Yellowhammer 86 Posted December 30, 2016 Whenever city played badly or when the fans became disgruntled can you remember the cushions being hurled onto the pitch from the main stand .one game was held up for over ten mins to clear the cushions .certainly was noticed .the surprising thing was it was always classed as a upper class stand . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 99 Posted December 30, 2016 Club shop has them on a 2-4-1 offer at the moment, that should soften the blow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz Sparks 1,154 Posted December 30, 2016 [quote user="Lessingham Canary"]Club shop has them on a 2-4-1 offer at the moment, that should soften the blow.[/quote]That kind of double blow is likely to knock the stuffing out of the board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hard Cell 0 Posted December 30, 2016 It was Charlton match when Ray Crawford (ex scummer) played up after being fouled. We drew 1-1 McDonnell (reserve striker) got ours. Think I can even remember the gate....14,000. Rum ole days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted December 30, 2016 Now back in the day those cushions were like square frisbies with sharp corners. Lethal weapons in fact. The usual target was the ref as he left the field. At full time only though. None of the old boys wanted to sit through the second half without one. At times they were also aimed at Geoffrey Watling whilst the Barclay gave it the Zigger Zigger chant.At one time the FA put the club under threat of ground closure if they continued to allow this behaviour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Webbo118 0 Posted December 30, 2016 [quote user="Daz Sparks"][quote user="Lessingham Canary"]Club shop has them on a 2-4-1 offer at the moment, that should soften the blow.[/quote]That kind of double blow is likely to knock the stuffing out of the board.[/quote]AN has issued instructions that they can only be sold on a 4-2-3-1 offer but I''m not sure what it''s got to do with him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,293 Posted December 30, 2016 I refuse to throw cushions......I''m a pillow of society! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted December 30, 2016 You''d be arrested if you zigger zaggered these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted December 30, 2016 [quote user="Hard Cell"]It was Charlton match when Ray Crawford (ex scummer) played up after being fouled. We drew 1-1 McDonnell (reserve striker) got ours. Think I can even remember the gate....14,000. Rum ole days.[/quote]HC, I think you mean Neil O''Donnell 1969/70 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,560 Posted December 30, 2016 [quote user="Lessingham Canary"]Club shop has them on a 2-4-1 offer at the moment, that should soften the blow.[/quote]I went into the club shop after the Huddersfield game to buy the DVD of last season and was offered a second copy free. The assistant was most perplexed when I turned the freebie down, saying my masochism only extended so far... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Number 9 0 Posted December 30, 2016 I can remember cushions at Twickenham when I was a kid, Carrow Rd though I was always standing at the Barclay End, didn''t know about seats or cushions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 99 Posted December 30, 2016 Webbo118 wrote;AN has issued instructions that they can only be sold on a 4-2-3-1 offer but I''m not sure what it''s got to do with him.Sounds like throwing cushion to the wind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,445 Posted December 30, 2016 [quote user="Lessingham Canary"]Webbo118 wrote;AN has issued instructions that they can only be sold on a 4-2-3-1 offer but I''m not sure what it''s got to do with him.Sounds like throwing cushion to the wind.[/quote]Lessingham, that has to be the worst pun I have ever read on this board - and that''s saying something after the Warburton thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 99 Posted December 30, 2016 Drazen, i have more but don''t want to scatter them around........... whoopee!. oops i''ll get my coat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted December 30, 2016 Number 9, everyone in all four stands saw the cushions....Only the Barclay ziggered though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rudolph Hucker 0 Posted December 31, 2016 Mello Yello wrote:"I refuse to throw cushions......I''m a pillow of society!Don''t you mean ''PILLOCK?'' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rudolph Hucker 0 Posted December 31, 2016 Does anyone recall what the deposit for a cushion was? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donkey dangler 0 Posted December 31, 2016 Three old pence?Those were the days...Bill Punton racing down the left wing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barclay seats 4849 the 3rd 0 Posted December 31, 2016 I can remember my mum telling me about it .. so I am guessing it was a night game ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted December 31, 2016 It didn''t just happen once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barclay seats 4849 the 3rd 0 Posted December 31, 2016 I thought that after I had posted ! Just remember her coming home after a game and telling how the cushions all got thrown onto the pitch ,, maybe in response to a contentious decision ,,, stuck with me since though . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,293 Posted December 31, 2016 RUDOLPH HUCKER wrote: Don''t you mean ''PILLOCK?''No, I definitely wrote PILLOW...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,534 Posted December 31, 2016 They weren''t always aimed at the pitch. Sometimes they were just slung at Geoffrey Watling and his cronies of the day...Nothing much changes really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 495 Posted December 31, 2016 The cushions were the property of the Norwich City Football Supporters Association. They were green squares with yellow piping around the edges with a cushion pin in the middle and NCFSA printed on them. For just a few old pence you could lob them at anyone you fancied. Several times ground closure threat notices were bill posted around the ground due to this past time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="Crafty Canary"]The cushions were the property of the Norwich City Football Supporters Association.[/quote]So they were the root cause of all the hooliganism that was to follow Crafty? Should have been banned for life. [;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="Donkey dangler"]Three old pence?Those were the days...Bill Punton racing down the left wing[/quote]And finishing in a heap near the corner flag every time Tangy. Yep, those were the days [:D] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,560 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="Donkey dangler"]Three old pence?Those were the days...Bill Punton racing down the left wing[/quote]And finishing in a heap near the corner flag every time Tangy. Yep, those were the days [:D][/quote]I imagined that one day he would just charge straight on, cartoon-character style, and leave a Punton-sized hole in the crowd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="Donkey dangler"]Three old pence?Those were the days...Bill Punton racing down the left wing[/quote]And finishing in a heap near the corner flag every time Tangy. Yep, those were the days [:D][/quote]I imagined that one day he would just charge straight on, cartoon-character style, and leave a Punton-sized hole in the crowd.[/quote]When he was in full cry we used to shout "open the gates!". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,560 Posted December 31, 2016 [quote user="ricardo"][quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="Donkey dangler"]Three old pence?Those were the days...Bill Punton racing down the left wing[/quote]And finishing in a heap near the corner flag every time Tangy. Yep, those were the days [:D][/quote]I imagined that one day he would just charge straight on, cartoon-character style, and leave a Punton-sized hole in the crowd.[/quote]When he was in full cry we used to shout "open the gates!".[/quote][:)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rudolph Hucker 0 Posted December 31, 2016 The cushion throwing was sometimes provoced by us Barclay Boys changing ''Bring on the cushions!'' When the occasion demanded.Perhaps cushion hurling should be a half-time contest?As for Alex Neil and the Bored of Directors they deserve a visit from The Spanish Inquisition and a trip to the comfy chairs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites