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Les Brechin
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That was a great night too Les

When they equalised near the end of the game, I thought we'd blown it but Kevin Jobling popped up to sort out those worries. That terrace we were on behind the goal was absolutely crazy.... what a night!  


Yeah, when they equalised about 10 minutes from time I thought there would only be one winner as our lads had given it their all for 80 minutes but then Jobling pounced on that dodgy backpass and the Town fans were celebrating before he'd even kicked the ball goalwards after he took it round the keeper.

That day was the birth of the inflatables too. There had been an odd one at previous games but there were loads of various ones there that night. (This was before the mass release of "The Harrys". I had a black and white zebra that night but I remember a fried egg, a bottle of champagne and an alien amongst others. There was also a blow up doll.

I went thinking there would be about 3 or 400 Town fans there that night but we filled that open terrace at Elm Park, must have been the best part of 2000 there that night.

Shaun Cunnington climbing up the fencing in front of the Town fans is an image that'll stay with me forever.

A brilliant night.


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Quoted from Les Brechin


Yeah, when they equalised about 10 minutes from time I thought there would only be one winner as our lads had given it their all for 80 minutes but then Jobling pounced on that dodgy backpass and the Town fans were celebrating before he'd even kicked the ball goalwards after he took it round the keeper.

That day was the birth of the inflatables too. There had been an odd one at previous games but there were loads of various ones there that night. (This was before the mass release of "The Harrys". I had a black and white zebra that night but I remember a fried egg, a bottle of champagne and an alien amongst others. There was also a blow up doll.

I went thinking there would be about 3 or 400 Town fans there that night but we filled that open terrace at Elm Park, must have been the best part of 2000 there that night.

Shaun Cunnington climbing up the fencing in front of the Town fans is an image that'll stay with me forever.

A brilliant night.


Got those hairs on the back of my neck standing up just thinking about that night Les  

As much as we've had our share of hardship ( especially these past few years ) matches like this one will live in the mind forever.... an absolutely fantastic game for any Town fan to have been to!
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The two play-off semis against money bags Fulham (under Keegan) , the home leg had to be the best atmosphere with the all seater reduced capacity at BP , the noise was unbelievable that night.
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The QPR cup game (sure it was a cup game but I may be wrong) at BP.

Decent crowd and town won but I just remember what seemed like a firm of about 250 in the away end and Grimsby Road seemed to have the odd running battle pre and post match...

Seemed an odd game, didn’t expect many from QPR in any sense...


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Got those hairs on the back of my neck standing up just thinking about that night Les  

As much as we've had our share of hardship ( especially these past few years ) matches like this one will live in the mind forever.... an absolutely fantastic game for any Town fan to have been to!


I drove to that game. I worked til about 3 then picked up 3 mates and drove there. It was an 8pm kick-off which was unusual back then. After the game it took an age to get away from the ground and I can remember driving up the A1 about 1am absolutely knackered with my 3 mates all snoring away.

I soon woke them up though when I wound my window down to keep me awake.  


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I went to the Coventry game the OP mentions. The one that got Strachan the sack. One of my non-obvious favourites too.

Also, strangely as we lost the game, but I loved the Huddersfield cup game at BP while we were non-league. It was one of the only times in years (at the time) it felt like we were a real football club in a stadium with atmosphere from all 4 stands.

Another one from me is the Mendonca come-back game against Ipswich. Just banging in a hat-trick in his first game back after about a year out injured. Seen a couple of the goals on the @onthisGTFC twitter account from this game today too, loved the one with Woodsy's backheel assist. Pure class.


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Quoted from Tommy
I went to the Coventry game the OP mentions. The one that got Strachan the sack. One of my non-obvious favourites too.

Also, strangely as we lost the game, but I loved the Huddersfield cup game at BP while we were non-league. It was one of the only times in years (at the time) it felt like we were a real football club in a stadium with atmosphere from all 4 stands.

Another one from me is the Mendonca come-back game against Ipswich. Just banging in a hat-trick in his first game back after about a year out injured. Seen a couple of the goals on the @onthisGTFC twitter account from this game today too, loved the one with Woodsy's backheel assist. Pure class.


I’d second that Huddersfield game too - the noise when Disley put us 2-1 up. We were absolutely brilliant that day, and I left the ground after the game feeling gutted by the nature in which we lost but incredibly proud of both players and fans.


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Burnley away in the the Autoglass


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
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Rushden away early on in Slade's reign.think we only drew but by god did we play some thrilling football



His first game in charge away at Darlington was incredible.  Felt like we had a gazillion shots on goal but couldn't score, they ventured into our half once and scored. 1-0 defeat but the players left to a standing ovation from the Town fans.  A lot of new players in the side and you could see a couple of them looking at each other in disbelief to the fans reaction to an opening day defeat.  

After the previous season, which was bloody dreadful, it was so refreshing to see a Town side attacking with such vigour.
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