12-10-2017, 18:13
Give us some funny anecdotes following the Albion. Here's one of mine:-
I was living in Leeds, and it was a beautiful sunny May day (mid '90s). I sat out in the back garden, but I was cheesed-off, because it was our last Away game of the season up at Sunderland, and we'd sold out our allocation, so I couldn't go. But I jumped up, and said to the Mrs "Sod it. I'm going. We've just avoided relegation, and I'm going to celebrate."
Celebrate, my arse! I'd got short sleeves and shorts on as I drove up the A1. But 1/2 way there it got cooler and cooler, and I actually turned the heating on in my car. By the time I arrived at Roker they were all in overcoats - it was freezing, and I wasn't dressed for it!
Never mind dashing into the pub to keep warm, I had to get a ticket somehow. I tried slipping the bloke a tenner at the turnstiles, but he wouldn't have it. So I stood on the road by the Away End for 1/2 hour, asking if any Baggies fans had got a spare by any chance - no luck! Then this Mackem walked past and heard me asking. He said "I've got a ticket, but it's for a bairn My lad had fell out of a tree that morning and was too poorly to come. It's yours for £4, but it's the Home End, of course." I said "Here's a fiver. Buy him some sweets on the way home".
I dashed to the Pub for a quick one, then round to the Home End (it was about 2.30), and noticed that the Juniors queue was about 20 yards long.
So I stood in this queue in my shorts, twice the size of the other kids. I felt like Rodney in Fools and Horses, when he won the Junior Painting Competition! (Luckily I had a Polo to suck on to keep me warm, and disguise the smell of beer on my breath, and I had to stoop down a couple of feet to try to kid the turnstile operator). Somehow he let me in (I must have had a good shave as well!) Anyway, he let me through without looking, and I stood on their Kop freezing cold and in silence.
When I got back to the car I turned the heating on full blast......... then I noticed I'd got a Parking Ticket!!!!! Good job we drew 2-2.
However, the 1,900 Baggies fans made me proud though that day, and it was nice to have heard the Mackems commenting on what a good turn-out from the travelling fans.
Share your stories.
I was living in Leeds, and it was a beautiful sunny May day (mid '90s). I sat out in the back garden, but I was cheesed-off, because it was our last Away game of the season up at Sunderland, and we'd sold out our allocation, so I couldn't go. But I jumped up, and said to the Mrs "Sod it. I'm going. We've just avoided relegation, and I'm going to celebrate."
Celebrate, my arse! I'd got short sleeves and shorts on as I drove up the A1. But 1/2 way there it got cooler and cooler, and I actually turned the heating on in my car. By the time I arrived at Roker they were all in overcoats - it was freezing, and I wasn't dressed for it!
Never mind dashing into the pub to keep warm, I had to get a ticket somehow. I tried slipping the bloke a tenner at the turnstiles, but he wouldn't have it. So I stood on the road by the Away End for 1/2 hour, asking if any Baggies fans had got a spare by any chance - no luck! Then this Mackem walked past and heard me asking. He said "I've got a ticket, but it's for a bairn My lad had fell out of a tree that morning and was too poorly to come. It's yours for £4, but it's the Home End, of course." I said "Here's a fiver. Buy him some sweets on the way home".
I dashed to the Pub for a quick one, then round to the Home End (it was about 2.30), and noticed that the Juniors queue was about 20 yards long.
So I stood in this queue in my shorts, twice the size of the other kids. I felt like Rodney in Fools and Horses, when he won the Junior Painting Competition! (Luckily I had a Polo to suck on to keep me warm, and disguise the smell of beer on my breath, and I had to stoop down a couple of feet to try to kid the turnstile operator). Somehow he let me in (I must have had a good shave as well!) Anyway, he let me through without looking, and I stood on their Kop freezing cold and in silence.
When I got back to the car I turned the heating on full blast......... then I noticed I'd got a Parking Ticket!!!!! Good job we drew 2-2.
However, the 1,900 Baggies fans made me proud though that day, and it was nice to have heard the Mackems commenting on what a good turn-out from the travelling fans.
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