Skashion
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I certainly don't remember 45,000 Gillingham fans. Given the attendance was 76,000 that day and Wembley only held 80,000, that would mean they had a big majority and I remember it a bit differently.Mrs Merton said:
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Play off final 99
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stonerblue
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think i have it somewhere. Will have a look this week
Didsbury Dave
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You're right, Paul. Those five minutes were the most intense moments of my football life and I dont think they will ever be surpassed. Not because of what happened, but because of their context. City always blew it on the big occasion. United always Rose to it as they had done that week. Our club had fallen so low, sopaulchapo said:Thanks Mrs Merton.
Those 5 minutes probably captured every emotion and summed up what being a city fan is all about.I floated on a high for weeks afterwards.
If ever there is a God he felt sorry for us that day and took pity.We had suffered enough.
Unbelievably low, and we thought we had turned the corner. those gills goals were knives in the heart of our dwindling faith, and dickovs goal was faith reborn.
It was powerful stuff and I will never forget it. Noone who wasn't a long serving and committed blue in 99 will ever truly understand what it meant.
i8rags
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The greatest emotion I have ever endured, from dismay to ecstasy in the kick of a ball.
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I was actually referring to Paul's description of the emotions we all went through during those few short minutes - but if my post has provided you with a little bit of unintended pleasure far be it for me to deny you that!Skashion said:I certainly don't remember 45,000 Gillingham fans. Given the attendance was 76,000 that day and Wembley only held 80,000, that would mean they had a big majority and I remember it a bit differently.Mrs Merton said:BRILLIANT (TOTALLY ACCURATE) POST!
Skashion said:I certainly don't remember 45,000 Gillingham fans. Given the attendance was 76,000 that day and Wembley only held 80,000, that would mean they had a big majority and I remember it a bit differently.Mrs Merton said:BRILLIANT (TOTALLY ACCURATE) POST!
I had to laugh at this.I am not a historian just a fan describing the emotion of that day.It is funny how some poeople always look for a negative in posts rather than the positive.
As Mrs Merton says she found my post summed up for with accuracy the emotion felt that day and i am pleased it touched a common cord with her.
Now for accuracy....you are right[almost] the attendance was 76,935.
I am slightly suprised as i am sure City got 45,000 tickets.I remember there was some disharmony as we rightly said we should get a bigger allocation as our average attendance was much higher,but it was refused as it would be deemed an unfair advantage.I think once both clubs had sold their allocation some extra tickets WERE given to City after an appeal but i may be wrong on that.
The point i was making in my post was a small club we should be tonking and got 8-10 thousand fans tops had suddenly found another 30 thousand or so 'fans' from somewhere and were taking great delight in rubbing our noses in the dirt,which somehow woke the City fans from their misery and we rallied.
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City got about 4000 more tickets than Gillingham, if I remember rightly. And the central/neutral block was all City. Off the top of my head, 40,000 city, 35,000 Gills would be about right.
BoyBlue_1985
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Bloody hell i have gone all teary eyed and have to watch ot again now!!!!
pb1951
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It cost me £1500 for a second division match play off
Me and my two lads drove down from Scotland without tickets stayed two nights bought tickets outside the ground (all different areas) I came out before we scored walking back to car park on hearing the second cheer ran back into the ground in time for extra time and penalties later found out that my lads had cept the faith and did not leave early.
Fantastic experience and worth every penny
Me and my two lads drove down from Scotland without tickets stayed two nights bought tickets outside the ground (all different areas) I came out before we scored walking back to car park on hearing the second cheer ran back into the ground in time for extra time and penalties later found out that my lads had cept the faith and did not leave early.
Fantastic experience and worth every penny
Probably about right Didsbury Dave.
I remember being hacked off as i work away and they put the tickets on sale at the ticket office.There was no way i could get there to queue....i tried ringing hundreds of times but it was always engaged.So we sold out.No problem i thought,no way are Gillingham going to sell 35000 tickets when they only get 8000-10000 tops... i will buy one for their end,i was in Kent working at the time....they sold out too.
Luckily at the last minute Sue Wallace from King of the Kippax rang to say she had a spare....the day was saved!
Probably the reason that day was so special to City fans,besides the importance to our club's survival at the time,was the sheer range of emotions undergone in probably 40 minutes.Everything that being a City fan is all about was captured in that short time scale.
I remember being hacked off as i work away and they put the tickets on sale at the ticket office.There was no way i could get there to queue....i tried ringing hundreds of times but it was always engaged.So we sold out.No problem i thought,no way are Gillingham going to sell 35000 tickets when they only get 8000-10000 tops... i will buy one for their end,i was in Kent working at the time....they sold out too.
Luckily at the last minute Sue Wallace from King of the Kippax rang to say she had a spare....the day was saved!
Probably the reason that day was so special to City fans,besides the importance to our club's survival at the time,was the sheer range of emotions undergone in probably 40 minutes.Everything that being a City fan is all about was captured in that short time scale.