We don't want to rely on ads to bring you the best of visual culture. A Tottenham fan is escorted past the Anfield Road end by police after having a dart thrown at him by hooligans. If you want to pinpoint the start of the foreign influx of players, it really started with Keith Burkinshaws ambitious move. 1. This has changed after Abramowitsch decided to give some of his millions to Chelsea, but the rivalry between the Gunners and the Spurs is still the same. surrounded" they could not get out the ground. Please consider making a donation to our site. Maybe my brain has tried to delete this horrendous humiliation from my memory, as I'm sure I'd have a vivid recall of such an event. Tottenham Hotspur - Yid Army, Tottenham Massive, Spurs N17 . To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. After vicious fighting, police reinforcements split the two groups. We posed no threat. 70-71 Home to Chelsea - fans not with their colours, individuals being 'jumped', Hoss being acid-attacked. Manchester United were banned from playing at home for the first two games of the season following hooliganism at Old Trafford the previous season.Date: 20/08/1971, A policeman gets a neck hold on a youth at Anfield, where hundreds of youngsters were invading the pitch just before the start of the First Division match between Manchester United and Arsenal. Spurs were the medias favourite club in London at the time, thanks to the period between 1960 and 1963 when they won the double and then followed that up with another FA Cup and a European prize. However, fan footage from before the game has shown hooligans trading punches as running battles erupted outside of Stamford Bridge. Lewis Dean Austin, Thomas Kelly and. Match report and free highlights as Antonio Conte and Thomas Tuchel see red in fiery London . Chelsea's second goal came from a huge bit of misfortune for Spurs. They got in the middle of the Shed and gave it large, but after a while they realised that they were hemmed in by Shed boys on all sides, totally surrounded and protected by old bill. [4] However, the rivalry itself dates back to the 1967 FA Cup Final, which was the competition's first final to be contested between two teams from London, and is thus often dubbed the "Cockney Cup Final". Needs a David Attenborough commentary really!! Costretto a rientrare in citt quando il fratello minore Joey viene ucciso . Keep up to date with all the latest Tottenham news and opinion by following SpursWebs Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Chairs and bottles thrown as Chelsea and Tottenham fans cause trouble outside pub following the Premier League clash Saturday afternoon. 20h. Hate to admit to it but Arsenal stayed in there the whole game, it's pretty well known as the yellow paint day. Tanner succeeds giving an . Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2. The Hammers boys came in with bats and wearing long coats - bit like Jesse James cowboys. I know west ham also used to take the northbank highbury often. A notorious hooligan, who has been banned from every ground in the United Kingdom, was reportedly spotted at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during their recent match against Wolves, according to a report in the Daily Mail. They were relegated and took two seasons to come back. The Spurs game the bit of north terrace werent fenced off thats the bit where Spurs were at the railings next to the west stand so with over 20,000 seats the north terrace must have been limited to about 10,000 at the time so thats roughly what Spurs must have had that day. GK: Jose Sa - 8/10 - Made several important saves on a rather busy day. Highlights from our 2-0 Premier League loss to Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.Download Chelsea FC's official mobile app:-http://che.lc/5thstandSubscr. This is a rivalry that could go . Most of the guys supported the top 4 London teams, along with Millwall. Football hooliganism in England can be dated back to the 1880's when individuals referred to as roughs caused trouble at football matches. Spurs didnt win the title in 1971, that honour belonged to Arsenal. Other gangs are making plans to join them, including hooligans from Portsmouth, Everton, Stoke, Colchester, Southend, Bristol, Coventry, Plymouth, Exeter, Swindon, Newcastle and Sunderland. Dozens of officers, including vans of riot police on standby and a police helicopter, were scrambled to the scene. pic.twitter.com/3MLyF0pAZf, Iain Thomson (@IainThomson3514) February 23, 2020, andrew gebbie (@andygebb) February 22, 2020. Email us at [email