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Post by hal9thou on Nov 30, 2019 1:13:32 GMT
saw this
Nov 29, 2019 20:03:36 GMT hitman34 said:
Does dave the tramp along with tesco bag, still attend games?
which reminded me of
... the bloke who yelled shoot whenever we crossed the halfway line
... the guy with no shoes
... the nanna who was always effing and blinding
... bloke on the balcony who always yelled COME ON MY TEAM every five minutes, no matter what, and never said anything else.
happy days.
These characters and more were celebrated in an old watrb thread which got deleted. Decided they should be celebrated again.
So, who made an impression on you back in the day? plenty to choose from
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Nov 30, 2019 1:56:35 GMT
Me
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Post by Vespa on Nov 30, 2019 6:50:22 GMT
the fella with the mohican and head tattoo , who stood out like a saw thumb in the Loft in the mid 80s as he was the only punk in a sea of Casuals !
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 30, 2019 7:50:06 GMT
Kentucky ellersie seats,so named because kicked off away he gave it I was doing this that blah blah,when spotted hiding in kentucky
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 30, 2019 10:17:25 GMT
No shoes still goes as does head tattoo although the mohican has gone.... if I'm talking about same guy.
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Post by esoxlucius on Nov 30, 2019 10:44:49 GMT
No shoes still goes as does head tattoo although the mohican has gone.... if I'm talking about same guy. Ben (no shoes) has a FB QPR group too. There is also Grandad (Ben) with the sombrero and Morroccan flag who sits in SAR near the away end, he is fairly well known to fans of other clubs fans too. Chris Kemp who has been to every game home and away since the early 80's I think. Eric with the blue & white hair with QPR logo in. Saf who goes home and away from the Isle of Wight. Giorgio, an Italian living in Dublin who has a season ticket in the Upper Loft and goes to a few aways each season too. Any of the Irish & Norwegian R's; THAT is some serious commitment. Dave Thomas, home and away from his house in Bolton since the ark landed. |
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Post by acricketer on Nov 30, 2019 11:02:54 GMT
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Post by Corbray on Nov 30, 2019 11:37:14 GMT
there's that woman with HIV, emma i think her name is. she always campaigns for HIV awareness, blonde woman with glasses
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Post by awin on Nov 30, 2019 14:06:20 GMT
Tommy
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Post by esoxlucius on Nov 30, 2019 14:38:18 GMT
Nintendo?   |
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Post by hal9thou on Dec 6, 2019 12:15:39 GMT
Was 'The Tramp' the one who looked like Catweasle? If so, he became a Crystal Palace fan and the moment of becoming so was bizarre. We were playing Palace away in 1990/91 - the match with all the snow - and when they came out to 'Glad All Over' he was dancing and celebrating. He used to live in Camberwell, where I had family, and a few weeks later I was over that way on a Saturday and he was wearing a Palace scarf and heading to their match. Every time I saw him afterwards he was always had some Palace item on. He wasn't mentally all there - not because he became a Palace fan! - but a nice man who clearly just wanted to feel part of something and football offered that. There was another tramp like character who used to be on the old balcony over the corner flag, Loft end. You couldn't see sfa from the back, so he used that as a kind of matchday HQ, had a thermos, newspapers and a good few plastic bags. Used to get up and wander down and watch for a few minutes and then go back, shaking his head and muttering. Thank fuck he didn't have to put up with this lot  |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 12:19:50 GMT
There is Marion who goes to nearly every game I think.
Comes from Croydon and used to run the Stan Bowles fan club back in the 70s/80s
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Post by esoxlucius on Dec 6, 2019 13:56:25 GMT
There is Marion who goes to nearly every game I think. Comes from Croydon and used to run the Stan Bowles fan club back in the 70s/80s That's Marilyn who works in the box office and organises the official coaches now. She used to be a part of the little gang behind the goal back in the 80's & 90's but she was badly injured in a raod accident and had to use the disabled section for many years whilst she underwent a lot of surgeries. She is still in touch with Stan and his family, she rings them once or twice a week to see how they are doing. She sits in the Lower Loft now in her old standing spot.  |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 15:13:47 GMT
There is Marion who goes to nearly every game I think. Comes from Croydon and used to run the Stan Bowles fan club back in the 70s/80s That's Marilyn who works in the box office and organises the official coaches now. She used to be a part of the little gang behind the goal back in the 80's & 90's but she was badly injured in a raod accident and had to use the disabled section for many years whilst she underwent a lot of surgeries. She is still in touch with Stan and his family, she rings them once or twice a week to see how they are doing. She sits in the Lower Loft now in her old standing spot. Oh yes, Marilyn not Marion. I often see her on the way home as she lives near me. I remember her well from the Loft back then. She used to live in Thornton Heath and there was a little group that went from there. |
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Post by awin on Dec 6, 2019 15:53:18 GMT
Nintendo? Can’t remember his surname. Always dressed in a whistle, pissed as a fart and would come to life and roar out loud regularly. SA road side. |
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Post by esoxlucius on Dec 6, 2019 17:06:24 GMT
