that one, or at least i did till some tit opened the window on the motorway. last seen getting ran over by a wagon.
 
Wigan 2005/6 ish 0 - 0 , utter tripe Darren Byfield was playing , few lads sat in front singing "Thierry Byfield Thierry Byfield" that was about as good as it got
 
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