Champagne / Whiskey and Revolver Moments 2012-13

[24hoursfromtulsehill]

Liverpool at home. 95 and a half minutes played. Jose Baxter gets the ball on the halfway line and kicks it as far as he can. Goes out for a throw in with their left back.

 

That's when I thought ":censored:ing hell..... maybe, just maybe".

 

Done.

 

Plus I've added a catch-all "Baconbuttygate" option.

[Monty Burns]

Cant beleive so many people put a draw against a perpetual premier league middler, over when we beat the most succesful English european team.

[24hoursfromtulsehill]

Cant beleive so many people put a draw against a perpetual premier league middler, over when we beat the most succesful English european team.

 

Everton were then and are now better than Liverpool. More committed, less compromising, more skillful, more ruthless.

[Monty Burns]

Everton were then and are now better than Liverpool. More committed, less compromising, more skillful, more ruthless.

 

But we drew, then lost.

[bossrocks]

But we drew, then lost.

Its not the draw as such, its the specific moment i.e. Smith's equaliser.

 

If it was my favourite game of the season it'd undoubtedly be the Liverpool game - I imagine most are of a similar view.

[24hoursfromtulsehill]

But we drew, then lost.

 

This poll is all about the moment, not the long arc. We thought the chance had gone, and up pops the big man. Pick it out. All back to yours for a massive payday.

 

Besides, we would've won the replay if I'd have made it to Goodison, so anything that happened after the equaliser is technically the fault of Markoasis.

[Zorrro]

Cant beleive so many people put a draw against a perpetual premier league middler, over when we beat the most succesful English european team.

 

Champagne 'moment'. Plucky Oldham, haven't disgraced themselves against the Premier League big boys, no shame in losing to the odd goal, hold on, what the :censored:'s Bouzanis doing? YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yagetmeblud?

[Monty Burns]

Kind of, but not really! Must be a mindset thing.

[JonesyOAFC]

It's hard to split the Liverpool final whistle and the Everton equaliser. I think it's got to be Liverpool, because 1) We won and 2) I really, really, really dislike Liverpool, which made it even sweeter

 

Preston away was probably as low as I've felt as a Latics fan, I was absolutely convinced we were down after that.

 

Oh, and my favourite image of the season has to be this:

 

Edited April 26, 2013 by JonesyOAFC

[beag_teeets]

In a season of massive highs JYM's mazy run is my personal high point, it captured everything about Latics, the unlikely appearing so outlandish, then possible, then likely, then even more likely then ultimately ended in failure.

 

My biggest downer was the Carlisle home game, I really thought we were going down after that, no fight, no spirit, no bottle and no hope. How LJ turned it round after that I'd love to know.

 

So please add Carlisle at home to the revolver list.

[NewBlue]

Best moment of the season for me are the 7 minutes at Forest and then until the final whistle.

 

The atmosphere was incredible, we'd suffered a lot of disappointment up to then and after the 1st half shambles I didn't believe and then the 2nd half, the goals, the celebrations, the utter domination of a good top Championship team and the look on Forest fans and McLeish's face!

 

Being 3 goals up also gave us a bit of room aswell so it was a cruise until the final whistle unlike Liverpool and Everton.

 

 

This sums up the whole thing.

Edited April 26, 2013 by NewBlue

[Scapegoat]

Liverpool was undoubtedly for me the result of the season, but as it is the champagne 'Moment', then a last (last) gasp equalizer is hard to beat. Especially knowing that the £'s it generated were vital to the club.

[pukka]

I never in a million years thought we would beat liverpool. Even at 3-1 up. I wasnt nervous when they made it 3-2. I knew they would equalise anyway, probably win it.

 

When gerrard hit the bar I shouted "Oh f**k we might do this" - thats when the nerves went into overdrive.

 

Him hitting the bar, Champagne moment? Call the doctor for me moment.

Edited April 26, 2013 by pukka

[opinions4u]

I never in a million years thought we would beat liverpool. Even at 3-1 up. I wasnt nervous when they made it 3-2. I knew they would equalise anyway, probably win it.

 

When gerrard hit the bar I shouted "Oh f**k we might do this" - thats when the nerves went into overdrive.

 

Him hitting the bar, Champagne moment? Call the doctor for me moment.

 

The moment I believed! Good call.

[stargazer]

Voted for Baxter's penalty miss but. ......I would have picked the open goal Smith missed to equalise at the Rocky Road End , can't recall which of our 97 one goal home defeats it was.

[leeslover]

Best moment of the season for me are the 7 minutes at Forest and then until the final whistle.

 

The atmosphere was incredible, we'd suffered a lot of disappointment up to then and after the 1st half shambles I didn't believe and then the 2nd half, the goals, the celebrations, the utter domination of a good top Championship team and the look on Forest fans and McLeish's face!

