Up the wrong end

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

That’s genuine trauma. It was bad enough to deal with being in the Brummie

[Midget In A Pinstripe Suit]

Seeing a few stories about people watching us at Blues in the home end (I’ve never needed to for any of the local derbies) so tell us what you’ve got ay it

Oddly, I’ve only ever twice watched us from the home end, Notts County and Palace.

Edit: three actually, a 4-2 defeat at the Etihad as well. But that was corporate and none of the city lot cared that we were Albion

Spurs away pal?

[tHEgLASSdOORS]

Seeing a few stories about people watching us at Blues in the home end (I’ve never needed to for any of the local derbies) so tell us what you’ve got ay it

Oddly, I’ve only ever twice watched us from the home end, Notts County and Palace.

Edit: three actually, a 4-2 defeat at the Etihad as well. But that was corporate and none of the city lot cared that we were Albion

Spurs away pal?

Oh Christ yeah. Such a non performance I’d nearly erased it. Pulis at his finest that was. Actually spurs away twice, I was in the home end for the win under AFI

[ElbowGrease73]

Was in a Wolves corporate box when we drew 1-1 with them in the 90's. Mickey Evans got our goal. Had to sit on my hands and not move for ours.

When they scored, a couple of their fans turned round to celebrate, and gesticulated for us to join in. I just shook my head.

[MGalea]

I am a pro in the home end in London being a cockney bastard they've no idea I'm a Baggie.

Usually blurt out some kind of "this club is in such a fucking state - if we don't sort it out soon..." type message to help fit in more.

QPR, Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham, Orient, Fulham(ish), Watford, Palace/Wimbledon multiple times!

[Man from delmonte]

Done it a few times - 90s cup games at Coventry, Chelsea, Crewe, Bournemouth and Villa. Probably the most miserable was the play off game at Bolton in 2001. Last time was when we were trounced 3-0 by a Tevez at the Etihad though At least then my mate had a pair of season tickets in the executive area so I was able to endure that from a nice padded seat.

[petty sniper]

Wolves for the 2-1 when Marden and Bob scored. Easy to fit in, just call David Kelly a wanker. Also the 3-2 at Bloose with a nose mate who was a bit of a face in his time. We were in the paddock when bob got the late winner and the blokes in the box behind us were Albion and went mad. The locals were not amused, I just kept schtum

[Vinebaggie]

Done it a few times over the years including Man U, Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Fulham, Villa, Blues, stoke, Coventry Easily the worst was being in the upper holte when we lost to the seals, remember Lee Henrietta celebrating in front of the Holte at the end of the game and it was all I could do not to puke. The best was when we beat the seals 1-0 in a league cup QF, I was in the Doug Ellis and there were 100s of Baggies in there going mad, got a wee bit messy but nothing too bad.
It does add a little bit of excitement to the match day experience, but the main thing is just to be able to say “I was there” and I think at the very least there is one less opposition fan cheering on from the stands.

Just realised I forgot the very best of the lot Bradford and the Igor Balis game!

[Tom Joad 25]

Was in a Wolves corporate box when we drew 1-1 with them in the 90's. Mickey Evans got our goal. Had to sit on my hands and not move for ours.

When they scored, a couple of their fans turned round to celebrate, and gesticulated for us to join in. I just shook my head.

Me too but in the 0 2 under Buckley. We were warned by their ground guide guy pre match, 'Ah know a few on yer am Olbion fans but just be quiet if yo score'. He needn't have bothered.

Oh, and Barnsley for the 1st game back in the old Div 2 after the Wembley final a few months earlier. Walking down the hill we could see our away end was heaving and my mate reckoned he was too claustrophobic for it.  Instead we went in the big stand at the side for all of 5 minutes before we were grassed up. We got taken to the touchline and escorted into the Albion fans who cheered us wildly mistakenly thinking we'd been in the home end bashing some skulls.

Man Utd in the game McInnes got sent off. Hospitality tickets we paid through the nose for only to eventually get seated with Utd fans who complained they got away fans in there every week. The tickets were apparently from deceased STHs whose family kept them and sold them to an agency every game. It got a bit lairy that one.

[Jacko]

Hospitality at the Reebok back in the day. Been in the home end at Anfield and Filbert Streer. Did a few main stands as a young lad round the Northwest with my grandad. The old Wigan ground, Ewood, Chester, Tranmere.