P302Rivals Football - Chelsea FC
Filbert Street again
by stanic_worship, 28/04, 14:15

[^] I had a similar experience in that Sheffield Utd FA Cup game in 91/92 we were talking about on here recently. R1der and me were in the Shed, I was about 10 at the time (fk me that seems young now!). It was the busiest I'd ever seen the Shed and we were in by about 1pm - More and more people were getting in and I still remember the look of worry on R1der's face - He was only 21 at the time and it was just getting absolutely mobbed. It was probably the only time I've been genuinely scared at football as I was only small and was getting shoved about by grown men's momentum as they piled in.

The only reason I was able to spot myself on the MOTD highlights of that game is because of what happened next.

A black bloke (never remember seeing him before or since) who seemed enormous at the time (but in fairness, he was towering over R1der who is 6ft, so must have been pretty big) saw our predicament and told R1der to pass me over. He promptly put me in front of him, leaning on one of the barriers and created a gap between me and him to hold off other people. He stayed like that the whole 90 mins, mental. Genuinely got me out of a predicament that day. At the end of the game when the cameras pan to the Shed you could clearly make him out, if you look down I'm right in front of him. :-D

Needless to say none of this was ever discussed with my mum and dad. :-D