Went in 2,001. Was well aware of the 84 final stories as my Brother went. We'd had a further warning about knife gangs and scooter squad ultra's which might have came from the club, not sure.
There was coaches put on to the ground and the strong advice was to use them. Upon arriving on the day of the match we heard the usual rumours about the night before. Some turned out to be true, some shite and some hn between.
There was a 24 hour alcohol ban accross the whole city. We managed to find a tobaconist who was happy to sell, various other groups of lads shit faced so everyone seemed to be sorted somehow.
We got the coach and there were a few lads asking for spares. When we got off the coach, this turned out to not be a problem because the police just started twatting everyone with batons to get everyone into the ground whether you wanted to go in or not.
Its hard to think that was so long ago, it seems like last month. Its probably changed a lot since a bizzie was shot by an opposition fan, or was it the other way round? Cant remember. Anyway i wouldnt go planning to find a square with bars. On the other hand it might have all changed.