Spion Kop (4 Viewers)

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

i went to that game. and the 2ng leg.
i remember the convoy of coaches heading down to london.
didn't end well.

Would've Won 3.1 on Aggregate and Our First Trip to Wembley, but for those 2 Goals we Gave Them in the First Leg.

Some Things Never Change.

 

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[wingy]

Would've Won 3.1 on Aggregate and Our First Trip to Wembley, but for those 2 Goals we Gave Them in the First Leg.

Some Things Never Change.

Or the goal at the death of the second leg, memory gap,was it a penalty?

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Or the goal at the death of the second leg, memory gap,was it a penalty?

Tony Cottee from just inside The Penalty Area, if My Memory Serves me Right.

 

[Peter Billing Eyes]

Incredible to think that in its heyday during the 60’s, the Spion Kop’s licensed capacity of 17000 was over half what the CBS holds in total today.

 

[eyesee]

i just remembered, we went to the brighton away game as well earlier in the cup run. 1st or 2nd round??
we happened to be on holiday somewhere down south, maybe weymouth or something, and decided to go to the game. must have been back when you could just rock up and get in. i do remember being in the home end, and my dad repeatedly telling me to shut up. hahaha
must have been the first away game i went to that wasn't in the midlands.

sorry, slightly off topic.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

i just remembered, we went to the brighton away game as well earlier in the cup run. 1st or 2nd round??
we happened to be on holiday somewhere down south, maybe weymouth or something, and decided to go to the game. must have been back when you could just rock up and get in. i do remember being in the home end, and my dad repeatedly telling me to shut up. hahaha
must have been the first away game i went to that wasn't in the midlands.

sorry, slightly off topic.

I went to the Cambridge home game 1-1 we won the replay 1-0 and i saw us win for the first time after about 12 attempts against Watford 5-0. Was on the Crows nest as I recall stood on a stool. A happy 9 year old that night!

 

[Kneeza]

I am rthem, I like Countesthorpe it’s a nice place.

Always preferred Cosby. Nice village centre with a stream- reminiscent of Stretton and Wolston in a way.
Used to ride through twice a day on my commute between Sharnford and GEC-ESL at Whetstone.

 

[Mcbean]

Started off there in the late 80s when I came to Cov - very close to the away fans - they put a net up in the end as the coins and stuff rained both ways - saw the law extracting a guy over the fence once - if there was a rumble the crowd would move very fast - ha ha happy days

 

[Bad Boy]

Great views of the Kop.

Not sure when the Crows Nest was deemed unsafe and fenced off.

I used to prop up the left hand post of the scoreboard in my 20s.

There was a very tall slim guy that had kyphosis up there too, he used to march in the Salvation Army band.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Here's a pic of the concrete mound I mentioned earlier. Not very health and safety!

 

[robbiethemole]

Always preferred Cosby. Nice village centre with a stream- reminiscent of Stretton and Wolston in a way.
Used to ride through twice a day on my commute between Sharnford and GEC-ESL at Whetstone.

Got a cracking cafe/tearoom there, the cook on the nook, do a full brekky £12.50 Kids meals really good too. We go quite often with the grandkids, after school as a treat.

 

[mmttww]

wtf is / was the Crows Nest? I started going in 91/92. I'm imagining some mad stuff rn!

 

[robbiethemole]

wtf is / was the Crows Nest? I started going in 91/92. I'm imagining some mad stuff rn!

 

[robbiethemole]

It was a floodlight pylon on the corner of the Kop end, before the East Stand was built. People used to climb it to get a better view

 

[Samo]

i went to that game. and the 2ng leg.
i remember the convoy of coaches heading down to london.
didn't end well.

Yeah I was at both legs, bloody scary at the away leg.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

It was a floodlight pylon on the corner of the Kop end, before the East Stand was built. People used to climb it to get a better view

No it wasn't, it was a wood stanchion built above the concrete in the corner of the Kop towards the Mercers Arms pub

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Spent many happy times on it with my father and my son.It was a great place to see how good some of the passes really were, made you appreciate the skill.Standing there cannot remember what season against one of the Sheffield sides in the 70's.got son and dad with me started to rain then snow(artic type conditions). son inside my coat trying to protect him.We gave up and I left my dad and son standing at the supporters club enterance and got the car as I picked them up big cheer went up the ref. had called the game off.Happy times.

Could have been a game against Sheffield United, early 70s which was abandoned in the second half with us losing 2-0. We won the replayed game 3-2 I think.

 

[mmttww]

No it wasn't, it was a wood stanchion built above the concrete in the corner of the Kop towards the Mercers Arms pub

jfc! Kudos to anyone mad enough to stand on that thing together with loads of others. Insane!

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

jfc! Kudos to anyone mad enough to stand on that thing together with loads of others. Insane!

Back Then People Were Made Of Sterner Stuff not Like the Snowflakes of Today.

Oh Shit, Tin Hat Time

 

[mmttww]

Oh Shit, Tin Hat Time

Not really; you lot raised them (us)! Always love that side of the snowflake argument.

