Quote Originally Posted by ManchesterMagpie View Post
During the same era my mates dad always insisted on us standing in HIS spot on the old Kop terrace - even when it was given entirely to away fans. When Stoke won promotion on the last day of the season in 1979 and brought over 15,000 fans to the Lane a copper spotted us in our Notts colours and saw that I was absolutely terrified. Thankfully he got us moved to the relative safety of the Main Stand but our Ken still wasn't happy that he'd been moved from his spot.
All of that was great - but this in particular really made me laugh.

Sometimes, being with the “wrong” fans adds to the fun - I was with a Palace fan in the home end when we finally won away from home for the first time in over a season - I think Devlin got both goals in a 2-1 win. The Palace fans around me were a pretty gracious bunch. Then again, I did get into an argument with an idiot Palace fan when we lost to them in an FA Youth Cup tie in the aughts - I especially had to point out his error when he called us a bunch of thugs from Derbyshire.