Game after we’d lost 0-3 at home to ExeterJannerinCardiff":17m2oxde said:My all time fav was West Brom 2-5 Argyle, Steve Castle scoring best hat-trick I’ve ever seen live. All if the 50 Argyle fans in the away end were all doing the conga !!!
Princerock":36wt5qhg said:I can go along with the...."game you go along to out of loyalty, expecting nothing"......January 1967 at the Old Den against unbeaten at home for 59 games Millwall. We had the worst away record in the league (2pts) and won 2-1 and then smuggling myself out of a very hostile place after the final whistle.
I have spoken to three or four of the players involved and it beggars belief how close they came to serious injury (or worse). Harley Lawer too was on the coach that was completely wrecked. I suspect that if you conduct an internet search the incident will be well documented. Curiously enough, six years earlier Argyle had entertained Huddersfield in a match refereed by future Sports Minister (and 1976 Minister for Drought) Denis Howell. One fan threw one beer bottle at the hapless Howell who was giving the worst performance from a referee I have ever seen. From recollection it missed and the thrower was never caught. But the FA took a serious view and shut our ground for two weeks, leading to Argyle playing their home game with Alf Ramsey's Ipswich at Plainmoor. It has always been a mystery to me why the FA/Football League did not take punitive action against Millwall.Knibbsworth":2gzd50eb said:Princerock":2gzd50eb said:I can go along with the...."game you go along to out of loyalty, expecting nothing"......January 1967 at the Old Den against unbeaten at home for 59 games Millwall. We had the worst away record in the league (2pts) and won 2-1 and then smuggling myself out of a very hostile place after the final whistle.
I read about it recently in Eamon Dunphy's autobiography. He described the rioting after the game and the intense hostility of the home supporters. It must have been genuinely terrifying.
memory man":vplov4xi said:I have spoken to three or four of the players involved and it beggars belief how close they came to serious injury (or worse). Harley Lawer too was on the coach that was completely wrecked. I suspect that if you conduct an internet search the incident will be well documented. Curiously enough, six years earlier Argyle had entertained Huddersfield in a match refereed by future Sports Minister (and 1976 Minister for Drought) Denis Howell. One fan threw one beer bottle at the hapless Howell who was giving the worst performance from a referee I have ever seen. From recollection it missed and the thrower was never caught. But the FA took a serious view and shut our ground for two weeks, leading to Argyle playing their home game with Alf Ramsey's Ipswich at Plainmoor. It has always been a mystery to me why the FA/Football League did not take punitive action against Millwall.Knibbsworth":vplov4xi said:Princerock":vplov4xi said:I can go along with the...."game you go along to out of loyalty, expecting nothing"......January 1967 at the Old Den against unbeaten at home for 59 games Millwall. We had the worst away record in the league (2pts) and won 2-1 and then smuggling myself out of a very hostile place after the final whistle.
I read about it recently in Eamon Dunphy's autobiography. He described the rioting after the game and the intense hostility of the home supporters. It must have been genuinely terrifying.
Tynan One Nil":wsxz7nr3 said:JannerinCardiff wrote
My all time fav was West Brom 2-5 Argyle, Steve Castle scoring best hat-trick I’ve ever seen live. All if the 50 Argyle fans in the away end were all doing the conga !!!
“Game after we’d lost 0-3 at home to Exeter”
Lucky enough to be one of the 50! One of those games you go to out of loyalty expecting nothing,but then come away rewarded with a famous win,with goals to match - a good away day.