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Manchester City v Gillingham 2nd Division Play Off Final 1999 23 Years Today.
Often forgotten: Gillingham should have had a penalty at 2-2 in extra time. Richard Edghill, or maybe it was Whitley, caught their player as he was cutting in from the by-line. Ref let it go. Looked clear as day on the tv in the pub we were in after leaving at 0-2 down.
Bluemoon dan
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Often forgotten: Gillingham should have had a penalty at 2-2 in extra time. Richard Edghill, or maybe it was Whitley, caught their player as he was cutting in from the by-line. Ref let it go. Looked clear as day on the tv in the pub we were in after leaving at 0-2 down.
Ah but equally overlooked is we should have had a penalty inside the first minute of the match! Forgotten by everyone including me till I saw it this afternoon.
HelloCity
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Often forgotten: Gillingham should have had a penalty at 2-2 in extra time. Richard Edghill, or maybe it was Whitley, caught their player as he was cutting in from the by-line. Ref let it go. Looked clear as day on the tv in the pub we were in after leaving at 0-2 down.
We should have had a pen in the first minute for handball.
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23 years ago. Wow! Remember it as clear as a bell. The biggest roller coaster ride of a game for us ever and for me it beats 92:20. That day was about survival.
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at 92.20 i was still contemplating suicide. but i know what you mean mate
Went to bed after the rags had fluked their final on the wednesday night and had a dream about our upcoming game.
This is all true.
I dreamt i was in the tunnel end (which of course we were anyway) and Paul Dickov had a shot at that end,
the ball hit the right post (keepers left) went along the line, hit the opposite post and rebounded away.
Us lot from Heywood went down on the Virgin train saturday morning and stayed at Regent's Palace hotel for the weekend, while travelling down i told some of the lads about my dream.
A few of them said as long as we beat them it wont matter about dreams or predictions cos we'll all be too pissed.
Anyway the game was tense for a while then went horrific, just couldn't believe at 2-0 we'd be staying in that division for at least another 12 months, and my mind was drifting to all the rags i worked with who would be taking the piss when i got back to work.
While a few of our lot fucked off out, as they couldn't take the pressure the majority of us stayed in total disbelief, crestfallen.
Then bang, 1 back from Horlock. The fans become one screaming at the players to attack, and moments later it's in 2-2 total bedlam.
Didn't think the human soul could go so low then so high in such a short time period, but it had.
Then extra came and went, then a fucking penalty shoot out to decide if we have stay in the 3rd tier of English football or not.
Horlock scores 1st pen at our end the tunnel end.
Bang Weaver saves their 1st.
Next up Dickov........ WTF he's just hit the right post, the ball flies along the goal line hits the other post and rebounds out. And it's at the tunnel end, then as i was remembering my dream my mate taps me on the shoulder to inform me that i was a "fuckin freak".
Anyway it didn't matter about " Dickov's shot" because Weaver came up trumps, we'd won and we were promoted.
Party time in London
This is all true.
I dreamt i was in the tunnel end (which of course we were anyway) and Paul Dickov had a shot at that end,
the ball hit the right post (keepers left) went along the line, hit the opposite post and rebounded away.
Us lot from Heywood went down on the Virgin train saturday morning and stayed at Regent's Palace hotel for the weekend, while travelling down i told some of the lads about my dream.
A few of them said as long as we beat them it wont matter about dreams or predictions cos we'll all be too pissed.
Anyway the game was tense for a while then went horrific, just couldn't believe at 2-0 we'd be staying in that division for at least another 12 months, and my mind was drifting to all the rags i worked with who would be taking the piss when i got back to work.
While a few of our lot fucked off out, as they couldn't take the pressure the majority of us stayed in total disbelief, crestfallen.
Then bang, 1 back from Horlock. The fans become one screaming at the players to attack, and moments later it's in 2-2 total bedlam.
Didn't think the human soul could go so low then so high in such a short time period, but it had.
Then extra came and went, then a fucking penalty shoot out to decide if we have stay in the 3rd tier of English football or not.
Horlock scores 1st pen at our end the tunnel end.
Bang Weaver saves their 1st.
Next up Dickov........ WTF he's just hit the right post, the ball flies along the goal line hits the other post and rebounds out. And it's at the tunnel end, then as i was remembering my dream my mate taps me on the shoulder to inform me that i was a "fuckin freak".
Anyway it didn't matter about " Dickov's shot" because Weaver came up trumps, we'd won and we were promoted.
Party time in London
Can’t believe it was 23 years ago. Me and my dad had two tickets behind the net then my uncle managed to get us two more in what was the second tier at the old Wembley. Bit like what Club Wembley is now.
When he picked them up from the ticket office the guy said does your son like Oasis as you’ll be sat near Noel Gallagher. When my dad came home and told me I thought it was a load of rubbish so didn’t even take anything with my like a CD cover to get signed. Didn’t even take a camera and no camera phones in those days.
When we arrive Noel Gallagher is sat next to us with Goldie and Keith Allen and Kevin Kennedy to our left.
Was a surreal day. Especially witnessing Noel and his mates leave early then come running back in when we scored the second.
Anyway managed to get my ticket signed off Noel which I still have today.
When he picked them up from the ticket office the guy said does your son like Oasis as you’ll be sat near Noel Gallagher. When my dad came home and told me I thought it was a load of rubbish so didn’t even take anything with my like a CD cover to get signed. Didn’t even take a camera and no camera phones in those days.
When we arrive Noel Gallagher is sat next to us with Goldie and Keith Allen and Kevin Kennedy to our left.
Was a surreal day. Especially witnessing Noel and his mates leave early then come running back in when we scored the second.
Anyway managed to get my ticket signed off Noel which I still have today.
malg
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Rag.....Went to bed after the rags had fluked their final on the wednesday night and had a dream about our upcoming game.
This is all true.
I dreamt i was in the tunnel end (which of course we were anyway) and Paul Dickov had a shot at that end,
the ball hit the right post (keepers left) went along the line, hit the opposite post and rebounded away.
Us lot from Heywood went down on the Virgin train saturday morning and stayed at Regent's Palace hotel for the weekend, while travelling down i told some of the lads about my dream.
A few of them said as long as we beat them it wont matter about dreams or predictions cos we'll all be too pissed.
Anyway the game was tense for a while then went horrific, just couldn't believe at 2-0 we'd be staying in that division for at least another 12 months, and my mind was drifting to all the rags i worked with who would be taking the piss when i got back to work.
While a few of our lot fucked off out, as they couldn't take the pressure the majority of us stayed in total disbelief, crestfallen.
Then bang, 1 back from Horlock. The fans become one screaming at the players to attack, and moments later it's in 2-2 total bedlam.
Didn't think the human soul could go so low then so high in such a short time period, but it had.
Then extra came and went, then a fucking penalty shoot out to decide if we have stay in the 3rd tier of English football or not.
Horlock scores 1st pen at our end the tunnel end.
Bang Weaver saves their 1st.
Next up Dickov........ WTF he's just hit the right post, the ball flies along the goal line hits the other post and rebounds out. And it's at the tunnel end, then as i was remembering my dream my mate taps me on the shoulder to inform me that i was a "fuckin freak".
Anyway it didn't matter about " Dickov's shot" because Weaver came up trumps, we'd won and we were promoted.
Party time in London
HelloCity
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Not gonna lie, I reckon I went madder for the Dickov goal than Aguero. Just.