Those 2 Derbys after we came up in 89 were great there. The brightwell one and this one. Was bedlam in that away end both years. Still can't believe white missed the sitter at the end. Loads of city in the corner of the Stretford end. Being kept in and given Elon Wesley shit loads. Top days!!
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Those 2 Derbys after we came up in 89 were great there. The brightwell one and this one. Was bedlam in that away end both years. Still can't believe white missed the sitter at the end. Loads of city in the corner of the Stretford end. Being kept in and given Elon Wesley shit loads. Top days!!
gordondaviesmoustache
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I've been racking my brains and I don't believe we have. Funny that.Have we had a penalty there since?
moon
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Remember White missing a sitter that would have won it after Curle had scored
Pubteam Lomas
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My favourite player at the time.
He was so quick, it was unreal. I remember his debut at Coventry. He was up against Kevin Gallagher, who was meant to be rapid. The ball was played over the top and City fans presumed Gallagher would run on to it and score.
Curle saw it and absolutely ruined him for pace. £2.5m well spent.
He was so quick, it was unreal. I remember his debut at Coventry. He was up against Kevin Gallagher, who was meant to be rapid. The ball was played over the top and City fans presumed Gallagher would run on to it and score.
Curle saw it and absolutely ruined him for pace. £2.5m well spent.
gordondaviesmoustache
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White and Wayne Clarke both missed sitters towards the end of that game. I remember watching the game when I got home when White somehow fluffed his chance and after he missed it a City fan at the front of the Scoreboard End could clearly be seen to be mouthing "knob" at him!Those 2 Derbys after we came up in 89 were great there. The brightwell one and this one. Was bedlam in that away end both years. Still can't believe white missed the sitter at the end. Loads of city in the corner of the Stretford end. Being kept in and given Elon Wesley shit loads. Top days!!
White and Wayne Clarke both missed sitters towards the end of that game. I remember watching the game when I got home when White somehow fluffed his chance and after he missed it a City fan at the front of the Scoreboard End could clearly be seen to be mouthing "knob" at him!
You have a better memory than me son!! The White chance I had nightmares about until the 6 1. Don't remember the Clarke chance
Paul Lake's Left Knee
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Not another one of your tiresome and predictable "I met a z-list celebrity in Tenerife" anecdotes? :-(
Tenerife > Nottingham, therefore Pablo's anecdotes > GDM's
gordondaviesmoustache
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Ian Woan says "hi".Tenerife > Nottingham, therefore Pablo's anecdotes > GDM's
Paul Lake's Left Knee
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Ian Woan says "hi".
Come on mate, surely you've got a Steve Chettle story you can share, preferably one when he was pissed in your bar...
Scaring Europe to Death
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I've been racking my brains and I don't believe we have. Funny that.
White and Wayne Clarke both missed sitters towards the end of that game. I remember watching the game when I got home when White somehow fluffed his chance and after he missed it a City fan at the front of the Scoreboard End could clearly be seen to be mouthing "knob" at him!
I think the Wayne Clarke sitter was during the Brightwell "I just wellied it" 1-1 draw in 1990. That was the season when the attendance was higher for the Maine Road derby than the Old Trafford derby (although you're wasting your breath trying to get a rag to admit it).
White missed a sitter after the Curle equalizer, and so did Fitzroy Simpson.
This was the midweek after City had done United a huge favour by beating Leeds 4-0. United were 2 points ahead with two games in hand, but blew it big time
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gordondaviesmoustache
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Sorry mate, the Brightwell Derby is the one we'd digressed to!I think the Wayne Clarke sitter was during the Brightwell "I just wellied it" 1-1 draw in 1990.
Scaring Europe to Death
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Sorry mate, the Brightwell Derby is the one we'd digressed to!
No problem.
However, no discussion of the Curle penalty is complete without an honourary mention for Neil Pointon and his earlier red card.
gordondaviesmoustache
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He should replace Niall Quinn in the City Hall of Fame for that...err....50/50 tackle.No problem.
However, no discussion of the Curle penalty is complete without an honourary mention for Neil Pointon and his earlier red card.
moon
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You knew that red was coming for Pointon after family guy got off with a don't do that again warning for a bad tackle
Chris in London
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No wonder we call that place the swamp.I love that vid.
blue b4 the moon
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Can't think of another time I've cheered a sent off player as much as he left the pitch.You knew that red was coming for Pointon after family guy got off with a don't do that again warning for a bad tackle
baildon blue
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We seemed to be obsessed with buying defenders from Wimbledon in the late 80s,early 90s .
To be fair Keith Curle was a very good centre back .
It's just a shame we never got a decent partner for him .
The worst thing Peter Reid did was let Colin Hendry leave .
To be fair Keith Curle was a very good centre back .
It's just a shame we never got a decent partner for him .
The worst thing Peter Reid did was let Colin Hendry leave .
Blue Hefner
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Good player but remember him for 3 things
Carrying that lad back to half way line after scoring at the swamp
Head butting incident with Asprialla
Pointing to the fucking goal for Giggs to shoot
On your last point, I go against the grain. I'm 100% convinced he was pointing to Immel and saying 'watch the near post'. I've thought it from the day it happened, I can't believe he would invite Giggs to shoot knowing we had Immel in net
Bluesince1979
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Those 2 Derbys after we came up in 89 were great there. The brightwell one and this one. Was bedlam in that away end both years. Still can't believe white missed the sitter at the end. Loads of city in the corner of the Stretford end. Being kept in and given Elon Wesley shit loads. Top days!!
For the brightwell (I just wellied it) goal I'm in the united end, paddock behind the city dug out. As brightwell runs to the dug out the camera pans in my direction and there I am , a 16 year old lone blue celebrating.