Just Never Gets Old...

Bigga said:
From time to time, when I need a pick-me-up I'll search our title win against QPR thwarting the Scum.

And, every now and then, I'll see a new fan perspective.

I don't recall this one but it just makes me f'kin happy, anyway, to see Blues lovin' it!!

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Excellent
 
RiversideBlue said:
For anyone who says this is their favourite city game...it was fucking horrible until 93.20
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You need the lows before the highs, never quite felt the same since, gave my ST up a few years after when I saw us win it again under Pelligrini against West Ham.
Its a bit like climbing everest afterwards everything seems like a hill.
There were a couple of reasons for not going to matches but that was a pretty big part of it.
Outside of family its my greatest memory/day.
 
Last video on this as there's a true rabbit hole I almost went down!!

This American retells the story adding the brief context for the audience that are not us, who lived it. Truly, it plays like there could be a film made about it ("Jimmy Grimble 2: The Wonder Years" anyone...?)

No...

Okay... Worth a try!

So, I guess my serious question is (outside of football as it, hands down, beats any footballing story, for me, with the whole history behind it), where would you place our famous game in sporting events up against any? Try to be objective about it. For me, I can't think another on that scale!

Anyway, here's the vid. Enjoy!!

 
We broke them on that day.
Despite after winning 6-1 at theirs the officiating bias was off the chart with us winning despite refs and them because of it and we still beat them.

Ferdinand not being able to mention us in congratulating, calling us the other team.
One of their directors saying they finished joint top and not 2nd.
And the irony of Ferguson with these quotes:
“Five minutes injury time seemed a lot – I don't know the circumstances of it – but QPR played with 10 men. That was probably a killer Having to play with 10 men for such a long time.”
and
Now United boss Ferguson has called on the Premier League to ensure that final day matches finish at the same time in future.
"It's something I think the Premier League should look at because no team should be finishing after the other team," said Ferguson.
 
The best one is the one where stupid **** with his stupid **** Land Rover outside. He’s got a stupid **** Brum accent and he goes out thinking they’ve won like a stupid ****.

The stupid, stupid ****.
 
I forgot to say that it wasn’t just the manner of the comeback victory, but the whole circumstances of the outcome and its importance in the continuing - after the semifinal the previous season and the Sick Swan seven months earlier - of the shift of the balance of power in Greater Manchester football.

The rags had been dominant for so long, and delighted in reminding us at every opportunity of that, including that fucking banner, which Bobby had torn down, as he’d promised, the previous season.

To win the title in the way we did from any team would have been amazing, but to snatch it from the rags made it even more special, especially as they’d won their game, and were more or less celebrating on the pitch at the Stadium of Light.

The looks on the faces of the pisscan, camelgob and the rest will remain with me forever.
 
hilts said:
You need the lows before the highs, never quite felt the same since, gave my ST up a few years after when I saw us win it again under Pelligrini against West Ham.
Its a bit like climbing everest afterwards everything seems like a hill.
There were a couple of reasons for not going to matches but that was a pretty big part of it.
Outside of family its my greatest memory/day.
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Its my greatest day EVER
 
Vienna_70 said:
The looks on the faces of the pisscan, camelgob and the rest will remain with me forever.
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One of the many anecdotal memories from that day and then that moment was the MSM/national press pack reaction after Sergio had scored.

Sat (stood!) immediately in front of their section (ie pre tunnel club days), as I looked around me once the initial whip-crack of sound and shock and euphoria started to subside a little, every single one of them had a face like a smacked arse.

With just one exception. A big, beaming, laughing smiling face. Can you guess who?
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
I made an absolute arse of myself that game. Was working a late shift listening to the radio when Sterling scored I went bananas full on knee slides down the aisles and everything. Settled down from running about the gaff to see a couple of rag co-workers pissing themselves laughing saying its offside you silly ****
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I was there. Still can't talk about it.
 
jimharri said:
Agreed. One of the worst performances of the season. The occasion definitely seemed to have affected the team. Did any of them play to their individual potential throughout the game?
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We had been nervous in a few games up to that point too. Yaya was carrying the side and I have always said, had he stayed on we would have won comfortably that day. And I can say now, I'm glad he didn't.
 
1961_vintage said:
One of the many anecdotal memories from that day and then that moment was the MSM/national press pack reaction after Sergio had scored.

Sat (stood!) immediately in front of their section (ie pre tunnel club days), as I looked around me once the initial whip-crack of sound and shock and euphoria started to subside a little, every single one of them had a face like a smacked arse.

With just one exception. A big, beaming, laughing smiling face. Can you guess who?
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Fred Eyre ?
 
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