Certainly up there with the most violent. Remember getting there quite early for some reason and saying to my mates 'good crowd today', walked up the stairway to the centre of the Covered End and immediately took a right hander to the chin. Beating a hasty retreat went to the corner of the East Terrace. If memory serves me correct we did get the 'Massives' out during the second half, though might have been that they were kicking towards the Open End in the second period.
Was 14 at the time but had to be so many ages in one day:
14 to get a half return train ticket. 16 to buy 10 No 6 fags. Under 16 to get in the ground as a schoolboy. 18 to get a bottle of light ale from the bar beneath the Covered End.
Wednesday sold out last week, I know of at least four are in the Charlton end.
Wouldn't be the first time they got in the home end.....cup game back in the mid 70's.
Yes they went in before 2pm.
That's right no real segregation back then, remember them swarming across the East terrace. To my knowledge they are the only mob outside of London to have taken The Covered End.
Forest on a Friday night.
77 wasn't it? they turned a car over in Floyd Road
71/72 season was very naughty Wednesday in the Covered End very early Charlton singing oh tweedle dee oh tweedle dum we are the Charlton and we never run
fighting all through first half and a load of Charlton arrived at HT Carried on after the game Was a 2-2 draw I think but don’t remember much about the match
Without wishing to dampened the reminiscing about Charlton Agro amongst the 60+ Lifers ! Isn't it an opportunity missed by the club to sell more Away tickets to the Massives?....Sheffield Wednesday were always going to sell out and have done 10 days before the fixture. Surely club could have offered additional Away seats from the start, in the upper West Stand (like the recent Ipswich cup game) or in the East Stand... isn't this a opportunity missed for additional revenue for the club ? It would also be great for the atmosphere to have a larger away support?
...back to the B Mob defending the covered end in late 60's & 70s........ !
Without wishing to dampened the reminiscing about Charlton Agro amongst the 60+ Lifers ! Isn't it an opportunity missed by the club to sell more Away tickets to the Massives?....Sheffield Wednesday were always going to sell out and have done 10 days before the fixture. Surely club could have offered additional Away seats from the start, in the upper West Stand (like the recent Ipswich cup game) or in the East Stand... isn't this a opportunity missed for additional revenue for the club ? It would also be great for the atmosphere to have a larger away support?
...back to the B Mob defending the covered end in late 60's & 70s........ !
Without wishing to dampened the reminiscing about Charlton Agro amongst the 60+ Lifers ! Isn't it an opportunity missed by the club to sell more Away tickets to the Massives?....Sheffield Wednesday were always going to sell out and have done 10 days before the fixture. Surely club could have offered additional Away seats from the start, in the upper West Stand (like the recent Ipswich cup game) or in the East Stand... isn't this a opportunity missed for additional revenue for the club ? It would also be great for the atmosphere to have a larger away support?
And as a sign of goodwill a one goal start as well.
Without wishing to dampened the reminiscing about Charlton Agro amongst the 60+ Lifers ! Isn't it an opportunity missed by the club to sell more Away tickets to the Massives?....Sheffield Wednesday were always going to sell out and have done 10 days before the fixture. Surely club could have offered additional Away seats from the start, in the upper West Stand (like the recent Ipswich cup game) or in the East Stand... isn't this a opportunity missed for additional revenue for the club ? It would also be great for the atmosphere to have a larger away support?
...back to the B Mob defending the covered end in late 60's & 70s........ !
If you gave Sheff W additional seats anywhere in the home ends you would have all sorts of trouble, as they have some very unfriendly fans. How many times have you been to Hillsborough?
Without wishing to dampened the reminiscing about Charlton Agro amongst the 60+ Lifers ! Isn't it an opportunity missed by the club to sell more Away tickets to the Massives?....Sheffield Wednesday were always going to sell out and have done 10 days before the fixture. Surely club could have offered additional Away seats from the start, in the upper West Stand (like the recent Ipswich cup game) or in the East Stand... isn't this a opportunity missed for additional revenue for the club ? It would also be great for the atmosphere to have a larger away support?
...back to the B Mob defending the covered end in late 60's & 70s........ !
No, even it it does give us more money, I personally don’t like having thousands of away fans in home areas, 3000+ in the away end is enough.
71/72 season was very naughty Wednesday in the Covered End very early Charlton singing oh tweedle dee oh tweedle dum we are the Charlton and we never run
fighting all through first half and a load of Charlton arrived at HT Carried on after the game Was a 2-2 draw I think but don’t remember much about the match
71/72 season was very naughty Wednesday in the Covered End very early Charlton singing oh tweedle dee oh tweedle dum we are the Charlton and we never run
fighting all through first half and a load of Charlton arrived at HT Carried on after the game Was a 2-2 draw I think but don’t remember much about the match
Yes it’s the only time I ever got hit at a Charlton game - this Weds fan caught me a glancing blow and as he continued his momentum past me a Charlton fan grabbed him and whacked him on one of the metal barriers we used to have.
It was bedlam all game long but eventually the Weds fans got kicked out or left
I’ve been twice to Sheffield Wed never had any probs at Hillsborough or at Sheffield Utd - like the city son was at Sheffield Uni so stayed a lot - I would like to see the club accommodate larger away support in West or East stand - would rather see sections full than home sections only partially occupied - it worked well for Brighton match surely with good segregation, policing and stewarding it’s additional revenue for club and allows away fans opportunity to enjoy seeing their team & creates a better atmosphere.
The dark days of 70’s aggro are surely in the past ? I don’t look fondly back to hooligans of 70’s & 80’s - I know it’s not totally dead but largely only arises rarely these days
For reasons of accuracy, the match was an fa cup third round one, which we won 2-1. Wednesday had the whole of the Covered End throughout the entirety of the match, in spite of Charlton trying to gain access via the East Terrace.
