Quote Mutley Cat="Mutley Cat"which time are you referring to? either way the reception out side the local watering holes in cas was disgraceful .
unfortunately somethings never change and no matter how many millions C4 pour into your town the bloody mindedness of of the locals will forever remain in WF10'"
I still remember the day we beat Cas 17-0 (I think) in a game which kick started our surge out of the relegation zone. Id just published Issue 1 of my fanzine, and I'll be frank with you, I was friends with many Castleford fans through both the tag games we had with them and through the help I received from the editors of Castlefords fanzine when starting mine up. I met up with them on Wheldon Road and exchanged copies and thanked them for their help. My bright idea was to have a pint in the pub opposite the ground and see if I could sell a few to opposition fans (as Id bought many from other clubs during the years).
I entered with two friends so not to do it alone, and within 20 seconds we were split up and the hostility reminded me of the beginning sketch to the Blade film where the guy gets tossed around and beaten up by vampires. I never got beat up, but I was quickly pushed into a corner and faced some verbal abuse of which exceeded anything that Ive given to anyone in my life (and I'll admit, Ive given some). You could tell that it was going to kick off at some point during the afternoon, so I quickly managed to get out and was relieved when the other two friends exited too in one piece.
After the game, it did kick off but I wont go into it as its not the time or the place to be discussing it again, but it wasnt nice. And just for the record, I sold 206 copies that day, but not one to our fellow neighbours !! (The spoilsports).
