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Post by timbo on Mar 22, 2013 21:16:18 GMT
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Post by Jon on Mar 25, 2013 23:12:39 GMT
Result: 4-3 (Lawrence 2,Murphy 2). Attendance: 3924. Great to see Timbo's scanner on form. What a run of games we had against York at Plainmoor - two 3-0s followed by this cracker. I don't remember the goals but I do remember that John Turner very nearly scored - a long punt upfield sailing over the keeper and the ball going just wide of the post at the Babbacombe end right in front of where I was standing - in the days I would stand behind whichever goal we were attacking. What brilliant entertainment Mike Green's team provided in the first half of that season - faithfully chronicled in Budleigh's scrapbook until it all ended up with "BUGGAR" written all over it in red felt tip pen. You youngsters will get used to it. |
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Post by gullone on Mar 27, 2013 16:03:45 GMT
Result: 4-3 (Lawrence 2,Murphy 2). Attendance: 3924. Great to see Timbo's scanner on form. What a run of games we had against York at Plainmoor - two 3-0s followed by this cracker. I don't remember the goals but I do remember that John Turner very nearly scored - a long punt upfield sailing over the keeper and the ball going just wide of the post at the Babbacombe end right in front of where I was standing - in the days I would stand behind whichever goal we were attacking. What brilliant entertainment Mike Green's team provided in the first half of that season. Yes i think the high point was winning 2 1 at Bournemouth on new years day 1980. Never forget Steve Cooper scoring the winner past Kenny Allen that day if my memory is correct. Unfortunately we then inexplicably went on a shocking run of 15 games without a win and finished 9th in a season that had promised so much. |
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Post by Jon on Mar 27, 2013 20:55:25 GMT
Yes i think the high point was winning 2 1 at Bournemouth on new years day 1980. Never forget Steve Cooper scoring the winner past Kenny Allen that day if my memory is correct. Coops scored up the far end in the first half. The second half winner was right in front of us at the away end. Left back Phil Ferns sliced a clearance which looped up and over their 6'4" keeper and under the bar. We laughed and laughed at such a tall keeper getting "lobbed" by his own player and laughed even more when the Catweazle lookalike went absolutely mental at the goalscorer. Little did I know how many times I would see that keeper go mental at defenders - and what a TUFC legend he would become. I remember the radio playing the Buzzcocks on the way home and it seemed like everyone on the coach joined in singing along. If Carlsberg did away trips .....  |
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Post by Jon on Mar 27, 2013 21:08:54 GMT
Unfortunately we then inexplicably went on a shocking run of 15 games without a win and finished 9th in a season that had promised so much. Part of it was the weather. We had quite a few games postponed and lost momentum - where have I heard that before? Another factor was Tommy Sermanni - who had been absolutely fantastic - picking up a knee injury. He was never the same again and we lost a lot of our drive. In truth most of us knew our squad was thinner than our rivals. We were a centre-back short of being a promotion team - remember how great we were when Jim Hagan was on loan? Injuries would always find us out. Thanks to the internet not having been invented, we didn't have to spend the first half of the season with people constantly moaning "It won't last! We haven't "invested" in the team". And we didn't have to spend the second half of the season with the moaners saying "See - I told you so. There is no point whatsoever in having a club like Torquay United. They just couldn't be bothered so why should we?". |
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Post by gullone on Mar 28, 2013 17:11:38 GMT
Thanks to the internet not having been invented, we didn't have to spend the first half of the season with people constantly moaning "It won't last! We haven't "invested" in the team". And we didn't have to spend the second half of the season with the moaners saying "See - I told you so. There is no point whatsoever in having a club like Torquay United. They just couldn't be bothered so why should we?".
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Brilliant ! Now that made me laugh out loud !
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Post by gullone on Mar 28, 2013 17:16:36 GMT
Yes i think the high point was winning 2 1 at Bournemouth on new years day 1980. Never forget Steve Cooper scoring the winner past Kenny Allen that day if my memory is correct. Coops scored up the far end in the first half. The second half winner was right in front of us at the away end. Left back Phil Ferns sliced a clearance which looped up and over their 6'4" keeper and under the bar. We laughed and laughed at such a tall keeper getting "lobbed" by his own player and laughed even more when the Catweazle lookalike went absolutely mental at the goalscorer. Little did I know how many times I would see that keeper go mental at defenders - and what a TUFC legend he would become. I remember the radio playing the Buzzcocks on the way home and it seemed like everyone on the coach joined in singing along. If Carlsberg did away trips ..... It all comes flooding back now! The first day of the 80s with my best mates celebrating on the open terracing. Happy days indeed. |
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Post by plainmoorpete on Jun 13, 2020 17:34:29 GMT
I have to say this was the best game I've ever seen at Plainmoor. End to end stuff, the atmosphere was electric.
The great Peter Lorimer playing for York. Mind you he had lost some of his accuracy from his Leeds days but none of the power and the mini stand was not the safest place to be when York were attacking that end. In fact standing next to me was kid about 9 or 10 years old from York with his father. The kid unfortunately took one of Lorimer's misses full in the face and his dad had to literally carry him out due to concussion.
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Post by Jon on Jun 16, 2020 23:51:07 GMT
The great Peter Lorimer playing for York. Twenty lashes from Lasher: |
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