York away

[Blue Feather]

Correct. I went with @Chappie in his car . I was back in boozer watching their 3rd go in via teletext.

Best place to be, absolutely pathetic showing and made me realise we were going to be in the 3rd tier the next season. Pissed down on the way in and my car aquaplaned on the way, thankfully all okay apart from having to go on and watch the game

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Not true. We finished 5 points behind 2nd placed Walsall

Apologies, you are correct, I meant had we not conceded in the last minute at Rovers and inexplicably lost to Wycombe at home the game before.
Thanks for the correction

 

[Chappie]

Apologies, you are correct, I meant had we not conceded in the last minute at Rovers and inexplicably lost to Wycombe at home the game before.
Thanks for the correction

He's spent his life ,correcting things.
Cant find his way home for love nor money after drink but can remember football trivia !!!.

 

[bluestevei]

I've now married a York girl and living here.
I've made friends with lots of York fans, therefore I'll definitely get a ticket for the next one.....

Fuck me, how far do you think we will get relegated when we get found guilty

 

[blue cigar]

I was there! Was on a business trip from Seoul, Korea where I lived at the time and took the train out to Reading from London. I believe it was 3-0, miserable night in the pissing rain. I loved every minute of it somehow!

Yes my bad, it was 3-0 but it was grim!

 

[BringBackSwales]

I've now married a York girl and living here.
I've made friends with lots of York fans, therefore I'll definitely get a ticket for the next one.....

Hopefully they’ll rebuild the 55k stadium for that one

 

[Lee the Blue]

Things I remember distinctly from that game

- Having left in anger when York scored their second, outside the ground hearing the tannoy announce "And the Shopacheck man of the match is...Bobby Mimms!" (ex-City of course)

- A copper blocking the road not allowing us to go to our car (15 yards away), and instead making us walk 10 mins all the way around to the other entry to the road from the other side

- Deciding that I would only go to Wrexham Away on Boxing Day as it was likely my only chance to see us play in Europe. We won 1-0 with Wiekens scoring in that one and it was effin freezing and an awful game. Little did we know we'd seen the bottom of the trough and would be on the rise from that point

 

[Lee the Blue]

It was horrible. 12 noon kick off on boxing day. Couldn't even have a full day/night session on xmas day for fear of being over the limit on the drive to the game, easy pickings for N Wales police who were having a xmas blitz at the time. Pissed it down, with rain driving into our standing section. I remember GarethTaylor somehow managing to hit the cross bar from one yard out. We were shit but it was the start of the turn around.

It was bloody freezing. Thankfully I wasnt driving - if Id had to I wouldnt have bothered as it was that cold.

 

[nmc]

I didn't go but I was there.....
I think Reading away at Elm park midweek should be a badge of honour, think it ended in a 4-0 loss, that was a long trip home

That was a miserable night. I remember it as 3:0 but can’t be sure.

 

[nmc]

Things I remember distinctly from that game

- Having left in anger when York scored their second, outside the ground hearing the tannoy announce "And the Shopacheck man of the match is...Bobby Mimms!" (ex-City of course)

- A copper blocking the road not allowing us to go to our car (15 yards away), and instead making us walk 10 mins all the way around to the other entry to the road from the other side

- Deciding that I would only go to Wrexham Away on Boxing Day as it was likely my only chance to see us play in Europe. We won 1-0 with Wiekens scoring in that one and it was effin freezing and an awful game. Little did we know we'd seen the bottom of the trough and would be on the rise from that point

I remember the Police being shitty after that game. Was in a foul mood, we’d been pushing for all three points when we conceded - so was in a right mood. Just walked through the police and trudged back to the station where the police had video cameras filming us. I too went to Wrexham on Boxing Day - got piss wet through and it was freezing. Remember Billy Duffy being on the pitch before the game, Terry Cooke played for Wrexham and we wasted a hatful of chances at our end including Taylor managing to hit the bar from virtually the goal line. We did scrape a win at Wrexham and things gradually got better. Happy days.

 

[The Colonel]

We did cherry pick this game as a good weekend away. That's the first time I'd seen our goal though as I'd gone for a piss behind the mound of earth that appeared to be the toilets. Seeing it now, the sudden surprised cheer rather than a build up of noise makes sense now.

 

[DelToro]

Thanks for posting. The handful of blues that weren't there will appreciate seeing what they missed!

Handful?

Latest estimates have 275000 blues in attendance.

 

[Buckshaw Blue]

Things I remember distinctly from that game

- Having left in anger when York scored their second, outside the ground hearing the tannoy announce "And the Shopacheck man of the match is...Bobby Mimms!" (ex-City of course)

- A copper blocking the road not allowing us to go to our car (15 yards away), and instead making us walk 10 mins all the way around to the other entry to the road from the other side

- Deciding that I would only go to Wrexham Away on Boxing Day as it was likely my only chance to see us play in Europe. We won 1-0 with Wiekens scoring in that one and it was effin freezing and an awful game. Little did we know we'd seen the bottom of the trough and would be on the rise from that point

Yep. That win at Wrexham was definitely the turning point.

 

[Bay Area Blue 93]

That was a miserable night. I remember it as 3:0 but can’t be sure.

Precisely. We were wearing those bumblebee yellow and black striped kits. Beagrie started that night. That's about all I remember.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I was in York today for the cricket and had a quick search for anything remotely resembling the remains of Bootham Crescent

I'm not sure if they're leaving any kind of physical monument but it was a bit strange returning for the first time in 27 years to a place that means so much for a certain demographic of City supporters.

And yes, I was there.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

A few more

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

YES MY FRIEND! I've been saying this for years. Defeat at York left us in our worst ever league position - we weren't at our worst when tickets were bought and people set off to watch it.

The week after, we were in our lowest league position ever and people STILL decided to go to Wrexham.

I thought we played better at York than we did at Wrexham but were unlucky. The comeback really started in the second half at home to Stoke.

 

[bluemurray]

That was a fine way to celebrate my 32nd birthday... NOT! I was alone in not attending that particular edition of City's inherent capacity for self-destruction in those now far-off days. I miss much about the old days of following City but not days like this one!

 

[york away to this!]

I almost wandered down the road last season to see them at Alty...

 

[warpig]

Attending Wrexham away, the game after York, on Boxing Day, with no public transport, pissing down with rain, in shithole city where to locals wanted to
fight you, should be the historic game.

Not a lovely city like York, with famously great pubs, easy to get to, friendly locals, and a chance to have a good away day in the build up to Christmas.

I missed York away but went to the Wrexham away game on the Boxing day. I can remember Wiekens scoring off a corner. Not much else apart from a load of city fans standing on a rickety balcony of a pub over looking the pitch. If memory serves, we won 1 nil (??)