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Dodgy Pubs
Graham Nelson
Friday 29th September 2006
Or more to the point - surprised in local hostelries - good and bad on away trips.
Here are just a small selection of the many I have visited in no particular order...
1. GREENOCK MORTON JULY 20TH 1996
Once inside this was actually a pleasant experience. The pub was over a launderette and it was this fact alone that stopped some of the toughest blokes I know from going in. If they had who knows what might have kicked off!
2. MONTOSE JULY 18TH 1998
A seemingly pleasant drink with a local lad who had worked abroad for several years. Now, I am the first to admit that I have a very loud voice. The said local took exception to this and if I had not been with another North Ender called Eddie Wignall I may not be here to tell the tale.
3. KIRKBY STEPHEN FEBRUARY 27TH 1996
After coming from behind to beat Darlington 2-1 at the old Feethams ground I travelled back in Mick and Linda Ward's 4x4, singing loud and proud with my head out of the sunroof - luckily for them! We called in for a celebrational drink at Kirkby Stephen and again my big mouth almost got me in serious trouble. Apparently I said some quite uncomplimentary things about Carlisle.
4. MILLWALL MARCH 5TH 2002
In the company of Steve Kay - former assistant manager of the Sumners and now Steward AGAIN of the Tory club - I ventured into three separate local pubs in the area of the ground. At Millwall of all places! It was a night match and we had timed our visit so as to arrive in the first boozer at 4pm. After visiting a second and then a third pub we decided not to push our luck so a little after 6pm we left and made tracks for the ground giving thanks for our survival.
5. CARDIFF CITY JANUARY 3RD 2000
After enjoying a quiet drink alone for almost an hour I bumped into Steve from Barton. We exchanged greetings a little too loudly and immediately put ourselves at risk. A quick exit just about saved our skins!
6. HARTLEPOOL APRIL 27TH 1996
Following an eventful day I am informed that there was some kind of an incident with a dog (the four legged kind) in Barnard Castle. If anyone could supply me with any information on this subject I would greatly appreciate it, my mind is a complete blank! The I.S.A supporters' bus dropped me off in Lancaster?? But I stunned my fellow fans by beating them back to the Sumners!
7. BARNET FEBRUARY 28TH 1996
Because of Police restrictions our coach had to stop at motorway services at least 3 miles from the ground at 1:30pm. But where there's a will there's a way and three of the more thirsty of us commandeered a taxi to take us to the nearest watering holes. We had a few pre match drinks in a scruffy looking boozer close to the ground before making our way to the match.
8. FULHAM SEPTEMBER 23RD 1995
A local pub sold a bitter called 'The Dog's Bollocks' I couldn't give it away!
9. CAMBRIDGE APRIL 16TH 1996
A door which had not been used since the pub was altered (there was a brick wall behind it) broke off from its fixings and into my arms - so determined was I to get through it! Of course everyone else had gone in the correct way!!
10. BURNLEY JANUARY 25TH 1997
Suffering from a rather bad cough I enquired at the bar about the whereabouts of a local chemist and realised my mistake immediately. We could hear the knives being sharpened so supped up and left as soon as possible. At another pub I was more popular after expressing my views on the plastics.
I hope the above is just a start and that I have rekindled memories of the games played on those dates thus stimulating more people to join in with
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