Teams tha grew up wi.

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by Stephen Dawson, Oct 8, 2022.

Page 3 of 3
  1. Acido Tyke

    Acido Tyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2017
    Messages:
    8,619
    Likes Received:
    4,802
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Normanton, West Yorkshire
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I could and probably should have bin a Leeds fan actually, as I'm from Normy near Wakey, in West Yorkshire lol.
    But oddly enough, they never crossed my mind as a team who I wanted to support.
    The chance to go and watch real live football came in season '80, and it was of course Burnsley taarn in the Clarke/Hunter promotion season. :)
     
    Acido Tyke, Oct 9, 2022
    #41
    John Peachy, Stephen Dawson, Simon De Montforte and 1 other person like this.
  2. Deafening Silence

    Deafening Silence Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 14, 2021
    Messages:
    6,763
    Likes Received:
    8,984
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Barnsley
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Enjoyed Everton in the mid to late 80s as my intro to football. First Barnsley game was the FA Cup game in 1989.
    Loved Arsenal in the early 90s, then really enjoyed how Newcastle played in under Keegan. Switched back to Arsenal when Wenger arrived and worked his magic and they’re my “Premier League Team”.
    I don’t think it affects my support of Barnsley though.
     
    Deafening Silence, Oct 9, 2022
    #42
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  3. Wuz1964

    Wuz1964 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2021
    Messages:
    1,298
    Likes Received:
    1,293
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Lala Land
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Arsenal? :eek:....they ripped us off in 1919..
    How dare you!! Lol
     
    Wuz1964, Oct 9, 2022
    #43
    Redblueunwhite and Stephen Dawson like this.
  4. Jul

    Julian Broddle's Perm Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2016
    Messages:
    2,457
    Likes Received:
    4,450
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    upload_2022-10-9_19-42-38.png Newells Old Boys for me. If only for their shirt badge.
     
    Julian Broddle's Perm, Oct 9, 2022
    #44
    Stephen Dawson and Wuz1964 like this.
  5. Acido Tyke

    Acido Tyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2017
    Messages:
    8,619
    Likes Received:
    4,802
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Normanton, West Yorkshire
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Hey Ponty kid lol, how dare you start a really popular and likeable thread on here ehh. :p

    Btw, I'm glad somebody mentioned that mid 80s Everton team.
    It's a shame that they, and Aston Villingham as well, didn't dominate as much as they could and should have done.
     
    Last edited: Oct 13, 2022
    Acido Tyke, Oct 9, 2022
    #45
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  6. troff

    troff Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 29, 2009
    Messages:
    10,688
    Likes Received:
    14,921
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    donny
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Liverpool for me.

    My dad was a fan (despite being born in Consett and his brothers being Newcastle fans), and the first professional football game I went to was the 1992 Charity Shield, Leeds 4-3 Liverpool. Cantona got a hat trick but they then went on to sell him to Fergie for 20p and a toffee crisp…

    Started going to Barnsley games when I was 11 or 12; premier league season I was 14 when Ward scored the winner at Anfield. The amount I celebrated that sealed the deal. I was no longer a token Liverpool fan who’d been to three games in total, two at Anfield.

    I was a regularly attending Barnsley fan. Have been ever since. Season ticket holder for well over a decade over two stints, including now. Two of my three kids have st’s now too. The middle one came as well yesterday. She’ll not be back in a rush…

    Still have a little soft spot for the scousers if I’m honest, especially since my dad died. Always look for their result, not much more than that though.

    I was also really pleased when Leicester won the league; my grandad was from Melton Mowbray, was a big fan as a younger lad before he moved up here, and him seeing them win the league before he died was lovely.
     
    Last edited: Oct 9, 2022
    troff, Oct 9, 2022
    #46
  7. JamieBreweryStander

    JamieBreweryStander Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 9, 2015
    Messages:
    1,658
    Likes Received:
    2,318
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Think it was Ivan Zamorano with the 8+1 pal!
     
