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I think you know where I am going with this.
If a Cd is now 12 quid.......
Favorite memories - our game against Bradford when we won 5-4 - Shaker got injured in the first couple of minutes and Steven Bywater came on for his debut aged just 16.
The problem was that he flapped at his first cross and looked terrified whenever the ball came close to him, Rio and the boys simply decided we were going to out score them and as soon as the final whistle went, I saw Rio run straight up to Bywater and put arm around him.
Terrific game, terrific atmosphere.
Been mentioned before but the night game against Dynamo Tiblisi - standing ovation for the visitors who totally played us off the park.
Unforgettable
We won 4-1, I think, but it could have been 32-1 if not for his performance
How much were houses? ;wink
Think it must have been around 75p when I started going, as we used to bunk two of us through the turnstiles at 2 for a quid.
But you're that bit older... ;run
Because I don't know ;whistle
Others? Watching Billy Bonds & Peter Withe(I think) first square up to each other & then embrace each other & start dancing,the entire ground singing 'don't go Trevor' to Brooking as Liverpool's 2-0 victory left us all but relegated,Brooking's last match v Everton,another defeat but an emotional night,thumping Chelsea 4-1 in 88 to save ourselves from relegation & almost condemn them,Di Canio's double in a 2-1 v Arsenal,Francois Van Der Elst's wonder goal v Notts County in the 80s,Frankie Mac's hat-trick v Forest,Alvin's hat-trick in the 8-1 hammering of Newcastle,beating Chelsea 2-1 in the early 70s,I was about 7 & the atmosphere was electric,my first match v Southampton,a 1-1 draw in August 1970 & my absolute favourite of the lot,David 'Psycho' Cross' winner v the Spuds in the quarter final of the League Cup.
The most cherished memory of the lot though is hearing I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' sung before a match.It always gives me a lump in my throat & when I'm watching the Man Utd game(probably online) I'm expecting a tear or two.