
Originally Posted by
upthemaggies
I really hate that. I always tried to stand or sit at the back of the stand, home and away, so I could see everything that was going on in front of me. Somebody once rang in to 606 who had lost an eye to something thrown inside a football stadium when he was following England in Turkey. I remember shielding my face from coins being chucked at us by Bristol City fans, we used to stand right next to the away corner on County Road. All those years my dad wouldn't take me because of the violence, then he decides that's where we should watch the games from - directly in the firing line with all of the away firms offering us outside after the game.