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Re: Most Memorable Matches Wrong Reasons

Post by elwaclaret » Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:23 pm

bfcjg wrote:Crewe away 1987 lost and the last game v Orient was out of our hands. I genuinely thought that was it for us as a league team. The drive home was complete silence and despair in our minibus.
Spent that game stood with a chap I’ve never met before or since. The worst 90 minutes of utter despair.... even now it in memory is comparable to losing my business or my divorce to think just how utterly without hope we were for our club even starting the next season, that night. What people forget about the Orient game is it needed the results to go for us... after Crewe it wasn’t for us to sort out. Horrific.

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Post by elwaclaret » Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:28 pm

ClaretTony wrote:We played them quite often on Friday nights bu the last of them was in 1990
Always remember that one because I was at Uni in Salford and so drove directly to Stockport instead of travelling over to go with my dad... the one and only time I did it.

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Re: Most Memorable Matches Wrong Reasons

Post by houseboy » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:25 am

Royboyclaret wrote:Been more than a few over the years but I suppose the visit of Celtic in 1978 would have to top the list.

A couple of humiliating away defeats within a few months of each other, the first at Sheff Wed in May 1967 with a 0-7 defeat then in November of the same year a 1-8 defeat at West Brom. Both very difficult journeys home.
I was going to post Celtic - definitely a rum night that one. The 8-1 at WBA was memorable as well, didn't Astle run riot that day? Didn't we once get tubbed by 8 at QPR as well once?

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Re: Most Memorable Matches Wrong Reasons

Post by JohnDearyMe » Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:47 pm

Claret1205 wrote:0-6 v Hereford January 87 and that game at Ewood we’d all wished never happened.
The hammering at Ewood was the first one that came to mind for me too. Awful day

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Re: Most Memorable Matches Wrong Reasons

Post by 775claret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:45 pm

Losing at home to 9 man Rochdale.

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Re: Most Memorable Matches Wrong Reasons

Post by colner » Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:52 pm

The 9 man Rochdale team also had a goalie on loan from us i seem to recall. That 5 niller at Bburn is up there

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Post by Stan Tastic » Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:42 pm

elwaclaret wrote:Spent that game stood with a chap I’ve never met before or since. The worst 90 minutes of utter despair.... even now it in memory is comparable to losing my business or my divorce to think just how utterly without hope we were for our club even starting the next season, that night. What people forget about the Orient game is it needed the results to go for us... after Crewe it wasn’t for us to sort out. Horrific.
I was stood behind the goal when the final whistle went and everyone was stunned, convinced we'd had it. Then some Crewe fans ran across the pitch and danced in front of us laughing their heads off.

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Post by elwaclaret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:53 pm

Stan Tastic wrote:I was stood behind the goal when the final whistle went and everyone was stunned, convinced we'd had it. Then some Crewe fans ran across the pitch and danced in front of us laughing their heads off.
I remember a few of our fans trying to get the game abandoned. By the end they could have been having a disco and I wouldn’t have noticed. We were in the overspill on the left long side. I remember well one of the intruders shouting up “ on the pitch... let’s get it called off”. To which several yelled back there is nothing left to stop, we’ve already gone.

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:26 pm

colner wrote:The 9 man Rochdale team also had a goalie on loan from us i seem to recall. That 5 niller at Bburn is up there
Two different games. They kept 11 on the pitch when our goalkeeper David Williams was their man of the match.

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:29 pm

elwaclaret wrote:Spent that game stood with a chap I’ve never met before or since. The worst 90 minutes of utter despair.... even now it in memory is comparable to losing my business or my divorce to think just how utterly without hope we were for our club even starting the next season, that night. What people forget about the Orient game is it needed the results to go for us... after Crewe it wasn’t for us to sort out. Horrific.
Was nowhere 90 minutes though. Was it around 84 when he blew the final whistle? Ref said he was concerned about our fans should it get to the end with us still behind. David Platt scores their goal that night, and not the one on Corrie.