 

[Bad Boy]

No it wasn't, it was a wood stanchion built above the concrete in the corner of the Kop towards the Mercers Arms pub
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Correct GtheT. Spot on.

 

[robbiethemole]

No it wasn't, it was a wood stanchion built above the concrete in the corner of the Kop towards the Mercers Arms pub
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My mistake

 

[eyesee]

jfc! Kudos to anyone mad enough to stand on that thing together with loads of others. Insane!

it looked a bit precarious, but i can assure you it was perfectly...
no, you're right, it was a death trap waiting to happen.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

it looked a bit precarious, but i can assure you it was perfectly...
no, you're right, it was a death trap waiting to happen.

Never thought of it as a death trap as I said previously stood there for many years the only time any doubt was Friday 13th 1964 ( had to check the year remembered the date) lost 5-2 to Southend dire game and someone started a fire under the top end of it.As you might think more interest in the fire than the game.From memory don't remember any mass exodus of the wooden part.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Tony Cottee from just inside The Penalty Area, if My Memory Serves me Right.

Tony Cottee? Nowhere near their first team at this point - It was Jimmy Neighbour and I wasn't even at this game.
Was at the first leg tho.
Talking of the kop, does anybody remember them coming in along the top in the first half?
Watched this one from the SBT.

 

[Peter Billing Eyes]

The Spion Kop used to be a neat uniformed terrace until they converted the lower section to seating and created a walkway across the middle, then it became a dog’s dinner.

 

[bigfatronssba]

Great views of the Kop.

Not sure when the Crows Nest was deemed unsafe and fenced off.

I used to prop up the left hand post of the scoreboard in my 20s.

There was a very tall slim guy that had kyphosis up there too, he used to march in the Salvation Army band.

At a guess, would it have been after the Bradford fire that it was deemed unsafe? Wasn't that when wooden structures in grounds were clamped down on?

Great view of the ground in the old picture. You can see the bomb damage to the Main Stand roof where its been patched up

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Tony Cottee? Nowhere near their first team at this point - It was Jimmy Neighbour and I wasn't even at this game.
Was at the first leg tho.
Talking of the kop, does anybody remember them coming in along the top in the first half?
Watched this one from the SBT.

Yeah, I did say if My Memory Serves me Right.

Got mix up with Paul Goddard.

 

[Calista]

jfc! Kudos to anyone mad enough to stand on that thing together with loads of others. Insane!

Thanks mate!

 

[Brylowes]

Spent my first visits to Highfied road aged 6 exploring the old spion Kop and the breathtakingly mental crows nest in 1976/77.
Uncle took me and my brother a few times whilst our old man had a season ticket in the Skyblue Stand, the following season dad got us season tickets with him in the Skyblue stand next to the Kop, wonderful memories.

But tbh my most vivid memory of the kop was Forest clinching the league title with a 0 v 0 draw 1977/78 their fans were given the entire Kop and packed it to bursting point.

The whole ground was full & the atmosphere great, never forget Clough in his yellow jersey & his team doing a lap of honour & my old man joining in a standing ovation which I thought weird as he usually hated the opposition

 

[mmttww]

Thanks mate!

 

[Brylowes]

Not really; you lot raised them (us)! Always love that side of the snowflake argument.

And every snowflake has 6 sides weird fact!!

 

[Williescar]

Could have been a game against Sheffield United, early 70s which was abandoned in the second half with us losing 2-0. We won the replayed game 3-2 I think.

I was at both

 

[MickM]

Could have been a game against Sheffield United, early 70s which was abandoned in the second half with us losing 2-0. We won the replayed game 3-2 I think.

There is a write up about it by the CCFCFPA

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Spent my first visits to Highfied road aged 6 exploring the old spion Kop and the breathtakingly mental crows nest in 1976/77.
Uncle took me and my brother a few times whilst our old man had a season ticket in the Skyblue Stand, the following season dad got us season tickets with him in the Skyblue stand next to the Kop, wonderful memories.

But tbh my most vivid memory of the kop was Forest clinching the league title with a 0 v 0 draw 1977/78 their fans were given the entire Kop and packed it to bursting point.

The whole ground was full & the atmosphere great, never forget Clough in his yellow jersey & his team doing a lap of honour & my old man joining in a standing ovation which I thought weird as he usually hated the opposition

I don't think your memory of the Forest game is as vivid as you think

Forest weren't given the whole kop, they just turned up in huge numbers and took it over.

There was also no lap of honour either. While the crowd were waiting for Forest to come out to celebrate, some Forest fans started running on the pitch taunting the City fans which resulted in much of the West End coming ono the pitch to confront them, and then more Forest fans also came on from the kop end to face up to them. The Police managed to get between them, and there was then a stand off for about 10 minutes before they were dispersed from the pitch and out the ground.

Of course it could be that my memory is the problem, as to be fair I guess its possible that Clough and his team could have come back out after that to celebrate, but by then it would been to half empty stadium.