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Hello all, pleasure to make my first post on the vsc after a long time of just reading. What a great season and looking forward to the next with much anticipation. Roll on 20th June. Was watching that old documentary about rovers , ‘They think it’s all Rovers’ Mark Weaver mentions the Donny Boot Boys a group I’ve never heard of in the rovers history before. Anybody any stories or info regarding ? Maybe I misheard the ‘Boot boys’ but pretty sure that’s what he said...
Quote from: Prince_Moncrieffe on June 09, 2019, 08:56:08 pmHello all, pleasure to make my first post on the vsc after a long time of just reading. What a great season and looking forward to the next with much anticipation. Roll on 20th June. Was watching that old documentary about rovers , ‘They think it’s all Rovers’ Mark Weaver mentions the Donny Boot Boys a group I’ve never heard of in the rovers history before. Anybody any stories or info regarding ? Maybe I misheard the ‘Boot boys’ but pretty sure that’s what he said...Your first post? It's your tenth.
Millwall at home circa 1981. Train pulls into Donny station from London on Saturday morning, doors flying open and hundreds of DM wearing skins pile off. In unison they begin singing ‘Millwall boot boys, Millwall boot boys, aggro, aggro’. They all went to the Railway hotel and caused mayhem. That was the first time I’d heard the term boot boys. Bloody terrified me.
Just waiting for Axholme Lion now...…………………………..
Quote from: drfchound on June 10, 2019, 11:31:40 amJust waiting for Axholme Lion now...…………………………......to blame someone else and not the Millwall angels.
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on June 10, 2019, 03:55:58 pmQuote from: drfchound on June 10, 2019, 11:31:40 amJust waiting for Axholme Lion now...…………………………......to blame someone else and not the Millwall angels.You beat us 1-0 with a last minute winner. I believe some of the chaps had a frank exchange of views on the racecourse. Different times. The 70s and 80s were the best time to be a footie fan compared to the sterile atmosphere of today.
My dad tells stories of being chased whilst pelted with stones and bricks at away days in the 80s, doesn't sound much fun to be honest!
The stone and bottle throwing happened within grounds too, mental. You could also say it wasn't sterile.In the 70s I recall Huddersfield ripping apart the back of the Rosso for their ammunition which cleared fans from the front of the Popside. Then in that League Cup game with Derby, their fans had the Town End and even before getting through the turnstiles had let loose a good few salvos of stones into the Popside. Lots of blood on both occasions.
Did donny boot boys evovle into the ddr? Or was it a different group?