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Bry Nylon

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Jul 21, 2003
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It's a rare sight these days with the advent of redeveloped stadia.

Nothing used to generate a "Yeeeaaahhh!" from all four sides of the ground quite like a clearance or shoot that resulted in the ball leaving the ground entirely.
 






Albion Dan

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Jul 8, 2003
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We had the same conversation when it happened but then remembered Ulloas penalty last season which is apparently still orbiting Earth.
 


BlockDpete

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Oct 8, 2005
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Anyone remember Danny Cullips shot at Withdean, which while it didn't make the railway line, it certianly cleared the Burger Vans?
 


Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003
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Anyone remember Danny Cullips shot at Withdean, which while it didn't make the railway line, it certianly cleared the Burger Vans?

T.Elphick and Adam Virgo, under the tutelage of Guy 'ClearYerLines' Butters, were always a clear and present danger to any aircraft on the approach to Gatwick during the Withdean era.
 






Curious Orange

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Jul 5, 2003
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On NSC for over two decades...
It's a rare sight these days with the advent of redeveloped stadia.

Nothing used to generate a "Yeeeaaahhh!" from all four sides of the ground quite like a clearance or shoot that resulted in the ball leaving the ground entirely.

I used to enjoy it when balls were hoofed on to the roof of the old West Stand. You'd hear the ball start to roll, and would have to guess whether it was going off the back, off the front, or getting stuck behind the advertising hoarding that was up there.

:)
 














Gilliver's Travels

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Jul 5, 2003
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I used to enjoy it when balls were hoofed on to the roof of the old West Stand. You'd hear the ball start to roll, and would have to guess whether it was going off the back, off the front, or getting stuck behind the advertising hoarding that was up there.

:)
Shurely shome mishtake? As I recall it, the entire Goldstone was always a pulsating, raucous cauldron of noise. With the West Stand leading the way.
 


Munkfish

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May 1, 2006
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Was this Greers huge hoof. It was pretty special it looked like it had the hight but not ended up falling way short and hitting about half way up the ESL.
 


Frutos

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May 3, 2006
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Was this Greers huge hoof. It was pretty special it looked like it had the hight but not ended up falling way short and hitting about half way up the ESL.

That's the one - much like the game as a whole it started very promisingly, but then dropped off very quickly.
 


Lady Whistledown

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Jul 7, 2003
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I don't think that particular clearance was anywhere near as high as it first appeared. Optical illusion.

More comical were the efforts of the crowd at the south end of the East Stand to retrieve the ball for a late Wigan throw in. Must have been dropped behind seats at least four times in the process. Imagine if a manager like Warnock was involved: he'd have been apoplectic :lol:
 






hans kraay fan club

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Mar 16, 2005
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Remember the one at Withdean, when we were defending grimly, holding a 1-0 lead, when Hinshelwood smashed it into the woods. Everybody cheered,and the defenders stood admiring it.

While one of the opposition garbbed another ball from the ball boy, took a quick throw, and they ran unchallenged on goal and scored :facepalm:
 


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