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Anyone else watch their game earlier? Fucking lucky to get a win at Forest!

Also pathetic away support! was only about 150 odd there tops!!

Forest looked the better team, but no end product. Their guy on the right wing looked handy.

Goalie had a bit of a rush of blood to the head for the penalty.

Some tough games coming up for City, still hopeful of seeing them in league 1 next season.

At one stage in the second half Forest had 70% possession, City also had a 2nd goal wrongly dis aloud late into the second half..

I'd rather go Coventry anyway, Bristol away days are shit.

They're great when we win.

The 2-1 when Henderson scored twice was a bloody great day out

Not as good as the 4-0 win at Trashton Gate in 91 when Hazard, White 2 and Shearer scored! now that was an awesome game!

Was at both matches....Henderson was brilliant in that 2-1 win.

I remember that 4-0. We were say in the front row of the grandstand (not the Dolman) with City fans right in front of us. That was quite fun.

The other amusing thing was phoning them up on the Monday after the game to buy a copy of the video :D

I was in the home end for that one with a mate. We kept quiet for the first two goals, but were rather vocal after that. Stayed in there the whole game but had to be escorted by stewards at the final whistle.

Enjoyed it, apart from everyone that took the train was herded at the station and the fuzz fucked around so much we didn't get to the ground until 30mins into the game... cunts.

It lifted the atmosphere when they all came in & realised we were winning though.

Win or lose I'm bored of them. Plus would it kill them to have one of the two train stations somewhere fucking near one of the two football teams?

Living in Bedminster now I no longer have that issue... But yes, I wholeheartedly agree.

It was fucking bollocks to be in there though, I was so pissed off I missed almost half the fucking game!

For me, I don't think any shitty away day could beat the 87 game when we denied them a playoff place as they missed a late penalty. Baking hot day, thousands of town fans on the open terrace & the shitty fans went mental at the final whistle. I think Lou and 'Gypsy' Dave Bamber got a slap during the pitch invasion at the end. Outside after the game was as close to a full scale riot as I've ever seen. I have a mate who supports them who says it still ranks high up on the list of the worst days of his life! :D

Remember the '87 game well. The Joe Jordan dive for the penalty...and the Gordon Owen miss, which he repeated in the FRT final at Wembley a few weeks later.

Yep i shat myself for that one...good job the fences were up then and the park outside was scary,very scary i am not to afraid to admit.

Remember it well, got in early sunbathing on the terrace then massive ruck in park out the back after game, coaches bricked, anyone would have thought we had upset them somehow!

 :D

The ironic thing in 87 was the Town fans singing Gillingham at the shitty fans, because us stopping them winning let the Pikeys into the play-offs.   Can't imagine the pikeys doing the same in reverse.

Then we played them in the league cup the following season, with Gordon Owen being sent off at the CG & us winning 3-0. City were 2 up very early in the second leg, and if I remember rightly they then missed another Pen (well Diggers saved it). We ended up losing 3-2 on the night but going through on aggregate.
We were sat in the Dolman stand that night, was a fairly decent ruck that night as well, although nowhere near as bad as the season before.

Denying them the play offs was classic. We had one hell of a mob that day but it was fuck all compared to what was waitng for us. I don't think Gordon Owen appreciated his name being sang by Town for a couple of seasons after.  I know people who had to have a police escort back to their car at 6 - it was still kicking off. The next season was good fun in the Cup as well as Posh has said. i got a job in Brizzle in 88 and on a casual wear day worse my Town shirt and it was great fun bneing called a cunt 100 times in Broadmead and the staff restaurant - absoltely loved it.
The 4-0 was bloody great as well - in the Brizzle end for that as didn't know it was all ticket for Town. A lot of town took a slap that day as there were loads of us in the Brizzle ends. Chlakie wound them up a treat as well.

The official gate for that game was about 19,000 I think but it had to be closer to 30,000.

I remember on the Friday night before that 4-0 game on HTV, City's Mark Aizelwood was interviewed alongside Chalkie on HTV News by Roger Malone. Aizelwood pronounced that City had Swindon's diamond system sussed. Chalkie had the last laugh and the Roger Malone baiting in the background as we were kept in the ground on the Post Match interview with Chalkie was legendary.

Looks like City might pull off the great escape with their win against Coventry

I'm sure you've seen these before, but if not...

1987 final game, including Dave Bamber slap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DneRGGBlDw

Both legs of the League Cup matches the following season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL7LimrW0pk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLsRIzusfZs

... and the 4-0 win in 1991:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqT9UPz4flg

Glad to hear of a fellow exile - I was born in Stratton but have been in Bristol since 78. I remember Cole bagging 2 for City before he moved (back?) to the Arseholes  (or was it Newcastle?). He was QUCK.