Some RIPs

[muleskinner]

Andy Barker of 808 State:

https://louderthanwar.com/andy-barker-808-state-rip/

[Tommok]

10 hours ago, muleskinner said:

Andy Barker of 808 State:

https://louderthanwar.com/andy-barker-808-state-rip/

Ah man that's sad. 

Proper pioneers those guys. 

[Buttles]

Dean Stockwell at the age of 85

Loved Quantum Leap

[guernseygareth]

[Nebraska Red]

Gerald Sinstadt.

 

[smithdown]

35 minutes ago, Nebraska Red said:

Gerald Sinstadt.

 

The party’s finally over

[Nebraska Red]

Loved his St Etienne commentary for the Fairclough goal. What a night that was, amazing memories.

[downunder]

My first memory of Sinstadt was our 7th goal v Spurs ‘Heighway in acres of space’. I remember asking my dad what an acre is and for years whenever I heard the word thought of that goal . 

[DaveLFC]

 

 

[muleskinner]

FW de Klerk, last apartheid president of South Africa. 

[Duncan Disorderly]

3 hours ago, DaveLFC said:

 

 

Wonderful!

[Behind Enemy Lines]

you forget how much better the old TV angle was

[Nebraska Red]

The Kop that night was something else. The stadium was bouncing.

Thinking back, we were absolutely nuts those days. The capacity was 26,000 ish, probably over 30,000 in there that night 

[The Hitman]

8 hours ago, Nebraska Red said:

The Kop that night was something else. The stadium was bouncing.

Thinking back, we were absolutely nuts those days. The capacity was 26,000 ish, probably over 30,000 in there that night 

That surge after the goal looks scary.

[Barnesy_10]

37 minutes ago, The Hitman said:

That surge after the goal looks scary.

Yeah every time I rewatch old footage and see it it gets to me... Must have been crazy being in amongst it. 

[Nebraska Red]

41 minutes ago, Barnesy_10 said:

Yeah every time I rewatch old footage and see it it gets to me... Must have been crazy being in amongst it. 

I was there, age 18, with my 15 yo brother who a skinny bugger. Our usual spec was just in front of one of the barriers right in the middle of the Kop. After the Fairclough goal I lost sight of my brother for a few minutes, but a couple of the older guys we had come to know had kept an eye on him.

At the time, we didn't think anything of those surges, they were part of the fun of the games. Looking back at them it was a hell of a ride.

 

[kop205]

Ron Flowers Pops (his clogs)

[charlie clown]

15 hours ago, The Hitman said:

That surge after the goal looks scary.

It does, but whilst that was probably exceptional in its size and ferocity, it was a regular occurrence back then. I remember when I first started going the surge was always dead exciting - you'd end up thirty yards from your original spec but it was also pretty terrifying because if you got wedged against one of the crash barrier things you had the force of hundreds of other people crushing you on to it. Genuinely scary, especially at the age of 12 or 13 when you're one of the smallest people on The Kop.  

[smithdown]

On 06/11/2021 at 21:28, Duncan Disorderly said:

Terence 'Astro' Wilson

Only just got onto this

 

Sad that 

 

Had a decent go tho eh 

[Murphman]

On 12/11/2021 at 11:47, kop205 said:

Ron Flowers Pops (his clogs)

Great player.

[cymrococh]

Wilbur Smith. One of my favourite trashy book series’ is his Taita Egypt series, his other stuff I tried reading was neo-colonial sh*te.

[charlie clown]

One of the fellas who went into space with Bill Shatner was killed in a plane crash a few days back. That's some payback. 

[Redwire]

David Lacey, 83.

[Cam]

21 hours ago, Redwire said:

David Lacey, 83.

Thinking of Cagney at this difficult time. 

[Case]

On 12/11/2021 at 12:26, charlie clown said:

It does, but whilst that was probably exceptional in its size and ferocity, it was a regular occurrence back then. I remember when I first started going the surge was always dead exciting - you'd end up thirty yards from your original spec but it was also pretty terrifying because if you got wedged against one of the crash barrier things you had the force of hundreds of other people crushing you on to it. Genuinely scary, especially at the age of 12 or 13 when you're one of the smallest people on The Kop.  

 

On 12/11/2021 at 12:26, charlie clown said:

It does, but whilst that was probably exceptional in its size and ferocity, it was a regular occurrence back then. I remember when I first started going the surge was always dead exciting - you'd end up thirty yards from your original spec but it was also pretty terrifying because if you got wedged against one of the crash barrier things you had the force of hundreds of other people crushing you on to it. Genuinely scary, especially at the age of 12 or 13 when you're one of the smallest people on The Kop.  

First time I went I was wondering why some earylish arrivals picked specs with their BACKS to the barriers.

Like, Duh.