Great characters of the game.

[WBA1955]

Every team used to have at least one character, entertainers who played to the crowd. Wolves had Dougan and Knowles, we had Astle, Johnston and the great John Osborne. These players were worth the entrance fee on their own, and it wasn't much in those days.
The goalkeepers were like the drummers of a rock band, characters in their own right. As kids we used to stand behind the goal and strike up a conversation with the likes of Charlie Wright. We would take the mick and he would give it back. He said once, you don't come and watch this rubbish every week do you?
Players today would be carded for the things they did back then. The game today is so bland with the rehearsed goal celebrations and players who are up themselves. Compare them with Willie Johnston who had nothing about him at all and is still meeting fans today.
Then they stop playing the Liquidator in case it offends someone. You have to sit down and only sing and shout certain stuff in case someone is offended.
I think most of the stewards previous employment was in the Gestapo.
It's these things that made me gradually fall out of love with the game and stop going.
My last game I attended was against Stoke and it was Pepe Mel's last game.

[mickd1961]

I remember Franny Lee pretending to gun down the Kop at Liverpool with a machine gun! 🤣

Mary Whitehouse would be in her element if she was still around these days, she was offended on behalf of everyone in the 70’s……most of us thought she was crackers at the time but her crackpot ideas are mainstream now.

[soulman101]

I loved to watch Frank Worthington

[boingy]

Happy days.

[Joy_Division]

I was in the Brummie Road End when the fans started singing Dougan Dougan IRA. He faced the crowd laughing and imitated machine gunning us down. Had everyone laughing. Probably get chucked out now for singing it. Wan*ers.

[mickd1961]

Anyone remember Watford coming to our place around 77 when Graham Taylor was in charge and they were top of the 4th division with Luther Blissett banging them in?

The raucous sound of the Brummie singing “Elton John and his homo s e x u a l s”.

🤣🤣🤣

[phild]

Anyone remember Watford coming to our place around 77 when Graham Taylor was in charge and they were top of the 4th division with Luther Blissett banging them in?

The raucous sound of the Brummie singing “Elton John and his homo s e x u a l s”.
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Yes Mick I wuz there and I took part in the singing

[mickd1961]

Yes Mick I wuz there and I took part in the singing

And me🤣🤣

You’d be arrested for this nowadays.

[WBA1955]

I remember Franny Lee pretending to gun down the Kop at Liverpool with a machine gun! 🤣

Mary Whitehouse would be in her element if she was still around these days, she was offended on behalf of everyone in the 70’s……most of us thought she was crackers at the time but her crackpot ideas are mainstream now.

I was at one game and the Brummie burst into a chant of Mary Whitehouse is a stripper. They used to do random stuff like that.
Mary campaigned for years to have Myra Hindley released.
She didn't like the Sweeney either, she said our policemen don't beat up prisoners or go to bed with women.
Claverly must have been the height of utopia.

[WBA1955]

Anyone remember Watford coming to our place around 77 when Graham Taylor was in charge and they were top of the 4th division with Luther Blissett banging them in?

The raucous sound of the Brummie singing “Elton John and his homo s e x u a l s”.

🤣🤣🤣

I was there but I didn't join in. I was laughing too much.