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Post by midlandgas213 on Nov 6, 2018 22:54:57 GMT
One of my favourite days was against the sh** , up until the players came out the open end was full of em and the Tote end was empty We were all waiting on the steps leading into the back of the tote end, and when the players came out so we went in all singing with scarves held aloft until the tote was rammed , can't remember the score but not often we lost to them in those days
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Post by c4h10 on Nov 6, 2018 23:14:41 GMT
The flower beds and greyhound track , the ABC half time score signs and good old Oscar They were gear days it would be wonderful if we could have stayed at eastville and regenerated the ground A proper old fashioned stadium with lots of great memories on and off the pitch Tote end rules Aaaargh! I have this strange compulsion to "Like" a post from midlandgas123! I must resist, and sign out immediately.
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Post by Gasshole on Nov 7, 2018 0:19:48 GMT
The flower beds and greyhound track , the ABC half time score signs and good old Oscar They were gear days it would be wonderful if we could have stayed at eastville and regenerated the ground A proper old fashioned stadium with lots of great memories on and off the pitch Tote end rules Aaaargh! I have this strange compulsion to "Like" a post from midlandgas123! I must resist, and sign out immediately. Just try and jag your nuts on the corner of a table, it should pass.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 6:39:17 GMT
They were a lot bigger then as also had the football league review lol What were, cocks?
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Post by hartcliffegas on Nov 7, 2018 7:55:02 GMT
Mid 70s against the s##t. Big rumours that their crew were gonna try to take the Tote. All the Tote boys waited in a massive semi circle around the inside of the turnstiles. As the first few s##t came through they realised they were totally f##ked. The sight of them scrambling back over the turnstiles with Dr Martens helping them on the way was beautiful!
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Post by Eaststaffsgas on Nov 7, 2018 10:10:16 GMT
I don't remember having a large trench coat but I can recall a warm sensation down my back during a game at Eastville in the 70s and as a previous poster has said, it was like sardines in those days and even turning around was not easy. It wasn't until I had left the ground that I realised that the back of my coat was pretty damp and unfortunately, I had a long bus ride back to Chipping Sodbury. By the time I got home, I was not smelling great and pretty keen to get in the shower. Many thanks whoever you are/were. When I think about it, some people were so drunk at times in the Tote that its quite possible that they did not even realise that they were peeing. Happy days!
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Post by midlandgas213 on Nov 7, 2018 16:02:29 GMT
Lovely. You seem so proud. Looking back it was not very good was it but in those days we were proud to protect he tote end and take any away end that we could on our travels that was the nature of the fan in those days yes we were proud
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Post by lpgas on Nov 7, 2018 16:14:00 GMT
The police took my Doc Martins off at the beginning of one game. When I went back to collect them they gave me a pair of rubber work boots that were too big for me. I drove my Lambo all the way back to Frome in my socks
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 17:49:05 GMT
The police took my Doc Martins off at the beginning of one game. When I went back to collect them they gave me a pair of rubber work boots that were too big for me. I drove my Lambo all the way back to Frome in my socks Had the same at Bournemouth, first game of the season i think of our promotion in 73/74. Won three nil Smash n Grab.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 17:54:16 GMT
The police took my Doc Martins off at the beginning of one game. When I went back to collect them they gave me a pair of rubber work boots that were too big for me. I drove my Lambo all the way back to Frome in my socks Had the same at Bournemouth, first game of the season i think of our promotion in 73/74. Won three nil Smash n Grab. Told you not to kick that Bournemouth fan in the head meadgas.
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Post by inee on Nov 7, 2018 18:16:23 GMT
Lovely. You seem so proud. kin ell Hugo , was a different way of life back then ,if one of yours (Mate ,neighbour or someone from your school or area) was getting some agro you'd wade in without thinking .was just the way it was , i really would love to be able to transport a lot of you back in time as many of you would have done the same ,things were so different back then ,was just a way of letting off steam
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 18:28:30 GMT
Lovely. You seem so proud. kin ell Hugo , was a different way of life back then ,if one of yours (Mate ,neighbour or someone from your school or area) was getting some agro you'd wade in without thinking .was just the way it was , i really would love to be able to transport a lot of you back in time as many of you would have done the same ,things were so different back then ,was just a way of letting off steamI think he is on about watering in someones pocket.
