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Post by guernseydave on Oct 26, 2008 10:15:29 GMT
Just wondering
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Post by njkk on Oct 26, 2008 10:37:27 GMT
I did a couple of seasons in the Boothen Paddock town end, and a couple at boothen end
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Post by eddyclamp on Oct 26, 2008 10:38:44 GMT
THE PADDOCK !!!!!!
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Post by sportsman on Oct 26, 2008 10:45:11 GMT
Paddock, paddock, sort 'em out!
Remember against Wolves one year. Me and two ther mates walked into the paddock about 20 mins before kick off singing oh wanky wanderers with hand gestures in the air and got pulled out straight away before the match had even started! Got left in them little cells in the paddock for the rest of the game!
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Post by Orbs on Oct 26, 2008 10:54:55 GMT
We used to go in the Paddock right next to the tunnel (We would be on the left as the players ran out) Still see some familiar faces, animal etc - Happy days though!
It was right behind the away 'dug out' which led to some interesting conversations with opposition players and management!
"GET YER SEN UP COBRIDGE PLEATY YER DIRTY B******D!"
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Oct 26, 2008 11:00:46 GMT
Boothen Paddock was the best place in the old Vic! Some of those guys could even clap their hands together!  Loved the way the sound used to start in the Boothen End and then spread along the paddock. Used to make me laugh when the stewards used to stop young kids sitting on the wall. " Leave 'em alone pedophile!" ;D |
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Post by The Stubborn Optimist on Oct 26, 2008 11:00:39 GMT
Ah, the Boothen Paddock (Boothen Side).
Never been the same since, great bucnch of lads, (you know who you are).
Too many memories to mention but a few highlights, like the day they brought Wolves through the Paddock after they'd got forced out of the Boothen, utter bedlam.
The vicious abuse, and often rapier like wit, that we greeted opposing subs as they warmed up in front of us, my personal favourite being Ricky Otto for Birmingham being serenaded with "Ricky was a bank robber!" to the tune of the Clash "Daddy was a bank robber". Only for him to mime the actions of pulling a gun on us!
The day Peschisolido nearly fell into the Paddock whilst playing for Birmingham, the look of sheer horror on his face as the lads in the Paddock surged forward to "greet" him.
Denis Wise being greeted with constant shouts of "Taxi for Wise!" after his court case for assault.
Knocking the advertising hoardings over and ending up dancing on the pitch and in the face of Man City players after we'd scored the winner. Hopefully a good omen for today.
Happy days!
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Post by Gods on Oct 26, 2008 11:03:43 GMT
I was evicted from the Boothen Paddock by two uniformed police officers when we beat Leeds 7-2 just before Xmas 1986.
Lee Dixon had just put us 3-0 up in the 20th minute and I was in dream land. Not sure I did a lot wrong, perhaps a rather over zealous celebration in the direction of the Leeds fans and joined in a rendition of "come in a taxi" and next thing I knew I was being "interviewed" in that control tower they had at the corner of the Stoke End and the Boothen paddock.
Probably didn't help that I was a little the worse for 6 lunchtime pints in Uncle Toms Cabin.
Happy days...!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2008 11:08:29 GMT
Used to stand by the barrier under the first "N" in the yellow "Sentinel" stand. Always the same faces, felt like friends even though never even knew most of their names.
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Post by titanic on Oct 26, 2008 11:13:55 GMT
In the early 80s, there seemed to be a sort of rivalry between the Boothen End and the Paddock. ???
Not really sure what it was all about - anyone care to enlighten?
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 26, 2008 11:17:20 GMT
I used to stand in the corner..near to The Boothen..was in there when West-Ham fans got led through..after they'd started off a fight in The Boothen..as they got led through at the bottom..everyone piled-in from the top...apart from me of course..for legal reasons...  was in there for the Wanky Wanderers game too... Paddock Paddock Sort 'em out ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2008 11:21:45 GMT
Just off the main subject a little but to so with the owd vic, can anyone remember when the Stand above the paddock used to have all those lads wearing suits and we used to get Suit boys Suit boys give us a song  |
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Post by titanic on Oct 26, 2008 11:22:15 GMT
those West Ham fans got battered that day (Nov 5, '82?) - in the second half one was carried round in front of the Boothen with his head bandaged and arm in a sling...
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Post by TheBra1n on Oct 26, 2008 11:33:47 GMT
i spent 15 years in the boothen paddock and stood right next to the dugout for the lonest time, started out stood on a beer crate so i could see over the wall, used to love being only a pane of glass from the manager |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2008 11:38:44 GMT
Can remember David Speedie kicking that ball into a young lads face...He was luckyto get out of that ground alive that day.
