Millwall supporters

[guest123]

48 minutes ago, The Fox Covert said:

I was with a friend at the notorious cup tie at Luton in the eighties. Millwall's thugs really excelled themselves that night. Because it was midweek the other London sides were not playing and the hooligans were joined by the firms from Chelsea and West Ham. A sight I will never forget is a stout middle-aged woman in her fifties bawling at the plod and then starting to throw punches. It took about half a dozen plod to subdue her and drag her off. I wonder what her kids turned out like?

no way west ham and chelsea joined millwall that day FFS, one of the most made up things i've ever read on this forum. if there is even the slightest bit of knowledge of the hooligan/casual scene from back then people would know millwall and west ham being within a 10 mile radius of each other would result in them trying to kill each other, not going to luton to trash a town

[CrazyKopCorner]

Was it true that West Ham bolstered our numbers and rearguard action against Chelsea on that famous Boxing Day game in 1979?

Edited 8 January 2024 by CrazyKopCorner

[guest123]

4 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Was it true that West Ham bolstered our numbers and rearguard action against Chelsea on that famous Boxing Day game in 1979?

extremely doubtful

[Nalis]

6 pages in and I still havent seen that   baby squad post on here, I'm disappointed in you lot.

[Guest worth_the_wait]

7 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Was it true that West Ham bolstered our numbers and rearguard action against Chelsea on that famous Boxing Day game in 1979?

No

[grobyfox1990]

2 hours ago, guest123 said:

no way west ham and chelsea joined millwall that day FFS, one of the most made up things i've ever read on this forum. if there is even the slightest bit of knowledge of the hooligan/casual scene from back then people would know millwall and west ham being within a 10 mile radius of each other would result in them trying to kill each other, not going to luton to trash a town

Not joined millwall, joined the action. I remember hearing there were as many Chelsea/West Ham arrests as there were millwall that night 

[Freeman's Wharfer]

13 hours ago, Foxmeister said:

It would be nice to think they're banned and their employers send them down the road for bringing the business into disrepute, easy done and proportionate justice.

You want these lads to lose their livelihoods because in their free time, on the weekend, they made a helicopter gesture with their hands down the football?!

 

Wow! 

 

[guest123]

5 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Not joined millwall, joined the action. I remember hearing there were as many Chelsea/West Ham arrests as there were millwall that night 

It is a total myth they were even there. Just like the myth Chelsea were involved in the Hysel tragedy. Back then it was all about reputation and one upmanship so firms were more than happy to be wrongly attributed to trouble. It served no purpose to dispel any mistruths. Honestly, if you look back at the footage and think it’s bad as the police had lost control, it’d been 100x worse if West Ham had really been there. They would have tried to kill each other. That day was purely Millwall

[Collymore]

The thing is most of the 'old school' come out for the bigs games all stone island up yet when it comes to it shut themselves,I was a prominent member of the ybs when we started it up,was always us young lot Avin a row,we were game as ****,hear the young lot now are(I'm 30) and av mrs and kids and don't bother anymore,pisses me off that you get the so called old school sitting in family stand with the kids in the s.i gear,yet when push comes to shove and it's gonna kick off say 'av got me kids',that's well and fine but then don't wear the clobber to say your a lad if your a has been,most so called lads ain't even as a row,gaur enter that out of 50 lads(hate it when folk say there was 200 there today)only a dozen tops will av it,the rest **** off back to the tavern and av the cheek to say they've just 'had it'!

[Aus Fox]

2 minutes ago, Collymore said:

The thing is most of the 'old school' come out for the bigs games all stone island up yet when it comes to it shut themselves,I was a prominent member of the ybs when we started it up,was always us young lot Avin a row,we were game as ****,hear the young lot now are(I'm 30) and av mrs and kids and don't bother anymore,pisses me off that you get the so called old school sitting in family stand with the kids in the s.i gear,yet when push comes to shove and it's gonna kick off say 'av got me kids',that's well and fine but then don't wear the clobber to say your a lad if your a has been,most so called lads ain't even as a row,gaur enter that out of 50 lads(hate it when folk say there was 200 there today)only a dozen tops will av it,the rest **** off back to the tavern and av the cheek to say they've just 'had it'!

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[ElusiveEd]

Th Baby Squad joined forces with the DLF (Derby Lunatic Fringe) for a while. (A short while if I remember right)

 

How do I know? I was involved and still have the photo's of us all at DCFC ground when we played Burton Albion.

 

Great bunch of lads tbh. Not sure how long our alliance lasted but I think the rivalry meant more to some than others.

Edited 9 January 2024 by ElusiveEd

[Guest worth_the_wait]

2 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said:

Th Baby Squad joined forces with the DLF (Derby Lunatic Fringe) for a while. (A short while if I remember right)

 

How do I know? I was involved and still have the photo's of us all at DCFC ground when we played Burton Albion.