 

Being 3 goals up also gave us a bit of room aswell so it was a cruise until the final whistle unlike Liverpool and Everton.

 

 

This sums up the whole thing.

I could watch that video all week. Just sent it to the FB of my Forest mate's wife, as I know he reads her page

[Delphlatic]

Best Matty Smith equaliser against Everton the atmosphere in the RRE that day was magic the celebrations after final whistle just want on and on for good twenty minutes

Worst second goal against Carlisle at home thought then we are down could not see goals in the team at all

KTF

[oafc-latics]

Best moment of the season for me are the 7 minutes at Forest and then until the final whistle.

 

The atmosphere was incredible, we'd suffered a lot of disappointment up to then and after the 1st half shambles I didn't believe and then the 2nd half, the goals, the celebrations, the utter domination of a good top Championship team and the look on Forest fans and McLeish's face!

 

Being 3 goals up also gave us a bit of room aswell so it was a cruise until the final whistle unlike Liverpool and Everton.

 

 

This sums up the whole thing.

 

i had the pleasure of sitting in the home end in that second half. best shout was ':censored:s sake mcleish, these are :censored:e and theyre making us look like county!' Can the option of 2000 Latics cheering the Forest goals on the big screen after full time be added?

 

personal favourite moment was smithy's everton equalizer. the whole place went mental and i've never celebrated a goal as much. on a whole though, the Liverpool game will take some beating for me.

Edited April 26, 2013 by oafc-latics

[Boys in Blue]

Dickovs sacking was my champagne moment! Was very worried that we might be stuck with him if we couldn't afford to sack him.

My WTF moment would be arriving to the ground, hearing Jose had signed a contract and hearing the length of it over the tannoy! Still amazes me! Think Corney hid something in Joses car and blackmailed him!

Baxters pen still makes me so angry...but without his goals we'd have been down so all is forgiven!

[GlossopLatic]

Smiths late header against Everton for sheer outright elation takes some beating.

 

I've never had a moment this season where I genuinely thought we were going down and it was time to get out the revolver Relegation was a threat to us on several occasions this season but its more to do with the fact that we shouldn't have been down there in the first place that was the annoying things as we under achieved in the league and over achieved in the FA Cup. I can't look at the sacking of Paul Dickov or his backroom staff as a good thing. It was perhaps a necessary evil but our problems didn't begin and end with the previous management regime, the playing squad as a collective group have to take some responsibility

 

Baxters penalty was very much a head in hands moment but even then I knew we could and probably would stay up.

Edited April 27, 2013 by GlossopLatic

[brierleys555]

dont forget bury away.

[rosa]

I never in a million years thought we would beat liverpool. Even at 3-1 up. I wasnt nervous when they made it 3-2. I knew they would equalise anyway, probably win it.

 

When gerrard hit the bar I shouted "Oh f**k we might do this" - thats when the nerves went into overdrive.

 

Him hitting the bar, Champagne moment? Call the doctor for me moment.

Oh I hear you. Spent the last 10 minutes desperately trying to convince myself that a draw would be the best result for us (cos, y'know, then we'd get a money-spinning replay at Anfield, whereas if we won we might get a crap draw in the 5th round....). Personally, the champagne moment was remembering in the pub afterwards that my cousin had posted on my BookFace timeline after the draw saying "It'll probably be our easiest game of the season". Out of the options relevant to anyone else, the anticipation when we got the free-kick at Forest, and being absolutely certain that Baxter was going to put us 3-1 up, and for once in our miserable lives not being disappointed...that was nice.

 

Favourite image of the season? There's an idea that probably deserves its own thread.

[disjointed]

Oh I hear you. Spent the last 10 minutes desperately trying to convince myself that a draw would be the best result for us (cos, y'know, then we'd get a money-spinning replay at Anfield, whereas if we won we might get a crap draw in the 5th round....). Personally, the champagne moment was remembering in the pub afterwards that my cousin had posted on my BookFace timeline after the draw saying "It'll probably be our easiest game of the season". Out of the options relevant to anyone else, the anticipation when we got the free-kick at Forest, and being absolutely certain that Baxter was going to put us 3-1 up, and for once in our miserable lives not being disappointed...that was nice.

 

Favourite image of the season? There's an idea that probably deserves its own thread.

That was kind of strange at Forest, never have I been so certain we were going to score, even when we get a penalty there is an element of doubt in my mind.

[leeslover]

That was kind of strange at Forest, never have I been so certain we were going to score, even when we get a penalty there is an element of doubt in my mind.

And it seems like everyone felt the same! Weird.

[rosa]

You had to see those 7 minutes at Forest to believe it. For that little spell we were just totally unplayable, everything our players did came off. When we got that free kick there was absolutely no way Baxter wasn't going to bury it, you could see exactly where he was going to hit it. It was an utter joy to watch.