jrp1991 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Random memories from a good few years ago United at home in a friendly - I think Wayne Harrison scored - now there was a player Blackburn at home - match switched from Ewood Park - we got battered and Noel Brotherston had a blinder Stoke away in the FA Cup - abandoned due to snowstorm - I think we were losing when it was abandoned but won the replay - didn't go to this one but it was on the telly when being on the telly was a rare thing Not been this season yet as I live in the IOM - still, I've got my memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 "Blackburn at home - match switched from Ewood Park - we got battered and Noel Brotherston had a blinder" shudder... the thought of that bald 'ead ripping down the wing everytime we played em is burned in my mind forever. he always looked in his fifties that bloke... i'm feeling cold now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAV Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Random memories from a good few years ago United at home in a friendly - I think Wayne Harrison scored - now there was a player Blackburn at home - match switched from Ewood Park - we got battered and Noel Brotherston had a blinder Stoke away in the FA Cup - abandoned due to snowstorm - I think we were losing when it was abandoned but won the replay - didn't go to this one but it was on the telly when being on the telly was a rare thing Not been this season yet as I live in the IOM - still, I've got my memories Stoke was 1979, we were 2-0 down at ht, abandoned then we go and nick the replay 1-0 - typical Latics! (the 2-0 abandoned game was on not long back on Teh big Match replayed on ITV4 - Stoke manager was spewing, Frizz was well pleased at the game being called off!) Funniest abandonment memory was not involving Latics it was City v Leicester in Jan '95, City were struggling but went 3-0 up on a saturated pitch, the match was abandoned and LEicester won the re-arranged game 1-0! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMAX Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 United at home was around 81, remember I had my "Flicker" haircut then, Strachan got a lot of stick from the Chaddy but had a good laugh about it. Remember Brotherstone (RIP) getting a similiar amount of stick "Slap his head,Slap his head..." and he absolutely ran us ragged in the days when we rarely lost at home. Bogey team Blackburn won 3-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfOAFC Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 4-0 v Ipswich (?) Tuesday night, Palmer broke the record (?). So cold I poured Bovril over my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 So cold I poured Bovril over my hands. That line should have been in the four Yorkshiremen sketch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Random memories from a good few years ago United at home in a friendly - I think Wayne Harrison scored - now there was a player Blackburn at home - match switched from Ewood Park - we got battered and Noel Brotherston had a blinder Stoke away in the FA Cup - abandoned due to snowstorm - I think we were losing when it was abandoned but won the replay - didn't go to this one but it was on the telly when being on the telly was a rare thing Not been this season yet as I live in the IOM - still, I've got my memories Was that Blackburn game about 1977? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martjs Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 4-0 v Ipswich (?) Tuesday night, Palmer broke the record (?). So cold I poured Bovril over my hands. That was in April (4th I think), which is supposed to be spring not winter. Lol. I was sat in Ford Stand for the Blackburn defeat with all the B*st**d Rovers fans. We had season tickets with seats near the away fans... My mate's uncle's idea... Doh. Every home match was interesting, especially when Newcastle came to BP (no wonder I hate the Geordie t**ts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfOAFC Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 That line should have been in the four Yorkshiremen sketch... ??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp1991 Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Blackburn match was on Boxing Day 1981 - we were going really well with some good youngsters (Ryan, Atkinson, Heaton & McDonough) but got done and never really recovered - crowd was over 15,000 I think the United match was in 1984/5 but could be wrong Stoke match was 1979 (Alan Young's best season - he left to go to Leicester on freedom of contract? - also Stainrod arrived) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otid Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Stoke was 1979, we were 2-0 down at ht, abandoned then we go and nick the replay 1-0 - typical Latics! (the 2-0 abandoned game was on not long back on Teh big Match replayed on ITV4 - Stoke manager was spewing, Frizz was well pleased at the game being called off!) Funniest abandonment memory was not involving Latics it was City v Leicester in Jan '95, City were struggling but went 3-0 up on a saturated pitch, the match was abandoned and LEicester won the re-arranged game 1-0! Playing for Manchester City in an FA Cup fourth-round tie at Luton in 1961, Dennis Law scored six times as City raced into a 6-2 lead, only for the match to be abandoned. The Kenilworth Road pitch "first resembled a beach with the tide just out, then [there was] deep mud, then a shallow lake," according to one report of the game. "It's not every day that you score six goals," recalled Law. "I never did it again - the most I managed in a game that counted was four, which I got a couple of times. But then the heavens opened. Obviously it wasn't meant to be. The funny thing was when we went for the replay on the Wednesday the pitch was in a worse state than it ever was on Saturday." As the law of Sod dictates, Law still scored in the second match, only for City to slump to a 3-1 defeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 ??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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