[Football] SAMI - 10 years on

[chaileyjem]

The bleakest night ever at the Amex .


(I'm writing a piece for that Dogma marking 10 years since Hyypia - 2 Ys not 2Ps - resigned. "A very honourable man " said Tony Bloom at the time, His worst ever move . Says well ? Most of us i guess. )

Sammy Lee ! The loans ! The inexplicable strikers ! Darren Bent ! Lewis Dunk as top scorer ! and so it went on. What a calamitous few months it was.

But Milwall (H) - that was the nadir. Never been a night as poor as that - and I'd include the Palace semi final and Brighton 0- Bournemouth 5 in there.

 

[The Grockle]

A low time in our recent history after all the buzz of moving to the Amex but I'd argue it was the catalyst for the success that followed. Hypia, for all his shortcomings had a tiny budget, Bloom realised he'd need to back his next man and ploughed millions into the player budget which thankfully paid off.

 

[LamieRobertson]

If I recall correctly the atmosphere at that game was very toxic

 

[Taybha]

If I recall correctly the atmosphere at that game was very toxic

It was the night Millwall fans became intertwined with the electrified and apparently mined 10ft wide bit of netting between the fans,for some unfathomable reason about 50 or so of Millwall's bravest decided to charge the family section in the SW corner,half way across said netting about 5 Brighton fans stood their ground and this caused complete confusion to the supposedly tuff guys from the smog,it went downhill rapidly for them as 2 Brighton fans had successfully negotiated the booby trapped netting and lamped what they could before a complete Millwall retreat.
It was almost as pathetic from Millwall fans as our performance on the pitch.

 

[Justice]

If I recall correctly the atmosphere at that game was very toxic

Fans getting dragged out of the North the Oscar song on repetition I quite enjoyed it apart from the football obviously

 

[Klaas]

The bleakest night ever at the Amex .


(I'm writing a piece for that Dogma marking 10 years since Hyypia - 2 Ys not 2Ps - resigned. "A very honourable man " said Tony Bloom at the time, His worst ever move . Says well ? Most of us i guess. )

Sammy Lee ! The loans ! The inexplicable strikers ! Darren Bent ! Lewis Dunk as top scorer ! and so it went on. What a calamitous few months it was.

But Milwall (H) - that was the nadir. Never been a night as poor as that - and I'd include the Palace semi final and Brighton 0- Bournemouth 5 in there.

Bloody hell, I'd forgotten most of SH's reign but I had to google the Sammy Lee link, so far down in my subconscious had it been shoved.

 

[jcdenton08]

Yeah I was there for this, very grim. The atmosphere was toxic as mentioned above, two really poor teams. Awful football match. Watching the “highlights” really sums it up.