URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
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URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
Hi,
This is a long shot but bare with me..
I have a very good friend who is a lifelong Clarets fan.
He skived work on Saturday 23rd April 1994 to travel to York to watch the 0-0 draw. As he was on a stag do that day he also wore a 1970s flared suit belonging to his now late dad as they were doing a worst dressed theme. At the end of the game there was a pitch invasion
In the next few days (guess) a picture appeared in a newspaper of the pitch invasion and in the main photo was an image of him with someone dressed as pink panther alongside him!!. His boss saw this comical photo and obviously wasn't best pleased.
Anyway, I'm on a mission to find this image for him which is a long shot. But if I do find it I know it would mean a lot to him.
I know this is a long shot but I'm sure there's someone out there who has kept newspapers from promotion seasons, or whose memory might be jogged by the comical site of someone in a flared suit and pink panther invading the pitch who might recall the paper to give me a better chance.
Anyway, any help or assistance appreciated
This is a long shot but bare with me..
I have a very good friend who is a lifelong Clarets fan.
He skived work on Saturday 23rd April 1994 to travel to York to watch the 0-0 draw. As he was on a stag do that day he also wore a 1970s flared suit belonging to his now late dad as they were doing a worst dressed theme. At the end of the game there was a pitch invasion
In the next few days (guess) a picture appeared in a newspaper of the pitch invasion and in the main photo was an image of him with someone dressed as pink panther alongside him!!. His boss saw this comical photo and obviously wasn't best pleased.
Anyway, I'm on a mission to find this image for him which is a long shot. But if I do find it I know it would mean a lot to him.
I know this is a long shot but I'm sure there's someone out there who has kept newspapers from promotion seasons, or whose memory might be jogged by the comical site of someone in a flared suit and pink panther invading the pitch who might recall the paper to give me a better chance.
Anyway, any help or assistance appreciated
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
We weren’t promoted at York in 1994. We won promotion on the play off final at Wembley against Stockport.
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
But it was a vital point (considering our away record that season) towards the play-offs. I was at the game but don't recall any pitch invasion. It was my birthday ,too, but that's got nothing to do with it.
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
Thanks, still useful info. Does anyone else remember a pitch invasion at this game? I know there was at the York v burnley in 1992 but this game didn't fit in with the rest of the info he gave me as it was a mid week game, whereas the stag do was a Saturday hence what he was wearing. He also doesn't recall any goals which leads to the 1994 gameSilkyskills1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:35 amBut it was a vital point (considering our away record that season) towards the play-offs. I was at the game but don't recall any pitch invasion. It was my birthday ,too, but that's got nothing to do with it.
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
Could you be confusing this with clinching promotion at York on 28th April 1992?
Bit of a write up here, it mentions fans in fancy dress
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/s ... s-burnley/
Bit of a write up here, it mentions fans in fancy dress
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/s ... s-burnley/
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
We Certainly drew 0....0 on the date you mentioned....could have been Some high jinks Going on with the group captured in fancy dress and subsequently the pictures made the Local news and papers maybe.
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
Thanks All, his recollection was it was the 1994 game due to there being no goals and it being a Saturday.
He also seems to think it had become a bit of a thing around that time when playing at York for there to be a pitch invasion because as I understand it the 92 game was when you clinched promotion and the 94 game was towards the end of the season where you ended up in the play-offs and being promoted.
He seemed to think in the few days after there was a newspaper article which might have been a season review and had the pitch invasion photos.
I don't even know which paper this might have been hence me trying my luck at anyone who might have an inkling or have papers kept from the eventual promotion season of 94
thanks
He also seems to think it had become a bit of a thing around that time when playing at York for there to be a pitch invasion because as I understand it the 92 game was when you clinched promotion and the 94 game was towards the end of the season where you ended up in the play-offs and being promoted.
He seemed to think in the few days after there was a newspaper article which might have been a season review and had the pitch invasion photos.
I don't even know which paper this might have been hence me trying my luck at anyone who might have an inkling or have papers kept from the eventual promotion season of 94
thanks
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
If anyone does have any clues/ideas/recollection or know of any source to find copies of the papers around that time please let me know, would greatly be appreciated. thanks
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Re: URGENT - Looking for help. York City v Clarets Saturday 23rd April 1994 0-0
No idea if this is correct or not but would think it would be the Burnley Express or Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Think you may be able see old copies at the central library? Would ring to check. Good luck.