Stato
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If I recall, (and I struggle to) the night that followed the final whistle at Hereford was quite good.
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[Albion] "Finest night in 122 years"
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It's subjective.
For me it has to be Anfield on a Sunday afternoon in 1983, we beat a great team, who were used to winning and in a historic stadium.
Last night was momentus (is that even a word?) and I watched it on TV - I was there, at Anfield in 1983. So like I say, it's subjective.
For me it has to be Anfield on a Sunday afternoon in 1983, we beat a great team, who were used to winning and in a historic stadium.
Last night was momentus (is that even a word?) and I watched it on TV - I was there, at Anfield in 1983. So like I say, it's subjective.
For me it’s arguably the most historic but not the best simply because Ajax are a very poor side and the odds showed we should have won the game.
For me the greatest was the 4-0 win over Manchester United under Potter. That was the culmination of everything we had been building and was an absolutely phenomenal performance. It could have maybe should have been 6/7 that night.
I watched the Man United game with my dad and it was a moment neither of us ever thought we would see. That was the moment we went from a team that would always look to survive in the PL to a team that could really do things. We have never looked back.
For me the greatest was the 4-0 win over Manchester United under Potter. That was the culmination of everything we had been building and was an absolutely phenomenal performance. It could have maybe should have been 6/7 that night.
I watched the Man United game with my dad and it was a moment neither of us ever thought we would see. That was the moment we went from a team that would always look to survive in the PL to a team that could really do things. We have never looked back.
Stato
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Can't get the gif to work, but the image of Ronaldo laughing at this own team as our third goal went in had the same sense of disbelief that I had at the Amex that day. It was like the joyous end of an eighties teen comedy when the underdogs win the day, the geek gets the girl and the arrogant upper class bully gets his comeuppance.
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It was a much more relaxing experience than Marseille was. Travel was better too.
If only we had had Marseille weather.
If only we had had Marseille weather.
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
Beating Millwall 4-1 in the play-offs, 1990/91 was my very first WOW! match as a little nipper on a Sunday lunchtime but last night shows how far the club has come and I see no reason why we can't go on to win the Europa League - just imagine that! It's hard to think of anything better than last night. Outplayed one of Europe's elite (in terms of history) and the production line of talent in the squad is only getting stronger.
We can top last night and have many more incredible evenings - it's only just beginning.
We can top last night and have many more incredible evenings - it's only just beginning.
kojak
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Beating Ipswich and WBA in the League Cup when we were a Div3 team
Were probably our biggest achievements in footballing terms
Both those sides were much better than us at the time
Ajax was a good result but we beat them comprehensively only 2 weeks ago and we are the better team right now
That said,last night historically for our football club was our greatest night
Were probably our biggest achievements in footballing terms
Both those sides were much better than us at the time
Ajax was a good result but we beat them comprehensively only 2 weeks ago and we are the better team right now
That said,last night historically for our football club was our greatest night
Originunknown
BINFEST'ING
Yes much more pleasant than the military operation. Had great chats with Ajax fans on the way to the ground.
Wallace
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I imagine he's taking about the 2-2 Smith must score, most of that were at the replay have tried to erase it from our minds
bluenitsuj
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How very silly. Of course not
Yes. Undoubtedly last night was an historic night. Our first away win in Europe and it was against European royalty, the mighty Ajax Amsterdam. Undoubtedly a fantastic achievement.
But our finest night? For me personally I'm going to say 'no'. Firstly because, as fantastic as it may have sounded even only five years ago, we were favourites. I think beating West Ham away in our first season in the PL was more of an achievement. As you said those games in 76/77 against Ipswich, West Brom (and home against Derby) were fantastic achievements because we were two divisions below them. And who can forget that final home night game against Sheff Wed? All of them played at a packed, heaving and passionate Goldstone.
Secondly it is an age thing. I was only nineteen in that season, and it was the first season where I went to nearly every game home and away. It was all new and exciting. I'm sure any nineteen year olds who went to Amsterdam will feel exactly the same when they look back, and they are quite entitled to say it was the 'finest night'
PS - I'm ignoring Hereford, Newcastle 1979, the Cup Final, etc as they weren't night games.
PPS - I didn't go which might also account for my views!
Stockholm Syndrome
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It was live on the telly box in Sweden.
POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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That Sheff Wed game was incredible.
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kojak
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The Wednesday promotion game,I actually got in with a sheet attached to a fence post
Imagine that today
Other night games at the old place
Pompey 4-0
Palace 2-0
Think there’s a big, big difference between how it looks to us (great night, nice to win but probably expected to against a poor Ajax side and did so without being at our best) and the rest of the footballing world (small club first time in Europe humbles a true giant of the game on their own turf).
In several years time, the fact Ajax are a bit crap will be forgotten and it’ll be remembered simply as the night one of our own fell into a canal
In several years time, the fact Ajax are a bit crap will be forgotten and it’ll be remembered simply as the night one of our own fell into a canal
kojak
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Well we'll never beat them at dike jumpingThink there’s a big, big difference between how it looks to us (great night, nice to win but probably expected to against a poor Ajax side and did so without being at our best) and the rest of the footballing world (small club first time in Europe humbles a true giant of the game on their own turf).
In several years time, the fact Ajax are a bit crap will be forgotten and it’ll be remembered simply as the night one of our own fell into a canal
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Walsall was the best 30 minutes in our history.
kojak
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tronnogull
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I was living in Canada at the time and the game definitely was shown live. I watched it with my dad who was visiting. CBC initially said they wouldn't show it but relented after getting lots of complaints.