ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by tim_noone » Thu May 30, 2019 5:17 pm

South West Claret. wrote:Would be really good to get JM back to TM for the HT draw, I wonder if he’s been asked by the club does anyone know?
It would.....But they don't do the HT Draw in that way now...he won't be making a visit.

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by Quickenthetempo » Thu May 30, 2019 5:23 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:I was on a train with Colne Clarets, a certain Mr Beecroft was involved in that. We had massive delays due to engineering works, so I had to leg it from the station to the stadium. I got to my seat as the national anthem was finishing, however my then father in law arrived later and missed the Stockport goal. He couldn't believe when I said we were one down until he looked at the scoreboard.

The train journey home was particularly enjoyable.....
I always wondered why similar trains never got repeated? When we set off at 6am on the coach I was extremely jealous of the fans on the train who were setting off after 9.
We did get there before 12 though.

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by aggi » Thu May 30, 2019 6:02 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Just the promotion season. This is the 94/95 away kit, we turned out in it at Middlesbrough and that was the first time it was revealed, a bit like the white one at Aberdeen last season.

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For some reason that Boro match seems much more recent in my mind than the Wembley match.

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by ClaretTony » Thu May 30, 2019 6:24 pm

aggi wrote:For some reason that Boro match seems much more recent in my mind than the Wembley match.
It was - by at least two or three months :D

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by Wokingclaret » Thu May 30, 2019 9:14 pm

Boro match

Another first was Heath Robinson upfront :roll:

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by Dark Cloud » Thu May 30, 2019 9:31 pm

Wokingclaret wrote:Boro match

Another first was Heath Robinson upfront :roll:
Indeed. I went up to Boro for that match and it was clear right away that not only was Robinson a poor signing, but also that it was going to be a long hard season. Something of a wake up call after the high of Wembley!!!

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by TheFamilyCat » Thu May 30, 2019 9:52 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:I was on a train with Colne Clarets, a certain Mr Beecroft was involved in that. We had massive delays due to engineering works, so I had to leg it from the station to the stadium. I got to my seat as the national anthem was finishing, however my then father in law arrived later and missed the Stockport goal. He couldn't believe when I said we were one down until he looked at the scoreboard.

The train journey home was particularly enjoyable.....
I was on the CC train too. Even though train was dry, I was confident that the early departure would give plenty of time for a few drinks. All I recall of the journey down was sat on a stationary train for hours and the dash to the stadium. We ended up running about three quarters of the way round as well because the police wouldn’t let us take the short routes the turnstiles.

Still, it was a great day.

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by wembley94 » Thu May 30, 2019 10:03 pm

TheFamilyCat Speak for yourself

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Re: ARTICLE: 25 years since Jimmy Mullen’s Armada sailed into Wembley

Post by TheFamilyCat » Thu May 30, 2019 10:10 pm

Maybe I should’ve said “meant to be dry”

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