Wheelsy
Well-Known Member
You could tell in the stands that it was going to be a disaster...
Not the best game ever, not the worst, but the most "City"..
- Thread starter EalingBlue2
- Start date
You could tell in the stands that it was going to be a disaster...
blue b4 the moon
Well-Known Member
Wheelsy said:
You could tell in the stands that it was going to be a disaster...
That was agood one until the Dippers copied us.
My vote goes to [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygH64XfkL4[/youtube]
Pure City at our best, 2 down against a struggling team when we lose Dibble, I'm sure we also missed a pen in the second half. Then to get in front and you can see by our third just how bad Walsall were and still throw it away.
macca-mcfc-flc
Well-Known Member
Bournemouth at home last home game off the season in 89,3 nil up at half time,they get a pen in the 95min to make it 3-3.
Luckly we drew at Bradford the next week to go up.
Luckly we drew at Bradford the next week to go up.
Robinho Cant Dance
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 25 Apr 2009
- Messages
- 45
Not sure of the exact date, but I think it was the last game of the 04/05 season and we hosted Middlesbrough. We needed a win to ensure European Qualification with Middlesbrough 3 points above us but a goal behind.
Game is petering out to a 1-1 draw, then Pearce brings on Nicky Weaver for David James, then sticks James upfront. Watching James run about, diving for headers, trying a volley and bringing 2/3 defenders down with the kick... unbelievable haha. Of course we get a penalty in the dying seconds for Robbie Fowler to miss and we finish below Middlesbrough.
Still, one of the funniest games I've witnessed at City.
Game is petering out to a 1-1 draw, then Pearce brings on Nicky Weaver for David James, then sticks James upfront. Watching James run about, diving for headers, trying a volley and bringing 2/3 defenders down with the kick... unbelievable haha. Of course we get a penalty in the dying seconds for Robbie Fowler to miss and we finish below Middlesbrough.
Still, one of the funniest games I've witnessed at City.
ono
Well-Known Member
David James playing upfront for the last 10 against Boro, and us missing out on europe because of a missed 90th minute penalty.
and
The Bolton home match about 5 or 6 years ago. We hit the woodwork 6 times, but lost 1-0 to a 90th minute Gary Speed penalty.
and
The Bolton home match about 5 or 6 years ago. We hit the woodwork 6 times, but lost 1-0 to a 90th minute Gary Speed penalty.
Prestwich_Blue
Well-Known Member
Hughes last game - the 4-3 against Sunderland was a "typical City" game for me. My lad was swearing his head off one moment then jumping up and down when we scored the next.
Also the Middlesbrough game for the UEFA Cup spot and Fowler's penalty. Talk about every possible emotion in the space of 90 seconds.
Also the Middlesbrough game for the UEFA Cup spot and Fowler's penalty. Talk about every possible emotion in the space of 90 seconds.
DD
Well-Known Member
The end of the 88-89 season has never known anything more "pure City".
Seven or eight games to go. We go to Walsall second in the league whilst they haven't won in 20 odd games and are rock bottom. We go 2-0 down then have Andy Dibble taken off. Nigel Gleghorn goes in goal and within the space of four minutes we have gone 3-2 up and then miss a penalty. With a couple of minutes left a ridiculous back pass from David Oldfield and it's a 3-3 draw.
Four games to go. Away to Oxford and a disastrous run had seen us throw almost certain promotion away and 2-0 down at half time, and it could have been more, and only the most optimistic saw anything bar the Play-Offs. In the second half we came out and blitzed them. 4-2. We're going up!
Three games to go. A win against Palace will see us nine points ahead of them with only three games left for them to play. We're winning 1-0, then Andy Dibble gets injured and Nigel Gleghorn goes in goals again. Palace hump us in the second half but we get away with a 1-1 draw.
