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Title: 20 years ago today......
Post by: WestYorksRed on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 13:46:10
.....we went to Old Trafford in the League Cup. Massive piss up, great night out. 20 minutes of YouTube clips below, Thorne scores at 11.30 in. Best I've seen us play for months, pity we can't get back in the tardis.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kPm0eWaOYM


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 14:05:54
That Appleton that played for them . . It's not, it couldn't be.

Could it?


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: tans on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 14:06:21
Yes it is


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 14:11:56
Aaaaaaargh!


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Jimmy Glass is an Alien on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 14:19:36
We're well overdue a game away at one of the big boys, shame we have to navigate 2 rounds of the FA Cup to even be in with a chance


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: DarloSTFC84 on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 15:47:53
We're well overdue a game away at one of the big boys, shame we have to navigate 2 rounds of the FA Cup to even be in with a chance

We have an away game at the big boys...

.....Eastleigh.


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: woolster on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 16:30:01
I was there that night, Poborský was a thorn


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: THE FLASH on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 19:55:17
It's someone like Mark Walters signing that makes me lament.

Never see that again I doubt.


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: suttonred on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 20:20:09
It's someone like Mark Walters signing that makes me lament.

Never see that again I doubt.

And Ndah from the same period. 1/2 million on a punt.


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Batch on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 21:32:40
Quote from: THE FLASH
It's someone like Mark Walters signing that makes me lament.

Never see that again I doubt.

dude, he's 52..


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: 4D on Monday, October 24, 2016, 07:47:06
8500 away fans :)  My brother in law got a ticket in the home end  ;D


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, October 24, 2016, 08:54:22
It's someone like Mark Walters signing that makes me lament.

Never see that again I doubt.

Walters kind of represents the dilemma we now find ourselves in....we would spunk money, we didn't have in the vague notion that it would be alright in the future.....bit like how the economy is run.  However, as we know, it's a knife edge, when the creditors called, the recklessness of spending money we didn't have fully hit home.

So Power is exactly right to try and run the club according to its means, but as we're now finding that brings its own problems. 

You'd like to think we could sustain Div 3 football, but it's not a given.....last time we went down, there was a competitive budget, some name players and one of the few managers with 1000 league games in charge.


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Tails on Monday, October 24, 2016, 09:01:17
I remember I got made fun of at school after this as every kid there was a Man United 'fan'. I suppose at least I could say I'd been to Old Trafford more than they ever would... But my strong dislike for United started then.


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Berniman on Monday, October 24, 2016, 09:04:20
Poborsky was the stand out player that night, and Scholes if I remember right..


Title: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Batch on Monday, October 24, 2016, 09:12:13
scholes played striker then. we were pinned back for quite some time in the second half. mcclairs last united game iirc, his legs had gone.

remember the cars streaming back from birdlip towards Swindon at 1am or whatever time it was.

I'd love another one of those days


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: horlock07 on Monday, October 24, 2016, 09:51:12
Nice to see Frédéric Darras and his mullet.

I could have sworn that Thorne's goal was a header, probably been disallowed for a high foot these days!


Title: Re: 20 years ago today......
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, October 24, 2016, 10:08:05
Nice to see Frédéric Darras and his mullet.

I could have sworn that Thorne's goal was a header, probably been disallowed for a high foot these days!
Thursday marks the 6th anniversary of Freddie Darras's passing RIP.