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Post by Tunner on Oct 26, 2008 11:39:27 GMT
Both the Boothen & Butler St Oh the memories Tunstall boys
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Post by boothenpaddock86 on Oct 26, 2008 13:13:16 GMT
lets all have a disco,lets all have a disco na na na na oo na na na na oo mikey mills red an white army went on for 20mins sometimes |
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Post by McLovin on Oct 26, 2008 13:25:45 GMT
Ahh the vic, i was only a little nipper then! Stood on the boothen a lot, but I always liked the boothen paddock and the buttler street paddock cos I could stand on the little wall things right by the front and actually see the game ;D
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Post by boothenpaddock86 on Dec 14, 2013 3:25:26 GMT
In the early 80s, there seemed to be a sort of rivalry between the Boothen End and the Paddock. ??? Not really sure what it was all about - anyone care to enlighten? yes there was rivalry,suppose the paddock attracted younger crazier types,the boothen was a bit more reserved full of middle aged twats  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 4:15:31 GMT
Used to stand in the paddock next to the visiting supporters.
Great atmosphere in that part.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 4:27:10 GMT
Just sticking my sig-pic on the thread, really  And to "the lot down the far end" ... We up the top end all used to shout, "Sort 'em out, Pat!" when the boys in blue were sent to restore order. "Was that Pat's helmet I saw flying through the air?!". "He'll be owrate" EDIT: And GuernseyDave ... those were the days  |
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Post by mozzer on Dec 14, 2013 6:00:18 GMT
Oh yes always loved the boothen paddock, before and after the fences were introduced......loved every minute of it, made some life long close friends in the Paddock will post a picture of the old faces when I find out how
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Post by craig67 on Dec 14, 2013 6:02:22 GMT
Guernsey Dave-his helicopter is devilishly expensive to run in this day and age,what with the cost of fuel and everything.
Though I'm sure from that mansion on high-he is looking down on us and smirking.
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Post by mozzer on Dec 14, 2013 6:07:38 GMT
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Post by skemstokie on Dec 14, 2013 8:27:02 GMT
Can remember David Speedie kicking that ball into a young lads face...He was luckyto get out of that ground alive that day. I was there for that ,what happened to the cockney blacksmith? I never new his name or any of the other regulars apart fro a young lad called Damien,often think where they sit knowadays but seldom see any-one I know,memories |
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Post by Northy on Dec 14, 2013 8:41:00 GMT
I recognise the guy in the white polo shirt, Mark or something like that? Spent a few seasons in the Boothen paddock with the Talke Pits/ Kidsgrove lot, remember Wolves coming round at the end of one game trying to get to the boothen when the big gates opened, they never got in as the paddock spotted them. |
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Post by bathstoke on Dec 14, 2013 8:47:59 GMT
I was in the Paddock when L'pool & Everton(FACup) came in 84. Wolves last match of the season when we beat them 4-0. The coppers came in to try calm us down. They left, minus their helmets. Got on the pitch wearing my union jack jacket & ran to Foxy, asking him for his shirt. He said no & stuck his finger up me @&$e!!!
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Post by jonnysidparto on Dec 14, 2013 9:29:02 GMT
Oh the paddock days were my earliest and fondest! My old man (RIP) used to stand about a third away from the away end (in the town end) and I used to walk down the front to the left of the away dug out by the bit sectioned off for tv cameras. (which was more for security as very rarely was there a camera there)
Amazing memories. Particular highlights include sherons goal against Charlton for the 7 in 7 goal record and chucking half my pie at Robbie Williams when he arrogantly walked (which quickly turned into a run) past the paddock!
In fact every game was a highlight! Imagine these days leaving your kid from half 2 till 5 out of sight in a football ground! The stewards would be calling social services!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 9:38:34 GMT
I was in the Paddock when L'pool & Everton(FACup) came in 84. Wolves last match of the season when we beat them 4-0. The coppers came in to try calm us down. They left, minus their helmets. Got on the pitch wearing my union jack jacket & ran to Foxy, asking him for his shirt. He said no & stuck his finger up me @&$e!!! Did it have deep heat on it?. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 9:41:02 GMT
I recognise the guy in the white polo shirt, Mark or something like that? Spent a few seasons in the Boothen paddock with the Talke Pits/ Kidsgrove lot, remember Wolves coming round at the end of one game trying to get to the boothen when the big gates opened, they never got in as the paddock spotted them. Oi mozzer. My eyes are well fcuked and with me having just a little screened I phone to look at that ain't me to the left behind the bloke in White is it?. |
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was in there for the Wanky Wanderers game too...
