Wow - Atmosphere

[Travel Tavern Bee]

Potsmouth at home 82/83 1-1 Mark Hateley scored for them, can't remember who equalised for us.

12,000 crowd with approximately half the crowd from Pompey (who were top at the time, and promoted at the end of the season, never to come down to the 3rd again it would seem), sporadic fighting from before kick off right the way through the game, bananas thrown at Terry Rowe (black full back for us for younguns) Golf Balls thrown at Paddy Roche after he saved a Pompey penalty, a poisonous, scary but ultimately brilliant atmosphere that I'll never forget.

This game was the first time I heard the 'We are Brentford, super Brentford, super Bees' chant, and it was sung for pretty much the whole of the second half.

Remember the game well...but it was pompey who equalised as Francis Joseph had put us 1-0 up early doors.

Think it was Alan Biley who scored for them and Neil Webb who missed the pen. The 657 crew were all over the place and according to my mate who is a Pompey season ticket holder , the older boys still talk about that day as it rated as one of thier best rucks ever.........The Oak held its own that day

 

[Edmundo]

It would take something really special to get better than Blackburn away for a feeling of euphoria but I don't think I will ever again experience an atmosphere like the last 15 minutes Sheff Weds play off game.

Reckon you're right there, Jim. Both games had a very special atmosphere.

 

[Banana]

It would take something really special to get better than Blackburn away for a feeling of euphoria

What a absolutely, unsurpassable day that was.

 

[JTofBFC]

What a absolutely, unsurpassable day that was.

Also, my fave ever Bees game. at last we agree on something !!! :bound:

Everything about that day was right, from the journey up, to the walk through the streets of Blackburn from the station and as for the match and the goals.................unforgettable. Maybe one day it will be bettered but for me it would take something extraordinary like beating QPR in the last minute of the last game of the season and sending us up and sending them down at the same time...........I wonder if that might ever happen.

 

[Travel Tavern Bee]

What a absolutely, unsurpassable day that was.

Even with the train breaking down on the way home...........couldn't pi$$ on our parade that day

 

[bostonhanwell]

Our last home game in the championship season against Fulham. We ripped them apart and scored four in the first half. Magic

 

[!Young Bee!]

away at tranmere last season was great

 

[Idaho Bee]

I vaguely remember as a young lad (12/13?) a home game against Burnley, think it was a cup game, 30,000+ in Griffin Park. I particularly remember the crowd being so crushed, there was a "swoon" when someone went close to scoring and I suddenly was standing about 50 ft from where I was previously.

Scary, but great atmosphere.

 

[john-castle]

Gillingham FA cup 1970 1-0 down with 1 min to go, Bees score two goals in xtra time and the crowd went crazy, Remember that one???????