    JamieBreweryStander, Oct 9, 2022
    #47
  8. x11barnsley

    x11barnsley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2019
    Messages:
    6,233
    Likes Received:
    5,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Wakefield
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Dave MacKay … he was hard !!!
     
    x11barnsley, Oct 9, 2022
    #48
    Stephen Dawson, JLWBigLil and thetykester like this.
  9. thetykester

    thetykester Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2016
    Messages:
    11,353
    Likes Received:
    10,196
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Part time cleaner
    Location:
    T'Well
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Flat nosed bugger but just before my time.
     
    thetykester, Oct 9, 2022
    #49
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  10. S74 Red

    S74 Red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2021
    Messages:
    2,083
    Likes Received:
    3,094
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Hoyland
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Yes it was Zamorano, he was one of my faves. Although1+8 if memory serves.
     
    S74 Red, Oct 10, 2022
    #50
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  11. S74 Red

    S74 Red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2021
    Messages:
    2,083
    Likes Received:
    3,094
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Hoyland
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Always look out for Rochdale but not been in many a year. My nan was born there. Last time Reds played there it was my wedding anniversary and I wasn’t allowed to go!

    To my shame I liked Sheffield Wednesday and Notts Forest in late 80’s when I was too young to know better! Thankfully my uncle (not real uncle, friend of family) took me to Oakwell. Think I was 8. Lost 1-0, terrible game, but I was hooked!
     
    S74 Red, Oct 10, 2022
    #51
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  12. x11barnsley

    x11barnsley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2019
    Messages:
    6,233
    Likes Received:
    5,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Wakefield
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I think Mackay moved on a year before Chivers joined
     
    x11barnsley, Oct 10, 2022
    #52
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  13. Sco

    Scoff Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 18, 2011
    Messages:
    9,221
    Likes Received:
    7,963
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    The interface between business and technology
    Location:
    Brampton by the Sea
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I was born in Scunthorpe and lived there until I was 9 - so the first actual game I went to was at the Old Show Ground around 1981 with a friend of my grandparents. Scunthorpe Utd vs Liverpool fresh from winning the European Cup and containing Clemence, Dalgleish and half a dozen other household names. That should have made me a fan for life! (Although still have a soft spot for Scunthorpe as my birth town team).

    Not long after my old man took to be see Barnsley play Cardiff and lose 0-1 and I was hooked...
     
    Scoff, Oct 10, 2022
    #53
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  14. Voi

    Voice of Reason Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2016
    Messages:
    1,691
    Likes Received:
    2,468
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    When you mention Spurs in the 60s I find it odd that you fail to mention their greatest ever goalscorer, Jimmy Greaves, who was my favourite non-Barnsley player of that era. Greaves scored his 200th top division goal when still only 22 - an astonishing record which surely won't be beaten. He scored 124 of those for a struggling Chelsea team too. I watched Spurs a fair bit at the end of the 60s when I was at London University and saw a hat-trick by Greaves against Leicester on my first visit to White Hart Lane. His first goal came after a run from the touchline near the halfway flag. He dribbled past 5 or 6 defenders, before slotting the ball past Gordon Banks. There was talk of little else amongst the astonished crowd during the half-time interval. Unfortunately, there appears to be no film footage of that remarkable goal, though there were memorable photos from behind the goal in the Sunday papers, showing several Leicester defenders on their knees, looking back at the ball nestling in the bottom corner of the net.
     
    Voice of Reason, Oct 10, 2022
    #54
    Stephen Dawson likes this.
  15. x11barnsley

    x11barnsley Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2019
    Messages:
    6,233
    Likes Received:
    5,498
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Wakefield
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Oh my god… how did I forget the great man ?
    I have no explanation
     
    x11barnsley, Oct 10, 2022
    #55
    Voice of Reason and Stephen Dawson like this.
Page 3 of 3

Share This Page