and st andrews where you had to be brave to be there
A funny old night. We had 1500ish to their 16k. Plod basically told us politely to **** off out of Birmingham whilst they kept Leeds in the ground. Throughout the day Birmingham had been 'playing' with Leeds. On approaching the bullring after the game about 50 Charlton were allowed through to New Street by Birmingham and congratulated us on the result, phew, a close shave as they are not nice people!
and st andrews where you had to be brave to be there
A funny old night. We had 1500ish to their 16k. Plod basically told us politely to **** off out of Birmingham whilst they kept Leeds in the ground. Throughout the day Birmingham had been 'playing' with Leeds. On approaching the bullring after the game about 50 Charlton were allowed through to New Street by Birmingham and congratulated us on the result, phew, a close shave as they are not nice people!
More and like 1800 and 18000 I seem to recall. Still an interesting experience though - as was the 2nd leg at Elland Road
Certainly one of the most important, relegation after one season would have been a huge financial blow.
IMHO the most important game in the history of the club I think I've ever been to.
Also remember turning up at New Street just as a train pulled out and some numpty BR bloke saying 'that was the last train to London' - I said 'it had better not be, as there are about to be 10,000 unhappy Leeds fans about to turn up' Fortunately another train pulled in a few minutes later - does anyone know/remember if this was a special laid on, or was the BR bloke just a muppet?
I remember seeing more Leeds fans than Charlton travelling south on that great evening. To think we took more fans to Bournemouth this season than on that historic night!
I remember seeing more Leeds fans than Charlton travelling south on that great evening. To think we took more fans to Bournemouth this season than on that historic night!
Yes, it was great talking to them at a service station on the way back. They weren't so pleased with themselves as on the way up :-)
I remember seeing more Leeds fans than Charlton travelling south on that great evening. To think we took more fans to Bournemouth this season than on that historic night!
Our train back from New Street was split in half, us and them.....thankfully!
That sounds vaguely familiar. I don't remember the train back being particukarky crowded. I'm fairly sure it was a bumptybump train rather than a mainline. And by the time we got back to Euston the tube had stopped. running. It was night bus to Victoria, night bus to Bromley an minicab from there
That sounds vaguely familiar. I don't remember the train back being particukarky crowded. I'm fairly sure it was a bumptybump train rather than a mainline. And by the time we got back to Euston the tube had stopped. running. It was night bus to Victoria, night bus to Bromley an minicab from there
Absolutely spot-on there Hugo, a four carriage effort from memory. The tube had stopped running, unlike my little legs moving a bit to get away from the Leeds doughnuts!
That sounds vaguely familiar. I don't remember the train back being particukarky crowded. I'm fairly sure it was a bumptybump train rather than a mainline. And by the time we got back to Euston the tube had stopped. running. It was night bus to Victoria, night bus to Bromley an minicab from there
Absolutely spot-on there Hugo, a four carriage effort from memory. The tube had stopped running, unlike my little legs moving a bit to get away from the Leeds doughnuts!
Of course, it was a perfectly ordinary working day (Friday) and rather short notice - the 2nd leg having been played on the Bank Holiday Monday, so not much opportunity to arrange time off.
The period between John Sheridan scoring (that was a shocking handball decision by Alan Gunn!) and Peter Shirtlifter equalising wasn't!
Know a few Leeds fans from Dartford(and not from Yorkshire), and reckon because we had such small gates/away followings we did not deserve to be in the top league. I say **** them!
That sounds vaguely familiar. I don't remember the train back being particukarky crowded. I'm fairly sure it was a bumptybump train rather than a mainline. And by the time we got back to Euston the tube had stopped. running. It was night bus to Victoria, night bus to Bromley an minicab from there
Too right! I was a poor student so it was shank's pony to Finsbury Park where I gave up and got a night bus to Crouch End
The only time I've ever got a coach to a game and we arrived with about 30 seconds to spare before kick off. On the way back there was a traffic jam on the M1 and a load of idiots got off a southbound Leeds coach and tried to get on ours.
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Or was that the other year v Birmingham?
It's great to say "I WAS THERE" though in it.
Throughout the day Birmingham had been 'playing' with Leeds.
On approaching the bullring after the game about 50 Charlton were allowed through to New Street by Birmingham and congratulated us on the result, phew, a close shave as they are not nice people!
More and like 1800 and 18000 I seem to recall. Still an interesting experience though - as was the 2nd leg at Elland Road
Also remember turning up at New Street just as a train pulled out and some numpty BR bloke saying 'that was the last train to London' - I said 'it had better not be, as there are about to be 10,000 unhappy Leeds fans about to turn up'
Fortunately another train pulled in a few minutes later - does anyone know/remember if this was a special laid on, or was the BR bloke just a muppet?
Long live Lennie Lawrence.