give_us_a_wave
Well-Known Member
My first visit was a 2-1 win.
1981
Followed by becoming possibly the only football fan to have been beaten to shit twice at the same game. Once in the street after being deliberately lied to & steered into trouble by the local coppers & once on the bus to the station that I managed to drag myself onto afterwards.
The round of applause I got from the entire carriage of the football special as I got on with my face 90% covered in blood, one eye completely closed & the bottom right hand side of my lip hanging off was **** all compensation.
& it could have been worse. If I'd been more naive than I was then I might have fallen for the attempts of the first group of Scouse scum to steer me towards what was obviously a large building site, under the pretence of helping me get " a shortcut to the station " If I'd have gone for that I'd probably now be a long forgotten murder story from the archives of the Liverpool Echo.
That was the beginning of my abiding love for the city of Liverpool & it's charming, humourous & characterful inhabitants. As recorded on the pages of this forum over the years.
Watch your back.
& if anyone shakes your hand make sure you've still got your watch afterwards. Keep an emergency £50 in cash either in your sock or taped inside your boxers.
