Leaving the game early

cleavers said:
Losing 0-4 v Charlton at home in 2000, had to meet my daughter and wife the other side of the stadium, that was an awful performance, Huckerby scored a late penalty, but outside I just assumed it was another Charlton goal, the way we'd played.
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I might be wrong, but wasn't that an away game we shown on the big screen at Maine road? I was at that match. It was the game where Alfie Haaland paid for the City fans fuel on the way home when at a petrol station because he was embarrassed for the teams performance.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
I might be wrong, but wasn't that an away game we shown on the big screen at Maine road? I was at that match. It was the game where Alfie Haaland paid for the City fans fuel on the way home when at a petrol station because he was embarrassed for the teams performance.
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Can’t think of any reason why they’d show an away game at Charlton at Maine Road. I’ve certainly no memory of it anyway.

They did of course show a Millwall away game at the ground when no away tickets were sold.
 
Leeds away in 2002, first game back in the Prem under Keegan. Knew who a guy who worked for a company that had season tickets in the main stand at Elland Road, so 4 of us went undercover.

Anyway, we went 3-0 down with about 10 minutes to go (Robbie Keane, who else) so we decided to make a sharp exit to miss the traffic as we were never getting back into it and was parked near the motorway from memory. I was back home in Stockport quicker than some homes games at the time
 
V Stockport in 1997 at Edgeley Park.

We were 3-0 down at HT. A new low for City so we left at HT. Walked to the pub and the City coach was there idling away to keep it warm for the useless players so someone may have switched the emergency stop switch and went back to the Robert Peel.
 
Stephen230 said:
Can’t think of any reason why they’d show an away game at Charlton at Maine Road. I’ve certainly no memory of it anyway.

They did of course show a Millwall away game at the ground when no away tickets were sold.
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Like I said, I might be wrong..but for some reason Charlton at home on big screen is in my head. Possible first game of the season..
 
Originals said:
They beat us home and away 4-0/4-1 that season, Dunne slammed a clearance off one of their players on the half way line and it lobbed Weaver
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I might be gangster tripping but I was sure we had a game on big screen against them..but I took so many diddlys around that time I don't think I'd remember winning the lottery! :)
 
cleavers said:
No it was a home game, I wouldnt travel a 340 mile round trip to watch a match on a screen. 30th December 2000, we also lost 4-0 at The Valley on the opening day.
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I think we've now come to the conclusion I was E'd up out of my skull and didn't know what day it was back then.
 
Originals said:
They beat us home and away 4-0/4-1 that season, Dunne slammed a clearance off one of their players on the half way line and it lobbed Weaver
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Group of us genuinely burst out laughing when that happened. If you didnt laugh you would of cried.
 
Not getting thumped but I remember back in the day a group of us used to go to matches together.
One night City were playing a ECWC home tie against some low level foreign team.
As the game approached the final minutes and the match was at 1-1 one of the lads slipped off for a bit of R&R with a lady his wife knew nothing about.
Shortly after he’d gone Peter Barnes turned on overdrive and City scored two very late goals.
I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he got home and his Mrs asked him what the score was!
 
Left away to Boro at 6-0 down mainly due to the fans around and police both acting up wanting trouble.
 
Been going every week since 2003 and think the only time I've ever left early was when we got battered 3-0 by, I think, Leicester? I think it was in the first season at the CoMS. Just remember them going 3-0 up with about ten minutes left and me and my mum thinking "Sod this" before giving up and going home. Remains the only time we've ever left early in circumstances like that. Had to leave another game early in 2012, the 1-0 win over Swansea, because I had a gig to get to straight after the match. Typically there ended up being 12 mins added on because Micah Richards fucked his knee up (again). We lasted til about the 95th minute and had to dash.
 
youngbob said:
Been going every week since 2003 and think the only time I've ever left early was when we got battered 3-0 by, I think, Leicester? I think it was in the first season at the CoMS. Just remember them going 3-0 up with about ten minutes left and me and my mum thinking "Sod this" before giving up and going home. Remains the only time we've ever left early in circumstances like that. Had to leave another game early in 2012, the 1-0 win over Swansea, because I had a gig to get to straight after the match. Typically there ended up being 12 mins added on because Micah Richards fucked his knee up (again). We lasted til about the 95th minute and had to dash.
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Worn was down for 10 minutes after letting in the only goal.
 
Corky said:
Worn was down for 10 minutes after letting in the only goal.
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Well remembered. Was for Vorm and Richards. Had forgotten it was the longest game in PL history at the time as well.

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youngbob said:
Been going every week since 2003 and think the only time I've ever left early was when we got battered 3-0 by, I think, Leicester? I think it was in the first season at the CoMS. Just remember them going 3-0 up with about ten minutes left and me and my mum thinking "Sod this" before giving up and going home. Remains the only time we've ever left early in circumstances like that. Had to leave another game early in 2012, the 1-0 win over Swansea, because I had a gig to get to straight after the match. Typically there ended up being 12 mins added on because Micah Richards fucked his knee up (again). We lasted til about the 95th minute and had to dash.
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Didn’t Dickov do his knee slide celebration in front of our fans after he inevitably scored?

Keegan finally gave Berokvic a game too.
 
MCFC Wirral said:
Didn’t Dickov do his knee slide celebration in front of our fans after he inevitably scored?

Keegan finally gave Berokvic a game too.
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Think you're right. It was this game. Got my timings a bit wrong because we definitely didn't leave after 60 mins but think we lasted til about the 80th min and left early.

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