Blackpool

[sparkplug]

My neighbour has just come back from a break in Blackpool it got me thinking about past trips to there 2 trips stand out in my mind 1976/77 when it was Scottish weekend as well and loads of Rangers and Celtic fans turned up for the game as well the other time was 1979/80 when we played Preston away and Greenaway billed it as a 'promotion party' in Blackpool he ran 2 coaches up to Blackpool booked us into a hotel as 50 married couples we was all thrown out after the first night and it made headlines in the local paper the next day the coaches took us to the game on the way back to Blackpool the coaches were intercepted by the police and started to escort down the M6 motorway back towards London despite protest about all our stuff still being back at Blackpool. We made the driver pull into the next service station still with a police escort once there the doors opened and we all bolted across the fields the old bill didn't bother to chase us we found a small village with a pub which had just opened barmaid told us there was a bus back to Preston in a couple of minute drank our pints caught the bus then a train to Blackpool arriving back knackered finding the others in a pub lotsa stories where swapped including one where some fans allegedly tried to steal a train don't know how true that was had anybody else heard that story 

 

[bluegraham]

My neighbour has just come back from a break in Blackpool it got me thinking about past trips to there 2 trips stand out in my mind 1976/77 when it was Scottish weekend as well and loads of Rangers and Celtic fans turned up for the game as well the other time was 1979/80 when we played Preston away and Greenaway billed it as a 'promotion party' in Blackpool he ran 2 coaches up to Blackpool booked us into a hotel as 50 married couples we was all thrown out after the first night and it made headlines in the local paper the next day the coaches took us to the game on the way back to Blackpool the coaches were intercepted by the police and started to escort down the M6 motorway back towards London despite protest about all our stuff still being back at Blackpool. We made the driver pull into the next service station still with a police escort once there the doors opened and we all bolted across the fields the old bill didn't bother to chase us we found a small village with a pub which had just opened barmaid told us there was a bus back to Preston in a couple of minute drank our pints caught the bus then a train to Blackpool arriving back knackered finding the others in a pub lotsa stories where swapped including one where some fans allegedly tried to steal a train don't know how true that was had anybody else heard that story

Ha ha crazy days. Thanks for sharing

 

[Nitro]

I was at the  1976/77 match we had Rangers on our side of the fence in the Spion and Blackpool and Celtic on the other side, lots of bottles flying about.

I went up on the Supporters club coach along with a few other posters on this site, we were supposed to see the lights after the game but the Police made our Coach head straight out of town.

Only seems like yesterday, great days out

 

[Peckham Blue]

There's one game I remember seeing on The Big Match where we had supporters, and lots of them on both sides of the diving fence.  1975?

 

[Tony Hateley]

I seem to think that Celtic were on our side and Rangers on the other as we had David Hay playing for us. But I thought the season before was better.

 

[sparkplug]

As with many other posters my memory has been savaged by years of alcohol abuse and I can't remember who was on what side of the fence all I remember we went in on the right hand side of the turnstiles which was the Blackpool side there was scuffles all the way up the steps seem to recall the fence went all the way from the turnstiles up the steps and on to the terrace where there was a bit of a battle before the police took us to the correct side

 

[downthefront]

My neighbour has just come back from a break in Blackpool it got me thinking about past trips to there 2 trips stand out in my mind 1976/77 when it was Scottish weekend as well and loads of Rangers and Celtic fans turned up for the game as well the other time was 1979/80 when we played Preston away and Greenaway billed it as a 'promotion party' in Blackpool he ran 2 coaches up to Blackpool booked us into a hotel as 50 married couples we was all thrown out after the first night and it made headlines in the local paper the next day the coaches took us to the game on the way back to Blackpool the coaches were intercepted by the police and started to escort down the M6 motorway back towards London despite protest about all our stuff still being back at Blackpool. We made the driver pull into the next service station still with a police escort once there the doors opened and we all bolted across the fields the old bill didn't bother to chase us we found a small village with a pub which had just opened barmaid told us there was a bus back to Preston in a couple of minute drank our pints caught the bus then a train to Blackpool arriving back knackered finding the others in a pub lotsa stories where swapped including one where some fans allegedly tried to steal a train don't know how true that was had anybody else heard that story 

Brillant  !!...thanks for sharing