I was about 13 and in the priviledged position of ball boy. I was on the verge of going over to the vicious mob and telling them to stop being silly or I tell the cheif steward.. ..I had second thoughts on that and legged it into the changing rooms.

If you feel that you have been scarred enough to make a claim against the red and $hites i'm sure there is an accident lawyer somewhere round here?

now that would be funny huh

A group of us were stood on the rubble that was the higher terracing at that end of the ground. I remember thinking "if this kicks off it could be really nasty". When the bricks started flying i gallantly fled in the direction of the turnstiles shouting "Every man for himself!" I gained alot of respect for the Coppers on duty that day, while i legged it out of the battleground, these Policemen were filling the no-mans-land that had developed between the two sets of supporters. "Rather you than me". As regards who started it, i witnessed the early exchanges but i think it's fair to say that morons were wearing both clubs colours on that fatefull day. Never been so $hit scared in all my life.

Sad days, that was the same game a 50 something FC female spat on me and my 4 yr old and muttered 'red and white **nts and was bollocked big time by other FC fans who saw it. Lets hope we never return to such times (although we did come close walking back over the bridge after the very first KC friendly, but they were just kids)

We left early that match as my youngest got scared, on the landing in the east there was fighting and a few blokes both set of fans (not that young) covered in blood, the saddest part was it was kicking of straight outside and all you saw was parents rushing away with young kids, no need for it scum bags

On behalf of true FC fans I apologise, there is no place in a family sport for that!, I would do time if anyone spat at my youngest so i feel for you
. we do both seem to have a contingent who would rather see us on the front page than the back page huh!!

what ever happened to that show weilding slapper who was on the front page after a recent derby at KR?? what ever happened to her ??

I think the fashion of that day was stretch arrow jeans and addidas sambas..mamba or kick depending how high up the social scale u were.

I'm pretty sure it was actually 1980 not 81. That's why everyone was so worried about what would happen with us meeting at Wembely later that year. Thankfully we all did ourselves proud with a trouble free day.

It was 1981

It was after the 1980 cup final for Deffo.


You see my girlfriend of the time decided that going to rugby was OK and it started with that 1980 cup final. She had to miss that one due to work but managed a quick drink in 5 ways before hand, she went of to work and I went of to the war zone.

Took her to every game bar odd ones for her work and her last visit was the 1985 Wembley cup final, she was Mrs P by that time

The guys who started the trouble that day were wearing no colours, they were the same group of idiots that we used to have trouble with in the city centre bars during that period in time, i remember them well.

No, it was 1981

Correct - it was '81 - my initial mistake.