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Post by johnfarmersmum on Jul 23, 2017 19:05:31 GMT
Fond memories... First season in Div 1 ( a bummer ) First view of the classic Umbro kit.. Shilton departs...Big Bren Debut.. Lost to Blyth Spartans...Durban arrived...Jeff Cook upfront.. signed Kendall...fond but weird memories.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jul 23, 2017 19:14:09 GMT
Lovec Alan Durban especially that wonderful Highbury interview .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 19:14:54 GMT
Fond memories... First season in Div 1 ( a bummer ) First view of the classic Umbro kit.. Shilton departs...Big Bren Debut.. Lost to Blyth Spartans...Durban arrived...Jeff Cook upfront.. signed Kendall...fond but weird memories. I remember it although it's hard to believe it's so long ago isn't it ? I think out of all that happened that season the Blyth Spartans defeat was just the worst feeling of all. |
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Post by partickpotter on Jul 23, 2017 19:15:53 GMT
Not sure about fond memories.
A dismal defeat at Mansfield on the opening day of the season followed by the biggest calamity (and it still hurts today) against BS (I can't even say their name).
A dismal season.
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Post by pottersrule on Jul 23, 2017 20:55:22 GMT
Not sure about fond memories. A dismal defeat at Mansfield on the opening day of the season followed by the biggest calamity (and it still hurts today) against BS (I can't even say their name). A dismal season. The game at Mansfield was bloody awful. The highlight that day was the grass catching fire on the embankment in the ground. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 23, 2017 20:58:57 GMT
Fond memories... First season in Div 1 ( a bummer ) First view of the classic Umbro kit.. Shilton departs...Big Bren Debut.. Lost to Blyth Spartans...Durban arrived...Jeff Cook upfront.. signed Kendall...fond but weird memories. Big Bren scored for us before he even kicked a ball. Got a feeling it might have been against Hull. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 23, 2017 21:00:38 GMT
Fond memories... First season in Div 1 ( a bummer ) First view of the classic Umbro kit.. Shilton departs...Big Bren Debut.. Lost to Blyth Spartans...Durban arrived...Jeff Cook upfront.. signed Kendall...fond but weird memories. Big Bren scored for us before he even kicked a ball. Got a feeling it might have been against Hull. It sure was Hull Paul and within 13 seconds as well.Is that the season we hardly played during the winter months because of the weather? |
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Post by lordb on Jul 23, 2017 21:10:04 GMT
Div 1?
Div 2,old money.
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Post by gibby1409 on Jul 23, 2017 21:18:05 GMT
Remember Crooksy curling a fantastic goal in at Bolton but it being disallowed cos Paul Richardson was offside right over on the left wing! Oh for today's rules 😊
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 23, 2017 21:29:56 GMT
Shit season. But the last quarter suggested a brighter future.
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Post by rawli on Jul 23, 2017 21:33:10 GMT
First game I went to was Boxing Day that season.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 21:41:55 GMT
Not sure about fond memories. A dismal defeat at Mansfield on the opening day of the season followed by the biggest calamity (and it still hurts today) against BS (I can't even say their name). A dismal season. The game at Mansfield was bloody awful. The highlight that day was the grass catching fire on the embankment in the ground. Was that the game when the Stoke fans charged across the pitch, but by the time they got to their stand, they had all run off? That happened twice I think. Elvis had died a few days before. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 21:44:37 GMT
Sometimes it feels to me like Durban's achievements are often overlooked. Waddington will always be the benchmark, Lou the popular little magician, and Pulis the marmite manager who achieved so much.
But among it all is the Welsh wizard who brought organisation, discipline and solidity to a club that was rapidly going down the pan. The story of the last 5 minutes of the Durban promotion season is worth a film of it's own.
A real pity he left as he did. Whether he'd have overseen a season as watchable as the one under Barker a couple of years later, I doubt. But we wouldn't have collapsed as stupidly as we did if he'd stayed.
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Post by muglump on Jul 23, 2017 22:28:43 GMT
God I was at that Mansfield match, jeepers it was packed and crap. Couldn't do with Durban at the time but little did we know how much worse it could get.
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Post by PB1863 on Jul 23, 2017 22:38:11 GMT
I went to the previous round where we beat Tilbury 4-0 but missed the Blyth Spartans game as it was s school night but remember listening to the match on radio Stoke. I was in the paddock when big Bren scored on his debut in the Boothen. Get in there. Clear as yesterday.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 22:39:20 GMT
I don't remember Jeff Cook playing a part back in those days....not until we got promoted anyhow!!!
Durban brought in Paul Randall to play up front with O'Callghan!!!
Incidentally....who did Randall go to when he left Stoke??? 🤔
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Post by muglump on Jul 23, 2017 22:41:27 GMT
I don't remember Jeff Cook playing a part back in those days....not until we got promoted anyhow!!! Durban brought in Paul Randall to play up front with O'Callghan!!! Incidentally....who did Randall go to when he left Stoke??? 🤔 bristol rovers |
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 22:42:23 GMT
I don't remember Jeff Cook playing a part back in those days....not until we got promoted anyhow!!! Durban brought in Paul Randall to play up front with O'Callghan!!! Incidentally....who did Randall go to when he left Stoke??? 🤔 bristol rovers Didn't we sign him from Rovers too??? |
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Post by muglump on Jul 23, 2017 22:47:33 GMT
Didn't we sign him from Rovers too??? Indeed. I didn't remember that but mr internet knew |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 22:56:37 GMT
I loved Randall. Thought he was a real class act. Couldn't believe it when he signed for us as he'd become something of a star name at Bristol. Every so often, MotD would show a third division game, and Bristol Rovers seemed to get more than their fair share of showings, and Randall always seemed to score.
