Marcus's Bicycle wrote:Was anyone there at the brick throwing game? "81 I think it was. It was front page on the nationals. "Rugby Leagues day of shame" the headline was. I had it in my FC scrap book. Younger posters won't know what one is!
I was at the Airlie Street end and it all kicked off behind the goal at the other end. I well remember the ambulances and fans pouring with blood.
The good old days!
Yeah, Good Friday '81. I too was stood at Airlie Street end (my usual spot, which is why I sit in South Stand today I guess, same viewpoint!). I seem to recall Paul Woods kicking a penalty around half-way through the first-half, and as the ball went through the posts I saw a brick flying through the air! About two minutes later it was utter mayhem, something resembling a riot in Belfast or Derry that we used to see on the news in those days.
I remember an old-feller being taken down the tunnel with blood pouring down his face. Think the game was halted for around twenty minutes, but not wholly sure on that. Think the game finally ended with a one-point win for rovers courtesy of a late Phil Lowe try, but again my memory is a touch sketchy on this. The rumour doing the rounds afterwards was that it was City fans who had started it!! Seeing as City had barely enough fans at that time to start a fight in a phone box, I think that might be one rumour well wide of the mark.
Fun days!!!!
