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his reports and the noise all around me to get a picture of what was going on – there were nearly thirty-seven thousand there for a Division Two game. Our team was Montgomery, Irwin, Ashurst, Anderson, Hurley, McNab, Davison, Herd, Clough, Fogerty, Mulhall. The opposition were Luton Town and after going one down we beat them 3-1 with two goals from Clough and the other from Amby Fogerty. In the following weeks I went to see us play Scunthorpe and Derby. Before the Scunthorpe match one of their fans threw some claret and blue balloons onto the pitch and one of our fans jumped on and stamped on them to much applause.
For anyone not acquainted with Roker Park the Roker End, all standing, was opposite the Fulwell End while to our left was the main stand with what we called the Paddock at ground level. Opposite that was the Clock Stand, which would also soon have seated and standing areas. The demographics of a football crowd were a lot different in those days with at least 90% being males and there was the constant aroma of cigarettes. On the refreshments side there was plenty of Bovril as well as crisps and pies but definitely no alcohol except on people’s breath. The toilets back then, and ever after in fact, were grim and prone to flooding. Though it’s often mentioned in old footballing tales, I never once saw a guy having a piss through a rolled-up newspaper on the terraces.
In December 1962 I saw us beat Cardiff 2-0 but when I got home, I discovered that the score had actually been
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