| It was 40 years ago today that The Woolpack got refurbished. 20:56 - Mar 6 with 4502 views | Lord_Lucan |
Baby.
Edit - hands up who were there. [Post edited 6 Mar 21:55]
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| 40 years ago today that The Woolpack got refurbished. on 22:18 - Mar 7 with 371 views | backwaywhen |
| 40 years ago today that The Woolpack got refurbished. on 21:43 - Mar 6 by Lord_Lucan |
I never get tired discussing stories from that day.
We met in the Maid Marion at 11am.
It was lively from the off. At around 11.15 Canute Lee (RIP) decided to lay in the road and cause the traffic jam from hell.
Everyone enjoyed a good few drinks and (it's so hazy now so the times are a guess) we all got in a convoy to head into town at around 14.00
There was a massive traffic jam going down that main street through the city, I remember Dave (Day Day) Jordan sitting on Phil Mans Merc bonnet as we were driving through. The funniest thing for me was that we all got out of our transit for some fresh air and a load of blokes in front did the same. Thing is though, these blokes were building workers from Sunderland. They asked who we were playing and were a bit bemused when we said Norwich because a/ it was still relatively early and b/ they couldn't comprehend how much we were taking the p1ss on a derby game - you need to imagine a BIG convoy of blue and white vans and cars (It was also semi legal then to drink drive so it was all a bit chaotic.
Can't remember much after that or where we went but I do remember being in the Woolpack and it was hooligan central.
Now then, Ipswich had (and have) always had the upper hand on Norwich when it came to fisticuffs, but, that was a weird time and our team was faltering and in a way so were our fans.
Hooever - we were in The Woolpack and their lot were in The Bell and they made a half hearted attempt to get at us but they were quickly dispersed. There was more backwards and forwards over the next hour or two until it all went a bit mad. To their credit Norwich came up that little hill en masse, they had an admiral showing. Ipswich though charged them down the hill and it was all a bit push and go, a real stand off between two pretty impressive firms on the day (I'm sorry if that makes some people tut)
Hooever hooever -----Ipswich charged down the hill and some of our lot did a genius pincer movement going down the right hand side of The Bell and the Norwich motherfeckers got trapped and .....there you go.
The downside if I'm honest is that the OB put us on a massive march after the game to ensure we never came across any Norwich fans but they put us right through a residential area, and I swear to god, every single window got smashed, it must have been about 200. Crazy days. [Post edited 6 Mar 22:05]
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That after match escort was absolute mayhem , I remember all those windows going in as we ran through the streets back towards the station, police diverted us up that side street opposite opposite the normal route ….absolute chaos. |  | | |
| It was 40 years ago today that The Woolpack got refurbished. on 08:13 - Mar 8 with 225 views | jontysnut |
| It was 40 years ago today that The Woolpack got refurbished. on 14:40 - Mar 7 by Pendejo |
Was thinking earlier that I could remember what I was wearing, so as you're opened that particular door...
Dark blue Aquascutum jacket (shop lifted personally by "Winkle" allegedly), sweater bought from Nickleby's on Crown Street (a purveyor of fine clothing; only ever had 3 of the same item / colour - S, M & L), shirt with large light / dark blue checks, Pepe jeans and Diadora trainers.
Don't know why I can remember this... Oh yeah probably because this was match day "uniform" and how I can id myself in the MOTD footage of FA Cup 6th round game at Goodison |
Late 70s Nicklebys supplied me with Lois jeans, Pods and FUs shirts. I looked like Kenny Everett. |  | | |
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