Another bad one was v Barnsley 2007 when we were scrapping at the bottom. Beaten 3-0 and going down without so much as a whimper. I ran to the corner of the stand where the players came of the pitch and berated Brownie and Ashbee with the usual 'what the **** was that ****'..and told Parkin he was too ****ing fat to wear the shirt. Brownie looked me in the eye and nodded, Ash looked me in the eye with a look that turned my blood to ice and Parkin just trudged off like he couldn't care less. I actually thought we might go down that season after that match, but it turned out to be a bit of a turning point.
Huddersfield away in 2004. Got thrashed 4-0 and i had to go Tiger Travel. And i hate Tiger Travel. Miserable day all round.
I actually missed 2 of their goals, they scored the first 2 in quite quick succession or was that the following year? but i was ordering a pie and on the toilet, i thought city had scored until i came out craned my neck like a owl since the scoreboard was above the away end and cried
The infamous Manchester City away game is definitely up there in my top 2. Absolutely dire performance and then there was the Half Time fiasco just to top it off... However, the Huddersfield match, 2004 was absolutely shocking.
Man City away in the late 80s, watched it with my Dad in the middle of their Kop, they were stuffing us 4-0 (and it couldve been double figures) with ten mins to go and my Dad decides we should leave and 'beat the traffic' so we miss City's consolation goal.
I remember that one - saw Mickey Horswill on the way out and he said it would get worse (how could anything be worse than that!) before it got better. It certainly did! Also agree with OLM re Burnley in 2009 - my teeth still ache as I grind my jaw thinking about it!
Too many to mention, the Donny 1-0 when Prince Moncrief scored the winner, 4 zip at Hartlepool on a Tuesday night under Brian Little and the 4-0 drubbing at St Mary's in our promotion year stand out.
I remember york in the early 2000's. Got stuck outside the gound as the game kicked of and with some stuck up woman copper on horseback trying to wind the already agitated crowd up. York scored twice whilst I was still outside! we lost 2-1 I think. Worst bit was driving back to Hull with my mate, a York fan!
Tonight could be a worthy contender in my worst away days. Disillusioned officials. Jesus Christ it was frustrating...
I think I've got 3. Burnley away last season - spent 3 and a half hours getting up there by train to arrive 2 hours before the game, and be the only person to greet the players off the coach. On New Years Eve it was BLOODY FREEZING, and to sit in those wooden seats and witness the Gulasci/Hobbs debacle was just terrible. The 2/3 mile walk back was ok, to find out our train was cancelled at the stop before due to Sheff Wednesday fans being violent to the conductor. So we had ours, Burnley, Sheff Weds AND Preston fans all on the same train, was an absolute nightmare. Charlton this season - 4 hours stuck on the M11, had to run into the game when it was pissing it down; to watch 12 minutes of City missing open goals in a bog. My first ever away game... Swansea away in 99/00 - 7 hour journey there to watch Roary lose to Cyril the Swan in a penalty shootout, Gary Brabin dance to Feeling Hot Hot Hot in a virtual swamp, and the Vetch Field feeling like it was going to collapse any second, what an awful 0-0 draw that was.
Having to go anywhere over the Humber Bridge for football, Scunthorpe, Lincoln and Grimsby utter ****.
Did Andy Payton score first against Barnsley and we went on to lose ? I just remember it absolutely pissed down non-stop and this was when Barnsley had an open terrace away end
