80's memories

[Bracknell Neil]

Remember the season after we had a nice welcome at Caledonian road with CS gas and a few headaches on the tube and platform!!

[QPRWEBBIE]

Another place that used to lively was highfield rd Coventry

[vespa]

what i dont get ,as we obviously had a few boys in the 80s , was why the Loft wasn`t defended more when Chelsea came over , i know shear weight of numbers and all that , but they were all over LR.

[bushcelt1]

chelsea had a cracking lot in those days-huge numbers. we were not a match.numbers game. some of the maddest pple ever at rangers then-proper loons-well known around london. some game lads up my way tried to fill the later vaccum...still a numbers game.

[QPRWEBBIE]

what i dont get ,as we obviously had a few boys in the 80s , was why the Loft wasn`t defended more when Chelsea came over , i know shear weight of numbers and all that , but they were all over LR.

Because we didn't have the numbers that they had, we had the C mob and Ladbroke Grove, all in all about a hundred that you could rely on and a few more when the big games come up, remember Spurs at home on Bush Green numbers came out for that one.

[vespa]

Because we didn't have the numbers that they had, we had the C mob and Ladbroke Grove, all in all about a hundred that you could rely on and a few more when the big games come up, remember Spurs at home on Bush Green numbers came out for that one.

And Everton ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[QPR Richard]

The thing is, before the ruck started, everyone was full of bravado, but when it was close, everyone sh!t themselves. The fear took hold and you wanted to be anywhere but there.

I don't think most people looked or it, it just happened. After all, apart from the showing off aspect, who really wants to get punched in the mouth?

[QPRWEBBIE]

Rather get punched in the face than have a knife put to it !!!

[bushcelt1]

Looking theiugh some old 80's threads and remember the Irish chap skinny with gingerish (strawberry blond then) who used to run with our hoolies at the time (I was a bit young)

I remember him and about 15-20 R's trying to take the north bank one year, was a funny sight. They were lead around the pitch after they're rucking.

Is he still about?? Matured a bit?

not sure but he could fella from hounslow area was proper game-tall fella. seen a few late 80's at leeds promotion game. shame leeds picked their times.

[QPRWEBBIE]

What I don't understand is 3 - 4 years ago we had a handy firm and there seemed to be hundreds of youth coming through, where has everybody gone and why ?

[bushcelt1]

What I don't understand is 3 - 4 years ago we had a handy firm and there seemed to be hundreds of youth coming through, where has everybody gone and why ?

cple on here can answer that. 8/9 years ago-up there. ob bang on it-game over.

[vespa]

What I don't understand is 3 - 4 years ago we had a handy firm and there seemed to be hundreds of youth coming through, where has everybody gone and why ?

thats what i said , where have they all gone , Villa away in the cup, Oldham home and away , Wednesday away etc , cant all have been banged up

[WCE]

Looking theiugh some old 80's threads and remember the Irish chap skinny with gingerish (strawberry blond then) who used to run with our hoolies at the time (I was a bit young)

I remember him and about 15-20 R's trying to take the north bank one year, was a funny sight. They were lead around the pitch after they're rucking.

Is he still about?? Matured a bit?

Fella I knew fits the MO to a t, he was there in the north bank that day, came from w10 area, like you I remember him and other's being lead from the north bank and into the rangers area. He had some trouble over this way & now lives over in the east and knock's around with west ham. Saw him at play off final and my mate still chats to him every now a again.

[WCE]

What I don't understand is 3 - 4 years ago we had a handy firm and there seemed to be hundreds of youth coming through, where has everybody gone and why ?

OB banned a few of them for just knocking around with known faces

[Hitman34]

anyone remember lower loft behind the goal, everyone used to slate some guy who looked like harold bishop out of neighbours.