Bit of a thing on twitter about the first game after you were born
It led me to looking up the 82/83 season and had no idea of the great escape that took place
Rock bottom in 22nd place after losing 4 nil to Luton in April and end up finishing 17th with 5 wins from last 6
Pretty crazy
What happened?
1988/89 season; 0-4 defeat away at Ipswich on the way to getting relegated from the second division
Most of those wins were through late goals as well.
I think we have to credit Newbon. He made a £100 bet live on air that we would get relegated. Saunders probably had that on the betamax before every game.
Blues 1 Swindon 2
Attendance 4,000
You must have all been playing a pool tournament
Not a bad start for this very young Bluenose! #KRO [en.wikipedia.org]
97/98, last game of the season. Drew 0-0- with Charlton at home. Think we needed to either draw and results go our way or win to get into the playoffs. Finished 7th after the result.
Know it sounds a bit of fun but I wouldn’t be sharing a 3 day window of my date of birth on Twitter. Smells very phisy!
Yes, I’m a killjoy so expect the PTA parents amongst you to moan about me killing the fun. But, in the words of Peter Pannu “I care not”
What a fascinating post. Really enjoyed reading it.
late goals from Hopkins V Everton at home and Harford at Spurs & Southampton are the stand out ones for me
Wazball97/98, last game of the season. Drew 0-0- with Charlton at home. Think we needed to either draw and results go our way or win to get into the playoffs. Finished 7th after the result.
A win would have done iirc and we absolutely battered them but somehow didn't score
roger hyndWazball97/98, last game of the season. Drew 0-0- with Charlton at home. Think we needed to either draw and results go our way or win to get into the playoffs. Finished 7th after the result.
A win would have done iirc and we absolutely battered them but somehow didn't score
It was one of the years they used goals scored,not goal difference. Our goal difference was much better than Sheffield United, who finished ahead of us on the same number of points.
We played the day I was born
28th November 1981
Swansea 1-0 Blues
Anyone go that day? Haha
roger hyndWazball97/98, last game of the season. Drew 0-0- with Charlton at home. Think we needed to either draw and results go our way or win to get into the playoffs. Finished 7th after the result.
A win would have done iirc and we absolutely battered them but somehow didn't score
Looking at the table we had the same points as Sheff U and a better GD but somehow finished 7th? Was it head to head back then?
Edit: ah don’t worry sheep answered my question, can’t believe goals scored was used above GD.