TUAFC I.D.Cards

I actually stopped watching home games for a time as I did not (and still do not) agree with the principle of banning fans in the general sense.
I've been in some rough situations at football matches, particularly during the seventies and early eighties, but I have never agreed that we should enforce a rule that may prevent a genuine law abiding football fan from attending a game

Just what did Wolves do to the town ? being a young whipper snapper I don't know about much about it aside from odd whispers about them going a little mental ?

Any chance of scanning it in ? personal information obviously obscured, I'd be quite interested in seeing what it looked like, I can't imagine something like that in this day and age, it'd destroy what little of a fanbase we currently have.

Before that day and night, we enjoyed Saturday Night kick-offs, I know many S.D.L footballers loved if, as they could play in the afternoon, go for a pint and then up To Plainmoor.

Not sure(someone will know) if that pushed up the gate or not, the only thing was ,we never appeared on the pools coupons(do people still do the pools)

I was not in the town center that day, but I understand they ran wild, stealing paint cans etc leaving their marks everywhere, and scaring most of the shoppers.

I don't think I have got this mixed up with another game, at the start our lads were warming up, some of their fans came onto the pitch, took the balls of the players and started having a kick around.

They invaded the pitch during the game at least three times and I'm sure I remember, that as one of our players was going down the wing, he was tripped by a Wolves fan. I;m sure someone will confirm this and even come up with his name.

It is really wierd but don't remember having a card with my photo on?

I am sure my card was dark blue. Strange days they were. I remember being stopped 3 times by the police leading up to the ground the next time we played Wolves. If I am right we had to take a utility bill (or the like) to prove locality.

So for one game I had 1) ticket 2) utility bill 3) membership card.

Does anyone else remember this? Or have I gone mad?

Even Glasto was easier to get into then that!

Thanks Ant for the memories, I had wound him up big time, as he stood by the dugout.As you say it was fun when they moved the dug outs over to the Popside.

Boy was he angry, he wanted to kill me, took a few swings as I was leaving, as then the changing rooms were in the family stand. So he was pitch side me walking the path to the steps. Its a good job he missed, as I would have had to lay him out. ;D ;D ;D

If you did not have you card, you simply could not get into the ground

IIRC you could still get into the ground, but you had to go into the office under the grandstand to sign someone in. I was under 16 or 18 or whatever the age was at the time, but we occaisionally took guests and signed them in.
I can also recall some Carlisle UNited fans making the trip down (we won 1-0 witha penalty just before half time, I think) and someone singed them in because otherwise they wouldnt' have been allowed in.
In one of the last few weeks of the away ssupporters ban, about 100 or so Exeter fans turned-up and they eventually put them in the "away end". Lovely bunch of fans - they really covered themselves with glory when some of them were singing through the minutes silence for Hillsborough, which happend only a week or so before.

No, I was too young to need one - 12 by the time they finished in 1989. I think I saw my Dad's one the other day though!!!

That old away end looked a bit like a POW camp! The only time that we saw away fans in there was for the FA Cup, the play-off final against Swansea and the WOlves match when Bull scored twice in front of them late-on to win the 1st match 2-1.

I can't really remember much football prior to the 87/88 season, although did go to matches from 1982. Great to see the old film footage that was posted on .net the other day - the old popside takes me back - a very noisey and intimodating atmosphere as the old Scunny Manager (Mick Buxton?? - managed us for 1 game after O'Riordan left just before May took over) once said.

I thin that is one thing that I could never complain about this season in the conference - decent and agro-free supporters who follow their clubs. Forest-Green and Aldershot were 2 great away visits for me - they summed-up what being a football fan should be about - a warm welcome from the staff, decent bar facilities and we managed to get at least one decent result!!