But it never really happened for him at Stoke, other than that glorious promotion season goal against West Ham - that's a memory that's as clear to me now as anything that happened last season. Sadly, he became a bit of a victim of the boo-boys, and it was no big surprise when he left.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 23:02:44 GMT
Didn't we sign him from Rovers too??? Indeed. I didn't remember that but mr internet knew It knows everything......😃 |
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 23:09:14 GMT
I loved Randall. Thought he was a real class act. Couldn't believe it when he signed for us as he'd become something of a star name at Bristol. Every so often, MotD would show a third division game, and Bristol Rovers seemed to get more than their fair share of showings, and Randall always seemed to score. But it never really happened for him at Stoke, other than that glorious promotion season goal against West Ham - that's a memory that's as clear to me now as anything that happened last season. Sadly, he became a bit of a victim of the boo-boys, and it was no big surprise when he left. That's still one of my favorite games.... Both Stoke and West Ham gunning for promotion....I thought it was really going to be a tight match, but Stoke took the game to West Ham, Doyle getting the first and Randall sealing the points!!! I remember walking home with my dad after the game totally elated!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:19:24 GMT
I loved Randall. Thought he was a real class act. Couldn't believe it when he signed for us as he'd become something of a star name at Bristol. Every so often, MotD would show a third division game, and Bristol Rovers seemed to get more than their fair share of showings, and Randall always seemed to score. But it never really happened for him at Stoke, other than that glorious promotion season goal against West Ham - that's a memory that's as clear to me now as anything that happened last season. Sadly, he became a bit of a victim of the boo-boys, and it was no big surprise when he left. That's still one of my favorite games.... Both Stoke and West Ham gunning for promotion....I thought it was really going to be a tight match, but Stoke took the game to West Ham, Doyle getting the first and Randall sealing the points!!! I remember walking home with my dad after the game totally elated!!! Played on a bog of a pitch - marvellous. If there's one thing I'd bring back to the modern game it would be mud! Doyle's goal was goal of the month on MOTD I think. I particularly remember the Randall goal because I was in the Boothen Stand almost in line with the penalty spot, and from where I was sitting it looked like the West Ham keeper, Parkes, had got to the ball first. Then I looked up again and Randall was there with an open goal. Pure ecstasy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:28:04 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 23, 2017 23:28:45 GMT
Sometimes it feels to me like Durban's achievements are often overlooked. Waddington will always be the benchmark, Lou the popular little magician, and Pulis the marmite manager who achieved so much. But among it all is the Welsh wizard who brought organisation, discipline and solidity to a club that was rapidly going down the pan. The story of the last 5 minutes of the Durban promotion season is worth a film of it's own. A real pity he left as he did. Whether he'd have overseen a season as watchable as the one under Barker a couple of years later, I doubt. But we wouldn't have collapsed as stupidly as we did if he'd stayed. Durban is drastically underrated. Not least because getting back to the top flight wasn't such a big deal because it's where we felt we belonged. Our relegation was more of a shock than our return. No we wouldn't have collapsed as stupidly because Durban was pragmatic and wouldn't have fallen for the notion of the pomo |
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 23:32:18 GMT
That's still one of my favorite games.... Both Stoke and West Ham gunning for promotion....I thought it was really going to be a tight match, but Stoke took the game to West Ham, Doyle getting the first and Randall sealing the points!!! I remember walking home with my dad after the game totally elated!!! Played on a bog of a pitch - marvellous. If there's one thing I'd bring back to the modern game it would be mud! Doyle's goal was goal of the month on MOTD I think. I particularly remember the Randall goal because I was in the Boothen Stand almost in line with the penalty spot, and from where I was sitting it looked like the West Ham keeper, Parkes, had got to the ball first. Then I looked up again and Randall was there with an open goal. Pure ecstasy. Boggy pitches were ace, players walking off caked in mud, knowing they'd been in a game....some times they would even have to change their tops at half-time!!! 😊 Today's players can slide around all day and still walk off as clean as they came on!!! 😕 As for Randall's goal....I'm sure it was because of the boggy pitch that put it in Randall's favour, the ball slightly pulled up in the mud as Parks came running out.....I think??? 🤔 |
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Post by PB1863 on Jul 23, 2017 23:32:58 GMT
Randall was signed from Rovers. I remember watching the local tv news. Was cook South African?
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 23:33:26 GMT
That's the game, brilliant!!! 👍 |
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Jul 23, 2017 23:49:12 GMT
Paul Richardson, another one of those players who fans either liked or didn't (good job this message board wasn't going back then, Richardson and Irvine would have been ripped to pieces)!!!
I liked Richardson though, his set play delivery was ace!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:51:48 GMT
Sometimes it feels to me like Durban's achievements are often overlooked. Waddington will always be the benchmark, Lou the popular little magician, and Pulis the marmite manager who achieved so much. But among it all is the Welsh wizard who brought organisation, discipline and solidity to a club that was rapidly going down the pan. The story of the last 5 minutes of the Durban promotion season is worth a film of it's own. A real pity he left as he did. Whether he'd have overseen a season as watchable as the one under Barker a couple of years later, I doubt. But we wouldn't have collapsed as stupidly as we did if he'd stayed. Durban is drastically underrated. Not least because getting back to the top flight wasn't such a big deal because it's where we felt we belonged. Our relegation was more of a shock than our return. No we wouldn't have collapsed as stupidly because Durban was pragmatic and wouldn't have fallen for the notion of the pomo To be fair, only an absolute imbecile could have thought that by-passing a midfield with Chambo, Mcillroy, Thomas and Bracewell would be a good idea. That midfield was as good as any in the country. What kind of moron could possibly think that twatting the ball over them would be a good tactic to use? Still makes my blood boil that such a good team was ruined by such cretinous tactics. |
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