Rangers games on TV on at the Stanley Arms in Bermondsey, 15 mins walk to The Den - good for a Saturday lunchtime KO followed by 3pm at Millwall. I said to the Fedmake it sound as though everything is ok. A police spokeswoman said that 47 police officers and 24 police horses were injured, and the Metropolitan Police considered suing the club after the events. Anagrams of the same name. , Text-to-Speech "Everyone : (function() { [21], On the evening of 25 August 2009, clashes between some Millwall and West Ham fans outside Upton Park resulted in 20 people being injured, including one Millwall fan who was stabbed. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Yeah, yeah we said and thought nothing of it. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Choose delivery method and buy Kindle Books. By Its possibly the best club song there is.To get jellied eels into the lyrics takes talent. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Magic Sponge Members We walked the hundred yards or so to The Euston Tavern, opened the doors and inside it was chocker block with red and whites. 2 weeks later he did, there was around 18 of them!. The match at this point was 0 v 0. It may not display this or other websites correctly. As leader of Millwalls notorious F-Troop during the 1970s, he was at the forefront of His new work explores football hooliganism through petrifying portraits of the football firm leadersthemselves. A local newspaper, East Ham Echo, reported that, "From the very first kick o I was always on the fringes when I was at school. It's easy! Pop superstar Shakira says she was the victim of a random attack by a pair of wild boars while walking in a park in Barcelona with her eight-year-old son. You must log in or register to reply here. Activities; Program; SDA Believe; Resources; News; Donations; Contact He was also at the Click Customise Cookies to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. For Millwalls Ginger Bob being part of a football firm appeared pre-destined. : In doing so, he woke up, leading in the kids jumping to safety. This away game at Millwall in 1979 ended a hectic period for Sunderland fans, crowd trouble wise. Ye,s he died a couple of years back, not sure about the circamstances though Maybe Annis has more details? ga('create', 'UA-82832217-1', 'auto'); Your email address will not be published. Knew most of them as a few of them drank in my local which was called the Squire in them days the lad with the big hair and glasses was Billy Piummer young lad was Gary Roberts usually got on with them well except of course around September 1976 when there was a couple of rows between our pub the Saxon which was Chels and the Squire I remember one Sunday night Little Tommy from Paddington (RIP) and a few others came over for a drink the Millwall lot came up from the squire and ran most of our mob up the road to Lower Sydenham station I got done pretty bad with a glass luckily I had one of the thick wrap round cardigans on which took most of it as they tried to do me in the back funny enough was drinking with them a couple of weeks later as if nothing had happened funny old game football eh!! Both sets of supporters were primarily made up of dockers, who lived and worked in the same locality in east and south London. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. On a more general level, I think there is probably an element of hooliganism that still exists in the clubs that were more known for it back in its heyday, albeit very well hidden, and most likely organised by a small number. No, this happened in Hockley Essex (near Southend) on a Thursday night after a Disco at the local Youth Centre!.Couple of weeks previously one of our lot had a cousin (wall fan) who lived in South London. A character named Harry the Dog became national news and a byword for hooliganism. If you go on You tube click on best ever football quote. One Millwall supporter was stabbed during clashes between the two sets of fans outside the ground. You progressed from one to the other with F Troop (led by the now deceased but infamous Harry the Dog) being the bees knees. The Union Bears chasing down the Green Brigade outside Hampden, Craig Moore says Mooy was Training at Auchenhowie. