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.

who was the copper with the raggy tash always got plent of abuse walking past the 3d stand

Can't remember his name but he was a good un. He used to do a lot of the away games and always kept and eye out for us and told us when to wind our neks in if we were going too far.

He was our very own away day security.Him and a couple of his colleagues travelled to all away games with FC just to make sure we were safe



Last time I saw him he was outside a pub in town videoing City fans before a game with Derby.He went white when he saw me till I told him I was only going for a pint and hadnt started watching the Tiggers.

They new you were in safe hands.Still LMAO at you and young Pooley in that strip joint in Soho.

After I saw the price of a drink, there was no way I was going to lay a finger on her. I had pins and needles in my hands for about an hour because I was sat on them that hard.

A great first wembley weekend and taste of the big smoke for a fresh faced 17 year old.

Is that big supermarket in Hessle still shifting them videos or its more likely to be on dvd now

wasnt he the one with the glasses whos glasses apparantly kept falling down his nose during his performance and had to keep pushing em back up

Don't know,I never saw the tape :

That is he...dont know where he is now,last I heard he was working in Grimsby.He follows the tiggers more now and I believe he fancies himself as a hooligan,although this is uncorroborated!!!

Class video at the time,put me off cucumber and bottled beer for a while tho

Ok Jimmy,I will give you that 1