That's Marilyn who works in the box office and organises the official coaches now. She used to be a part of the little gang behind the goal back in the 80's & 90's but she was badly injured in a raod accident and had to use the disabled section for many years whilst she underwent a lot of surgeries. She is still in touch with Stan and his family, she rings them once or twice a week to see how they are doing. She sits in the Lower Loft now in her old standing spot. Oh yes, Marilyn not Marion. I often see her on the way home as she lives near me. I remember her well from the Loft back then. She used to live in Thornton Heath and there was a little group that went from there. Yes, Phyll is the only one still going from that little group, Barbara, who was Marilyn's carer when she was badly injured, is now housebound and quite ill but still follows QPR. (Rabbi) Ariel Friedlander was also part of the group but was also club photographer for a number of years and now lives in Italy but gets back to a fwe games each season. |
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Post by Corbray on Dec 6, 2019 17:29:42 GMT
there's a guy who sits a few rows behind me that shouts "WELL IN" or something and i have no idea what it means
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Post by Greg1882 on Dec 6, 2019 18:02:47 GMT
There’s a bloke I once sat behind in the ellerslie that’s got a stuffed Gopher down his jacket. Seen him in the paddocks too with it so wasn’t a one off. He actually purchased a seat for it for a league cup game against Sunderland a few years back. Very odd
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Post by alanwycombe on Dec 6, 2019 21:04:21 GMT
There’s a bloke I once sat behind in the ellerslie that’s got a stuffed Gopher down his jacket. Seen him in the paddocks too with it so wasn’t a one off. He actually purchased a seat for it for a league cup game against Sunderland a few years back. Very odd Phil Schofield and Gordon perhaps? |
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Post by alanwycombe on Dec 6, 2019 21:16:59 GMT
Anyone know anything about the man in block G SAR who whistles a small tune twice when we have a corner.... Worrying that you can hear him over the raucous noise that is our home support..... |
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Post by hubble on Dec 6, 2019 21:49:28 GMT
Nintendo? Can’t remember his surname. Always dressed in a whistle, pissed as a fart and would come to life and roar out loud regularly. SA road side. Yeah I remember Tommy. |
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Post by jfrabbit on Dec 7, 2019 7:05:10 GMT
Tommy Collins you're on about I'd say lads.
Great fella
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Post by awin on Dec 7, 2019 14:35:47 GMT
Tommy Collins you're on about I'd say lads. Great fella That’s the one! |
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Post by esoxlucius on Dec 7, 2019 19:37:56 GMT
Met one today that I had forgotten to mention before; Tom English, the steward. A stand out moment in my memory of him was when people were climbing over the fence to join in the sit down protest on the pitch over Fulham Park Rangers he was berating, but not stopping, anyone who was going on to the pitch... and helping those that were struggling to get over the fence whilst telling that they shouldn't be doing it.  |
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Post by jfrabbit on Dec 7, 2019 22:52:56 GMT
Met one today that I had forgotten to mention before; Tom English, the steward. A stand out moment in my memory of him was when people were climbing over the fence to join in the sit down protest on the pitch over Fulham Park Rangers he was breating, but not stopping, anyone who was going on to the pitch... and helping those that were struggling to get over the fence whilst telling that they shouldn't be doing it. Haha legend. Fair play |
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Post by Hitman34 on Dec 8, 2019 15:33:48 GMT
yep, i remember the punk rocker.
dave the tramp behind the goal always carried a radio and tesco bad. he had a short fat mate with him for some games too.
there was also the harold bishop lookalike and, a fella who always shouted "bury him on the spot" everytime an opposition player was down injured.
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Post by esoxlucius on Dec 8, 2019 17:15:37 GMT
Not so much a legend but there used to be a lad from Norn Irn stood behind us back in the day with a foghorn for a voice. Setting the scene: We are playing Southampton just after Peter Shilton has crashed his Jag with a mystery bird in with him. I can't remember if it was first half or second half but Shilts comes trotting towards us just before the kick off ad thilad, top of his voice "Hey Peter" Shilton ignores him. Every few minutes after that a big shout of "Hey Peter" duly ignored by Shilton. It went quiet for a time and then just after a bit of goalmouth action when Shilton must have been a bit dsitracted and his guard down "Hey Peter", Shilts looks up and gets "Cold you give my missus a lift back home afterwards" Raucous laughter from the Loft, rage and fury emanating from Shilton.
The following week we played Southmpton again in either the cup or the League, I can't remember which way round these events took place, and it had been in the papers that Shlton's wife had moved out after a bust up where he was alleged to have hit her. Every goal kick was greeted with "Wiiiiiife Beaterrrrr aaah" Shilton remaing stoic throughout. Late on in the game a ball is delivered into the six yard box and Shilton comes out to claim it but has to half punch/ flap it away and almost instantly our friend from Norn Irn bellows out "Jesus Christ Peter, I bet you hit your missus harder than that didn't you?" If he could have worked out exactly who had said it I think he would have been in the crowd and at him. He was livid.
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