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 9 year unbeaten league home run comes to an end. Real lose 0-1 to Sporting Gijon.

 Gijon's coach Manolo Preciado, will take great pleasure from this as he offered Mourinho out back in November....saying something like I don't like the Special One and will be telling him to his face.

 

My mate pointed this out to me a bit earlier that The Special One had never lost a home league game in his managerial career, to be fair that does rather substantiate his 'special' claims, thats a fucking incredible record.

He had lost one at home before today. But literally only one, at Porto against Beira-Mar. Two games in ten years isn't too bad I suppose.

guess who had a double on arsenal and madrid.

He didn't make it 10 years? What a loser.

I remember Sporting Gijon playing at the County Ground in a pre-season game, just after we had signed some bloke called Sam Parkin from Chelsea. He scored a penalty, and possibly the other goal in a 2-2 draw.

The other goalscorer was a young Royce Brownlie wasn't it?

cant imagine so. Brownlie came 4 years after Parkin.

No I think he's right.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~249710,00.html

 Best threadette, I've seen for a while, fuck me completely missed that, must have been out of the country or something.

Sam already pointed to a link but to make it obvious, he was here on trial but we didn't sign him that time. He came back a few yeas later and Wise signed him..

ahh good old royce. whats he up to these days, never forget this screamer against barnet

I stand very much corrected

I'm not 100% sure but i think a young David Villa played in that game.

It's possible he started at Gijon....how exciting I wonder if anyone can confirm

Wikipedia says yes. Dunno if he played against us though.

Yeah I've just checked and he did start his career at Gijon. It was him then.

Which is why I said he started his career at Gijon....tbf think I missed a comma.

should have read... it's possible, he started his career at Gijon

No Reg, I understood what you said. I didn't read your post before I wrote mine.

I've actually got some old photos of that game and I'm pretty sure it was him in one of them. Hence my first post in this thread. I just checked to see if he did play for Gijon. I will try and scan them and upload them.  :)

Ooh exciting....this could add to the list of WC winners who've played at the CG. It's quite a small list. A longer list is players who've appeared in a WC final and played at the CG.

Lorenzo?

Ardilles?

Bobby Moore?

Probably a few of the England team of 66......Jack Charlton did in the cup match v Leeds in 72.

nobby stiles played for Boro,I think,against us in the early 70's and also alan ball for Arsenal in 72

Hurst from West Ham?

Banks has deffo played here. Bobby Charlton played for Prestom here as player manager and scored the only goal.
We have also had someone who scored a goal in a World Cup Final but lost play here the year after the final I believe. Any guesses?

My guess would be Dick Nanninga....who along with Jan Jongbloed, played for JC Roda Kerkrade

Correct

That was a brilliant pre season friendly against Roda JC in 79 winning 4-1 against a team full of internationals and that included Chris Kamara hitting the clock at the Stratton Bank with a penalty!

Didn't Frank Leboeuf play in the Kevin Morris Memorial match?

Yes.

That's another one then :)

Ricky Villa played against us for Spurs in 79-80 got a world cup winners medal but didnt get on in the 78 final so probably can't count him!

Alan Ball, just after he signed for Arsenal ,and  he scored against us in the FA Cup