Memories

Here is a chance to tell us about games in the past that you can remember and you enjoyed,

I will start with the 1979/80 season when we finished top of Div 3 ( now L1  )

Last game of the season at home to Sheffield United,

TOWN 4   SHEFF UTD 0

Drinkell 3, Waters

ATT, 19,276

What a season that was, I saw every home game and a few away,

Other high attendences that season were, 14,900 Sheff Wed, 14,100 Barnsley, 18,363 Hull City in the league,

PLUS

22,043 Everton , 23,115 Wolves in the league cup.  14620 Sheff Utd in the FA Cup.

It was George Kerr's first season as manager  , Bobby Cumming was at his best scoring 18 goals in all comps, Drinkell had 17,Kilmore got 16,

Towards the end of the season we were taking 5,000 to 7,000 fans to away games.

Those were the days.

I was at RAF Bruggen in Germany for the Sheff Utd game and could not go.  Winning the Championship was brilliant but not being there was hard.  Such good times that we took for granted.  Isn't that life?  You only truly value something afterwards when it has gone?

Quite a few memories I have Pete, A great one for me in recent times was when Jevons scored that wonder goal at Anfield, What a night that was, I lost my voice that night.  

I forgot to add we took 15,000 to 20,000 to Liverpool in the FA Cup that season as well,

A lot ended up in the kop, 49,706 was the attendence,

I will not mention the score.

BUT

Liverpool were the best team in europe at that time.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Here is a chance to tell us about games in the past that you can remember and you enjoyed,

I will start with the 1979/80 season when we finished top of Div 3 ( now L1  )

Last game of the season at home to Sheffield United,

TOWN 4   SHEFF UTD 0

Drinkell 3, Waters

ATT, 19,276

What a season that was, I saw every home game and a few away,

Other high attendences that season were, 14,900 Sheff Wed, 14,100 Barnsley, 18,363 Hull City in the league,

PLUS

22,043 Everton , 23,115 Wolves in the league cup.  14620 Sheff Utd in the FA Cup.

It was George Kerr's first season as manager  , Bobby Cumming was at his best scoring 18 goals in all comps, Drinkell had 17,Kilmore got 16,

Towards the end of the season we were taking 5,000 to 7,000 fans to away games.

Those were the days.

Yes indeed those were the days and as I stood in those 20k plus HOME crowds I never dreamt we would be were we are today.

However,I will always cling on to the slight hope that one day we will relive those days in a sparkling new stadium with a huge fan base once again.

Fanciful as it sounds it has happened to a lot of clubs of our standing in the last 20 years so, and if we could get a bit of momentum and a couple of promotions you never know.

So much needs to change though especially at decision making level, but I think success on the pitch will be the trigger to a brand new dawn.

Hopefully anyway.

Not a big or special game but away at Sheffield utd, 1994 I think. was a quality day out, was a glorious day and loads of town fans pitched up on the hill next to the Howard pub, singing abuse at all the Yorkie passers by. Even managed to pull . lots of good memories of away days in the 90s, stoke, Bolton, wolves to name a few.

Ive got the radio humberside tape of that, interviews with players family etc

1979/80  what a season  we was all in dream land  ammazzin memories

1971/72 - The night Town beat Exeter to gain promotion from the old Div 4 - full house and even people on the stand roofs believe it or not

Quoted from grimsby pete

I forgot to add we took 15,000 to 20,000 to Liverpool in the FA Cup that season as well,

A lot ended up in the kop, 49,706 was the attendence,

I will not mention the score.

BUT

Liverpool were the best team in europe at that time.

My dad was at that one and was put in Kop. Don't remember him ever telling me the score either lol.

Wish I have memories like some of you older fans have lol.  

Quoted from Gary Haddock

Wish I have memories like some of you older fans have lol.  

Same, going to places like Anfield, Bramell Lane, Hillsborough, Goodison, Molineux just seems a dream and travelling to away games with 2000+ each week would be amazing. Fingers crossed we will experience  the same in our life times.

The 4-1 pre season win at Scunny in 2001

Shaun Cunnington climbing the fence in front of 1500 Town fans and numerous different inflateables at Elm Park, Reading after equalising in the FA Cup 4th Round Replay in 88/89.

The game v Leicester in the late 90's I think. It was a league cup game and I believe they were the defending champs from the previous season. We beat them 3-1, I can remember Muzzy Izzet scoring for them and Walsh colliding with the post.

Great night and great atmosphere!

Dunno what season... but League cup run... saw us beat Bolton 4 - 0 , Preston 4 - 2 ,

We drew 2 - 2 with the mighty West Ham ( Moore , Hurst , Peters... et al )
if only Dougie Collins hadnt blasted that one over the bar...   sigh....


but the 7 goal thrashin of the Scunts was good too...

the home win 4 -1 v. Huddersfield ( early 90's ?? ) was probably some of the best football I ever saw Town play at BP....

Wow that 7-1 thrashing of Scunny was the start of that very special season when you consider that Town almost lost their league status the season before, Lawrie Mac was brought in and the rest is history - Dougie Collins now thats a blast from the past remember his blonde hair!

That Leicester game was a great night, they had won the league cup the season before and hammered us in the first half and beginning of second. It was Marshall who scored, think savage put the cross in, they had Lennon playing that night aswell. Buckley brought on living stone and went three up front, which I can't remember him doing in any other game, then Leicester fell apart. Jobling scored a neat goal, then two direct goals, Donovan should have scored aswell. On the second goal Keller took out kamark and lester barged Walsh into the post, both injured, Leicester fans had been singing USA, we then sang it back to them, ha. I saw Walsh in a Oneils in Leicester a couple of years ago, was a bit drunk thought I'd give him a bit of stick about that game, but he wanted to talk about it. He said 'I got that much abuse, even the ambulance staff gave me stick'. Proper cup tie, can't wait for another one.

