by Mr Optimist »
09 Mar 2017 13:08
No Fixed Abode Loved getting there early so I could sit in the west stand benches.
That would've been 2.58pm for much of the late 70s, 80s and early 90s. I remember a few trips to the Bridge in the mid to late 80s and it was £1 to transfer from the Shed to the Benches, which you would do if you were in the Shed and it started to lash it down.
The Benches still called "the Benches" even after they got ripped out to use as weapons to attack mounted police and Sunderland fans in a league cup quarter final I think it was in 1984-85, that didn't quite go to plan. The Benches just being concrete steps that would give you Nobby Stiles in all but August or May matches!
The good old days, the White Hart, Pringles jumpers, Fila tracksuit tops, Nikes, casual racism, homophobia, punch ups, jumpers for goalposts lol.