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Author is the same on all, Ian Drawie, Drew Alina & Dan Wieral. In the original film, Harry The Dog, F-Troop's notorious leader, was shown fighting a mob of Bristol Rovers fans single-handed and some of the worst excesses of , Word Wise The Shed End Forum relies on revenue to pay for hosting and upgrades. I remember a Millwall lad climbing on top of it to try and get over the fence and one of our lads trundling over and meeting him with a flying head butt . Cass Pennant has become a particularly prolific author and publisher and is now moving into film production. Has anyone ever seen the documentary about Millwall hooligans from 1977? About half a dozen of them trotted towards the high rise flats near the ground, with dogs and we all wondered what the fuck was going on. Always plenty of mW all in there. Harry the dog is dead now sadly he was a typical hoolie .he didn't act it ,he was the real deal. jQuery(document).ready( function($) { Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. } I'm pretty sure that Millwall fan on the train who gave the "pint pot in the face" comment is on the opening credits of MOTD or MOTD2. What happens next will be interesting to witness. The Hammers were fined 115,000 by the FA. "Youre only a kid, but you want to do something for the cause. Harry appears at 2:00 and 15:04 in the above YouTube clip, and with the rest of F Troop at 30:15 (Bobby The Wolf, Harry The Dog, Mad Pat and Winkle piled into the As leader of Millwalls notorious F-Troop during the 1970s, he was at the forefront of many of the fist fights, pitch battles and gang warfare that broke out between [1] The club and fans of Millwall have a historic association with football hooliganism, which came to prevalence in the 1970s and 1980s with a firm known originally as F-Troop, eventually becoming more widely known as the Millwall Bushwackers, who were one of the most notorious hooligan gangs in England. , Language I wasnt a troublemaker only at the football.". Unfortunately for the BBC, death, illness and camera-shyness have so far hampered hopes of filming the 30th anniversary show. i['GoogleAnalyticsObject'] = r; Millwall played local rivals West Ham United away at Upton Park on 17 September 1906 in a Western League game. Millwall defender Harry Cripps's testimonial in 1972 was overshadowed by fighting outside and inside at The Den. Learn more. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Despite being furious about having broken countless school rules, Hermione had noticed that the dog was standing on a trap door, and guarding something. Millwall were cleared of all charges while West Ham were found guilty of two: violent, threatening, obscene and provocative behaviour and failing to prevent their fans entering the field of play. I guess most people have worked out they're spoof books, a football hooligan version of Spinal Tap but not as funny. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2022, Such a great read and so many good memories of what was very special days in the life of a football supporter, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2021. England were at home to France in what would become the Five Nations and a few French supporters, Englands opponents that day, milled about the police station for reasons that werent obvious to me. Long story, but in Oct 1974, 7 of us got ambushed by him & his mob on the top deck of a bus. 27 February 2015. How's the head lol, Where we playing Millwall are did your paths just pass. [14] The penalty that Millwall faced was perhaps that the club's name was now "synonymous with everything that was bad in football and society". After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages that interest you. They got pezzled of course by sheer weight of numbers but the sheer brazenness was unnerving (I was 17 at the time).I remember that as we walked towards the ground I spied the signs for a hospital not far from there. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings, help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. : [35][36], In April 2013, Millwall met Wigan Athletic in a semi-final of the FA Cup. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/. Many of those in the exhibition have since turned their lives around. "I went to a match in Feb 1967, just before I turned nine I used to go with my dad. [citation needed] A local newspaper, East Ham Echo, reported that, "From the very first kick of the ball it was seen likely to be some trouble, but the storm burst when Dean and Jarvis came into collision (Millwall had two players sent off during the match). Far better organisation and sheer numbers took many teams by surprise. "If theres any fighting around you, you look for an opportunity to go up behind someone and give them a sly punch in the kidneys or kick them in the leg and then back off. Sunderland would end an agonising 4rth, missing out on promotion by just 2 points, from Norwich City in third place. It may not display this or other websites correctly. WebThis Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) It remained that way at 90 minutes. As we got closer to Millwall we travelled through all sorts of dodgy tube stations like Shadwell and Rotherhithe and as the doors would open the straggling Millwall lads, who would be late for kick off (like us) would try and get on. The Sex Pistols were into their 4rth year and their