Fulham were losing at Elland Road with time ticking away when Leroy Rosenior and Paul Parker ran to retrieve a ball as it rolled out of play for a corner.
As they approached the fence before a terrace crammed with Leeds fans the team-mates froze in horror.
‘There must have been about 10,000 people,’ said Rosenior. ‘All focused on me and Paul, all going “Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!” and doing Nazi salutes. I remember it all in slow motion.
‘There was hatred in their eyes.