Gate 13

A few of our mob did much the same at Cambridge in 81/82 or thereabouts, not as many but they made the effort.

I have been trying to find this - this picture quality is not good. The blurb says it is us being escorted to the Den; I think it might be us leaving after the match heading to New Cross Gate - happy to be corrected. What a day ...

No problem mate, a big cheers from me.

I think this is the Cup Final replay at Old Trafford, 1970, I know the photo is B&W but Eddie Mac seems to be wearing the yellow socks we wore that (memorable) night.

After last season’s dross I thought this was much better. We are not the finished article but we had 11 blokes on the pitch who have the makings of a team - and looked like they gave a sh*t. We wont win the league but we will compete for top 4. For the impatient amongst us, think back to losing 6-0 at Rotherham and remember how far we have come since. Up the Chels - whisky and soda for me tonight.

Hope it woks this time ... regards to all who were there ... a hot day as I recall (the weather and the welcome - not)

Craig Burley’s kamikaze back pass cost us the 96 semi final at Villa Park - some of the team (Hughes certainly) ripped him big style for it. He has probably had a snot on ever since.

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Hope this wo Hope this works, us at Millwall in 1990, good view of our mob in the away end. Enjoy.

The Den also has some nasty looking yellow (I think) spiked railings around the away end - not to keep the visitors in but to stop the local loons getting at them. The walk back to New Cross Gate station wasn’t much fun either. I was there for our 1-3 win in 89-90 or thereabouts, King Kerry with a hat trick, left, right and a header - the locals were not amused. After the final whistle we were escorted by plod to New Cross Gate, then on to a tube special that did not stop until Victoria. Their ambush teams at the stations up to Whitechapel we well miffed when our train zoomed through the stations non-stop.

Chopper and Eddie Mac, who kicked over the top of the ball, which did not bounce as the pitch was 95% sand - funny that.

I would have loved to be able to get there but can’t - please give a shout out to Joey Jones if he is there - I felt he really ‘got’ us, the clenched fist salute in front of Gate 13 or wherever we were away from home when he ran out lives in my memory. Can’t see any of the current lot with that sort of attitude. Hope it’s a great night.

I think these two are taken in the away dressing room at Highbury on that wonderful hot sunny day that marked our return to Div 1. An 1130am kick off rather like our London derbies in the promotion season before. (Help me here) top picture: Ian McNeill, Deadly Doug, Colin Lee, Eddie Eddie, Colin Pates, Dale Jasper (in the corner), Nigel Spackman, John Neal, and hiding behind the grey hair (16) is, I think, Peter Bonetti. Lower picture includes Joe McLaughlin (5), Derek Johnstone (by the door) and Norman Medhurst in the white shorts. His father Harry was trainer before him and was a big smoker - you can find pics of him with a fag on during training. Very happy days, massive turn out from our mob that day.

Me too, back row of Gate 13, just along from the Stockwell mob.

At the fourth attempt to make this ****ing post …. A great win for us in what was a drab match, me and a mate were there sat in the Highbury West Stand. Johnny B scored for us late on in front of the North Bank; cue bedlam in the Clock End and small pockets of Chels in the East (Main) Stand and West Stand. A few Arse close to us started giving it the big verbals but nothing else, not least as we were close the the Clock End and reinforcements were close by if it went off. Left to right in the photo: Erland Johnson, Kevin MacAllister, Johnny B, Peter (Carthorse) Nicholas, Judas Durie and King Kerry.

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Hutch trading punches with Hunter in the centre circle, Cooke threatening I’m not sure who with a right hander, Eddie Mac’s king fu job on Bremner and - the highlight - Ronnie’s chop on Gray let everyone know we were not the Southern Softies that cnut Revie said we were. Up the Chels. Can you imagine how some of the useless plonkers playing for us today would have managed … I was 11 when this marvellous moment in our history happened, watched it in my Jim Jams with my Dad. 28m watched it live - check the records - mind you it was on BBC and ITV, and there were only 3 channels in 1970 - haha.

I cant cope with us being so sh!t - what on earth have the last 20 years been about ? Please get rid of Potter before he does long term damage to our club, if he hasn’t already - aaaaaargh

Nice post Blue Haze, brings a tear to the eye, can you imagine that sort of support these days - I would not fancy being a oppo player taking a throw in front of them.

Yes, both did short spells as a guest of Her Majesty.

Yes, just checked, King Kerry and Micky Thomas scored for us.

Is the the match that followed the week after the smack up at the Bridge? We were banned but a few of our mob ignored that - and I think we won 0-2?

I am pretty sure Leeds were in all red, they wore the red socks at Wembley in 1970.