protected] or call 0207 782 4368. Arsenal took the Shed at least twice to my knowledge, during the same period. ), Barking to Blackhorse Rd, give the ticket collector 20p, and cross the road to Blackhorse Underground and pay 10- 15p to Finsbury Park. Basically, Tanner claims that the Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) football hooligan gang has fought against similar gangs at Chelsea, Millwall, West Ham, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester, Wolves, Leeds, Portsmouth etc. They weren't singing or chanting, it was as if they were trying to sneak in - but obviously they were seen by the Shed, who promptly stormed across the terracing and chased the scum all the way back up to the North Stand. We went in the North Bank, and by chance i spotted my mate as he was 6'3. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Arsenal would always turn up, then after yellow paint day they never went in again and then after the game at Highbury in 75 when spurs took the North Bank led by KR and SS they were never the same again. It is said that Spurs fans were smashing up the pub before trying to take on the hooligans of Chelsea outside of it. Officers escorted him to the bar area and arrested him on breach of a court order.. There were signs in the early weeks of the 1970-71 season that Spurs had a good side again. Ive experienced what goes on in the chelsea shed. but went down the front and climbed over as did Man Utd in '94 but there were more girls and Chinese tourists amongst them than ruckers. 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One shocking clip shows a black-clad man being punched to the floor - before he jumps up and charges at the bunch of fans who knocked him down. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. The injured men were taken to various west London hospitals. Tottenham Hotspur bolstered their hopes for a top-four finish and extended Chelsea's miserable run under coach Graham Potter with a 2-0 win over the Blues in the Premier League on Sunday, thanks . And in 1975-76, Bertie Mee decided it was time to go. occer - Football League Division Two - West Ham United v Chelsea. Chelsea, however, were in the mire financially and in 1978-79 were still reliant on a young, home-grown squad. In 1976, it was revealed that Chelsea were on the brink of bankruptcy, the bold ground plan was ill-timed and coincided with financial crisis in Britain. 1974-75: Phillips, Locke, Sparrow, Britton, Droy, Harris, Hay, Wilkins, Maybank, Hutchinson, Cooke. Not sure if it's memory loss or good luck i didn't go those games, but i don't remember the days when the Shed was taken. They were always well organised, and very hard to dislodge once in the middle of the Shed. Unfortunately, this aggression made its way to the fans, resulting in a lot of hooligan activity at Chelsea vs. Leeds fixtures. In 1999 the Headhunters were infiltrated by an undercover BBC reporter who posed as a wannabe member but got the wrong lion tattoo - a risky . Older Man.Utd fans will tell you that they took the Shed in 66/67, but that was during the infancy of terrace mobs and they didn't so much take it as turn up - no fighting involved. 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The Gooners were known as a violent football hooligan firm, who were mainly active within the 1980s. Publisher:Pitch Publishing LtdISBN:9781801501774, Bro GOTP, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Date: 18/11/1978 A mounted policeman watches the situation closely as colleagues deal with crowd trouble at the Brisbane Road ground before the League Division Two match He claims the Dutch police kicked him to the floor and stamped on his leg, breaking it, during the fighting that occurred before and after the matchDate: 30/05/1974, Stripped to the waist, a man is led away by police at Brisbane Road ground before the League Division Two match between Orient and Manchester United on the opening day of the 1974/75 season.Date: 17/08/1974, Police in Action at Chelsea. You can also support us by signing up to our Mailing List. In 1973-74, Arsenal were 10th, Spurs 11th and Chelsea who had a particularly troubled season ended in 17th. The bulk of Chelsea were under the old North Stand, loved that song they used to sing to Keith West's Excerpt From A Teenage Opera, was it Grocer Jack? Tottenham Hotspur FC. 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In the early 70s West Ham used to take over the Shelf along with the Park Lane. In an age when victory is all too often viewed as the be all and end all, this book celebrates the teams that were beaten by bad luck, limited resources or an outstanding set of players. