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Old 9th September 2021, 17.15:51   #41-0 (permalink)
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Default Re: Away support back in the day

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Originally Posted by Dai Robin View Post
First time I can remember the Kop being taken over was 26th September 1970 when Aston Villa beat us 3-2 in a League Division 3 match. The attendance was 18,335.
Still have nightmares about that day. In the Friday Leader the police appealed for home fans to get to the ground as early as possible so they could deal with the large following expected from the Villa. Half a dozen of us got in the ground at 2:00 & walked up the bank onto the Kop to discover there was only us and about 2,000 Villa skinheads who'd been rounded up and were just roaming around the ground (no segregation in those days)! Squeaky bum time to say the least
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