JLC
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On 23/04/2024 at 14:52, Scoreboard82 said:
An unbelievable 40 years to the day since we beat Carlisle in our promotion season. Think it was Easter Monday? Carlisle were also contenders for much of that season. Saved a pen then broke upfield to score at the other end. Happy days. This from nufc.com:
1984 Carlisle United (h)
5-1 (2-0)
Division Two
P38, 73pts, 3rd/22
Keegan(12,54), Waddle(39), Beardsley(73,77)
Coughlin(80)
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Vandals broke into the ground before this bank holiday game and sprayed slogans on the pitch related to an ongoing criminal trial.
A claim of broken glass also having been scattered was found to be false and after the offending slogans had been painted out, the match went ahead as scheduled.
Kevin Carr saved Alan Shoulder's penalty and also a follow-up shot with Keegan heading United's third seconds later as play rapidly switched to the other end of the field.
Victory and favourable results in the games involving rivals Manchester City and Grimsby Town meant that promotion was in reach - United having a seven point cushion with four games remaining.Can't believe that is 40 years ago. I was in the corner for that one. Still my favourite season to this day.
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Seriously impressive.
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Cunts. Cunts. Cunts. Cunts. Hope City fuck them in the final
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9 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:
Sacked it off at 3 zip ???
Wtf
Me too. Fucking hell
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Shocking that. A full season's endeavour for this. Fucking terrible decision
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8 minutes ago, Vedder said:
Similar but I only got 3. Was applying for pairs though.
Pairs for me too.
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4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:
Not a player but pretty sure I just saw Bear Gryls on the quayside. Don’t known why he’d be there like.
Choosing his fry-up ingredients from Ouseburn Farm
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Applied for all bar a couple. Got 4 I think.
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8 hours ago, TomYam said:
The Royal Arcade fronted Pilgrim Street which had extended unbroken to Manor Street (now gone) and City Road. It faced down Mosley Street to the south-west. Behind it lay Carliol Square and The Holy Jesus Hospital. Once the decision to build a large roundabout for the proposed new central motorway had been made, the planners had to choose between RA and HJH as to which should be demolished to accommodate it - they chose RA and it bit the bullet at the end of 1963 with Swan House replacing it.
The Royal Arcade was lauded as an architectural masterpiece, but its original purpose as a stylish shopping mall foundered on the fact it was a few minutes from the main shopping streets and was at the furthest point of Pilgrim Steeet and beyond it was a decaying part of town (Pandon). In the decades preceding its demolition it was a beacon for counterculture and a hangout for anarchists and communists. The city administrators were probably more than happy to sign off its destruction, but the city lost some magnificence that can never be replaced - just as it has with the loss of two-thirds of Eldon Square, King Charles House with Shieldfield Green and the surrounding houses, the ancient Dolphin House, the original Pearl Assurance Building and the old classical library (that was flattened to make way for John Dobson Street) - all demolished over less than a decade of destruction in the name of progress. The cool leftfield Handyside Arcade was blitzed in the late 80s to make way for the faceless and unsuccessful Eldon Garden - proving the council are myopic phillistines.
Super post, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I mean, we have a great city, but look at what could have been. Criminal, literally.
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2 hours ago, 54 said:
I hate Everton as much as the next guy, but a founding member of the EFL, and one of the oldest clubs in the UK going into administration, and potentially going out of business isn't a something to be happy or excited about. It is a damning indictment of everything that is wrong with football and the way it is currently set up.
Totally. My least favourite team in the Premier, but administration means job losses on thr innocent, major casfhlow issues for local businesses etc. Not funny
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Ref excellent in the Real v City game.
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Canny hit
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Fuck me
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Astonishingly good Foden. He had less than a second to compute that. Top corner. Fuck me man.
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Great game to watch. Have all the pundits been told to wear black ? Not a thread of bright colour on display
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1 minute ago, Groundhog63 said:
John Tudor
Alan Smith(s)
Kyle Walker(s)
er I give up ?
Frank Pringle
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47 minutes ago, Jaqen said:
Pep is such a weirdo.
I think he's tremendous. And he's not that c##t Klopp, or that even bigger c##t Arteta.
So City for the title for me. Purely based upon least nauseating manager. Going deeper my opinion may change. Though I doubt it would
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16 hours ago, Jonas said:
Great pics. Remember walking down that alley (if its the one behind the executive box only stand) after the cup game, first time I've seen it from such an angle since, and could only imagine the amount assaults that took place there in the previous decade or so.
I went in, I think, the 84-85 season. It was a bit hairy post match in the town centre.
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19 hours ago, JLC said:
Ah, I jumped the gun too. Fingers crossed, but not hopeful
Should do that more often. Got 2 for Spurs.
Still still not worthy of a thread
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I still have flashbacks to that day. Most scared I've been at a match. I was using all my strength to prevent myself being crushed.