4-3 at Derby was 91/92 and I think that was Parker's debut.
Alan Towers. Blast from the past. Now deceased I believe.Left the BBC with this parting shot.https://youtu.be/es7K3LnVtW4
Quote from: eric woolban woolban on May 13, 2020, 09:47:21 PMAlan Towers. Blast from the past. Now deceased I believe.Left the BBC with this parting shot.https://youtu.be/es7K3LnVtW4Ha ha, I've never seen that, that's the full Partridge! Top man.
Quote from: Exeter 77 on May 13, 2020, 10:14:47 AM4-3 at Derby was 91/92 and I think that was Parker's debut.I was at the 4-3 midweek game at Derby in the cup. We were seated in the top tier of one of the stands behind the goal whereas on our previous visit (Cascarino's debut) we were stood in the pen behind the goal. But I was also at the Oldham away game and I thought that was Garry Parker's debut game.
Just done a bit of googling.Garry Parker signed Friday 29th November 1991.The next day we lost 3-2 away to Oldham and Parker was in the starting line up.
Probably going to add another 100 pages but why were we so bad in the FA cup around that time?2nd place prem season lost in replay to Wimbledon on penalties in 4th round.Season we won the league cup we lost to Bolton who weren't even in the premier league at the time, too much fixture congestion? Frustrating period of our obsession considering how strong we were in the league cup in that period.3-0 QF lost to Oldham in 1990 aswell, I assume that was the season they nearly beat Man. United in the semi final.Frustrating period of our obsession considering how strong we were in the league cup in that period.Our record in the early to mid 80s was even poorer when you consider how open the competition was in that period compared to the present day.
We just didn't turn up for that 1990 quarter final at Oldham that night. It was a pathetic display (I deliberately didn't use the word performance because we didn't perform whatsoever). The car load of us who travelled left before the end, which was very rare for us.At Anfield in 1992 we put in a good performance but the ref P.Don gave every decision to Liverpool and gave us f*ck all. That should have been our year with second division Portsmouth and second division Sunderland waiting for us in the semi and the final.
Quote from: Damo70 on May 15, 2020, 09:14:52 AMWe just didn't turn up for that 1990 quarter final at Oldham that night. It was a pathetic display (I deliberately didn't use the word performance because we didn't perform whatsoever). The car load of us who travelled left before the end, which was very rare for us.At Anfield in 1992 we put in a good performance but the ref P.Don gave every decision to Liverpool and gave us f*ck all. That should have been our year with second division Portsmouth and second division Sunderland waiting for us in the semi and the final.We should have at least got them back to Villa Park. It was a missed opportunity because that Liverpool side was shite, well shite for them anyway.