never to be forgotten album Never Mind The Bollocks had been released in 1977, to a storm of protest. That's the one. : "It talks about the complexities of trying to generalise football hooligans, because there is no one single reason that young males are drawn to it.". The lad with the big hair? I was at a late 90s game at the New Den, City lost, there was unrest at the club and a demo planned to protest against their then Chairman Peter Mead, of the gun manufacturers. He reckoned he had a machete and was going to cut us all up. , Sticky notes The police later said the violence, because of its scale, was organised beforehand. Anyway we booked up with the Travel Club and travelled down to London for our game at The Den. "When I was at school, racism was rife and gangs of boneheads would chase us just because of the colour of our skin. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Bobby Robson, then manager of Ipswich, said of Millwall fans afterward, "They [the police] should have turned the flamethrowers on them". . For my troubles, i got his Kung Fu numchuckers (?) Please try again. Will be back for another visit this season. Brentford's goalkeeper Chic Brodie picked it up, inspected it and threw it into his goal. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. I've got three in this house now. , Enhanced typesetting We wouldnt budge. "When I started following the Baby Squad, I felt protected and also brave because now we had lads who would defend you through thick and thin. Almost as though it was written by a 3 year old. The sinister portraits - released ahead of Euro 2016 - are part of a series from acclaimed photographerSimon Harsent. Magic Sponge Members Jun 17, 2011 1,135 House In The Hill Feb 14, 2012 #8 He lived in Cuckfield for a while and I used to have a pint with him in The Sussex in Haywards Heath on the odd occasion. Funny that, didnt look the type to have overdosed on TV quiz shows. Harry the Dog is a legend amongst British football hooligans. As well as the Millwall hooligans and those belonging to Luton's firm the MIGs, many of the 31 fans arrested after the violence were identified as being from Chelsea's Headhunters firm and West Ham United's Inter City Firm. Billy Plummer the young guy with the specs and the mad hair apparently regretted taking part in the interviews in later life, moved the Herne Bay in Kent and sadly committed suicide the day his daughter was due to give birth to a grandchild. [4], The BBC documentary Panorama was invited into the club by Millwall in 1977 to show the hooligan reputation was a myth and being blown out of proportion by reporting. There was a house being renovated with bricks and sand outside. Although he had played for eight different clubs, playing his fewest games (four) for Millwall, and was signed to Bradford City at the time, the BBC used the headline, "Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant guilty of murder". Please try your request again later. The late 70s socially and politically was a bad time for England. a = s.createElement(o), So, we basically have five children," Harry said in October. "[10][11] Trouble was reported at Loftus Road on 26 March 1966 during a match between Queens Park Rangers and Millwall, at a time when both sides were near the top of the league table pushing for promotion to Division Two, but the London derby was won 61 by QPR. This book does not seek to glorify football violence which the author considers a blotch on society. Was down a couple of weeks ago, impressed with the club and the fans. There was an error retrieving your wish lists. Yeah it was the pub featured in the Panorama program became a Wetherspoons a couple of years before I moved down the line understand now demolished and is a block of flats the Saxon is now Lidls, RIP billy plummer.. millwall fan was a nice fella, Sorry to hear about that he was a good laugh Billy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. This book also contains funny stories about Harry. What do these books have in common? I remember the Feds ringing up my Father, who had to go to Chester le Street Police station to pay my fare home. He said: "Youre indoctrinated and brainwashed by your nearest and dearest. Contents 1 Harry Potter 2 Ron Weasley 3 Hermione Granger 4 Draco Malfoy 5 He was also at the forefront of many of the fist fights, pitch battles and gang warfare that broke out between rival football firms in that era. They must have flushed about 200 Millwall fans who were waiting for usunderneath a block of flats. The SAFC lads who stood at the doors would kick them off, and so this went on until we got to New Cross Gate.By now it was after 3pm and a couple of the younger lads were told to go upstairs and find out if anyone was waiting for us. The Millwall Bushwackers are the most notorious football firm associated