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: Four people were arrested at the Tottenham vs Chelsea match at Chelsea Football Club on Thursday, 24 January. Tottenham I remember they tried in the 1971-72 1-0 win at home (cooke scored) they came via the tunnel under the old east stand but got chased back, 1978-79 they tried coming in the turnstiles as I mentioned earlier. We were quickly surrounded by Fulham old bill, they ushered us down to the front and round the pitch to applause from the away support. All over London, though, football was in trouble. We pay for videos too. They played cultured football and that made the press purr with delight. - Douglas Percy Bliss on his friend Eric Ravilious from their time at the Royal College of Art Eric Ravilious loved. Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, TN residents say Jack Daniel's distillery spews black mold, Incredible footage of Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russians in Bakhmut, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' Manchester United were banned from playing at home for the first two games of the season following hooliganism at Old Trafford the previous season.Date: 20/08/1971, League Division One Manchester United v Arsenal Anfield, LiverpoolManchester Uniteds Denis Law waits patiently as a Policeman grabs a youth by his ear and leads him off the pitch. Harkins (Eccles) always seemed older, but was a natural leader..Arsenal and West Ham were fearsome , all proper blokes compared to us. Some of the advert banners can actually be closed to avoid interferance of your experience on The Shed End. The majority of hooligans making plans to attend are from London firms, including those from Chelsea, Spurs, Millwall, West Ham, Charlton, Arsenal and QPR. The Shed End Forum relies on revenue to pay for hosting and upgrades. In the mid 70's i was at The London College of Printing (Elephant & Castle). The site consistently wins awards for its work, across a broad range of subjects. Expecting Newcastle to put in a show as I mentioned somewhere else but no show. Mind you as a 15 yr old oik i felt like 'proper Chelsea' when i first stood in the north stand giving the Everton (and the line of plod separating the two sets of fans) what for on the last day of the '74-'75 season. GET IT RIGHT. The shed and north terrace fenced off bit happened after Chelsea had got relegated in 78/79. grow the fuck up!!. Ardiles and Villa showed off a box of tricks for 90 minutes and created goals for Spurs to take the lead twice, through John Duncan and Gerry Armstrong. Cheerfulness kept creeping in." and won (although how you'd judge a victory in this case is a mystery). New series of Peaky Blinders looks a bit shit. Then someone came up with the bright idea of throwing a tin of yellow paint over the Arsenal mob, so they'd be identifiable outside the ground - great bit of forward-thinking to bring a pot of paint into a football match! . Significant events (and surprises): (only home, so no Bristol, Oxford, Spurs, Ipswich, Marsielles, Limerick, Hamburg, Highbury, Bradford, Forest, pompee etc away jaunts) Spurs and Arsenal being on their toes in the Milton. Police and ordinary fans again came under heavy and sustained attack from Millwall supporters near the New Den. We hardly used to turn up at West Ham. Arsenals team had also changed, with Terry Mancini at the heart of the defence and Brian Kidd and Alex Cropley replacing the likes of Ray Kennedy and Charlie George. About five minutes later the police sirens started and carried on all night.". We arranged to meet in The Gunners pub. There are tales of Arsenal in the early 70's, I was there in about '72 or '73 and can remember seeing a D shaped mob in the middle. Oh just remembered another storyWe played west ham at the Bridge in the mid 70s(maybe)..It was in some sort of mickey mouse cupNot many in the whole ground What i do remember is chelsea fans (50)pretending to be hammers in the shed, hoping old bill would take em to the other side and into the west ham, where i presume they fancied their chances on a reletavely small mob..The cops wernt having any of it and just made em stay put with a cordon around themHence no fun for those chaps. To the few spurs fans that had a punch up with the 2 Chelsea fans right in front off old bill outside main entrance,then thought it was ok to throw bottles at the 2 police officers on horses almost causing the horses to fall over. But over on the right, a fan consoles