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Post by toteend4 on Nov 7, 2018 22:13:35 GMT
Very true it was very different world then,all seems like a dream now a bit like being in the tv drama a few years back called life on mars. Before games six of us would meet at nine in the morning at the Colston Arms St Michaels Hill for five or six pints of natch. Around twelve oclock we would cram Into a sporty Capri five crammed inside, all sloshed including the driver and one of us would take it in turns curled up in the boot. Then drive over to the the three blackbirds on Stapleton road to carry on drinking. Other pubs used: black and white swans, railway tavern , sugar loaf and the fox to name a few Juke boxes,smokey rooms,pork scratchings, smell of stale beer and urine, kindred spirit, boisterous singing and very often on edge for possible attacks from away fans looking for trouble. To be fair all of this made match days such a buzz and to some extent rendered the football itself a side issue.
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Post by midlandgas213 on Nov 7, 2018 22:48:37 GMT
Remember a great ruck against the villa who had a good third of the tote with just a thin blue line between us , looking back I now feel very sorry for the boys in blue
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Post by gashead1981 on Nov 7, 2018 22:53:20 GMT
Is it me but should we be remembering fondly the days of hooliganism, violence and other disgusting things (like taking a leak in someone’s coat) or being thankful none of that goes on these days and we can watch football in the relatively decent way we do now?
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Post by mehewmagic on Nov 8, 2018 1:25:10 GMT
I think we may have stumbled into a episode of My Name is Earl
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 5:27:00 GMT
Is it me but should we be remembering fondly the days of hooliganism, violence and other disgusting things (like taking a leak in someone’s coat) or being thankful none of that goes on these days and we can watch football in the relatively decent way we do now? As others have said, it was a different era, and taken for granted as part of life then, people probably remember it fondly due to the comradeship of mates and laughs as much as anything. I'm certainly glad that things have moved on, although sadly the atmosphere at games is certainly a lot more sterile now too. I never stood on the Tote, always watched from the stands with my Dad. I remember an evening game when Chelsea were in the Tote, and were rounded up and led along the side of the pitch to the Muller Road end. As they went past, an old guy near us stood up shouted that he'd fought in two World Wars and offered them out - he got a round of applause!
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Post by Blueside on Nov 8, 2018 9:15:54 GMT
These stories should be on Simon Mayo's confessions.
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Post by midlandgas213 on Nov 8, 2018 10:27:55 GMT
It's history we were proud of it in the day
If it offends let's start a new thread in the gents lounge or move this thread there
I'm sure there are loads of old tote Enders on here that would share their stories
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Post by gashead1981 on Nov 8, 2018 10:39:51 GMT
Is it me but should we be remembering fondly the days of hooliganism, violence and other disgusting things (like taking a leak in someone’s coat) or being thankful none of that goes on these days and we can watch football in the relatively decent way we do now? As others have said, it was a different era, and taken for granted as part of life then, people probably remember it fondly due to the comradeship of mates and laughs as much as anything. I'm certainly glad that things have moved on, although sadly the atmosphere at games is certainly a lot more sterile now too. I never stood on the Tote, always watched from the stands with my Dad. I remember an evening game when Chelsea were in the Tote, and were rounded up and led along the side of the pitch to the Muller Road end. As they went past, an old guy near us stood up shouted that he'd fought in two World Wars and offered them out - he got a round of applause! The same commeraderie that cost millions of lives in world war you mean? Those were the days too, right? Now war is condemned whether it’s civil unrest or political, militia or countries inciting any form of force and that’s why the UN is there. It doesn’t stop it, but no one can deny the pain war brings on all levels for whatever cause, regardless of the commeraderie you have fighting within it. I’ve had some things I’ve done for laughs with my mates, and as young bucks, we all thought we were cool and tough. Looking back I cringe at the things we did and I do regret them. Perhaps I’ve just become more aware of what is decent and what isn’t.
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