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sempre contigo wrote:The council have rubbed it off.. [SwearFilter]

Barrow Bluebirds wrote:John- Thanks for the explanation but my dad has already told me the story

TLCW wrote:I remember the game against Fulham very well- it was probably our greatest league victory ever. Fulham had been in the first division two seasons before and had some quality players.As I remember we outplayed them winning 3-1.We really did rule the 3rd on that day. The future looked very rosy indeed.
Little did we know that 3 seasons later we would be playing the likes of Ellesmere Port and Skelmersdale in the NPL.
Events off the pitch were equally interesting as both Barrow and Fulham had large contingents of skinhead/bootboys. In their regulation white t-shirts, blue jeans and braces, cropped hair and cherry red Doc Martins they were pretty intimidating and the police had their hands full keeping control- no ground segredation in those days. The police came up with the bright idea of refusing entry to anyone in boots so while some complied and were wandering around in their socks others managed to get into the ground by climbing over the wall at the corner of the Steelworks End and Dev road. I didn't witness any violence in the ground but there was a really lively atmosphere and lots of abusive singing- mainly aimed at the police if I remember correctly.At the end of the game I remember seeing a massive Fulham skinhead crying his eyes out. To this day I don't know if he was upset by the defeat or had had a slap [obviously not a kicking because their boots had all been removed!]
I can't remember another team coming to Barrow and painting so much graffiti- Putney Boot Boys sticks in my mind as I had no clue where Putney was! I imagine the graffiti was done before the game as the Fulham fans would be running too fast to the station to have time to paint the walls!