Theo in goal for Tranmere. I was sat in the East and at 5-1 up we were chanting, Theo, give us a wave, Theo Theo give us a wave. Being a Tranmere player he couldn't of course, but he stood hands on hips and gave us the biggest grin you've ever seen.
Late Koren goal to beat Leicester - I also remember a match against Derby at the Kcom in 2005 when we won 2 1 and the whole of the East Stand was rocking
Winning at New Filbert Crisp Bowl Easter 2008 also saw the stand rocking. Not in my top 10, but certainly bubbling just under the top 30. Holloway and Lesster consigned to League One, their morb drum boy silenced and their cocky crowd sent home miserable. Bradford away one Sunday in 2005 was also satisfying. As was winning (at last) at Bramall Lane in 2010. One from left field: the defeat at WHU in 2016 at their new place. We were fantastic that day couldn' t have played any better given our ****ed up situation. WHU reduced to embarrassed silence with their goal under siege and bearing a charmed life. Although like everyone else I hate Arsenal, I enjoyed the win at WHL the following week even more. Great free kick from Geovanni...Modric, Bale etc turned over on their manor.
I remember that game. For some alcohol induced reason, I thought it was 1-1, when we were 2-1 up late in the game. As you say, East stand was rocking that day because Andy Dawson 'conceded' a ridiculous penalty in NE corner when the ball was booted against his arm (Seth Johnson?) at speed from a few yards. We were hanging on, time wasting and clearly settling for a draw. I was going berserk at the team and Tiger Nation (can we still use that term?) for the lack of ambition and not pushing for the win. Even at the end, everyone was celebrating as if we had won the FA cup, not drawn at home to Derby County. As I am typing, I actually remember the really weird feeling of not been 'at one' with the rest of East stand. Coming away from the ground with mates, I was still moaning away about the lack of ambition despite that huge buzz around me you only get after a good win. When it slowly started to dawn on me that we'd actually won, I quickly quietened down and said very little, hoping no one would notice my faux pas. Obviously it didn't go unnoticed, so I had to confess and was quite rightly slaughtered. Seems ironic even then I was trying to rack my brains to recall our two goals, and yet 13 years later, I can remember other details from the same game so vividly!!!
So many great games mentioned. I loved the 2-1 win away at West Brom in the year we went up, we where great that day and it was when I really started to believe we could do it. One other that sticks out is when we lost 3-2 to Sheffield Utd, we didn't play great football, we lost but my god the players put a shift in and us fans where superb, one of the best away days from memory. There are so many great games, most of which have been mentioned. Compared to some generations of Hull City fans we have been spoilt. We really have seen the best and worst of supporting your local football team in the last 25 years.
It only brings more starkly into focus what a complete horses arse of a job Ehab has done over the last few years. Incompetence on a mammoth scale to see the club in the state it is today. I don't have the time or the crayons to explain it to him, but I shouldn't have to he's as sharp as a marble afterall.
The game you are on about was in 2006 and we lost by one goal , the penalty that was harshly given against Andy Dawson in the last minute . In 2005 we did beat Derby at home 2 1 , Stuart Elliot scored with a shot from outside the box in the first half and Stuart Green scored a pen late on . Brownie was the Derby manager in the 2005 City win .
Stuart Elliott belted a penalty straight at Theo and he ran out of the way of it with his arms protecting his face. Genius.
I've mentioned this before but I liked the reverse fixture against Tranmere that year . Ended up before the match in a ropey looking boozer . Some tranmere fans kept joking how they wouldn't stab us, they were a friendly bunch etc ,but with a sinister edge which suggested they might well do . They got talking about the chant of mauled by the tigers , and how they hated it getting sung at them , and they said if they got beat today they wouldn't mind, as long as they didn't hear that song, if they did apparently we would be sorry ... an hour into the game we go 3-1 up and out comes the chant , and all I could think of was that little nutters angry face . And still do whenever I hear it Also mostly the usual suspects in my list , sheff weds , Arsenal away etc. Also when we beat Torquay 4-1 and Ashbee scored the Zidane type volley .
he was indeed in goal, but only because tranmere's original keeper (achterberg) had been replaced by their sub goalie (howarth) who was also injured and didn't return for the second half, so they ran out of options. achterberg didn't let a goal in, howarth let one in, and good old theo let five in.
You sure? So I have merged two games! Presumably the late penalty was the reason for the East stand going berserk then! Another game vs Derby which would be in my top few of all time was the 3-2 win at Boothferry Park. We were 2-0 down and Booby McNeill was sent off (his second offence was for a foul throw). I am absolutely hopeless at recalling dates, I'm guessing early eighties?
Dear all please forgive Askew for his alcohol induced Korsakoff's syndrome behaviour, he one time was befuddled why his pass would not let him in, before it being pointed out it was his library or B&Q card he was trying to use...
March 1985 was the 3 2 at BP , won promotion . It seems there was several penalties in our 2 home homes V Derby in the mid noughties . The first we won 2 1 , both teams scored a pen , but they had 2 goals disallowed and Phil Brown who was their manager was not happy about the ref . The other was early in the 06/07 season cannot remember the score , only that they won with a late penalty . Think it was a sky game on a Saturday night . Phil Parkinson was not happy about the ref as Andy Dawson could not really avoid the ball hitting his arm which was down by his side and close to his body
I once spent half an hour outside Five Ways pub, trying to use my pin number to unlock my combination lock