 

Great bunch of lads tbh. Not sure how long our alliance lasted but I think the rivalry meant more to some than others.

wtf are you talking about ???

 

Leicester and Derby were going at it against each other like crazy at that match in 1985.   

[jonthefox]

8 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said:

Th Baby Squad joined forces with the DLF (Derby Lunatic Fringe) for a while. (A short while if I remember right)

 

How do I know? I was involved and still have the photo's of us all at DCFC ground when we played Burton Albion.

 

Great bunch of lads tbh. Not sure how long our alliance lasted but I think the rivalry meant more to some than others.

Remember that game well. 

[ElusiveEd]

27 minutes ago, worth_the_wait said:

wtf are you talking about ???

 

Leicester and Derby were going at it against each other like crazy at that match in 1985.   

I still have somewhere, and passed on copies to Riaz for his records, memoirs and books, the very pictures of us and the DLF at DCFC's ground.

 

I can't be mistaken as when else did LCFC play anyone else other than DCFC at their ground?

 

Maybe other DCFC went at us but the DLF (main core) were with us.

 

We were with them in the upper tier and can even remember the plans being made days beforehand to make the alliance.

[RonnieTodger]

5 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said:

I still have somewhere, and passed on copies to Riaz for his records, memoirs and books, the very pictures of us and the DLF at DCFC's ground.

 

I can't be mistaken as when else did LCFC play anyone else other than DCFC at their ground?

 

Maybe other DCFC went at us but the DLF (main core) were with us.

 

We were with them in the upper tier and can even remember the plans being made days beforehand to make the alliance.

Didn’t we play Burton Albion there? Believe it got abandoned at 6-1 due to crowd trouble. 

[ElusiveEd]

Just now, RonnieTodger said:

Didn’t we play Burton Albion there? Believe it got abandoned at 6-1 due to crowd trouble. 

We did.

Their keeper got knocked out by a chair seat thrown by one of our lot in the upper tier.

Had to be replayed behind closed doors.

[ElusiveEd]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2017/jan/06/fa-cup-third-round-leicester-city-burton-albion-block-wood

[HighPeakFox]

We appear to be looking back at days of violence with a worrying reverence...

[guest123]

51 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said:

Th Baby Squad joined forces with the DLF (Derby Lunatic Fringe) for a while. (A short while if I remember right)

 

How do I know? I was involved and still have the photo's of us all at DCFC ground when we played Burton Albion.

 

Great bunch of lads tbh. Not sure how long our alliance lasted but I think the rivalry meant more to some than others.

i was under the impression it didn't last too long, until Derby played at Filbert Street in fact and half didn't agree with the 'alliance' and flew into them. maybe wrong on that, but remember being told

[guest123]

2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

We appear to be looking back at days of violence with a worrying reverence...

these things happened, we can't change history, not like we're going to start a FT BS splinter group and smash nuneaton up on Saturday. very different times but they happened

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, guest123 said:

these things happened, we can't change history, not like we're going to start a FT BS splinter group and smash nuneaton up on Saturday. very different times but they happened

I don't deny that. However, my point stands - it very much reads like 'the good old days'.

[Vlad the Fox]

13 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said:

We did.

Their keeper got knocked out by a chair seat thrown by one of our lot in the upper tier.

Had to be replayed behind closed doors.

The game finished but warnock complained to the fa that his goalkeeper was concussed by an object that was thrown from the crowd and so the game should be replayed. The fa caved in and it was replayed at covs highfield road, Ramsey scored the only goal in a 1 0 victory. Despite the the rematch the goals from the first game still counted towards the players season totals where Lineker bagged up. 
 

From what my dad said the coin that hit their keeper wasn’t thrown by Leicester fans but by the derby fans in the tier above who had been chucking stuff down onto us all game.
 

I was gutted my dad wouldn’t take me but he said they’ll be trouble so best not to. I guess he was right. Still wish I’d have been there though.

Edited 9 January 2024 by Vlad the Fox

[ElusiveEd]

1 minute ago, guest123 said:

i was under the impression it didn't last too long, until Derby played at Filbert Street in fact and half didn't agree with the 'alliance' and flew into them. maybe wrong on that, but remember being told

You know what, I remember that being the case. 100%

 

There were lots of uncertainty before the game as to what the situation was and it only took one person to spark up the inevitable.

 

[guest123]

2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

I don't deny that. However, my point stands - it very much reads like 'the good old days'.

to some they were, as i said, can't change that. you silence history you never learn from it

[Spiritwalker]

9 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

We appear to be looking back at days of violence with a worrying reverence...

You don’t sound like your up for avin it.