Does anybody remember this incident from Port Vale many many years ago?

I can't recall the exact details but it was something like this..... a PV fan was giving us Barnsley fans some grief on our supporters bus after the game there, so some of the fans on the bus grabbed hold of him, dragged him on to the bus and kept him on..... only to let him off halfway back across the Woodhead Pass.
Seemed the only thing to do to the oik at the time.

 

Don't recall that, but I do recall the coach in front of us getting it's window put through as we were going through an housing estate on the way from the stadium.

 

It may well be the same incident.
I now have that vague memory of a broken window, and maybe the kid that broke it was the one we got hold of...... and let go on Woodhead.
But flip me, it's a hell of a long time ago.

 

Late 60's I recall,but I thought he was fetched all the way back to Barnsley then chucked off the bus.

 

The one I'm referring to was in the 90's

 

Prepare yourself for a Conan kidnapping rant ;-)

 

We'd lost 3-0 at Vale in the FA Cup 2nd Round back in December 1976. After the match, as we all waited for the buses to leave the ground, one home fan was running down at the side of the coaches, banging on the windows, offering to take on any fans. A group of blokes from the coach in front of ours took him up on his offer, a few punches were thrown and the lad was then dragged onto their coach.
A day or so later, we then got to hear what happened to the would be hard man. After taking a pasting he was made to sit in the aisle of the coach, receiving a clip whenever he started to complain. Eventually, the coach decided to drop him off just outside Penistone and he was told to find his own way home.
As I wasn't on that actual coach, I am only passing on what should be considered hear say.

 

It was in the days of Kevin Nutting etc.RIP Kev.

 

Yes, that really sounds like the one, Kev.
Well done for remembering !
So you are saying you were on the bus behind me.... in 1876. For gawd's sake !

 

At least they dropped him off somewhere civilised then

 

KeV always amazes me with his facts, figures and memory as soon as he posts I think yeah I remember that now even though I would never have been able to recall them under my own steam.
I can't even remember last weeks game ne'er mind owt else
Love reading Kev's posts I actually think he's the memory man from opportunity knocks

 

This is class really funny, just imagine his face and thoughts as you pulled him on bus then again as we pushed him off miles from home and middle of nowhere haha

 

I'm certain some horse drawn carriage would've been quicker than some of the old, steam driven charabancs we used at the time!

 

Thanks for those comments, Marlon.

 

It definitely wouldn't happen nowadays.

 

Its all true kev
Whenever I read facts about watching the reds its usually in the chronicle or a book etc and even though it brings back memories they are usually armed with official stats and statistics.
Your posts are all from your own memories and opinions and from an ordinary fans perspective which I can absorb with ease as its very much as I saw it or remember it being reported as at the time.
Keep it up mate

 

While I would clearly never condone anything illegal (such as kidnapping, false imprisonment or assault) that's a brilliant story. Natural justice. I bet he didn't do that again.

In completely different context, as a teenager living in the South of England my cousin came down to visit from Wombwell. My dad went to pick her up from the train station only to find my Uncle Mick on the platform too.

'What thar doin' here Mick?'
'Well I got on the train to say goodbye, and they closed the doors behind me'
'Why didn't tha get off at the next stop then?'
'Well I thought I'd stop on since I was on'

Mick got back on the next train home going in the other direction. Probably took him three hours plus all that.

If you decide to go to Duxford at any point btw - don't miss the turn off from the M11. If you do the next junction is about 26 miles at Stansted Airport. That's a proper ******* that one.

Still at least you don't get someone smacking you round the ear oil every time you moan about it.

 

Things were different in 1976, football supporters were a different breed. Many were tribal doc martin thugs.
He got what he deserved... it's a long way back from Woodhead/Penistone/Barnsley to the Potteries on a dark Saturday winters night.
Bet he didn't know in 1976 anything about human rights !

 

Don't know about that one, but once a load of Barnsley fans in a pub near Burslem getting some grief from the locals. So about a dozen of 'em picked the pool table up and chucked it in the car park. Must have been early 90s.