CLOTH EARS Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 (edited) Who remembers this two legged tie? I have actually found the goals on Youtube for our home leg at the Dell We were trailing 2-0 from the 1st leg and we pulled it back to 2-2 at the Dell having had a goal disallowed in Belguim from Mick Channon and a goal disallowed in the tie here too. It was a Jim Steele slip that let in Van der Elst to put Anderlecht through. Anderlecht were one of the best teams in Europe in the 70's but it later on transpired that they had been bribing referees during this period.....i wonder if thats what happened over in Belgium as i remember people saying that there was nothing wrong with Channons goal? Edited 12 May, 2012 by CLOTH EARS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 The ref for the home game was a well renowned "hates the English type" is the best description I can recall. The dodgy decisions in that home game led to a level of hatred towards him (certainly from under West Stand that I still remember to this day and have never come across since Apparently like many others on here I am told I went to the away leg. I recall getting on a bus and then everything went blank apart from a horrible stench from a Sewer truck in Ghenk (I think) and I sort of recall most of our coach suddenly group chundering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I remember that match, and certainly the furore surrounding this disallowed goal at The Dell. Got a sneaking suspicion the ref had a history of controversy. The name Rudi Glockner sticks in my mind, and that he'd needed a Police escort after a Wales game in Cardiff a season or so before.Think he left the pitch to chants of 'Sieg Hiel' from under the east stand. Also in the car park after the game, we found ourselves walking towards, then amongst some Anderlecht supporters, one just said to me ' that Mike Channon , what a player I'd love to watch him play, one of the best in europe ..' . As this was the 1970's and rival fans seldom exchanged anything but fists and boots, I was a bit surprised .Often thought of how gracious this was compared to our fellow countrymen abroad at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I was nine. remember being inconsolable when we went out after the away leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Strover Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I was nine. remember being inconsolable when we went out after the away leg Memory plays tricks. We went out after the home leg 2-1 and 3-2 on aggregate - Anderlecht won the Cup Winners Cup that season too. Avril Compton went to that game with us - oh to be young again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Went to both legs. Had a great time at the away leg. Fans swapping scarves etc. Remember seeing quite a few of our fans wearing their purple and white scarves at The Dell the following season. Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Jazzbo Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I got run over by a moped over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I got run over by a moped over there. It was your own fault. You ran out in front of me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 one of the all time great away trips, 72 hours of drinking,sea sickness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Three words which will resonate with anyone who went to Belgium - "Chanson d'amour"" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Would be great to see some old school photos from saints european aways, if anyone has any they would like to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Would be great to see some old school photos from saints european aways, if anyone has any they would like to share. Fiona Phillips may have a few photos of it.Or perhaps she'll just appear in a few ! Wonder if she'll include any in her autobiography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Saint Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I remember us all singing the song below during the course of the season but would have been too young to appreciate the joys of Amsterdam at that age but how disappointed must the older lads been when we went out. ''It's spring again we'll sing again Southampton for Amsterdam'' Not being arsed to look it up but I'm guessing this was where the final was played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stev2001 Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 And there's me thinking we were in the European cup winners cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Three words which will resonate with anyone who went to Belgium - "Chanson d'amour"" Definitely my biggest memory of that trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Three words which will resonate with anyone who went to Belgium - "Chanson d'amour"" That's my memory too - can hardly remember the game!! For all those who think it was a strange choice of song - you really had to be there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 That's my memory too - can hardly remember the game!! For all those who think it was a strange choice of song - you really had to be there!! Indeed! Great, great memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareham saint phil Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Spoke to big Jim (eyes are blue, 6ft 2, big Jim Steele is after youuuu) a few years ago and he remembered the mistake and he said it was his biggest regret in a Saints shirt that he tried to play "football" instead of putting his foot through it. I would have agreed with him but he was still scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Spoke to big Jim (eyes are blue, 6ft 2, big Jim Steele is after youuuu) a few years ago and he remembered the mistake and he said it was his biggest regret in a Saints shirt that he tried to play "football" instead of putting his foot through it. I would have agreed with him but he was still scary After all these years it still haunts me. A time when doing the simple thing would have made all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffer Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 went to both games.Happy memorys watching the video apart from the end result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I got run over by a moped over there.and still banging on about it!!! Are you from liverpoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Three words which will resonate with anyone who went to Belgium - "Chanson d'amour"" Rat a tat a tat But also a special mention to Tulips from Amsterdam. Oh those were the days, Soooooooooooooooo much more creative than a zillion versions of Sloop John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 You lot have good memories. I was at the home tie under the East stand. That's it. Can't remember bugger all else, even with the assistance of YouTube. Alzheimer's, in many ways the forgotten illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 You lot have good memories. I was at the home tie under the East stand. That's it. Can't remember bugger all else, even with the assistance of YouTube. Alzheimer's, in many ways the forgotten illness. Iwa playing indoor football at the old sports building in St Marys Rd for the away game and disappointed to hear about the defeat in Brussels Was in the lower chocolate box for the home game and remember well the euphoria of getting back into the game and the despair when Anderlecht got back into the game via Steely's mistake Also remember the abuse heaped at the E German ref Recoolect it was a good atmoshhere at the gane generated by a less than capacity crowd Good result in an earlier game . 4-0 v Marseille? