If you could re-live one game

Of the above remember the game Ginnywings mmentions v Barnsley and in particular Batchy making nonpolite gestures re Barnsley when facing the Ponny, basically implying they were w.......s. Re the game at Coventry we went on bus from Rasen and had to go through Newark, before bypass was built, and we had three pints in Bridge Inn whilst bus moved about 50 yards. Think we had something like 13000 town fans at that game

My favourite Town memory will always be of that first Wembley visit - just because I never thought I would see Grimsby there (I emigrated weeks after the Northampton game).

However, I would love to feel again the wonder that I felt when we went to Liverpool in 1980 for the FA Cup. I had never experienced such a crowd or noise or intimidation like that before and it blew my 11 year old mind. I know we lost 5-0, but hey, that whole Anfield experience was amazing.

A special mention has to go out to the League Cup run of 1979. My memory is fading a bit, but didn't we beat Notts County in a terrific game first before those two epic Blundell Park nights against Everton (favourite home game) and Wolves (oh the anti climax of the third Wolves game at Derby (I still have a programme for that somewhere))?

And what about the first half of the Harry The Haddock game at Wimbledon?

Quoted from nickmariners

Was at many of the games mentioned so far - do you remember how poor the facilities were at Stamford Bridge that cold and wet Harrods day when Fordie beat 'em?

Exeter '72 probably the best for my generation

Add to list:

second best: Coventry away FA Cup in 70-whenever.   Never seen so many away Town fans until the later Wembley days.  The Clee Grammar school busfull of Town fans got stuck in a traffic jam in Leicester, composed almost entirely of other Town coaches.   We woz robbed, btw.

Also one to remember: West ham Utd away in Cup, on freezing night in 95/96.  1 1 draw, phenomenal Town turnout - midweek too.  And topical banner and chant from us that amused the Hammers fans : "Free Arthur Fowler".  Beat them in the replay at BP, then out in next round vs Chelsea, Ruud Gullit version.

The away game was ment to be on the Saturday but got called off on the day because of snow, we got just past gimpland on the a46 when it got called off, wasn't aloud to go to the reply because of school in the morning, but saw us win at bp. Good times  

All those memories. Not a bad club, eh?

Everton 2-1 for me. Proper giant killing for the first time in my lifetime.

Quoted from nickmariners

Also one to remember: West ham Utd away in Cup, on freezing night in 95/96.  1 1 draw, phenomenal Town turnout - midweek too.  And topical banner and chant from us that amused the Hammers fans : "Free Arthur Fowler".  Beat them in the replay at BP, then out in next round vs Chelsea, Ruud Gullit version.

Remember this well: was living in Essex at the time , the hammers fans on the district line home were anything but amused!

One of my first away games was when we won 3-1 at Scunthorpe,

D ic k  Conner got one but can not remember who scored the other two,

More than likely Rafferty  

It would be nice to go back and watch that one again.

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Some great matches mentioned and i was at a good number of them but one that always sticks in my mind was Easter 1982 (i think) against Barnsley at BP.

2-0 down at half time and we won 3-2 kicking toward a packed pontoon in the second half. Joe Waters magnificent and pandemonium in the Ponny.

That was a great match. Was that the same one Bobby Cumming got Norman Hunter sent off?

Quoted from Running like emson

Remember this well: was living in Essex at the time , the hammers fans on the district line home were anything but amused!

Yeah, remember it too. We were on one of the numerous supporters coaches but because the A46 was blocked at Caistor because of the snow we had to go A180, M180, A15. We were halfway between the M180 and Caenby Corner when we heard that the game had been called off.

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That was a great match. Was that the same one Bobby Cumming got Norman Hunter sent off?

No that was boxing day 1979 I think, believe this was raised earlier in this thread or another one

The West Ham game - I got an early morning train from Bolton and found out the game was off when I got to the ground!! Made it back for the draw got into work the next day and was made redundant!!