Ok, as an aside from the will he/won't he be sacked rhetoric that is bogging us down at the moment, I'd like you to tell us, nay describe, what the greatest game you ever attended was. Mine was; Brentford 0 Bolton Wanderers 0. Think it was 1988. We spotted at least fifty jumbo jets going in to land at Heathrow, it was f**king epic. What was yours?
England vs Scotland away in the play offs. 2 - nil England with 2 goals from the Ginja Ninja. Brilliant game with an outstanding atmosphere.
I thought you were going to say the 6-0 game when I saw your username The game your talking about I was at the United game away at Sunderland Excellent trip home.
Ah, **** off! My actual greatest was under the Fat Ron era, United 3 Barcelona 0 ECWC quarter final second leg. Maradona, Schuster and all that (Barcelona were **** though, obviously) . Was utterly, utterly amazing, better than any of the cup finals. Anyway, **** that, I want to know what dross you've witnessed, like my Brentford visit above. Any especially grim grounds? Ayresome Park is without a shadow of a doubt the most horrifying ground I ever visited. Roker Park not far behind.
Went to goodison park to watch Everton vs Coventry. Can't remember the year but Everton due to other results didn't get relegated. Was possibly the worst football I've ever seen. The best part of the game was when some fat black dude came on for Coventry and 30k scousers all started singing who ate all the pies. Everton despite drawing the game 0-0 stayed up and then there was a massive pitch invasion, the stewards were brilliant and were helping people over the advertising hoardings only for them to be tackled by coppers. An old biddy must have been 80 got on the pitch and ripped up some turf and held it above her head Infront of the stand I was in was hilarious. Funny day **** football and a **** ground.
I've only been to Goodison once, I liked it there. Tight ground with a great atmosphere, better than the **** hole next door. The best bit was getting bricked by unseen assailants as we were marched through a council estate by the horrible scouse coppers. That was great. Norman Whiteside had just joined them. Treacherous bastard!
But the atmosphere at Roker Park was immense. **** grounds but brilliant fans. The worst grounds I've been to were the old Donny ground (Belle Vue) and probably the old Chesterfield Ground ( No roof, outside toilets, biggest Chav following of fans I've ever witnessed ). Chesterfield away was funny though as the Donny fans starting singing Blazing Squad songs to all the young Chavs in the Chesterfield end. What's the best chants you've heard at a football ground ?
I agree on the Sunderland fans, the Roker Roar was very good. Didn't go as a United fan, I think it was Wigan they were playing! Used to go out with a girl from Seaham I'd met on holiday and I was up there and she worked Saturday's! Worst grounds; The above three mentioned Anfield! Ninian Park Vetch Field Hereford City Halifax Town (was called the Shay, should have been called the Shed!) Elland Road (****ing hole) Notts County (Meadow Lane, jumped the wall off the top of a burger van) Special mention goes to my local Rugby League grounds though, Swinton RLFC Station Road (sadly no more) was great but Salford RLFC (The Willows) was a special **** hole of magnificent proportions. The toilet was an outside wall which you pissed against while you stood in the ankle deep mud created by said piss. Brilliant.
Out of those I've been to : Anfield (in the Liverpool end though against United) Halifax Town - proper **** hole Elland Road - Their away end particularly is pathetic Bradford away end is also extremely ****.
Worst game in terms of how bad it was was a nil nil with Leeds. They were down to 9 men for the whole second half and we still couldn't score!! Worst game emotionally has to be either losing the fa cup final 4-0 in 94 or THAT C.L 2nd leg v Barca in 08.
Didn't 'attend' dude. Had a ticket but had just had a kid and couldn't justify the £1,000.00 it was going to cost to go. Thank god.
Between beating Barca 3-1 in 2000, or winning at the Reebok 2-0 to seal the title. Crazy that the latter was near on 9 years ago
First game I went to I remember as well as any other really - 1983 we beat Coventry 4 - 0 at Anfield Favourite overall - 1986 FA Cup Final beating the blueshite 3 - 1 on a glorious day at Wembley Favourite at Anfield - Tough choice but one of these: 4 - 0 vs Real Madrid 09 - With more Spaniards in the team than they had we ripped them apart from the first minute to the last. 3 - 3 vs United - a weird one because it was such an absolute buzz afterwards and yet I still knew having seen Utd's play in the first 30 mins just how far ahead of us they'd got in terms of quality. 2 -1 vs Everton 94 - Ian Rush had haunted the blueshite for many years and just as he's about to retire....along came Robbie to carry on the good work both scored in that game and the blues just couldn't believe it was starting all over again. Worst game: 1-0 defeat to Everton 1991 - (FA Cup 5th round replay at Goodison) - The second replay after the legendary 4-4 game and Kennys resignation days later....a weird atmosphere and a truly awful game) Most boring game: Went to watch Scotland vs Russia in a EC qualifier at Hampden....0 - 0 and probably the lowest standard of football I'd ever seen (considering these were supposed to be international players zzzzzzzzzzzz) Funniest game: Went to watch Runcorn play Marine....one of the Runcorn players was fresh out of nick having been sent down for sexual assault and the abuse he got for 90 mins was merciless The Runcorn Ripper
Was at that. Great day out. Absolutely pissed down non stop and we got out first league and cup double. When it meant something. Still does really but it's overlooked as being a major achievement.
Most random match I ever went to was Sparta Prague v some unpronounceable opponent I'd never heard of and can't find the name of now. Cost about 90p to get in, these were the good seats, and we could eat sausage and drink fine beer cheaply at our seats. Took the Mrs, she ****ing loved it. Freezing cold, Sparta won one nil. A certain 18 year old Thomas Rosicki scored the winner and I pointed out to her that he was going to be a player. She nodded her head in agreement of course.
