August 5, 201313 yr Author That's one of the episodes I remember most clearly. There seemed to be nothing going on... then suddenly an absolute bloodbath. No posturing or arm waving. Full on battling with the keystone Cops from GMP trying and failing to open the perimeter fence to put a stop to it all. Once the Police got in the protaganists seemed to melt away as quickly as they'd arrived. If there are inaccuracies in the above information, remember it was all seen through the eyes of someone 11 or 12. Seems very accurate to me pal. A lot of the famous Sunning Hill Youth Club were present then.....and in the thick of it
August 5, 201313 yr Seems very accurate to me pal. A lot of the famous Sunning Hill Youth Club were present then.....and in the thick of it Sunning Hill up Daubhill? Would love to know if that battle was pre-arranged, even though it was in the era before mobile phones. It seemed that way to the untrained eye.
August 5, 201313 yr Author Sunning Hill up Daubhill? Would love to know if that battle was pre-arranged, even though it was in the era before mobile phones. It seemed that way to the untrained eye. That's the one pal,I was too young to be involved but have heard the story many times. It was just a spur of the moment thing from all accounts,West Ham stumbling into the Manny Rd. Our lot clicked straight away due to the londoners dress style,then Bang,the lot kicked off. Older posters may know more details on it though as there were many skirmishes that day
August 5, 201313 yr That's the one pal,I was too young to be involved but have heard the story many times. It was just a spur of the moment thing from all accounts,West Ham stumbling into the Manny Rd. Our lot clicked straight away due to the londoners dress style,then Bang,the lot kicked off. Older posters may know more details on it though as there were many skirmishes that day That was the only one I saw. The only other stuff I remember that day was the impressive numbers of West Ham fans on the Embankment and Trevor Brooking scoring West Ham's goal. I have a DVD copy of 20 mins worth of ITV highlights from Bolton's visit to Upton Park earlier that season. Can't even spot whereabouts the Bolton fans were housed in the ground, we got slaughtered by a far better team even though it was only 2-1 in the end. Brian Kidd got a late consolation for us.
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