Sir Budgie Paddon

Sooooo bored of international breaks. I want England to do well and qualify but....oh it just gets in the way doesnt it? Stop, start, stop, start. Just feels like you''re tredding water until the PremierSHIP comes along again to rescue you (see what I did there? Quality) So, was just reminiscing with a few fellow old timers the other days about all our yesterdays and wondered if anyone else remembers these things or can add anymore. !970''s: Opposition player goes down injured and the Barclay immediately respond with......''bring on the Bostik''.. clap,clap.....clap,clap....clap.  Always made me smile (I was only 6). More recently we got ''dig a hole and f****** bury him'' . Bit harsh. Again, 70''s. When we had a really big game I remember getting really excited when they opened the middle pen of the Barclay (I always stood with my Dad in the River End and watched it all unfold) for Norwich fans. So proud that we''d come out in numbers to cheer the boys on. Although I do remember Arsenal fans on one occasion dismatling one of the yellow crash barriers in their pen and about 8 of them using it to try ram the fence down to get at the Norwich fans.....they didnt manage it.....Police just watched them doing it......mad.  Remember always being told by my older mates at the time (they were probably 13 or 14, I was about 9/10) about a guy called Bernie Patterson who was the ''leader of the Barclay''. Always wondered how he aquired that title and what his Match day duties were.....I think I can guess. Never actually met the guy. Did he exist? Where is he now? Cushions on the pitch anyone?. That was brilliant. For the youger element who havent heard about this. The old Main Stand (City Stand now) was a wooden affair that didnt actually have any seats. It had wooden benches and green cushions were provided by the Club (I think) for the patrons to sit on. Now, when things on the pitch got particularly heated durinng the game, the inhabitants of the stand would rise and hurl their cushions toward the pitch, maily aiming for the referee. This resulted in the first 4 or 5 yards inside the touchline being covered in cushions. The game would then be delayed while they were cleared and we got on with the game. I found that absolutley hilarious as a 7 or 8 year old.    Funny isnt it, how things stick in your mind from when you were young. Anyone got any more? Well, roll on Saturday and hopefully we can give the usual good account of ouselves at White Hart Lane which might bring a point or 3    

Details of ''83 on here. Scroll down to bottom, lists results round by round, attendances for final, teams etc....... http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/sport/big_night_when_norwich_city_sealed_the_double_1_2003438 10,500 at Carrow Road for first leg, remember it well