Seeing as it's Blackpool tomorrow.....

Aye

And mittens on elastic up the sleeves

 

RE: Ah were on that an' all, McSporran.

I seem to recall it went via Shitfield and through the Hathersage tunnel. On the way back there was a long delay and we were stuck on the train in the middle of nowhere wi nowt to eat, nowt to drink, and nowt to see - and nowt to sing abart.

 

Stuck for ages on the M62 - got to the ground for the last 5 minutes. Weird day.

 

Was so Pissed that day i accidently took me mates into the home end

fortunatly we had taken over both sides of the kop so no real problem, i then fell down the banking behind the kop, about 30 feet, loved a lift to preston on a supporters bus and hitched to near galgate for a family wedding where i completly disgraced meself,
oh and by the way Pool had already been relegated

 

much rather have

similarities with 96/97 season last home game against Bradford
We can do it again im sure

 

On the subject of trouble.....

There was a fair bit of shenanigans along the promenade after the game. And all around the ground and surrounding car park were the words 'Lundwood Skins' which had been sprayed in green paint.
One of the weridest days weather-wise..... Does anyone recall Fulham away that same season? It was a Friday night match and the snow had fallen rather heavily. Phone calls were made to Craven Cottage to see if the game was on, to which they replied 'definitely'. When we got off the coach it was bloody boiling. Great game though ..... a 3-2 win with Glyn Riley in the goals. We went to the top of the division and was even featured on Football Focus the following day. We stopped off for a drink about 6 miles from Fulham where two blokes in their seventies had a punch-up over a bird that was roughly their age too.

 

I was there !

It was a pub fairly near Wembley and the landlord wasn't going to serve us at first . "I don't want an trouble" , was his excuse . After the OAP punchup , he was very apologetic . He shouted out to the group of elederly people where the trouble started , saying "All these football fans from Barnsley have been perfectly behaved and you lot are shaming us !!!"

 

RE: I was there !

You're absolutely spot on. We must have been on the same coach then?ff

 

I was on a mini bus carrying the Gilroyd Supporter's Club

We were the first in the pub ( only about a dozen or so of us ) , when the landlord started bellyaching about serving football "hooligans" . All of a sudden , a fifty odd seater coach full of Barnsley fans turned up and he admitted defeat !

 

Gilroyd Supporter's Club

I was on the 50-seater. It was from the official Supporter's Club. Oh happy days!

 

We spent the day in London sightseeing .

Whilst we were on the tube , this frail old lady burdened down with shopping bags was trying to get on . Being Barnsley lads , we took her shopping off her and helped her on .(Y) Being a London lady , she assumed we were trying to mug her !(doh) We managed to convince her otherwise . As there were no seats available , one of the lads suggested to an architypal city gent ( complete with bowler hat , umbrella , briefcase and a copy of the Financial Times ) that where we were from , it was good manners to give your seat up for a lady! The city gent chose to ignore him , big mistake !!(NOOO) My mate grabbed him by his lapels and snarled into his face , "Get up , NOW !!!" .( I helped the lady to the now vacated seat ! . We then surrounded the bloke to see if he wanted to debate the issue , but he declined . Soon , the lady says to us "This is my stop boys" . So once again , we help the lady off and carried her bags for her . When we got back on , there was a spontaneous round of applause from the other tube travellers .................... apart from our friend the city gent !!