Great Moments

[Jimmy Quinn]

Three games for me all in the same season 79/80

Arsenal away 1-1 league cup quarter final - no footage anywhere
Arsenal home in the league cup replay - JJ has covered above

Wolves home in the first leg of the league cup semi final 2-1

[Mooneyraker]

An absolutely mental way to win the opening match of the season

I loved Doughty. What a guy.

[Nemo]

Season didn't really go anywhere after this, but Barry Corr's late equaliser at home against Leicester sticks in my head as what the kids would call "limbs". Two goals in two minutes to equalise against a far better side who were top of the league at the time and ended up racking up 96 for the season. Drew with them away as well.

We finished 15th, one place ahead of Brighton and Hove Albion, who haven't done much since.

1:11 start for the Corr goal as embedding doesn't seem to keep the time.

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

Three games for me all in the same season 79/80

Arsenal away 1-1 league cup quarter final - no footage anywhere
Arsenal home in the league cup replay - JJ has covered above

Wolves home in the first leg of the league cup semi final 2-1 - least said about the second leg

If only we could have that Arsenal away 1-1 footage.
Probably my favourite ever away game.

I can still see the goal and ensuing celebrations.
What an away following and packed in the Clock End of Highbury. Ian Miller terrorised Sammy Nelson.

[Peter Venkman]

Three games for me all in the same season 79/80

Arsenal away 1-1 league cup quarter final - no footage anywhere
Arsenal home in the league cup replay - JJ has covered above

Wolves home in the first leg of the league cup semi final 2-1

Also this game too. The 8-0 thrashing of Bury only a couple of days before the Arsenal game.

[Jimmy Quinn]

Also this game too. The 8-0 thrashing of Bury only a couple of days before the Arsenal game.

What great memories JJ from 78-80, greet cup runs and coming so close to promotion.

[DMC]

I Was thinking this or Bobby Barnes away to Birmingham i think it was but always this

[Mooneyraker]

Not football per se but an absolutely brilliant moment that still makes me laugh.

[Super Hans]

I always attribute this game to the one that good me hooked good and proper to Swindon Town FC.

Rory Fallon overhead kick against Bristol City, are you kidding me?

Felt like the roof was about to come off when that went in.

[Mooneyraker]

Is it sad to say this was a great moment...? #Cauldron

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

Also this game too. The 8-0 thrashing of Bury only a couple of days before the Arsenal game.

4-0 at halftime.
Remember it well.

The best days of my life standing in the TE as a kid.

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

How could we not forget this one Jimmy / Venks.



The Commentary Man, just superb.
What a time to be alive.

[DV]

1-1 draw with Swansea on New Year’s Day.

Barry Corr sent off after 20 minutes.
Pretty certain Dave ‘Budgie’ Byrne was in caretaker charge at this point.
Rather than playing 441 with 1 upfront he took Zaaboub off straight away and bought Paynter on to go 432 and play for the win.

This was against top of the league and future champions Swansea who had won 6 on the bounce.

I remember us giving it a bloody good go and being fully in the match (although the video highlights don’t really show this)

Swansea scored in the 87th minute

…and again the video doesn’t show this but this is how I remember it anyway…

The CG just roared when Swansea scored. Like a pure primal animalistic roar. All the home fans in unison. No ‘for fuck sake Swindon’ no ‘same old Swindon’ I was back of the Nationwide I couldn’t hear the Swansea fans celebrating their goal.

That roar really galvanised the players and we got up and went right back at Swansea even though it was after 90 minutes. We then got a last minute penalty which Coxy tucked away and we got a point against the league leaders whilst playing with 10 men for nearly 80 minutes.

Never before or since have I even heard a roar like that for the CG - let alone after conceding a goal.


…the video highlights literally show none of what I mentioned above - so I hope it wasn’t some sort of fever dream and someone else remembers it like I do

[Bogus Dave]

Nah I remember it clearly. I was hungover and the response to going 1-0 down made me cry

[DV]

Nah I remember it clearly. I was hungover and the response to going 1-0 down made me cry

Yeah, think this was the era where i would have been said 3-4 rows behind you.
Maybe most of the crowd was hungover and that’s why it happened.