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crusty ole pie
January 20, 2014, 3:59pm

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Cheltenham in the playoffs but with a different outcome had we won that match how different our recent history would read but if I can't tweak the result  then it would be Norwich at home in 72 will never forget that night in the pontoon with a crowd of almost 23000
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My would be 1979 when we lost to Liverpool 5-0 never seen so many go to away game before or since (not including Wembley), we had fans in corner of Anfield that day (estimated between 15000- 20000).  Did some fans goto the Everton game because they could not get in. I think Everton were playing Aldershot

Also the two wins over Wolves & Everton in the same year.

Middlesbrough away in the FA cup in the 3rd round 1989 we won 2-1 I think Mark North scored town goals, certain Harry the haddock made appearance later during the FA cup run.
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My would be 1979 when we lost to Liverpool 5-0 never seen so many go to away game before or since (not including Wembley), we had fans in corner of Anfield that day (estimated between 15000- 20000).  Did some fans goto the Everton game because they could not get in. I think Everton were playing Aldershot

Also the two wins over Wolves & Everton in the same year.

Middlesbrough away in the FA cup in the 3rd round 1989 we won 2-1 I think Mark North scored town goals, certain Harry the haddock made appearance later during the FA cup run.


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My would be 1979 when we lost to Liverpool 5-0 .


I remember Drinkall bringing a brilliant save from Clemence and Kilmore hitting the corner flag from 6 yards out.  Town were awesome for the 1st 15 mins, after that the Town player who touched it the most was Batch picking it out the net 5 times. Everton fans rather upset with town fans after the game, chasing us across stanley park and down Anfield Rd, cant think why  .  The other thing i remember was Batch being in the pier before any town fans got home, due to him getting a lift with mike hallett and doing over a 100mph home  
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I remember Drinkall bringing a brilliant save from Clemence and Kilmore hitting the corner flag from 6 yards out.  Town were awesome for the 1st 15 mins, after that the Town player who touched it the most was Batch picking it out the net 5 times. Everton fans rather upset with town fans after the game, chasing us across stanley park and down Anfield Rd, cant think why  .  The other thing i remember was Batch being in the pier before any town fans got home, due to him getting a lift with mike hallett and doing over a 100mph home  


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My would be 1979 when we lost to Liverpool 5-0 never seen so many go to away game before or since (not including Wembley), we had fans in corner of Anfield that day (estimated between 15000- 20000).  Did some fans goto the Everton game because they could not get in. I think Everton were playing Aldershot

Also the two wins over Wolves & Everton in the same year.

Middlesbrough away in the FA cup in the 3rd round 1989 we won 2-1 I think Mark North scored town goals, certain Harry the haddock made appearance later during the FA cup run.


We had 20,000 plus at Anfield. Had the Anfield Road end, half the Kemlyn Road stand, plus a good few in the Kop - something that had never happened at Anfield previously. When you think how strictly away fans are controlled nowadays, and have been for some time, it wouldn't surprise me if the Town following that day might be the biggest ever seen at Anfield? Everton were playing Aldershot that day, and did try and take it out on Town fans across Stanley Park, ably abetted by the local plod who turned a blind eye.

Consider this....their capacity then was about the 55,000 mark, and they only reached that mark four times that season, against Everton, Leeds, Man Utd and Spurs. There would have been a huge home support for those games, so away fans would have been limited. Town's attendance was 49,000, Liverpool's fifth highest attendance of the season! The following round when they had Bury at home, there were some 32,000 in the ground, and that was virtually a local derby. Shows how big the Town support was that day.

We didn't beat Wolves that season, though only the crossbar kept them in the game at BP. Huge away followings at Molineux and the Baseball Ground (for the 2nd replay) made it a memorable season alongside our promotion to the old 2nd Division as well.

Coventry away in 1972-3 was another huge "away day" with 23,000 making the trip to Highfield Road. If I remember rightly, didn't the Telegraph have the headline "Will the last person out of Grimsby turn off the lights"??? All the spare coach capacity in Lincolnshire had been booked, and over 120 coaches, 2 special trains and thousands of cars made the journey, giving Coventry their biggest home attendance for 4 years!

Such a shame that today's fans will never experience those kind of days again. Anyone who was there will simply never forget them.



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We had 20,000 plus at Anfield. Had the Anfield Road end, half the Kemlyn Road stand, plus a good few in the Kop - something that had never happened at Anfield previously. When you think how strictly away fans are controlled nowadays, and have been for some time, it wouldn't surprise me if the Town following that day might be the biggest ever seen at Anfield? Everton were playing Aldershot that day, and did try and take it out on Town fans across Stanley Park, ably abetted by the local plod who turned a blind eye.

Consider this....their capacity then was about the 55,000 mark, and they only reached that mark four times that season, against Everton, Leeds, Man Utd and Spurs. There would have been a huge home support for those games, so away fans would have been limited. Town's attendance was 49,000, Liverpool's fifth highest attendance of the season! The following round when they had Bury at home, there were some 32,000 in the ground, and that was virtually a local derby. Shows how big the Town support was that day.

We didn't beat Wolves that season, though only the crossbar kept them in the game at BP. Huge away followings at Molineux and the Baseball Ground (for the 2nd replay) made it a memorable season alongside our promotion to the old 2nd Division as well.

Coventry away in 1972-3 was another huge "away day" with 23,000 making the trip to Highfield Road. If I remember rightly, didn't the Telegraph have the headline "Will the last person out of Grimsby turn off the lights"??? All the spare coach capacity in Lincolnshire had been booked, and over 120 coaches, 2 special trains and thousands of cars made the journey, giving Coventry their biggest home attendance for 4 years!

Such a shame that today's fans will never experience those kind of days again. Anyone who was there will simply never forget them.



Liverpool and Everton playing at home at the same time too!!

Even in those days I'm surprised it happened but then again Sunday football was almost unheard of then. (Even if the first Sunday game was in 1974, it wasn't the given thing back then)



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Liverpool's meat and potato pies were absolutely minging, probably the worst "food" I've ever endured at a football match!

Remember turning up at Anfield fairly early, about 1.30pm, and they only had two gates on the Anfield Raod end open. I asked Plod, who was stoood nearby (the only one) if he was aware of how many fans were making their way over the Pennines, given they only had the two gates open? He said their "intelligence indicated that they were expecting between 1,500 and 2,000" When i informed me that there were 20,000 odd coming he told me to "f*ck off smart@rse!"


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We were also picked on by Everton fans ( I USE THE TERM LOOSELY ) after the game.
We got to the game on one of them massive football special trains. Some of the trains windows were smashed coming out of Liverpool.


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