Quoted from South Lincs Mariner

Wow that 7-1 thrashing of Scunny was the start of that very special season when you consider that Town almost lost their league status the season before, Lawrie Mac was brought in and the rest is history - Dougie Collins now thats a blast from the past remember his blonde hair!

The 7-1 was back in 1966, well before Lawrie Mac.

We opened the 71-72 season with a 4-1 win over Scunny

The cup match at coventry, the ground was full of town fans. Fantastic atmosphere

Getting my lip split in Reading after we'd won 3-1 (71-72).

Whoops bit of a memory glitch there on reflection come to think of it, possibly believe Ray Clemance was in goal for Scunthorpe then not sure about that chap Keegan?

Quoted from hertfordshire mariner

Not a big or special game but away at Sheffield utd, 1994 I think. was a quality day out, was a glorious day and loads of town fans pitched up on the hill next to the Howard pub, singing abuse at all the Yorkie passers by. Even managed to pull . lots of good memories of away days in the 90s, stoke, Bolton, wolves to name a few.

I would've commented on the Sheff Utd championship game too, but then you mentioned this day out. I was there too. What a great away day. Can't remember the result but suspect we might have won 2-1 with goals from Lund or Wilkinson and possibly Mike Lyons. Anyway - there were absolutely loads of Town fans. Drinking beer in the sunshine!

Quoted from gary_elton

Dunno what season... but League cup run... saw us beat Bolton 4 - 0 , Preston 4 - 2 ,

We drew 2 - 2 with the mighty West Ham ( Moore , Hurst , Peters... et al )
if only Dougie Collins hadnt blasted that one over the bar...   sigh....


..

That was 1965 Gary , just before the West Ham lads won the world cup for England !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of the hgames mentioned I recall, but in addition in 71/72 home to Lincoln 2-0 down and came back to draw 2-2, we were in group from Rasen and we had lad arrested, Alfie Kinght who got 3 years, same season think we played Peterborogh at home and were 2-0 down and won 3-2. Then game at Doncaster, thousands of twon fans for night game bricks coming at us all night, Brace put us 1 up then we lost 2-1 but the following weeks saw the never to be forgotten Exeter match.

In 79/80 the draw away to Wolves whih would have seen us into the semi final and tie with Swindon, think we hit the bar four times and I got a good kicking in that damn subway outside the ground. In the league the day we won promotion at mansfield, fans police horses on the pitch at the end chaos and more brick throwing and then of course Sheff Utd in last game.

Funny that nobody mentions Wembley in this list, but to go there that first time in the Auto Windscreen with nearly 30000 town fans has hairs on my neck bristling now.

Some precarious times watching town in early & late seventies with violence and attcks on "normal fans" far more prevalent but they were exciting and god we had some good teams.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Most of the hgames mentioned I recall, but in addition in 71/72 home to Lincoln 2-0 down and came back to draw 2-2, we were in group from Rasen and we had lad arrested, Alfie Kinght who got 3 years, same season think we played Peterborogh at home and were 2-0 down and won 3-2. Then game at Doncaster, thousands of twon fans for night game bricks coming at us all night, Brace put us 1 up then we lost 2-1 but the following weeks saw the never to be forgotten Exeter match.

In 79/80 the draw away to Wolves whih would have seen us into the semi final and tie with Swindon, think we hit the bar four times and I got a good kicking in that damn subway outside the ground. In the league the day we won promotion at mansfield, fans police horses on the pitch at the end chaos and more brick throwing and then of course Sheff Utd in last game.

Funny that nobody mentions Wembley in this list, but to go there that first time in the Auto Windscreen with nearly 30000 town fans has hairs on my neck bristling now.

Some precarious times watching town in early & late seventies with violence and attcks on "normal fans" far more prevalent but they were exciting and god we had some good teams.

Yeah so did I...I've always hated Wolves since!

I think I got knocked out as all of a sudden there was just me on the ground with no-one else about other than a mob going over the flyover shouting out I was lucky to get away with my life

To add insult to injury I got frisked by the cops on the gate and when I told them about their mob they just pooh-poohed it and told me to get myself in to the ground.

I think I must have been concussed or something because for a lot of the match all I could see were multiple flood lights although when we scored (Gary Liddle assist / o.g. I think) that made all the earlier hurt go away

If only we could have got past them I think our first trip to Wembley would have been a lot sooner coming

Quoted from aaron rattray

Ive got the radio humberside tape of that, interviews with players family etc

upload it to youtube

Quoted from lawless29

upload it to youtube

Its a cassette for a radio, cost £1.99 from radio humberside my dad bought it years and years ago

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

In 79/80 the draw away to Wolves whih would have seen us into the semi final and tie with Swindon, think we hit the bar four times and I got a good kicking in that damn subway outside the ground. In the league the day we won promotion at mansfield, fans police horses on the pitch at the end chaos and more brick throwing and then of course Sheff Utd in last game.

It's before my time, but just about everyone I speak to has had a good kicking in that subway!

That subway was hell. Cops stood at end but never came in sort anybody or anything out. Just left away fans to the mercy of the home nutters and wolves had plenty.a funny thing that game is when we went in as said earlier we were searched and there were four in our car and three of us went through and waited and waited. Finally our driver the famous grimsby fisherman, Rod Hutchinson, came staggering round the corner worse f or wear. When we asked what had happened he cursed us for leaving him as the police searching him found half a bottle of whisky which they were going to confiscate. But Rod insisted on drinking the contents first!! Never seen a bloke change so much in ten minutes. Plus he was driving that night but we made sure he was relieved of that role after we emerged from the subway!! Then it was on to Derby for second replay and more trouble first with Derby boys and then wolves again.