Dazman 12:45 Thu Feb 14
29 Years Ago Today - The Valentines Day Massacre
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Oldham Athletic 6-0 West Ham United
Remember it like it was yesterday. Pissing down with rain, muddy car park, freezing cold.
I remember after every goal went in loads of people turning and chucking coins at the scoreboard (which was just light bulbs). Could barely tell the score by the end.
I also remember my brother catching one of the warm up balls and sticking it up his jumper, and selling it for 50 quid the next day.
Other than the Play-Off final vs Palace, definitley my lowest moment as a West Ham fan.
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Pee Wee
12:08 Sun Feb 17
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Massive coincidence that the Valentine's Day massacre happened on 14th of February.
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jfk
4:01 Sat Feb 16
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Haha norm,
Fisherman blues is a great listen early in morning on a summers day.
Not one for pike fishing as a rule but booked a gaff for next weekend in Norfolk.
It's a bit of a pissup to be honest going with herself and the kids.it could pay dividends if I get up early.
Taking light tackle to go spinning with.
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jfk
3:45 Sat Feb 16
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Superb stuff norm.
I listen to Robert Elms on Radio London even though he's a west London Hoop I quite like the bloke.
He's very good at all things London. Rang him many a times off me trolley.
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normannomates
3:27 Sat Feb 16
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I also went through a stage of getting on the blower to Terry Christian and Jason Cundy on Talksport.. Off my nut.. Which is hazy.. But did happen
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normannomates
3:23 Sat Feb 16
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Jfk
I am probably the only surviving listener.. That and fisherman's blues.. Which I rang up and got on air one coked up Sunday morning..
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jfk
3:07 Sat Feb 16
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I listened to loads of games on capital gold when I was skint.
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normannomates
3:06 Sat Feb 16
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Mullet Marshall served us up on a platter
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normannomates
2:57 Sat Feb 16
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Cholo
Not radio 2 pal for deffo
Probably capital gold with Pearce
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Any Old Iron
1:43 Sat Feb 16
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Something else just occurred to me. As well as the trouncing, I also went to the 2nd leg.
Apart from stupidly allowing myself to get my hopes for a few minutes, one odd thing stands out in my memory; and that's the sight of Stewart Robson hobbling round the back of the west side during the game. Fuck knows what he was up to.
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eusebiovic
12:00 Sat Feb 16
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Lato 7:26 Fri Feb 15
I just remember him trying an overhead kick in nearly every game...might be an exaggeration but did he also have a trampoline when he was growing up? Which would have been a rare thing in those days
;-)
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Lato
7:26 Fri Feb 15
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eusebiovic 5:58 Fri Feb 15
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I remember going to the second leg under the lights - it was 3-0 but could have matched what they did to us in the first leg. Even David Kelly scored...I think he tried an overhead kick in that game to but missed and fell on his arse - his speciality
I did read somewhere that David 'Ned' Kelly ended up on his back side after every goal he scored for us, which was 7 I believe. His excuse was that he had one leg longer than the other after a childhood illness.
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Bob De Niro
7:01 Fri Feb 15
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Northern Sold 1:57 Fri Feb 15
Four of us in my MATES Gold Fiesta Ghia..got home fucking late especially with being kept in''
You remember what time you got home from a game 29 years ago?
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eusebiovic
5:58 Fri Feb 15
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I remember going to the second leg under the lights - it was 3-0 but could have matched what they did to us in the first leg. Even David Kelly scored...I think he tried an overhead kick in that game to but missed and fell on his arse - his speciality!
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Northern Sold
2:15 Fri Feb 15
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Yeah Bish scored a penalty.... think Andy Ritchie got a pen for them as well...
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Lato
2:12 Fri Feb 15
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bruuuno 1:05 Fri Feb 15
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I’m pretty sure we played them up there st Easter that season. Might have been an early Easter
Yep pretty sure it was Good Friday......my one and only trip to Boundary Park fortunately
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Lato
2:06 Fri Feb 15
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Dan M 8:45 Thu Feb 14
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Strodder at centre forward???? Apart from that a pretty decent team.........except on a wet, cold, windy Wednesday night up North
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Northern Sold
1:57 Fri Feb 15
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Four of us in my MATES Gold Fiesta Ghia.... apart from the rain was not a bad journey... got home fucking late especially with being kept in ... but that's to be expected...
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Dr Moose
10:34 Fri Feb 15
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I was at home listening to it on the radio, following day went into school and wore my shirt for P.E. was proud to wear the colours win or lose; took a shit load of stick though!
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AnotherDay_SameShit
7:44 Fri Feb 15
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Can any of you lot also remember what you were wearing or what you had to eat at ht? All I remember is standing behind the goal getting wet. Don't recall how I got there and back or even who I went with.
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cholo
7:32 Fri Feb 15
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I listened to it in my bedroom on the radio, probably radio two at the time, I could hear the away fans clearly singing "show me the way to go home".
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SDKFZ 222
3:39 Fri Feb 15
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Yes, it poured down throughout.
Those from my train were marched by the police from the station to the ground in pouring rain. I had an Evening News with me which I put on top of my head, but the rain quickly soaked through it and it turned into a papier-mâché helmet around my head in next to no time.
Once at the open terrace away end it also continued to pour, we even let one in during the first minute straight after kick off. It also continued raining on the way back to the station after the match had finished.
I was wearing a brand new black leather jacket that evening but the rain soaked into it and totally ruined it.
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