Happy York Away Day

John Wayne said:
Whilst it was the lowest point to which we have ever dropped in the football pyramid, it didn't feel like the lowest feeling ever at the time. This is because we had games in hand and were still unsure about how far we could ultimately drop. The lowest point psychologically, for me, was relegation at Stoke some seven months earlier.

Nevertheless, happy York away day. Big kudos to all those Blues who stuck by the team in dark times whilst our neighbours rubbed our noses in it. We never gave up.
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I was in a shoe shop in Ashton when York scored their first goal, went to most away games that season but didn’t get a ticket for that game. Bought a nice pair of Daisy’s as compensation. The fight back came against Wrexham on Boxing Day, I was there, seem to remember a stand had been demolished, “oh Terry Cooke” and Stoke after being 1-0 down at half time, think we were nearer mid table than play offs at the time but maybe wrong on that.

Gillingham that season was memorable, first game at home 12 of us took my mate’s Dad Ken (who I sat next to at Maine Road) to the game in corporate for his 70th birthday, he had the early signs of Alzheimer’s but despite a 0-0 draw we had a great day, Ken played for Stalybridge and one of the lads got Buzzer to crack on he’d seen him playing. Buzzer was walking past us, stopped in his tracks looked at Ken and said “Kenny Rodgers, I do t believe it, I saw you when you were Captain of Stalybridge” the smile on Ken’s face was brilliant. He lapsed into full blown Alzheimer’s shortly after that but it’s a memory we all cherish.

The next game against Gillingham we were on a golf holiday in Tenerife so watched on TV over there, then the big one at Wembley, so many stories about that game and Paul Dickov’s goal (and Super Kev’s) were so pivotal in our progression.
 
hammocity said:
I was in a shoe shop in Ashton when York scored their first goal, went to most away games that season but didn’t get a ticket for that game. Bought a nice pair of Daisy’s as compensation. The fight back came against Wrexham on Boxing Day, I was there, seem to remember a stand had been demolished, “oh Terry Cooke” and Stoke after being 1-0 down at half time, think we were nearer mid table than play offs at the time but maybe wrong on that.

Gillingham that season was memorable, first game at home 12 of us took my mate’s Dad Ken (who I sat next to at Maine Road) to the game in corporate for his 70th birthday, he had the early signs of Alzheimer’s but despite a 0-0 draw we had a great day, Ken played for Stalybridge and one of the lads got Buzzer to crack on he’d seen him playing. Buzzer was walking past us, stopped in his tracks looked at Ken and said “Kenny Rodgers, I do t believe it, I saw you when you were Captain of Stalybridge” the smile on Ken’s face was brilliant. He lapsed into full blown Alzheimer’s shortly after that but it’s a memory we all cherish.

The next game against Gillingham we were on a golf holiday in Tenerife so watched on TV over there, then the big one at Wembley, so many stories about that game and Paul Dickov’s goal (and Super Kev’s) were so pivotal in our progression.
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Ah, the lesser known I Wasn’t at York Away speech
 
It seems longer than 25 yrs ago.
But then again I liked a smoke back then, so smoking a big reefer on the terrace during that game probably blunted out the shambolic position we found ourselves in with that result.
I remember it getting messy in York later after the game. Some very pissed off blues that day
 
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