Sheffield Wednesday Protest

Covered End said:

redbuttle said:

Baldybonce said:

Covered End said:

I remember them taking The Covered End in 76.
Mocking our relegation in 99.
Attacking us at Hillsborough in 2014 and many other runs in with the 'orrible northern bastards.

The last time we were relegated it was because the efl didn't deduct their points for breaking the rules in the same season.

I'd be very pleased if they spent the next 20 years in Leagues 1, 2 or non league.

I don't think they took the Covered end. They tried at half time, i remember because my cousin was nicked at the gate behind the West as they tried to get through. The Police kept him overnight so he told his parents he'd stayed at mine.
The following week the Mercury published a list of all those arrested. Oh how we laughed.

They got in the covered end early virtually before everyone else got there. Despite several attempts we couldn't get them.out.

Another who remembers it well.

I certainly do.

HastingsRed said:

kafka said:

HastingsRed said:

redbuttle said:

Baldybonce said:

Covered End said:

I remember them taking The Covered End in 76.
Mocking our relegation in 99.
Attacking us at Hillsborough in 2014 and many other runs in with the 'orrible northern bastards.

The last time we were relegated it was because the efl didn't deduct their points for breaking the rules in the same season.

I'd be very pleased if they spent the next 20 years in Leagues 1, 2 or non league.

I don't think they took the Covered end. They tried at half time, i remember because my cousin was nicked at the gate behind the West as they tried to get through. The Police kept him overnight so he told his parents he'd stayed at mine.
The following week the Mercury published a list of all those arrested. Oh how we laughed.

They got in the covered end early virtually before everyone else got there. Despite several attempts we couldn't get them.out.

FAC 3rd rd....we won 2-1.

I was there. As I recall, we were in old Div 2 and they were in Div 3?

Yes that's right....Went on to beat Portsmouth in the 4th rd (after a replay) then lost 3-0 at Wolves in the 5th rd.

Where Charlton fans had to run across the motorway to escape the Wolves fans waiting in the subway.
I think it was a John Richards hat trick.

redbuttle said:

Braziliance said:

Sounds like there were a lot of hard men in football back in the day, but they all missed a trick, could have become prize fighting millionaires instead of being tough at the football. 😂

Unfortunately it was quite rough in the 70s and 80s. Don't think you would have liked it.

Even the SAS would have thought twice about using the toilet behind the Covered end. The light never worked and the spiders were the size of your hand.

I don't think more than one or two have said they want them out of existence.

More that they won't be supporting their protests and would be quite happy for them to get their comeuppance by getting relegated.

NB although their idiots are a minority ie less than 50%, they are a very sizeable minority.
It's just that a minority of our fans posting on here have been lucky enough to have not met their idiot minority.

In terms of idiot minorities they are in a pack behind Millwall, Leeds, W Ham, Chelsea etc, but they are up there in the bunch of biggest c*%ts going.

redbuttle said:

Braziliance said:

Sounds like there were a lot of hard men in football back in the day, but they all missed a trick, could have become prize fighting millionaires instead of being tough at the football. 😂

Unfortunately it was quite rough in the 70s and 80s. Don't think you would have liked it.

They were shit decades, likewise the 2020s so far.

Covered End said:

HastingsRed said:

kafka said:

HastingsRed said:

redbuttle said:

Baldybonce said:

Covered End said:

I remember them taking The Covered End in 76.
Mocking our relegation in 99.
Attacking us at Hillsborough in 2014 and many other runs in with the 'orrible northern bastards.

The last time we were relegated it was because the efl didn't deduct their points for breaking the rules in the same season.

I'd be very pleased if they spent the next 20 years in Leagues 1, 2 or non league.

I don't think they took the Covered end. They tried at half time, i remember because my cousin was nicked at the gate behind the West as they tried to get through. The Police kept him overnight so he told his parents he'd stayed at mine.
The following week the Mercury published a list of all those arrested. Oh how we laughed.

They got in the covered end early virtually before everyone else got there. Despite several attempts we couldn't get them.out.

FAC 3rd rd....we won 2-1.

I was there. As I recall, we were in old Div 2 and they were in Div 3?

Yes that's right....Went on to beat Portsmouth in the 4th rd (after a replay) then lost 3-0 at Wolves in the 5th rd.

Where Charlton fans had to run across the motorway to escape the Wolves fans waiting in the subway.
I think it was a John Richards hat trick.