Two games to go. If City better Palace's result we go up. By half time, Palace are 1-0 down and City are 3-0 up. The beach ball was flying around, it was party central. No-one bothered to tell us that Palace were winning by now as the party continued with cheers for Bournemouth's first goal and even a few for their second. In the last seconds, Leicester equalised against Palace meaning our win would take us up. However, in the 97th minute Andy Hinchcliffe brought down Luther Blissett, who banged in the penalty and it was 3-3. I've never felt so devastated. Even though we only needed a point from the last game (perhaps not even that), people were just sat on the Kippax crying buckets. The only consolation is that if Palace hadn't conceded at the death also, we'd have needed to win at Bradford.
Last game. Palace had won 1-0 in midweek against Stoke, meaning it would go down to the wire. If City won or drew, we were up. If we lost 1-0, Palace had to win 5-0 to overtake us. Their game was delayed for fifteen minutes due to crowd congestion and by the half hour mark in our game, we were 1-0 down and at the same time, fifteen minutes into their game, they were 4-0 up. How bloody typical City was all this! Despite battering them throughout the second half, with three minutes to go in our game, the scores were both the same, although rumours were flying about that it was 5-0 at Palace, and someone ran on the pitch to tell Paul Lake so. However, all ended well as Trevor Morley popped up to score and after about five agonising minutes of stoppage time, we'd got the draw we needed. As it happens, Palace, stung by the news of our equaliser, only won 4-1, but who knows whether or not that would have been the case if they had heard we had lost.
There will never be another set of games that summed up the phrase "typical City" more! :)
Seven or eight games to go. We go to Walsall second in the league whilst they haven't won in 20 odd games and are rock bottom. We go 2-0 down then have Andy Dibble taken off. Nigel Gleghorn goes in goal and within the space of four minutes we have gone 3-2 up and then miss a penalty. With a couple of minutes left a ridiculous back pass from David Oldfield and it's a 3-3 draw.
Four games to go. Away to Oxford and a disastrous run had seen us throw almost certain promotion away and 2-0 down at half time, and it could have been more, and only the most optimistic saw anything bar the Play-Offs. In the second half we came out and blitzed them. 4-2. We're going up!
Three games to go. A win against Palace will see us nine points ahead of them with only three games left for them to play. We're winning 1-0, then Andy Dibble gets injured and Nigel Gleghorn goes in goals again. Palace hump us in the second half but we get away with a 1-1 draw.
Two games to go. If City better Palace's result we go up. By half time, Palace are 1-0 down and City are 3-0 up. The beach ball was flying around, it was party central. No-one bothered to tell us that Palace were winning by now as the party continued with cheers for Bournemouth's first goal and even a few for their second. In the last seconds, Leicester equalised against Palace meaning our win would take us up. However, in the 97th minute Andy Hinchcliffe brought down Luther Blissett, who banged in the penalty and it was 3-3. I've never felt so devastated. Even though we only needed a point from the last game (perhaps not even that), people were just sat on the Kippax crying buckets. The only consolation is that if Palace hadn't conceded at the death also, we'd have needed to win at Bradford.
Last game. Palace had won 1-0 in midweek against Stoke, meaning it would go down to the wire. If City won or drew, we were up. If we lost 1-0, Palace had to win 5-0 to overtake us. Their game was delayed for fifteen minutes due to crowd congestion and by the half hour mark in our game, we were 1-0 down and at the same time, fifteen minutes into their game, they were 4-0 up. How bloody typical City was all this! Despite battering them throughout the second half, with three minutes to go in our game, the scores were both the same, although rumours were flying about that it was 5-0 at Palace, and someone ran on the pitch to tell Paul Lake so. However, all ended well as Trevor Morley popped up to score and after about five agonising minutes of stoppage time, we'd got the draw we needed. As it happens, Palace, stung by the news of our equaliser, only won 4-1, but who knows whether or not that would have been the case if they had heard we had lost.
There will never be another set of games that summed up the phrase "typical City" more! :)