There was also a brief skirmish as a few fans entered via the exit near B block. There have been claims these were Millwall.
Rumoured in a hooligan book written by someone of this parish, that we run Wednesday after the game down Bugsby Way. I never saw that and tbh seems doubtful given the numbers they had that day.
For reasons of accuracy, the match was an fa cup third round one, which we won 2-1. Wednesday had the whole of the Covered End throughout the entirety of the match, in spite of Charlton trying to gain access via the East Terrace.
There was also a brief skirmish as a few fans entered via the exit near B block. There have been claims these were Millwall.
Rumoured in a hooligan book written by someone of this parish, that we run Wednesday after the game down Bugsby Way. I never saw that and tbh seems doubtful given the numbers they had that day.
1976....3rd round, Pompey in the 4th round and Wolves in the 5th.
I’ve been twice to Sheffield Wed never had any probs at Hillsborough or at Sheffield Utd - like the city son was at Sheffield Uni so stayed a lot - I would like to see the club accommodate larger away support in West or East stand - would rather see sections full than home sections only partially occupied - it worked well for Brighton match surely with good segregation, policing and stewarding it’s additional revenue for club and allows away fans opportunity to enjoy seeing their team & creates a better atmosphere.
The dark days of 70’s aggro are surely in the past ? I don’t look fondly back to hooligans of 70’s & 80’s - I know it’s not totally dead but largely only arises rarely these days
For reasons of accuracy, the match was an fa cup third round one, which we won 2-1. Wednesday had the whole of the Covered End throughout the entirety of the match, in spite of Charlton trying to gain access via the East Terrace.
There was also a brief skirmish as a few fans entered via the exit near B block. There have been claims these were Millwall.
Rumoured in a hooligan book written by someone of this parish, that we run Wednesday after the game down Bugsby Way. I never saw that and tbh seems doubtful given the numbers they had that day.
Correct. I remember arriving at 2.15 to take up my usual Covered End standing spot & the CE was crammed full of yellow & green scarved norveners.
And you're quite right they didn't go anywhere, they were all there, all game.
Re current situation there's been fighting/agitating outside Hillsborough in recent visits (which we don't see elsewhere apart from Millwall & Palace).
The costs of keeping the norvern hordes away from friendly Charlton fans in east or west is simply not practical and why would we want a plan to get our fans/scarfers attacked in any case?
Also their better behaved S/T fans will possibly have tickets already & it may be the London away day fans that would be in the home stands.
I'm pretty confident they would kick off if they were losing.
Clubs like Bournemouth & Brighton are exceptions, where we should be ok.
I’ve been twice to Sheffield Wed never had any probs at Hillsborough or at Sheffield Utd - like the city son was at Sheffield Uni so stayed a lot - I would like to see the club accommodate larger away support in West or East stand - would rather see sections full than home sections only partially occupied - it worked well for Brighton match surely with good segregation, policing and stewarding it’s additional revenue for club and allows away fans opportunity to enjoy seeing their team & creates a better atmosphere.
The dark days of 70’s aggro are surely in the past ? I don’t look fondly back to hooligans of 70’s & 80’s - I know it’s not totally dead but largely only arises rarely these days
So if we have 12/13000 in attendance you would like to see any spare seats given to away fans if demand is there? how depressing
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Certainly up there with the most violent. Remember getting there quite early for some reason and saying to my mates 'good crowd today', walked up the stairway to the centre of the Covered End and immediately took a right hander to the chin. Beating a hasty retreat went to the corner of the East Terrace. If memory serves me correct we did get the 'Massives' out during the second half, though might have been that they were kicking towards the Open End in the second period.
Was 14 at the time but had to be so many ages in one day:
14 to get a half return train ticket.
16 to buy 10 No 6 fags.
Under 16 to get in the ground as a schoolboy.
18 to get a bottle of light ale from the bar beneath the Covered End.
Happy days!
Wednesday in the Covered End very early
Charlton singing
oh tweedle dee
oh tweedle dum
we are the Charlton
and we never run
fighting all through first half and a load of Charlton arrived at HT
Carried on after the game
Was a 2-2 draw I think but don’t remember much about the match
Isn't it an opportunity missed by the club to sell more Away tickets to the Massives?....Sheffield Wednesday were always going to sell out and have done 10 days before the fixture. Surely club could have offered additional Away seats from the start, in the upper West Stand (like the recent Ipswich cup game) or in the East Stand... isn't this a opportunity missed for additional revenue for the club ? It would also be great for the atmosphere to have a larger away support?
Not sure it would be so ‘peaceful’ with the Massives!
Not exactly a shock they're well supported.
How many times have you been to Hillsborough?
Managed to snaffle a ticket for this, first visit to the Valley since late 2015 when you beat us 3-1.
One of my favourite grounds even if the results don't go our way.
There was also a brief skirmish as a few fans entered via the exit near B block. There have been claims these were Millwall.
Rumoured in a hooligan book written by someone of this parish, that we run Wednesday after the game down Bugsby Way. I never saw that and tbh seems doubtful given the numbers they had that day.
And you're quite right they didn't go anywhere, they were all there, all game.
Re current situation there's been fighting/agitating outside Hillsborough in recent visits (which we don't see elsewhere apart from Millwall & Palace).
The costs of keeping the norvern hordes away from friendly Charlton fans in east or west is simply not practical and why would we want a plan to get our fans/scarfers attacked in any case?
Also their better behaved S/T fans will possibly have tickets already & it may be the London away day fans that would be in the home stands.
I'm pretty confident they would kick off if they were losing.
Clubs like Bournemouth & Brighton are exceptions, where we should be ok.
Todays result.
I don't mean on the pitch.
how depressing
need them out of league one so no one can threaten our stroll to winning the league next season