The Leigh Limpet

Soon after we'd beat Man U 5-4 aet in league cup. 13 goals in 2 home games. Doubt that will happen again in the near future?.

7 games in Dec, plus a League Cup game should we still be in it ( hope so! ) will be a trying month. But same for everyone else?.

There's a couple of sites on Facebook, dedicated to fans recollections of the 'good old days' from all clubs. Many focus on Chelsea, with pics from the terrace's as well. I was amazed at the amount mentioned & the 'antics' involved!.

I was at that game, remember the Ref was Norman Burkenshaw ( or something like that! ). He always reminded me of 'Rigsby' from Rising Damp!.

Todays game will be long forgotten, after we've beaten Tottenham in the League Cup on Tuesday.

Tottenham were still in the Park Lane in 72. They were in The Shelf in 73, Paxton & Shelf 75 onwards. When we played there in 78, they even had a crew in the side paddock, by where the teams came out!. Think the only place they never staked out, was the top tier of the stand, above the Shelf terrace!

Yet they still haven't mastered Jose's clean sheet mentality. They seem to concede 1 or 2 most games.

I did as well!. Back then all Cup replays were played the following Tues or Weds after the first game, yet with so little time for making arrangements, away fans still managed to get to where-ever!.

Presume this was written a few years ago, as if recently, then the guy would surely be 67, not 57??.

By the time our main mob ( which was massive ) got to the ground, they'd closed the turnstiles as it was full. Same thing happened in 79, when our 1st away game was at Upton Pk on a Mon night. We met at The Green Man in Bethnal Green, got there after KO, & they wouldn't let us in again!.

From what I saw in the Sardine packed Clock End, was a Chelsea mob ( Hickey's? ) who got sussed by Old Bill at the back where the open terrace becomes covered. They were then moved down to the front & escorted round or into the paddock. After the game we were walking en mass past their East Stand, when suddenly a gap appeared as Denton & his crew were walking the opp way through us. To be honest they threw a few 'right handers', & I didn't see much resistance as some of ours scattered ( obviously not our 'main guys',) which caused many of us to get split up. I lost my mates, & when I got back to Finsbury Park, I waited over the road outside a Betting shop. Within a few mins who should suddenly walk round the corner with his crony's, yep you've guessed!. Probably because I was on my own & wasn't wearing a CFC shirt, they stared & walked by. Somewhat a reality check as I had been married 6 years ( getting grief for still going to games ) & my eldest son was 3 months old at the time. Had I got home bruised & battered, would never had heard the last of it!.

Empty seats in the background, fast forward 35 years & despite their successes, they never seem to have a full house, when watching highlights on MOTD?. Could understand it if it held 80,000, but 54,000 imo isn't a mega amount to fill each home game. Even West Ham draw in more than them, & when did they last win anything......???

My page just shows the + & quote boxe's, nothing else???

To be honest, I thought the Geordies made as much noise as we did that day.

Def wasn't the Leeds game in Aug 72. We got on the dog track for most of the game, there were loads more on it than what that pic shows. Also the clothes worn were from the 60's, & Old Bills uniforms as well. Not a pair of Braces, Doc Martens or turned up Levis in sight!