Run? Charlton fans in the 70’s need to grow some

ducks for cover

Baldybonce said:

redbuttle said:

Braziliance said:

Sounds like there were a lot of hard men in football back in the day, but they all missed a trick, could have become prize fighting millionaires instead of being tough at the football. 😂

Unfortunately it was quite rough in the 70s and 80s. Don't think you would have liked it.

Even the SAS would have thought twice about using the toilet behind the Covered end. The light never worked and the spiders were the size of your hand.

And yet some pussies on here whinge about a broken lock on one of the traps!!  The game’s gone soft @Baldybonce 🤷🏻‍♂️😉

I always thought the BBC were the a***holes of the city.

_MrDick said:

HastingsRed said:

redbuttle said:

Baldybonce said:

Covered End said:

I remember them taking The Covered End in 76.
Mocking our relegation in 99.
Attacking us at Hillsborough in 2014 and many other runs in with the 'orrible northern bastards.

The last time we were relegated it was because the efl didn't deduct their points for breaking the rules in the same season.

I'd be very pleased if they spent the next 20 years in Leagues 1, 2 or non league.

I don't think they took the Covered end. They tried at half time, i remember because my cousin was nicked at the gate behind the West as they tried to get through. The Police kept him overnight so he told his parents he'd stayed at mine.
The following week the Mercury published a list of all those arrested. Oh how we laughed.

They got in the covered end early virtually before everyone else got there. Despite several attempts we couldn't get them.out.

Am I right in saying they are the only mob to have properly taken the Covered End outside of London. I know of others that have had a go....Forrest and Brum spring to mind but didn't stay in there for that long.

Leicester took the covered end in the early 1970’s. I remember it as a nipper who used to stand on the small terrace next to the old west stand. It was a match that we lost 5-1 

Think it was 5-0 & Eddie Firmani played Mike Kenning at left back & got sacked after the game. Certainly don't remember Leicester being in the Covered End.

blackpool72 said:

cafctom said:

Bedsaddick said:

cafctom said:

Imagine being so sensitive that a stupid comment from a player about 10 years ago, and a few idiotic fans (of which we have a few ourselves), is enough for anyone to show zero sympathy for a club and generations of its fans that have followed them for 158 years. 

Seriously, some of you need to grow up a little bit. 

Woke nonsense . Fuck em 

Well there's an argument full of logic and sense.

Trying to explain to someone what it was like being a football fan in the 70s is very hard to do.
If you experienced that era you fully understand some of the comments on here.
If on the other hand you are too young to have lived in that era then you  have no idea what it was like. 
Some of us have a strong dislike for Sheffield Wednesday because of what has happened down the years but I doubt you will understand why.

Bang on. I also said earlier every time I have been up there someone has tried to have a pop at me, including nearly getting run over twice after the cup win and the 1-1 draw a year or two earlier. 

We have some dick heads too especially at away games but pale into insignificance compared to the long list of these idiots.

I don't want them to go out of business, but a year or two of humble pie would be good for them. 

Just hope our players are up for it Saturday. 

As a long-time Charlton supporter, I just wanted to write a short note of support to all Sheffield Wednesday fans ahead of your protest at The Valley this Saturday. I’ve always had a soft spot for Sheffield, it’s a fantastic city. My son went to university there, so I got to know it well, and I’ve seen Charlton play at both Hillsborough and Bramall Lane a few times over the years.

my first game at The Valley was in 1970, so I’ve lived through some of football’s darker times. I still remember being in a barber’s when the Hillsborough disaster unfolded, and watching Heysel happen live on TV memories that still sit heavily. I don’t feel any nostalgia for those days of hooliganism, i was there at “Battle of the Bridge,” Bristol City in the FA Cup &  Leeds 1987 play-off at Elland Rd. Thankfully, that side of football is mostly behind us.

That’s why I hope Saturday’s Wednesday protest is passionate but peaceful. It’s important that fans have a voice especially when it comes to ownership and the direction of their club. Charlton supporters know more than most what it’s like to feel powerless while poor decisions are made above our heads. We’ve lived through our own battles  and we’ve come out stronger for it.

Even with clubs we’ve had rivalry or tension with I’d never wish them to fold. Football is about emotion, belonging, and community. I thope Wednesday fans get the change they deserve. 

If we held a grudge against every football team because of run-ins with its fans during the 60s, 70s and 80s we’d be Millwall. We’re not. Personally I think Sheff Wed could already be fucked but I’m a Charlton fan, I know what it’s like when your club is in that position. If they are going to fill the away end then good on them, they might as well make the most of it because there wont be too many games next season where they will get 3,000 tickets.