I was at MR for the first match, but could not go to the replay thank god. That first game was played on a quagmire iirc with tons of water on the pitch with players skating around.
Oh happy days.
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Games that brought you back to earth with a thump
- Thread starter Winchester
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Oh happy days.
At least 20 years of omnishambles is just one big blur to me now.Was it not the 4-1 home pasting with our one shot Huckerby’s Penalty -easy to mix up the shambolic defeats just as the Red Scum are finding out right now!
That match was a disgrace, Bright constantly running into Nixon. We were ahead 1 nil, Paul Lake until fairly near the end, the penalty at the sending off and Redmond in goal. losing 3-1 without a keeper with 10 men, seemed like a blip, but our purple patch following the 10-1 and some other big wins was now over and were fairly average after that with promotion chances ending after the Blackburn away, Stowell's debut.It’s weird the games that stick in your mind from your younger days but for me one of the most disappointing defeats I can remember was when Palace beat us 3 or 4 nil at Maine Rd in the mid 80s.
We’d been on a decent run and hauled ourselves into promotion contention but we were brutally exposed that day by Wright and Bright who tore us to shreds and we ended up with 10 men when Nixon was sent off. It was near Christmas if memory serves but even tho the season had a long way to go the manner of the defeat meant we knew we weren’t gonna be anywhere near good enough to go up.
m7mcfc
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As soon as I saw the team sheet against Lyon I thought what the fuck.Lyon for me in recent memory, wrongly thought it was done and then the Sterling miss and quickfire Dembele, I left that one stunned probably more so than Madrid last season as we all knew when that first one went in it was curtains (City after all)
We are getting beat I could not believe it. Pissed off before a ball was kicked wasn't the word.
Same applies for the champions league final. Love Pep but he has fucked about to much at times.
There is a Light
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this league game ?
Stockport County 3-1 Manchester City
and this
The oddest defeat to County was in the Keegan season at Edgeley. We were coasting to the title in spectacular style, seemingly unbeatable, while they were already relegated, rock bottom on about 15 points IIRC. 1-0 up fairly early on and with the goals we scored that season surely they were going to get a long overdue hammering, but no, two goals in the last five minutes and they still beat us, their fans on the pitch etc. Was hard to believe at the time (even in the days of typical City)
There is a Light
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1996 - Villa 0 City 1 thinking we’ve got a chance here, last game 2-0 down to Liverpool at HT and relegation
1998 - Going in front at Stoke on the last day, only to hear Port Vale and Pompey were out of sight at HT and we were effectively down regardless of the result.
1998 - Going in front at Stoke on the last day, only to hear Port Vale and Pompey were out of sight at HT and we were effectively down regardless of the result.
There is a Light
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United have a history of doing this to us. Ones that spring to mind:
3-1 up at MR, Colin Hendry, they score two in the last 10 mins (90?)
2-0 up at HT through two Quinn headers, lost 3-2, Keane’s winner at the Platt Lane end, absolutely unbearable (94?)
Owen’s 97th minute winner after the elation of our late equaliser
Van Persie last minute free kick when we were bouncing after pulling back a two goal deficit
The league was won in 2018, we should have been five up by half time, literally no-one saw their comeback coming
Hope we put five past the c nts in October!
3-1 up at MR, Colin Hendry, they score two in the last 10 mins (90?)
2-0 up at HT through two Quinn headers, lost 3-2, Keane’s winner at the Platt Lane end, absolutely unbearable (94?)
Owen’s 97th minute winner after the elation of our late equaliser
Van Persie last minute free kick when we were bouncing after pulling back a two goal deficit
The league was won in 2018, we should have been five up by half time, literally no-one saw their comeback coming
Hope we put five past the c nts in October!
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its a Barm
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our wonderful club has always been able to bring us down to earth, we are famous for it.
Iirc, the fixture list was crowded and we were playing 3 times a week at that point. I went to Wimbledon vs City at that time and we looked very tired. Huckerby was so tired he couldn’t stay onside at all. Pearce was sent off! Think it was a draw.The oddest defeat to County was in the Keegan season at Edgeley. We were coasting to the title in spectacular style, seemingly unbeatable, while they were already relegated, rock bottom on about 15 points IIRC. 1-0 up fairly early on and with the goals we scored that season surely they were going to get a long overdue hammering, but no, two goals in the last five minutes and they still beat us, their fans on the pitch etc. Was hard to believe at the time (even in the days of typical City)