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Post by elwaclaret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:31 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Two different games. They kept 11 on the pitch when our goalkeeper David Williams was their man of the match.
Are you not getting mixed up with the keeper wearing a clarets goalkeeping top... in fact think Rochdale were one of the teams that turned out in our (old) away kits around that time, and then beat us in it?

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Post by dougcollins » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:39 pm

Pretty much anything involving Kevin Lynch.

Where was that when Monington got sent off twice? York? Not Lynch that time.

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:40 pm

elwaclaret wrote:Are you not getting mixed up with the keeper wearing a clarets goalkeeping top... in fact think Rochdale were one of the teams that turned out in our (old) away kits around that time, and then beat us in it?
No. David Williams was on loan to Rochdale in 1991/92 and we allowed him to play against us. They won 1-0 and he had an outstanding game. It proved to be Frank Casper’s final home game in charge.
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Post by elwaclaret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:41 pm

ClaretTony wrote:No. David Williams was on loan to Rochdale in 1991/92 and we allowed him to play against us. They won 1-0 and he had an outstanding game. It proved to be Frank Casper’s final home game in charge.
Haha... I had in my mind Billy O’Rouke, but the dates didn’t work. Just mixing up my gingers :D
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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:42 pm

dougcollins wrote:Pretty much anything involving Kevin Lynch.

Where was that when Monington got sent off twice? York? Not Lynch that time.
Monington was sent off in an FA Cup replay at York and four days later was sent off again against Rochdale in the next round.

Chris Vinnicombe was yellow carded twice by Uriah Rennie at York in the League Cup but not sent off.

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Re: Most Memorable Matches Wrong Reasons

Post by Tricky Trevor » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:54 pm

Losing 1-2 to Sunderland, when they were down to 9 men before HT.

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:16 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:Losing 1-2 to Sunderland, when they were down to 9 men before HT.
Saw Palace beat us with only nine men on opening day of 2003/04 season too. Add that to Sunderland and Rochdale, that's three times I've seen us lose against nine. Also drew 0-0 at Palace in 2008 against nine.

That Sunderland game was vicious. Both full backs sent off but it was Mick Docherty causing all the problems on the pitch and he got away with it. And it spilled into the directors box with Bob Lord and Jimmy Adamson all but fighting.

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Post by Colburn_Claret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:37 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:Losing 1-2 to Sunderland, when they were down to 9 men before HT.
They didn't need 11 men, once the 2 were rightly sent off, including Mick Doc, the ref gave them absolutely every bloody thing. :(

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Post by Colburn_Claret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:39 pm

Chesterfield promotion game on the Turf
I've never seen a pitch so wet, even the puddles had puddles.
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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:41 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:They didn't need 11 men, once the 2 were rightly sent off, including Mick Doc, the ref gave them absolutely every bloody thing. :(
Doc wasn’t sent off though. Mick Henderson & Joe Bolton were the two sent off.

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Post by Colburn_Claret » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:44 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Doc wasn’t sent off though. Mick Henderson & Joe Bolton were the two sent off.
I knew Doc was captaining them, and always believed he went. If he didn't he certainly should have I can still see in my minds eye one cything tackle in front of the Longside.

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Post by ClaretTony » Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:56 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:I knew Doc was captaining them, and always believed he went. If he didn't he certainly should have I can still see in my minds eye one cything tackle in front of the Longside.
He definitely should have
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Post by Tricky Trevor » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:43 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Saw Palace beat us with only nine men on opening day of 2003/04 season too. Add that to Sunderland and Rochdale, that's three times I've seen us lose against nine. Also drew 0-0 at Palace in 2008 against nine.

That Sunderland game was vicious. Both full backs sent off but it was Mick Docherty causing all the problems on the pitch and he got away with it. And it spilled into the directors box with Bob Lord and Jimmy Adamson all but fighting.
I heard a story that Mick Doc was in The Red Lion, Fletchs Watering hole, that night saying Adamson had told them at HT to get stuck in as the ref wouldn't send any more off. If true he was right again.
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