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Ye I don’t know how too either.
Hopefully you find someone who is savvy ,as i would be interested in seeing that
Try imgur.I posted the map picture with it.Quite simple,even i managed
Where I was born , Ilford, we were a London Borough, served by North East London buses and referred to as East London whenever there was a shooting etc
No wonder I’m confused
No wonder I’m confused
All my family are from the above, they were staunch East Enders and never referred to themselves in the North sense. Never could work it out myself
It still IS referred to as East London whenever there's a shooting/stabbing...
It's Media code for: 'prepare yourself, Ilford Warzone story coming up..."
...I always used to say I was from North East London (when I don't wanna say Ilford/Essex, or if I think someone will judge me!)
I have an original copy of " Tottenham Boys We Are Here" I am a season ticket holder of 30 Years
I feel a bit down about the following...
Both before the Man City CL and after the Final screening some locals thought it cool to
a) Walk past the ground which was busy and chant for City.
b) Cycle past (so brave) the hordes walking down the High Road and have a laugh and a dig.
Went upto Tottenham a couple of times the weekend after the CL final and saw I think it was an equal number of Lpool and Woolwich shirts around to Spurs (two of each and I think they were shop customers).
Went upto the shop today and one Lpool shirt being worn by a kid in Sainsbury's and one Dortmund(!) shirt by a kid on Park Lane I think it was.
The fact that these kids have been bought shirts means it's not a question of cost.
Is there little immediate local loyalty to the club?
Both before the Man City CL and after the Final screening some locals thought it cool to
a) Walk past the ground which was busy and chant for City.
b) Cycle past (so brave) the hordes walking down the High Road and have a laugh and a dig.
Went upto Tottenham a couple of times the weekend after the CL final and saw I think it was an equal number of Lpool and Woolwich shirts around to Spurs (two of each and I think they were shop customers).
Went upto the shop today and one Lpool shirt being worn by a kid in Sainsbury's and one Dortmund(!) shirt by a kid on Park Lane I think it was.
The fact that these kids have been bought shirts means it's not a question of cost.
Is there little immediate local loyalty to the club?
We're outnumbered. I'd say there's 25% max - Tottenham fans in Tottenham.
Gooners the most, Liverpool & Man Utd combined possibly have more than us.
Most of our fans in the area don't wear colours(me included), they all came out though when we got in the final.
Meh, that confirms what I feared!
That was probably the New Malden night when Chelsea's main lot got chased everywhere by the South/West London Spurs, including the Richmond lads.
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Ah... My first and only London postcode. N1 5EH, what a dump. Lived about 6 people in a 4-room apartment. Downstairs neighbours had some sort of weed-operation going in so it was like being hit with a truck of smell everytime you went into the building.
Fucking jokers of landlords took £2000 a month.
I enjoyed walking the area though. Some great pubs on the other side of the Regent's Canal.
Once had a walk to the Lane. That's when I grasped how big the city actually is.
Fucking jokers of landlords took £2000 a month.
I enjoyed walking the area though. Some great pubs on the other side of the Regent's Canal.
Once had a walk to the Lane. That's when I grasped how big the city actually is.
I seem to remember a fella called Julian who was one of the Richmond boys (but fucked if I can remember any of the others), I was from Ham originally and knew a few of them, but moved and ended up knocking about with another bunch from other parts of Surrey (Walton, Adlestone, Staines, Wraysbury).
I'm pretty sure this was what he's talking about, I remember talking about it on SC about 5 years ago.....Edit....fuck me found the post of mine on SC from 2015:
The Dark Side Of Football Culture
Wasn't the idea to basically do a kamikaze mission? Asin you get into their end and then announce yourself in what ever way seems appropriate :). Yes I suppose so. Went at to Selhurst Park one season and met up with one of the tough nuts from my school....he said just come along with us. Anyway...
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Do you remember that West Ham fella who used to knock about in the early eighties? Sure his name was Jimmy Noble?
South Tottenham (beyond Seven Sisters) perhaps, but North Tottenham, I'd say no.
Lots of Spurs around me. Not many go, but they are Spurs nonetheless. Very few scum and literally zero Mancs and Scouse
Talking of Newcastle that season - we played them home in the League last game of the season and lost 3-0. The only time I ever sat in the East Upper for a League game. Anyway, I always remember us kicking off in the 2nd half and Chiv trying to score straight from the halfway line. Funny how certain things stay in the memory.
It was also his last game for us.
There was talk leading up to the replay of 10,000 Swindon making the trip. Not even half that in the end. Think a lot of them were put off by potential trouble...as Spurs were in their end in the first game, and of course the programme hut fire.
