Fantastic podcast, as ever. I remember being at West Ham when the Hammers fans invaded the pitch. The whole ground was chanting 'Stevie Bull must go to Italy.' Always a nightmare going to that ground as the toilets were un-segregated, leading to rucks at half-time between fans. Great point in the podcast about fans being priced out as well. Personally I loved going to Barnsley, as they had a massive uncovered end back in those days and also the best meat and potato pies around. I recall one game at that ground where fans suffered a really bad hailstone storm and clustered around the toilets for cover. The ground I hated was Twerton Park to watch Bristol Rovers, as the view through the fence was shocking.
Thanks for the comments, Bobby. Hadn’t known that about the West Ham bogs. Must have been a right nightmare. Big fan of the Barnsley away end. Recall a great Dean Richards goal in front of us one year in mid-90s. Also a fan of the Blackburn and Peterborough covered away terraces, celebrating Paul Birch and Cyrille Regis last gasp winners, respectively
Fantastic podcast, as ever. I remember being at West Ham when the Hammers fans invaded the pitch. The whole ground was chanting 'Stevie Bull must go to Italy.' Always a nightmare going to that ground as the toilets were un-segregated, leading to rucks at half-time between fans. Great point in the podcast about fans being priced out as well. Personally I loved going to Barnsley, as they had a massive uncovered end back in those days and also the best meat and potato pies around. I recall one game at that ground where fans suffered a really bad hailstone storm and clustered around the toilets for cover. The ground I hated was Twerton Park to watch Bristol Rovers, as the view through the fence was shocking.
Thanks for the comments, Bobby. Hadn’t known that about the West Ham bogs. Must have been a right nightmare. Big fan of the Barnsley away end. Recall a great Dean Richards goal in front of us one year in mid-90s. Also a fan of the Blackburn and Peterborough covered away terraces, celebrating Paul Birch and Cyrille Regis last gasp winners, respectively
Great memories. I was at all of those. That Birchy goal was a peach, albeit the keeper had a shocker.