Mine was at the Den 1966,although I experienced troubles in previous visits,this time I was with my Wife,shortly after we were married,along with a mate of ours.
We entered the ground at the Cold Blow Lane end,as usual,passing under the large sign "You Enter This Ground At Your Own Risk" and walked towards the terracing but could not get access,as the steps up to it were blocked,caused by too many entering that end of the ground.
They took us to the secretary's office and the Police ushered us all down to the other end of the ground,which I wasn't too keen on at the time.However,we were standing on the terracing,underneath the covered end and the there was no segregation way back then,so it was a bit intimidating.
Shortly after kick off it appeared that their fans had it in their minds to make it uncomfortable for us and it didn't take long.There was some pushing and shoving,as usual,but being use to it there was no real surprise.We then noticed they had got onto the roofing and holes appeared,which caused concern.
Then it started,they were throwing loads of the covering down on us just missing our heads but hitting others.They were shouting abuse and throwing it with the intention of causing injury to us,so we had to leg it,which wasn't easy.
We got to the the back eventually and I walked up to a Copper and told him what was going on and he didn't give a toss,saying - **** that I'll go down there when it's all finished - so we made our way along the back behind the terracing and straight out of the ground.
What a place that was!!

........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest, as they say, is history.....................

Yes, the Police and they are still looking for some of the culprits.

if its the same lad as i believe it is . its nav, and funny enough now lives in portsmouth. used to drink in the wilton a lot. was a john fisher boy.

Edited by heff (27 Apr 2011 8.16am)

we hate brighton and hove albion. we hate brighton too ,and brighton. we hate brighton and hove albion but brighton we hate you...

I seem to remember a firm called the Nifty Fifty from New Addington?, quiet a few got arrested in morning raids.

A few away games stick out

Any Brighton game but this one the most 1988ish after being bricked and having bottles thrown at us with running battles, we all made it back to the station, where Palace where all mixed in with the Seaweed, no one knew who was who, all standing on the bridge over the station, until the Police helpfully told all the passengers for London to stand on the left all passengers for Brighton on the right, there was a parting of the waves, now we all knew who was who and it kicked off big style on the bridge and down on to the platform.

Ipswich walking away from the ground some bloke asked us the way to the train station, My mate said "Sorry I don't know I don't come from around here." he was kicked to the ground, and a bloke pulled a blade on him
we knocked the bloke with the blade to the ground grabbed my mate and ran, thus spending the next 20 min in a keystone cops chase scene, we eventually got back to the car and driving out of Ipswich we ran into them again this time them chasing the car.

Bournmouth. It all kicked off in the away end after someone let off fireworks and rockets into the main stand, the police charged into the way end through the gate in front of the goal (They still had fences and gates back then) about 8 coppers got in when someone managed to shut the gate and these police were now trapped they got a good kicking, before reinforcements arrived, sadley this was the game where the Bournmouth steward got stabbed (and I think died)

I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my war time coat in the wind and sleet.

regarding palace firms,back in the daywe had the "addo",the euston nippers,the whitehorse,old coulsdon,a mob from the railway pub in streatham,everybody did there own thing,in the Allison days we would take hundreds away every where,I still believe the opening day of that season was the beginning of the seaweed problem,palace went down on the night before on the town,and on the day of the match ther was about 1500 waiting for the turnstiles to open,there were pitch invasions,fighting ,and a policeman was stabbed in the Hove Park pub

anyone remember the addo loomers , they used to stand at the back of the whitehorse then steam in at about twenty pass three . i think they drunk in the cunningham