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carljack Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 Robbie Rensen***** Baaaaaasstttaaaaarrrdddddd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 Iwa playing indoor football at the old sports building in St Marys Rd for the away game and disappointed to hear about the defeat in Brussels Was in the lower chocolate box for the home game and remember well the euphoria of getting back into the game and the despair when Anderlecht got back into the game via Steely's mistake Also remember the abuse heaped at the E German ref Recoolect it was a good atmoshhere at the gane generated by a less than capacity crowd Good result in an earlier game . 4-0 v Marseille? Went to both legs of this. The Anderlecht away was really enjoyable. The Marseille away was the most scared that I have ever been at a match before or since!! Get shivers down my spine thinking about it even now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 That is the first truly desolate moment at a football match for me.....couldn't believe Jim Steele didn't just hoof it. Who is Avril Compton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 Went to both legs of this. The Anderlecht away was really enjoyable. The Marseille away was the most scared that I have ever been at a match before or since!! Get shivers down my spine thinking about it even now!! Which Battle of Rorke's Drift were you in? Behind the goal or up in the stands? Left side or Centre? I remember when they charged us, even had two Blue Rinse little old ladies holding those big OM flags by the pole and whacking the fecks. Motor Bike rider passenger pulled a gun on our driver at some traffic lights on the way to the airport, he just opened his door quick and smacked them and went straight through the red light. Airport was like a war zone some bloke on a drip at check in Anderlecht was so much better, getting the coaches from the Dell, stopping at some Off Licence on the way out, the whole card games on the ferry, an hours' drunken sleep, and a whole day in the pub. Those Purple & white scarves were awesome though, kept mine for years, always seemed to see one at some obscure away game during the rest of that season. Reading this thread did remind me of one thing. After I got home. That was the only time in my life I actually slept through an entire day and a night. Think I was out cold for about 38 hours. Just beat Bucharest and the whole Salisbury Saints in the Hilton & School Teachers after the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 Just beat Bucharest and the whole Salisbury Saints in the Hilton & School Teachers after the matchRun that bit by me again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 Run that bit by me again? Sorry yeah you're right. The D_P sleeping record after a Euro Tour. For Anderlecht it was 48 hours on the lash, Bucharest was more sedate UNTIL after the game when it got a bit random back in the bar at the Hilton and The Salisbury Massive (who were staying there) encounter a bunch of TEFL Brit teachers that ended really not well sort of an "oh sh1t plane leaves in an hour where's my ........" I only slept for about 24 hours after that trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 13 May, 2012 Share Posted 13 May, 2012 Which Battle of Rorke's Drift were you in? Behind the goal or up in the stands? Left side or Centre? I remember when they charged us, even had two Blue Rinse little old ladies holding those big OM flags by the pole and whacking the fecks. Motor Bike rider passenger pulled a gun on our driver at some traffic lights on the way to the airport, he just opened his door quick and smacked them and went straight through the red light. Airport was like a war zone some bloke on a drip at check in Anderlecht was so much better, getting the coaches from the Dell, stopping at some Off Licence on the way out, the whole card games on the ferry, an hours' drunken sleep, and a whole day in the pub. Those Purple & white scarves were awesome though, kept mine for years, always seemed to see one at some obscure away game during the rest of that season. Reading this thread did remind me of one thing. After I got home. That was the only time in my life I actually slept through an entire day and a night. Think I was out cold for about 38 hours. Just beat Bucharest and the whole Salisbury Saints in the Hilton & School Teachers after the match We managed to keep away from the problems in the ground (really don`t know how!!) but it was the coach trip back to the airport (about 15Km I think) that was the problem. The coaches were under continual attack from yobs on little motorbikes who were throwing bricks, drain gratings and just about anything else that they could lay their hands on at the coaches. I was on the back seat of the last coach and by the time we got to the airport, we had about 2 windows intact. As you say, the airport lounge resembled a war-zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 We managed to keep away from the problems in the ground (really don`t know how!!) but it was the coach trip back to the airport (about 15Km I think) that was the problem. The coaches were under continual attack from yobs on little motorbikes who were throwing bricks, drain gratings and just about anything else that they could lay their hands on at the coaches. I was on the back seat of the last coach and by the time we got to the airport, we had about 2 windows intact. As you say, the airport lounge resembled a war-zone. kids today do not know what us old fools went through, was a very scarey journey. Worst thing was there was little we could do to protect ourselves in the coaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THINWHITEDUKE Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Returned from Anderlecht away with a broken ankle, damned crumbly terrace concrete!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 kids today do not know what us old fools went through' date=' was a very scarey journey. Worst thing was there was little we could do to protect ourselves in the coaches[/quote'] Don't think many of us would fit UNDER the seats these days either! Must have been 40+ people on each of the buses to the airport and floor space was at a premium. Didn't some of the UK coaches get smashed up as well? That must have been a horrid trip back across France with a window or two out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanFranciscoSaint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 I just remember the Dell going deathly quiet after their goal went in. I had never heard a crowd go from crazy loud to total silence so quickly. Fantastic game though, against one of the better teams in Europe at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Three words which will resonate with anyone who went to Belgium - "Chanson d'amour"" I wondered if anyone would mention that - engraved in my brain dum diduddy dum. Went on a T145 flight courtesy of dad and did the posh bit of going to the museums beforehand. Had a few beers (ahem), but I wasn't with the rest of the drunken rabble [grin]. I can't remember details but remember resentment at the result and didn't Osgood lose the ball in midfield and they then went on to score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Bucharest was more sedate UNTIL after the game when it got a bit random back in the bar at the Hilton and The Salisbury Massive (who were staying there) encounter a bunch of TEFL Brit teachers that ended really not well sort of an "oh sh1t plane leaves in an hour where's my ........" Gawd, as I'm now a TEFL teacher my first thought would be "imagine the next class after that"! Fortunately I'm freelance, flexible and part-time.. Now when we get to the Europa cup I hope we have a trip to Italy (even a pre-season friendly would do)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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