long scruffy hair,beard,denim jacket & faded hull shirt you say,sounds like every self respecting male in the early 80s mind cant of been my old man he was with it n had a tash!!!

I remember him he was called Dave and looked like Jimmy Nail. A few years later i worked at stelrad and he worked there. Him and his mates were a great bunch always funny and one of them an old fella called Tommy who i worked with at stelred always wore a huge long black overcoat with millions of pockets on the inside...........IDEAL for carrying prohibited cans of lager. GOOD TIMES

kestral lager of course

I know and agree that we are not suppoosed to find that funny, but looking back, whether the PC brigade like ot or not, it happened and you have to laugh don't you,





Incidentally when I was 11 or 12 we used to lay on the roof of the trainers huts to watch the game till Roy Francis came out and gave us a rollicking for making a noise!!!

kestral, or hawk, or my mates fave badger bitter

but who cares about poor quality alcohol when you're 16

Remember back in the 60's when my dad used to take me in 3d's and all the empty beer bottles lined on the ledge up at back of 3d's. Happy days.

That would be awesome! The last bit where the crowd all tried (and failed dismally) to hit the high note was class!

Remember playing Wigan in the mid 80's some bloke in the threepenny stand was shouting Andy Gregory all game.It was only in the dying seconds of the game he replied what and the bloke in the stand shouts,"Your a Wa##er."Even brought a smile to Gregorys chubby face.

In the 60's I used to go with my mate and his father. After the game he used to go in the supporters club for a couple of pints so me and my mate used to collect the empties from Threepennies and take them back to the off license for the refund on returned bottles.

The club should make more if threepenny stand now. I've a polo shirt with "Threepenny Stander Forever" on it. A 3d range of clothing my go down well. Certainly a part of the clubs history the club should not allow to die.

Can anybody remember I think it was P Fox throw a bottle into 3p stands ..It hit a metal post and shattered all over a fan ..he had to be pulled back he was going on the pitch to Fox ..I think Fox was ask to move for his own good

I think that's a great idea.

I still have my own piece of the old wooden stand,its nearly dried out now


Back on to characters, does anyone know who the short guy was who used to push his way to the top of the stand a minute before kick and proceeded to bellow"sing up you barstewards".

it was Chris Lee the west hull and barla full back

Bald?

"are we going to win?" he said every game

You are certainly getting very warm

What about the guy with the big hair who stood up there with "are we going to win"

Little bald headed bloke with a limp.He must have had one leg shorter than the other and he wore a built up shoe.He always had a carrier bag in his hand(loved to have known what was in it) and he used to shout his head off at the ref and the opposition.Good supporter though,always at the ground,A-team,first team, he was always there.

he may struggle to hit those high notes himself now, surely by now his balls must have dropped

That was Mick who now works as a PCSO!!!

Correct,and our streets are safe to walk down thanks to PC Mick

They sure are!!!

I was a bit young to remember the charachters as such but a guy went in called Dave Harold and he was mental for it.
I remember tries being scored and everyone falling around you and there would be this big gap in the stand and you could actually see wood.
I was there for the first crowd under 10,000 v York I think in 1984/5 ?
The coin throwing into the blankets was also mad and I just have this vision of p*ss and various ways to have one without losing your spot for too long. Bit further on was the Shane Rich era and his campaign to stop swearing. That first home game v Bradford was a laugh - they came out and 3d started singing "what the f--ing hell is that" really LOUD and audible. Shane may as well have not bothered but I have heard him swear every other word at a steward for letting some ex A-team player from 1958 in for free.

Mick Phillips... A good mate of mine. His name appears on the song "Hessle Road" by whoever it was. We had such a laugh with him.....always went in the club bar off Airlie street before a game... to the "bottle bar"... got tanked up then fought our way to the back of 3d stand... always remember David Barends for Bradford on our wing... and signalling to us he was well endowed !!

Always sttod with a good crowd and had a laugh.Mick,Al,Nesthead,Jimmy the oldest mascot in the clubs history(sadly departed to live in the Emerald Isle)Big Mally,Giggsy(Alrite Baz!!).Great crowd and great memories.

Also who can forget 3d,s very own porn star(home made)Dobbo,now a City psycho

Some legends mentioned there. I still can't believe that my parent’s trusted you lot to take me to away games as a teenager.



Remember meeting in cod at 12.00pm for every home game and then working our way down road to steam tavern before going to the ground. Jeez I used to be mullered.