nice clip on the offal

[badtodabone]

kop

 

for all the young uns that missed it

[Guest Phil C]

kop

 

for all the young uns that missed it

 

Brings a tear to my eye......

[badtodabone]

yeah it certainly does

[billybunter]

bring back suits and ties

[Leroy]

Can still smell it, wet ankles, sore ribs, sore throat, 4 mile walk home, bring it back!!

[Andy Mac]

Wacker- the spirit of The Kop!!

[Buzz]

White shorts....

[Bootle Buck]

I could just feel myself going flying off the crash bar. Used to hate it as a kid when you got to the game as the gates opened to get on one of the crash bars. You knew when the first big sway came you would come flying off only to spend the rest of the game trying to find someone who would help you back up.

 

That really brought back memories even though I was only a nipper in 1964. I remember my dad telling me they used to sing all the hits of the day and I never really believed him.

[Andy Mac]

Can I be the 1st to say a young Stan Boardman is featured at the beginning of that clip. If you look closely you can actually see him mouthing the words that made him a million "Dooseeeee gerrrmannns bombed 'r chippy"

Edited January 18, 2007 by Andy Mac

[Guest Phil C]

I could just feel myself going flying off the crash bar. Used to hate it as a kid when you got to the game as the gates opened to get on one of the crash bars. You knew when the first big sway came you would come flying off only to spend the rest of the game trying to find someone who would help you back up.

 

That really brought back memories even though I was only a nipper in 1964. I remember my dad telling me they used to sing all the hits of the day and I never really believed him.

 

Ha ha, that's exactly right. The worst thing was, after being pushed off the bar, with everyone cascading down towards the one in front, was the mad rush back to jump back onto the bar before you got squashed....ah, the good old days!

[Bootle Buck]

Ha ha, that's exactly right. The worst thing was, after being pushed off the bar, with everyone cascading down towards the one in front, was the mad rush back to jump back onto the bar before you got squashed....ah, the good old days!

 

I always used to sweat my @rse of with all the pushing and swaying and fighting for a place where I could actually see something. After you got out of the game you felt like you went 3 rounds with Joe Bugner. Wouldn't have missed though.

 

It's funny to think back then we kind of took it for granted as we thought it would go on forever. I would have milked every second of it if I'd have known.

[Guest Phil C]

I always used to sweat my @rse of with all the pushing and swaying and fighting for a place where I could actually see something. After you got out of the game you felt like you went 3 rounds with Joe Bugner. Wouldn't have missed though.

 

It's funny to think back then we kind of took it for granted as we thought it would go on forever. I would have milked every second of it if I'd have known.

 

I know, everything was brilliant, the walk from home to town then jumping on a football bus to the ground, the eerie quiet of the kop before 'the big lads' arrived, the mounting excitement as it filled up, the chanting, the swaying, knowing that you were the elite of football fans - oh, and the match was quite good too! the best bit for me (win or lose) was the march back, grabbing a bag of chips on the way and dissecting the match with me mates.

 

Were you there the day when Manu fans 'took' the Kop, meaning that at 12.30, when the Kop was practically empty apart for us little 'uns, they ran across the pitch and ran to the back of the Kop, chanting 'we won the Kop, we won the Kop!!' and started throwing bottles and sharpened coins etc?

 

Ah, the good old days......

Edited January 19, 2007 by Phil C

[Rich Gobey]

Shankly couldn't clap in time.

[Guest Phil C]

Shankly couldn't clap in time.

 

Sorry, he would argue that it was the Kop that was out of time with him...who'd argue?

[Bootle Buck]

I know, everything was brilliant, the walk from home to town then jumping on a football bus to the ground, the eerie quiet of the kop before 'the big lads' arrived, the mounting excitement as it filled up, the chanting, the swaying, knowing that you were the elite of football fans - oh, and the match was quite good too! the best bit for me (win or lose) was the march back, grabbing a bag of chips on the way and dissecting the match with me mates.

 

Were you there the day when Manu fans 'took' the Kop, meaning that at 12.30, when the Kop was practically empty apart for us little 'uns, they ran across the pitch and ran to the back of the Kop, chanting 'we won the Kop, we won the Kop!!' and started throwing bottles and sharpened coins etc?

 

Ah, the good old days......

 

 

I don't remember that but I do remember a testimonial against Celtic in the early 70's. I remember getting to the Kop about 6:00 only to see nothing but Celtic fans. It was the first time I had seen large numbers of away fans ever in the Kop. I can't remember whose testimonial it was

[Guest Phil C]

I don't remember that but I do remember a testimonial against Celtic in the early 70's. I remember getting to the Kop about 6:00 only to see nothing but Celtic fans. It was the first time I had seen large numbers of away fans ever in the Kop. I can't remember whose testimonial it was

 

Could it be Ron Yeats testimonial? That was in 74 or 75 I think?