tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30827235.post6642908947506953564..comments2024-03-12T08:53:00.766+00:00Comments on The Marple Leaf: Half a World AwayMichael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616909770570609477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30827235.post-53008680214391308392009-03-19T17:00:00.000+00:002009-03-19T17:00:00.000+00:00I was stabbed at Fulham in 1971. I'd gone to watch...I was stabbed at Fulham in 1971. I'd gone to watch Preston win the old 3rd division championship. The Preston fans were celebrating on the pitch when I felt a bang in my side, which turned out to be a stab wound delivered by a Fulham skinhead.<BR/><BR/>In those days it was a stigma to tell your colleagues you were a football fan, they assumed you were a hooligan. How times change.<BR/><BR/>Steve Downes<BR/>www.juicedigital.co.ukSteve Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682395223246543618noreply@blogger.com