BarnetBlue73

City was always interesting. Feel like they always had 2 mobs when we went down there. A firm made up of mainly whites from all over Manchester and another mainly black firm from Moss Side. Tottenham were a bit like that too but the whites and blacks got on a bit better

How do you you jib with a high vis jacket, out of curiosity of course! I always used to jump the turnstiles but with a high vis jacket, do you walk through a certain section. Do you print ID badges? Sounds way too complicated for a simpleton like me

Out of interest, what areas were QPR? Lived a bit too north of west London to encounter them.

Dodgy police pass. god that's risky! especially bringing your child along. you can have all these police passes but if you ain't got the confidence then it won't work!

My Fulham mate is in his 50s but still buys kids tickets. Some of these lower league clubs still dont get it. Dont think he' ever paid more than a fiver for his tickets. still doesn't get his money's worth :P

Any of you lot ever jibbed any stadiums? Used to do it a lot in my younger years but speaking to some of the younger Chels, it's still ongoing! Think the final in Munich 2012 was the easiest. I had a ticket but loads of mates didn't and were there in the stadium. Think I shared my seat area with about 8 others! In the 80s it was piss easy but glad the traditional lives on! Any memories of doing it yourself?

Actually quite glad you posted this! know 1 on the list who I need to catch u with. the 'ban for life' is wrong though cause remember meeting him at the Bridge in 2002.

Same with slaidburn street, where the road turned into a shrine for chelsea just before the fa cup. In Victorian times it was called the 'worst street in london' and my grandad who lived there told me it was pretty much slums pre war. Now of course you would need millions to live there.

Yeah Lisson Grove was Chels. Think Sugs was from round there which is why he's a blue :)

Also noticed how Paddington was mainyl Chels (I think) while neighbouring Notting Hill was QPR. This was when Notting Hill was working class btw. Now they probably sit in the West stand upper at chelsea when the theatre is sold out.

top picture there! can't believe the east stand (?) was that tall. Surpirsed there were never more tragedies like Hillsborough.So many people and so little health and safety.

Slum clearance has lead to west ham fans being scattered all over. I know that South Oxhey, near Watford, had a lot of West Ham fans despite being north west of London because of the east end slum clearance. Another weird one, Epsom has the 2nd highest percentage of Fulham fans after Putney. After WW2, families in Fulham who had their homes destoryed during the Blitz were relocated in Epsom. Question for bazablue, why did kilburn have a lot of Chelsea? Always knew a lot from that area who went games in the 80s. In Hendon we were Chels because the boys from Burnt Oak were part of the Northbank Highbury while gangs from Cricklewood used to go WHL and follow Spurs. We were separating ourselves from those lot.

Places you wouldnt expect to find Chelsea fans were Kilburn and Hendon. Come from Hendon and in the 70s/80s we always brought loads to the Bridge. This is depsite the fact that in the rest of Barnet it was all Arsenal and Spurs. My secondary school was in between Hendon and Bunt Oak. All of Burnt Oak were Arsenal and they made up a large part of the Northbank in the 80s while Hendon were fairly well represented in the Shed. School was always interesting befpore the game :D.

Media is consantly telling everyone that football only became popular after 1990 world cup but these figures contradict that completly. What they really mean to say is that 1990 is when companies began to realise there was a fortune to be made from the game.

You're right about the public transport. I was just being naive and assumed it must have been crap because it was the 30's. :P