Thank you for that day in 1987 Lincoln. Enjoy today it's the least we can do!I feel better now knowing it was a fix.
It's just our way of thanking them for cocking up in 1987
It's just our way of thanking them for cocking up in 1987
Come on we owe them one. They can have their day in the sun I'll take the rebuilding and stabilisation the cup runs, play off victories and three promotions to the Premier league.
Thank you for that day in 1987 Lincoln. Enjoy today it's the least we can do!I feel better now knowing it was a fix.
Thank you for that day in 1987 Lincoln. Enjoy today it's the least we can do!I feel better now knowing it was a fix.
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Re: It's just our way of thanking them for cocking up in 1987
Yes that could have been us!
Re: It's just our way of thanking them for cocking up in 1987
Teesdale allegedly hot footed it over to Lincolnshire with a brown envelope .
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Re: It's just our way of thanking them for cocking up in 1987
The battle to avoid becoming the first club to suffer automatic relegation from the Football League proved to be a memorable one. Going into the last day three clubs were fighting the drop with Burnley the favourites to go down. Founder members of the League and former League champions they were bottom, a point behind Torquay and two points behind Lincoln with a goal difference inferior to the two clubs above them. Burnley had to win and hope the other two didn't. Burnley did win, 2-1 at home to Orient. Torquay drew, scoring an equaliser in injury time, and Lincoln lost at Swansea. Lincoln finished bottom on goal difference and dropped into the Conference.
Turf Moor had 15,781 present for the visit of Orient compared with an average League gate before that match of less than 2800. They were still cashing in on that day 25 years later with a reprint of the match programme (above). You would have thought that they had won the League championship again!
Hartlepool United's Victoria Ground hosts two Football League matches on the same day. Story.
Graham Carr made his name as manager of champions Northampton Town although in more recent years he has become better known as the dad of comedian Alan Carr. The Cobblers were to be the only club in the 1980's to score a century of League goals in a season.
Turf Moor had 15,781 present for the visit of Orient compared with an average League gate before that match of less than 2800. They were still cashing in on that day 25 years later with a reprint of the match programme (above). You would have thought that they had won the League championship again!
Hartlepool United's Victoria Ground hosts two Football League matches on the same day. Story.
Graham Carr made his name as manager of champions Northampton Town although in more recent years he has become better known as the dad of comedian Alan Carr. The Cobblers were to be the only club in the 1980's to score a century of League goals in a season.
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Re: It's just our way of thanking them for cocking up in 1987
Graham Carr is now the recruiting agent for Newcastle Utd, a close confidant of Mike Ashley and the reason for Rafa Benitez 's unsettled position as manager. He played in a 4-0 defeat for Northampton at Turf Moor which I saw as a lad.