It's certainly much safer (sanitised) to watch football now than in the the 70s & 80s.

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26 years ago yesterday WFC was relegated from the Premier League (a far more unpleasant day than the one 12 years earlier). It feels like only yesterday. That day was another nail in the WFC coffin. I remember queuing for 90 minutes at Wembley in 1988 in the boiling hot sun to get in because they only had a few turnstiles open and I only got in at 2.45 pm. Whether things were better or worse back in the 1970s and 1980s is a matter of opinion. My view is they were just different. Games were more value for money. Stadiums had more character but were far less comfortable to watch a game. Being squeezed into pens with half the view obscured was not fun. Standing on cold terraces with no cover was not fun in the rain. I remember that Chelsea game. It was in 1986 (WFCs first season in the first division) and Fairweather scored a great solo goal. The 22 man brawls were hilarious. Was that the game Doug Rougvie lost his mind and got sent off for headbutting Fashanu? No TV highlights of the game to check. Ambitions of owners and supporter expectations has resulted in spiralling player salaries and admission prices. That will never change.

I think it was going to some of the throwback grounds in the CCL/Ryman that made me think what football watching was *really* like back in the 80s and before, and it suddenly wasn't so rose tinted. Mind you, people love the "character" of Kenilworth Road.

The alley behind Oxford’s away end at the old ground was pretty dodgy too, especially when we won 3-0 on the last day and they home fans invaded the pitch trying to get to us, luckily there was a fence

Memories of the rat-run/tunnel behind Aldershot's stand

last two, but one

Jolly, even by WUP standards, those last two posts...

It was cheaper to get in relatively in the old days but the facilities were pretty basic. Memories of driving snow onto uncovered seats at Barnsley, also being held back for an hour after the game on a freezing afternoon at Chelsea when we won 4-0, the lights went out at 5.30pm so we had to leave the ground in darkness

Yes Carshalton and many are dead too,

Given that the 88 Cup Final is now 38 years ago not many people under 50 were able to go, sobering thought

If chigwell or anyone from WHAD read here ,I finished 3rd on the Fletcher predictor league ,apparently a £50 prize. Could you donate the £50 prize to DLAG for me , thanks chaps.

“The good old days” didn’t exist, they’re a figment….

I enjoyed the old days and I enjoy the new days, in both cases recognising a degree of frustration with events both on and off the pitch.

Good to see season ticket sales keeping up despite the price increase

Imagine we get transported back to the 'good old days' and we end up watching Egil Olsen

Morning all. There were plenty of shit games even under Harry...

Spit-probably looking back with rose tinted specs

OI, correct and many Palestinians are descendants of Judeans/Israelites who inhabited the region thousands of years ago and over generations converted to Christianity and Islam

WBM - I think they did specify a range of punishments. It should be for the group adjudicating the case to choose from that range and they are 'independent' of the EFL. The problem is that you do actually need time to sort an issue out, Southampton should have two weeks to respond to the charge and whichever side loses they should have two weeks in which to appeal. So the range of punishments during playoffs should be a fine and/or points deduction in the next season the clubis subject to EFL rules. Any delay and uncertainty is totally unfair to Hull.

Laurence - Palestine has for many centuries been recognised as a geographical area, so people living in that area can certainly call themselves Palestinians, even if you wish to call them something different.

Tut tut Laurence! Palestinians are a distinct ethic group of 14.5m people (5.5m in West Bank & Gaza and 1.7m in Israel) worldwide recognised as such by the UN

I much prefer wimbledon fc (every week /season was exciting) than afc wimbledon.( stuck in a football coma style on the pitch and off the pitch :-) )

The spying thing is hugely amateur from the EFL, I write contracts for a living, if you write in a clause that you need to be punishable then you need to be clear about the punishment in all situations! There aren't that many, league, cup and play-offs! It was either very lazy or very dumb.

Players are not supporters on the whole and Sanchez seems to have an issue with AFC - I wonder why 😉 As for us, we are a separate club from WFC, but the only club proud to use its name as Wimbledon and proud of its history and hold all the history as Franchise handed it over when other supporter groups refused to recognise them or even play them in friendly games.