United star George Best, who was sent off in the match at Chelsea. Chairs and bottles thrown as Chelsea and Tottenham fans cause trouble outside pub following the Premier League clash Saturday afternoon. McCreadie was, as ever, defiant, claiming that his kids had done him proud. Whats a joke about this game is the Spurs got 1,000 terrace tickets unsold to scared to come that crops up when they had 14,000 at the game. Had a bit of success in the Anglo-Scottish pre season, seen the bravest Chelsea boy come into a pub and front up the cream of Bristol that day, never forget that as long as i live. I went to Arsenal V Spurs boxing day 1979 it was a 11.00 kick off and Chelsea V Leicester in the afternoon. A trip down Chelsea's hooligan lane. At that time my 'wife to be' decided she'd like to come as well. The sports leading clubs generally come from sizeable metropolitan areas. Learn how your comment data is processed. We were quickly surrounded by Fulham old bill, they ushered us down to the front and round the pitch to applause from the away support. Flannel-shorted Scallywags in old, Victorian-built cities and towns used the street for a pitch, tackling , IN 1974, I predicted the Netherlands would win the World Cup in Germany. A Chelsea fan has been given a stadium ban for racially abusing Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min. Highlights: Spurs 1-1 Chelsea, 5-4 on pens (29.09.20) In both of those games, the Blues were under the stewardship of Frank Lampard but two weeks ago, there was a change of direction at the Bridge as Lampard was replaced by Thomas Tuchel. Read about Chelsea v Spurs in the Premier League 2022/23 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League. Forking out! THREE football hooligans have been jailed for targetting fans from a rival club. These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. Tottenham Hotspur. A Policeman escorts a young fan nursing an injured head at Stamford Bridge, where rioting spectators spilled over the barriers before the start of Chelseas League Division Two promotion battle against London rivals Millwall.Date: 12/02/1977, First aid for a young fan at White Hart Lane after crowd trouble broke out during the League Division One match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.Date: 12/02/1977, Southampton stewards handling a fan after fights broke out between rival supporters at the end of the FA Cup tie betwen Southampton and Manchester United at The Dell, Southampton.Date: 27/02/1977, West Ham Utd v Manchester UtdA terrified girl clings to one of the ambulance men working among fans on the pitch at Upton park, London, as fighting on the terraces and crowd invasion of the field caused a 19 minute stoppage of play in the match between West Ham and Manchester United.Date: 25/10/1975. They were singing their heads off and got escorted down the other end to join the thousands of other Gers fans. And, if youre honest, youll just drag up from the depths all the times youve hated or felt passionately about something and play it. His story is well worth a read and his autobiography can be found on amazon here. Whats the sp here also did Spurs pack the away end that day heard they were loud, 81/82 Chelsea 2 Tottenham 3, I was at this game in the west seats with all the Spurs but years later some Spurs claim they had 100 in the shed before kick off no one seems to know of this including loads at the game can anyone remember that i think its bull didnt happen. As I say I was never a hooligan but just a small snotty nosed 15 year old..it was all very lively in the 70s . Had a bit of success in the Anglo-Scottish pre season, seen the bravest Chelsea boy come into a pub and front up the cream of Bristol that day, never forget that as long as i live. One witness said: "It. They included a 40-year-old from Plumstead who suffered head and chest injuries, a 52-yearold from Kentish Town, a 41-year-old from Chigwell and a 31-year-old from Bedfordshire. I remember West Ham clearing out the shed in 1966. Game of the People was founded in 2012 and is ranked among the 100 best football websites by various sources. He was disconsolate afterwards. Besides, the duel Arsenal vs. Spurs has been the battle for the crown of London for decades. Davinson Snchez . Change). and then after the game at Highbury in 75 when spurs took the North Bank led by KR and SS they were never the same again. Around 2.30 the coloured guy (A) who we'd seen at Blackhorse Rd, suddenly appeared halfway up the terrace and was walking towards the centre of the North Bank. 