The Bob End was where I watched some of my early games perched on one if the concrete barriers. Full of Geordies one Boxing Day before the seats went in, they beat us 2-0 that day, and 2-1 at their place the day after, on their way to promotion.It was never the Clive Road that was always the Chicken Run. The corners of the Bob End were created in 1966 for the World Cup. The central area was seated. The other corner still had the walled off area for he Boys end.
I believe it was later than that.August 1977
No sure about wolves, but I can remember Villa being given a block of seats in the north stand lower around Xmas time late 70's. When they started chanting the Holgate went crazy!There was always a sprinkling of away fans in all seated areas, particularly the east stand.
For the big cup games of the late 70s/early 80s away fans were allocated the end blocks of the east stand south stand (nearest the Clive Rd corner) and more surprisingly, a block of seats in the north stand lower, nearest the Holgate - well that was certainly the case when we played Wolves in 1981.
And as mentioned earlier, the 1st game of the 77/78 season was the the first time the CRC was officially designated for away fans.
Only for big all ticket games at that time.I remember trouble in the Clive Road end that was allocated to Leeds...must have been 75 or 76 so I presume that segregation was in place around that time
The trouble against Leeds was caused by a lad called Jimmy White from Teesville and it was the year we went up with Jack Charlton. Jimmy had been stood near us in the Holgate End and so far into the second half he decided he was going round to the Clive Road. Some 10 minutes later a gap appeared at the top of the Clive Road entrance to the terrace with Leeds fans moving away and Jimmy, with his ginger long locks, silk scarf dangling from his wrist, was stood there on his own. The Leeds fans panicked at first thinking there was a mob coming in and then realised it was Jimmy on his own and charged at him.I remember trouble in the Clive Road end that was allocated to Leeds...must have been 75 or 76 so I presume that segregation was in place around that time