miamiwhite Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Just now, dusan nikolic said: Was this the season Keegan joined them? It was mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Steejay Posted April 5, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2020 1 minute ago, miamiwhite said: The attendance for the 82/83 season was the biggest ever tax fiddle at Burnden. They brought at least 10k down, the Paddock was rammed, same with the Manny Road and most stands were reasonably well filled like my Armani thong. Eugh, I can’t unread that last sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: The attendances for the 3 Newcastle matches 1980/81 w 4-0 att 11,835 1981/82 w1-0 att 6,429 1982/83 w3-1 att 17,738 I reckon of that 17,738 in 82/3 at least 50% were Geordies if not a bit more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 1 minute ago, miamiwhite said: It was mate. Cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Just now, paulhanley said: I reckon of that 17,738 in 82/3 at least 50% were Geordies if not a bit more! Home section on the Embankment that they were given held 9k at the time and that was rammed pack mate, they had loads in every section of the ground too. brawls throughout in the Paddock and Manny Road north, was bedlam but magic 😂💪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Just now, dusan nikolic said: Cheers mate No worries mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted April 5, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, miamiwhite said: The attendance for the 82/83 season was the biggest ever tax fiddle at Burnden. They brought at least 10k down, the Paddock was rammed, same with the Manny Road and most stands were reasonably well filled like my Armani thong. You've shit yourself? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 What were the Sheffield Wednesday crowds at Burnden, they brought 6,000 plus midweek in 80/81 then apparantly another big following in 81/82.I didn't go to that one. In 82/83 they brought about 1,500 - 2,000 in a meaningless end of season match for them. In those 3 seasons the only other clubs I remember getting the big half of the Embankment were Forest for an FA Cup tie in 80/81 and Blackburn for a Xmas match. It's the only time ive been impressed with a Blackburn following there was a good 4,000 of them.I thought Forest's following was shite.They were European Champions and brought less than Blackburn let alone Wednesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted April 5, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2020 80/81 was 2nd game of the season, they'd played Newcastle at home on the opening day & the Geordies ran riot. We stopped in Sheffield for a couple of pints on the way home from Notts County & had a good crack with a few barcodes... As an aside Jimmy Nail got nicked & sent down for his part in that day's shenanigans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: You've shit yourself? 😂 Call me Dion , you little white boy 😂💪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said: What were the Sheffield Wednesday crowds at Burnden, they brought 6,000 plus midweek in 80/81 then apparantly another big following in 81/82.I didn't go to that one. In 82/83 they brought about 1,500 - 2,000 in a meaningless end of season match for them. In those 3 seasons the only other clubs I remember getting the big half of the Embankment were Forest for an FA Cup tie in 80/81 and Blackburn for a Xmas match. It's the only time ive been impressed with a Blackburn following there was a good 4,000 of them.I thought Forest's following was shite.They were European Champions and brought less than Blackburn let alone Wednesday Attendances against Sheffield Wednesday 1980/81 D 0-0 att 15,926 1981/82 W 3-1 att 13,656 1982/83 L 0-2 att 6,408 Edited April 5, 2020 by dusan nikolic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: Attendances against Sheffield Wednesday 1980/81 D 0-0 att 15,926 1981/82 W 3-1 att 13,656 1982/83 L 0-2 att 6,408 Thanks for that. I make it 35,990 v Sheff Weds and 36,002 v Newcastle. The Geordies have it. Realistically there were probably a good 7,000 Wednesday on for that midweek match in 1980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Egg Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: Attendances against Sheffield Wednesday 1980/81 D 0-0 att 15,926 1981/82 W 3-1 att 13,656 1982/83 L 0-2 att 6,408 I'm surprised that the 82/83 crowd was so low. I seem to remember them bringing a fair few to that, the weekend before they met Brighton in the cup semi final. Ian Bailey who we'd previously had on loan that season broke his leg iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 5, 2020 And our moronic fringe taunted him as he was carried away Good player for us, was ian bailey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 03/04/2020 at 20:57, leigh white said: During our good run from Nov till the end of Jan in 82/83 we played a very decent Leicester side off the park winning 3-1, a side with Lineker, Lynex and Alan Smith who went on to gain promotion. Looking at the results after that 1-4 v Shrewsbury, I cant believe we got relegated. Nov, Dec, Jan was more like promotion form. 4 points in 4 games in Feb. 1st half of March 1 win out of 2. Then we nosedived, 5 consecutive defeats including that 5-0 at Carlisle. I went to that on the coach, I've got a photo I took on my camera of us singing John McGovern's Super White Army, no exaggeration it lasted 20 minutes and we were at least 3-0 down. There was no anti-McGovern feeling at all. Another thing about that season was matches on consecutive days - beat Carlisle Boxing Day then the next day Leeds away, drew 1-1, one of the 1st away games I did, I vividly recall Whatmore's equaliser near the away end. We only took about 500 and it was all pay on the day, standing. 15k on. Then 30th April, a great 0-0 at Leicester, followed by home 0-0 v Grimsby the next day (why?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted April 5, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2020 36 minutes ago, miamiwhite said: Call me Dion , you little white boy 😂💪 OK budgie 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 2 hours ago, paulhanley said: I think it was a lunchtime kick off too. God knows why. Very unusual in those days! The kick - Off was 11.30 am Paul , bizarre time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 11 hours ago, Benny The Ball said: I was at Uni 1980-83 and had to pick my games , best London following I can recall in that era was an FA cup match at Crystal Palace when we had maybe 800 on One thing that sticks in my mind with that game was the banter - we were put , as they did at Palace in those days , in a corner quadrant on the open terracing separated by fencing from the Palace fans . When we started singing , there was a lot of Saarf London accents shouting randomly over the fence "You Waat " ... " You Waat" As the game went on it evolved into Bolton fans mimicking the Palace fans and shouting back "you what" and throwing the odd "Eh" in every time the Palace fans sang Am sure that afternoons banter led to the origin of that famous terrace classic of the 80s " You what You What You What You What You What Eh " That's a great memory. I used to watch a lot of lower division football from 81 to 84 and "you what you what you what you what you what Eh" was chanted at virtually every game. Great innocent times. Another one I remember was "Oh you all talk funny, all talk funny, all talk funny over there" whenever we played Southerners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted April 5, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 5, 2020 What about 'I can't read & I can't write but I can drive a tractor' 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: The kick - Off was 11.30 am Paul , bizarre time. Blackburn at home New Years Day 83 was either 11 or 11.30 KO, I was absolutely hammered from NY Eve (being as old as 16) but wild horses wouldnt keep me away from that. Rovers fans had the "home" bit of Embankment, about 3,500. Cracking atmosphere, Tony Henry scored a superb free kick to win game 1-0, we went mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: What about 'I can't read & I can't write but I can drive a tractor' 😊 Reserved for games v Bristol City/Rovers, Exeter and Plymouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: Reserved for games v Bristol City/Rovers, Exeter and Plymouth! Ipswich/norwich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhanley Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said: Looking at the results after that 1-4 v Shrewsbury, I cant believe we got relegated. Nov, Dec, Jan was more like promotion form. 4 points in 4 games in Feb. 1st half of March 1 win out of 2. Then we nosedived, 5 consecutive defeats including that 5-0 at Carlisle. I went to that on the coach, I've got a photo I took on my camera of us singing John McGovern's Super White Army, no exaggeration it lasted 20 minutes and we were at least 3-0 down. There was no anti-McGovern feeling at all. Another thing about that season was matches on consecutive days - beat Carlisle Boxing Day then the next day Leeds away, drew 1-1, one of the 1st away games I did, I vividly recall Whatmore's equaliser near the away end. We only took about 500 and it was all pay on the day, standing. 15k on. Then 30th April, a great 0-0 at Leicester, followed by home 0-0 v Grimsby the next day (why?). It was one of those seasons were the gap between mid table and the bottom 3 was tiny. A huge amount of teams were in danger until very late. Needless to say it was us who ended up being the fall guys. If we'd not had to sell Peter Reid and Tony Henry due to the financial difficulties it's fair to say we'd have survived that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 20 hours ago, dusan nikolic said: Ipswich/norwich You're probably right but while that song was getting sung I'm not sure we played either of them, them being mostly 2 divisions above us from about 83 to approx mid 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 13 hours ago, paulhanley said: It was one of those seasons were the gap between mid table and the bottom 3 was tiny. A huge amount of teams were in danger until very late. Needless to say it was us who ended up being the fall guys. If we'd not had to sell Peter Reid and Tony Henry due to the financial difficulties it's fair to say we'd have survived that season. Indeed. Dave Hoggan was another talented player that left that season, for America. Could have been competitive if we'd kept those 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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