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Title: Big Ron's big day out.
Post by: bertlambshank on January 24, 2014, 02:31:11 AM
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Post by: willywombat on January 24, 2014, 02:57:30 AM
One of the best awaydays I can remember!
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Post by: PaulTheVillan on January 24, 2014, 07:22:08 AM
Not very often 3 debutants score in the same game.
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Post by: Dave Clark Five on January 24, 2014, 07:28:05 AM
I miss the trips to Sheffield, with Wednesday and United yo-yoing between divisions. That Wards Bitter was a real treat in those days. There was an old saying, something like: When the bottom falls out of your world, drink Wards and the world will fall out of your bottom. (Change the brewery name at will).
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Post by: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on January 24, 2014, 08:15:32 AM
A brilliant day out. I loved coming away from a ground after games like that, buzzing, hoarse throated and feeling mental.
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Post by: Damo70 on January 24, 2014, 08:41:17 AM
We usually drove to away games but I'm pretty sure we got the coach to this one. Fantastic atmosphere. We all went  to the local when we got back to the Midlands and each of us had a brandy and a cigar in honour of Big Ron. As far as league games go this would probably be in my top three away days along with Everton and Swindon.
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Post by: Dave Cooper please on January 24, 2014, 10:37:08 AM
Marvelous day out. Got back as far as derby, woke up in someones front garden.
As I say, marvelous.
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Post by: darren woolley on January 24, 2014, 12:28:56 PM
A brilliant day out I really enjoyed it happy days.
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Post by: Witton Warrior on January 24, 2014, 04:34:50 PM
Having 3 debutants scoring in one match must be a record?
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Post by: Damo70 on January 24, 2014, 04:42:02 PM
We might have come close to the top flight record for fielding debutants  too. Was it six or seven? Although there was that year in the early eighties when the whole Coventry side were out of contract and had to be replaced. And Ian Holloway's transfer policy at Blackpool and Palace which made Barry Fry seem restrained.
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Post by: AV82EC on January 24, 2014, 11:04:57 PM
As I didn't go to Everton a couple of seasons earlier, probably my best ever awayday.
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Post by: usav on January 25, 2014, 12:58:32 AM
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?
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Post by: Olof's Beard on January 25, 2014, 09:07:01 AM
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?

He was playing
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Post by: Damo70 on January 26, 2014, 07:39:32 AM
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?

He was playing

Didn't McGrath or Mountfield play at right back that day?
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Post by: Darlo Dave on January 27, 2014, 12:29:24 AM
Regis? Why did we sign that old has been? Atkinson out!
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Post by: The Left Side on January 27, 2014, 02:15:01 AM
Wonderful day, such an great time full of promise.
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Post by: willywombat on January 27, 2014, 08:46:39 AM
Don't worry mate, plenty more to come
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Post by: richard moore on January 27, 2014, 08:52:56 AM
Memories like the corners of our minds....

What a day out that was
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Post by: usav on January 27, 2014, 04:37:38 PM
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?

He was playing

Oh yes, so he was.   It was seeing Mountfield that confused me.  He must have been the one at right back.
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Post by: Damo70 on January 27, 2014, 06:52:16 PM
I think that might have been Mountfield's last game for the club.
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Post by: Rudy65 on January 30, 2014, 12:15:20 AM
As I didn't go to Everton a couple of seasons earlier, probably my best ever awayday.

Ditto for me too.

Great weather

Win from 2 down

Big Ron first game

Francis losing

 A great day

Thanks for posting. Not seen extended highlights before

Winner was v similar to Lunas at Arsenal
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