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was the first time l went West Brom for the league cup replay. Me and about 10 of my mates from school went on the bus from Humbo, we'd be 12 years old and it was all new to us. Got to the ground late and thousands were outside trying to get in, we thought it was a lock out because too many turned up. It turned out the brand new electric turnstiles hadn't worked and no one could get in. We jumped off the bus as it wasn't going anywhere and went in to the nearest entrance, which was the Brummy road end. Leicester were in the Smethwick end and thought we'll be in a bit of trouble if we stayed where we were, so climbed all the fences to get around the other end. It seemed so great to be there and experiencing new stuff. One of the reasons l guess we get hooked.
We lost 2-1, and our bus got back to Leicester way past any local buses to get us home. We were still setting fireworks off on Charles street while figuring out how to get home. In the end, the only one of us who had a phone at home got his dad to pick us in his work van, full of Bitcho, then we had to get up for school. Can't remember if we went school the next day but I'd guess we didn't. I'd already had the slipper for walking out of class to go to Villa away.
54 years later and I'm thinking we're like junkies, trying to relive the first high.
We lost 2-1, and our bus got back to Leicester way past any local buses to get us home. We were still setting fireworks off on Charles street while figuring out how to get home. In the end, the only one of us who had a phone at home got his dad to pick us in his work van, full of Bitcho, then we had to get up for school. Can't remember if we went school the next day but I'd guess we didn't. I'd already had the slipper for walking out of class to go to Villa away.
54 years later and I'm thinking we're like junkies, trying to relive the first high.