with Millwall Football Club. You are using an out of date browser. I wonder what 'Arry the Dog or Bobby the Wolf would have made of that song! i[r] = i[r] || function () { Would of liked it to have been more descriptivenot about the violence but more about the details. Harry the Dog was the leader of Millwalls notorious F-Troop during the 1970's, and the most feared football hooligan of his generation. Sign in or register to get started. The crowds on the bank having caught the fever, free fights were plentiful. WebMillwall were cleared of all charges while West Ham were found guilty of two: violent, threatening, obscene and provocative behaviour and failing to prevent their fans entering the field of play. October 31, 2014 in Chelsea FC Vintage. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It led to a ban on away supporters by Luton from their Kenilworth Road ground for four years. The Sun newspaper ran the sensationalist grenade-related headline "Soccer Marches to War! The CLS and Ferryhill lads got off the bus, went into Kings Cross and we were met by Nicers from Chester le Street who told us that all of the SAFC fans were in The Euston Tavern (TET), over the road from St Pancras, and that we were all going to travel by tube to the match together. We had won, although to be frank, that wasnt really my main consideration, which was what would happen next! These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Scotland Yard withdrew its threat to sue, stating: "In light of the efforts made and a donation to a charity helping injured police officers, the Metropolitan Police Service has decided not to pursue legal action against Millwall F.C. The infamous terrace chant of Millwall supporters , Millwall F.C.West Ham United F.C. lunatics, If i had to pick an era from..A) DHs or B) SHs Id plump (marginally) for the DH eraThis era sw me too young , but took over my footy era thoughts. Kindle Edition. m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0]; Harry appears at 2:00 and 15:04 in the above YouTube clip, and with the rest of F Troop at 30:15 (Bobby The Wolf, Harry The Dog, Mad Pat and Winkle piled into the bus) 27 February 2015. It is also interesting that the politics of the day influenced a hostile and punishing England. Using your mobile phone camera, scan the code below and download the Kindle app. A 7,500 fine was levied against Millwall, though this was later withdrawn on appeal. Attention: Please take a moment to consider our, Is there a club Millwall dont make out to have some sort of tenuous rivalry with?. This aroused considerable excitement among the spectators. ul.athena-nav a{ In the original film, Harry The Dog, F-Troop's notorious leader, was shown fighting a mob of Bristol Rovers fans single-handed and some of the worst excesses of football violence were exposed. Webspeak those things as though they were kjv. If you have other addictions such as drugs there are treatment programs but the so-called cure for a football hooligan is jail time. fnv mr new vegas voice actor. Home; Activities . And you still wouldn't want to bump into any of them in a dark alley. Harry the Dog is a legend amongst British football hooligans. The Hammers were fined 115,000 by the FA. 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[4][9], The 1985 Kenilworth Road riot, after an FA Cup sixth-round match between Luton Town and Millwall on 13 March 1985, became one of the worst and widely reported incidents of football hooliganism to date. The game saw hundreds of West Ham fans invade the pitch on three occasions, forcing the game to be temporarily suspended once. This was a third consecutive league away game, with the others in this series being West Ham United (a story for another day) and a 4 v 1 win at Newcastle United, where the now infamous Battle Of Bath Lane took place. Could you please allow adverts on this domain by switching it off. On that night, approximately 20,000 people packed into a ground that usually only held half that number to watch Luton beat Millwall 10. Unable to add item to List. Barrington 'One Eyed Baz' Patterson, was a leading figure with Birmingham Citys Zulu Warriors. [25], In October 2004, during a Football League Cup tie at home to Liverpool, Millwall fans taunted their Liverpool counterparts with songs making fun of the Hillsborough disaster which had claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans in 1989. This book also contains funny stories about Harry. "Everyone comes from the same few roads, its like an extended family and youre representing your area. For Millwalls Ginger Bobbeing part ofa football firm appeared pre-destined. Try again. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. He came down for a visit and brought a mate who called himself 'Mac the knife' (LOL). 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