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Arsenal did come in the Shed just before kick off at the 78/79 game but never made any attempt, just climbed over the fence at the front just before kick off and went to the other end where their pathetic away support for a team which had beaten Man Utd in the FA Cup a few days earlier. | Jonathan Wilson, Carlos Alcaraz lifts Southampton off bottom and has Leicester looking down, The greatest end: Arteta hails Nelsons dramatic winner against Bournemouth, Scottish Premiership: Tavernier seals Rangers win over Kilmarnock. Spurs were cagey at first, the attack limited with Ben Davies at left wing-back, but they were . "We are trying to establish whether it was a pre-arranged setpiece fight or if it was one group of organised hooligans setting upon another. They have since been released with no further action. Check out the exclusive footage from Vintage Terrace below. We pay for your stories! Although I hear they did take the Shed in the 1960's some time. Paulingoli (@teamBAWS) February 23, 2020, You must be logged in to post a comment There was no violence at the match, which was policed by 600 officers. Ex-Chelsea ace Costa carried off with serious-looking injury for Wolves vs Spurs, Cherries take shock lead at Arsenal after 9 SECONDS with 'kick-off glitch', Spurs board fume at FA Cup exit with Kane benched as Levy expected trophy push, Moment Aston Villa's Leon Bailey inhales 'laughing gas' after all night party, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. It wasn't so much an attempt at taking the Shed as a pissy-arsed mob getting lost. Crystal Palace came in the Shed and where just under the cover part in 1972-73 Charlie Cooke played for them, half way through the 2nd half John Craven took a shot and they sang Palace, The Shed went mad and the Police encircled them to protect them and the shed sang "you are surrounded" they could not get out the ground. And you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Only others I remember are Millwall in 77, Bristol City in 75 or 6 and that's about it. That campaign was arguably the greatest in London footballs history Arsenal won the double, Chelsea the European Cup-Winners Cup, Spurs the Football League Cup, and oh yes, Fulham won promotion from the third division. I've got a very hazy memory of Everton being in the Shed in the Charity Shield game in 1970 (I was just 13), but I could be wrong. Millwall tried the year before Spurs and both got a right battering in front of the Bovril and ended up on the pitch, Bristol City had about thirty or so the first year in Div2 and got escorted outand I heard they tried to come round from the North Stand in the Anglo Scottish Cup earlier pre-season. etc. If you look at the composition of the Chelsea and Spurs sides, it is easy to see why success eluded them as the decade progressed: Chelseas team 1970-71: Bonetti, Mulligan, Harris, Hollins, Dempsey, Webb, Weller, Hudson, Osgood, Hutchinson, Houseman It was chaos, they ran the Gooners and in the aggro a Coppers helmet flew through the air and landed at my fian'ces feet!. His condition is not life-threatening. 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I have the highlights of the game and has the teams come out for the 2nd half you can hear Mervyn Day Mervyn Day coming from the shed, I heard not long ago that Arsenal had some in the shed last home game 78/79 off a Arsenal bod yet never off any Chelsea. Everton had half the Shed in 1960's not sure which season without looking it up also Liverpool had the Shed too the same season they where singing we all live in a red a submarine (to the beatles song) I have the DVD's to these 2 games and the BBC show them in there and comment on the fighting. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. For other inquiries, Contact Us. The Flashbak Shop Is Open & Selling All Good Things. Chelsea 1 Tottenham 3 78/79 the gate of 41,594 was a full house at the time cos the glc had made that the capacity for the 78/79 season. 1974 John Hollins Testimonial where Arse fan had a spray can, small Arse contingent got run out of the shed, there was hardly any Chelsea Fans in the shed at the time. Worst thing I witnessed at a game was a pre-season friendly between Rangers (Glasgow) and Arsenal at highbury around 1970. As you mentioned, Westham nearly every year, but didn't always have things their own way. While we try to keep adverts as unobtrusive as possible without pop ups, we need to run ad's to make sure we can stay online and continue to keep the forum up, as over the years costs have become very high.