Chairman of the Bored Posted 29 June 2017 Posted 29 June 2017 Spent the day with a Swindon fan. He said the POF was the best day of his footballing life. Ironically he thought the White penalty wasn't whereas I did. Despite everything that's happened to us since, I still think those 12 minutes when we came from 0-3 down to level 3-3 were some of the best moments in my rather long LCFC career. Can always remember 30,000 City fans streaming out of Wembley after we'd lost singing 'Always look on the bright side of life.' Glorious, gallows humour in the slough of despond.
Aus Fox Posted 29 June 2017 Posted 29 June 2017 Despite the end result, one of my best footballing memories too. Great game, it had everything! And your mate was right, never a penalty in a million years? But without that, we wouldn't have had Derby the very next year!
stripeyfox Posted 29 June 2017 Posted 29 June 2017 That noise when Thommo equalised! "It's unbelievable stuff now!"
Izzy Posted 29 June 2017 Posted 29 June 2017 All those Wembley trips just merge into one for me now I think the fact they were always all day sessions starting at about 7am means I struggle to distinguish one game from another We really were spoilt back then. It seemed like we visited the twin towers every year for about a decade with all those play off and league cup finals.
Drew Peacock Posted 29 June 2017 Posted 29 June 2017 It was a fantastic day, obviously spoilt at the time by losing. The equalising goal was one of those rare moments which I love in football where everyone, even those that are normally reserved, lose all their inhibitions. Strangers celebrating and embracing with each other and getting a feeling which I guess is why we all love being football supporters. And that feeling, in that moment is..... a real sense of belonging.
Webbo Posted 29 June 2017 Posted 29 June 2017 We had a thread about this a couple of weeks ago. I remember we stayed at the Wembley Hilton the night before. I still haven't paid so much for beer since them. I spent all my money that night and felt sick as a dog on the match day. Terrific memories though, shame about the result.
katieakita Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Highlights to any City fan why things happen for a reason and why however bad things get you still keep following the Foxes. Any City fan at the game will have left gutted but proud unaware thee following season we would somehow sneak our way into a Play off final and then do Derby in a game any Derby fan will tell you they had at least 105% of the possession created about 60 attempts at goal against our 2 and one of them being a foul (and it probably was) and we totally robbed them of their rightful place in the Premier league. So despite being one of the saddest days in my City lifetime it all ended well at the expense of the sheep
Livid Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Everyone I've spoken to says they ended rows away from their seat when that third goal went. I don't think I've ever witnessed a goal celebration like it since.
Crazy Kop Corner Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Hairs on the back of the neck now just thinking of when Thommo's goal went in. I seem to remember Oldfield nearly going through just after and I swear if he had gone through and scored I would have had a coronary as my heart was beating so fast. For pure exhilaration that goal would have to be in my top 5 (possibly top 3) of all time in 40 years of supporting the boys in blue.
stripeyfox Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 48 minutes ago, Crazy Kop Corner said: Hairs on the back of the neck now just thinking of when Thommo's goal went in. I seem to remember Oldfield nearly going through just after and I swear if he had gone through and scored I would have had a coronary as my heart was beating so fast. For pure exhilaration that goal would have to be in my top 5 (possibly top 3) of all time in 40 years of supporting the boys in blue. He did, and almost had a chance. We were riding the crest of a wave at the time and Swindon couldn't handle us. But I think after Oldfield's chance petered out, that was it - we'd blown ourselves out!
davieG Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 7 hours ago, Webbo said: We had a thread about this a couple of weeks ago. I remember we stayed at the Wembley Hilton the night before. I still haven't paid so much for beer since them. I spent all my money that night and felt sick as a dog on the match day. Terrific memories though, shame about the result.
Vlad the Fox Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 1 hour ago, stripeyfox said: He did, and almost had a chance. We were riding the crest of a wave at the time and Swindon couldn't handle us. But I think after Oldfield's chance petered out, that was it - we'd blown ourselves out! Got through one on one if I remember rightly, but the effort of the come back had taken a lot out of him and the team and he just didn't have the legs to control and score the chance just managing a stretched toe poke against the goalkeeper. As for the equaliser I ended up rows in front and when I looked round my mate had adopted a kid and was running up and down the row of seats carrying him with sheer joy on their faces.
whetstonefox Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 A magic 12 minutes, nothing will ever take away that moment when Thommo scored. Despite the ending it did then allow us to beat Derby 12 months later!
Bramhall Fox Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Incredible match - definitely in my top 3 of all time. Went into London afterwards and found a pub called Da Hiems (spelling?) in Leicester Square. Totally full of Leicester fans, and ended up having a massive Leicester party in there. Amazing night, despite the heartbreak of losing.
foxy boxing Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Unbelievable match, 3- 0 down and it looked all over and then all of a sudden it was 3 -1 then 3 - 2 and incredibly 3 - 3 only to lose it. I was just so upset at the end. Still the painful memories are good to look back on just as the fantastic ones
RumbleFox Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 5 hours ago, katieakita said: Highlights to any City fan why things happen for a reason and why however bad things get you still keep following the Foxes. Any City fan at the game will have left gutted but proud unaware thee following season we would somehow sneak our way into a Play off final and then do Derby in a game any Derby fan will tell you they had at least 105% of the possession created about 60 attempts at goal against our 2 and one of them being a foul (and it probably was) and we totally robbed them of their rightful place in the Premier league. So despite being one of the saddest days in my City lifetime it all ended well at the expense of the sheep The Silence of the Rams. X
Guest Col city fan Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Thommo was one of my favourite City players. Such an accomplished passer of the ball, calm, intelligent and cool. A real playmaker of the type we SO could do with at present.
notnow john Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Looking at the different trajectories of the two clubs since that day you could be forgiven a slight glow but that "penalty" still annoys me. Even so it was one of the best footballing experiences of my life, even now,when we're behind and the clock reaches 68 minutes we get a surge of hope. One other incident I'll always remember is,at the final whistle with the Swindon players celebrating wildly and our players lying devastated and isolated, Glenn Hoddle went to each individual city player with a handshake and word of consolation before joining his players.
Drew Peacock Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 4 hours ago, Livid said: Everyone I've spoken to says they ended rows away from their seat when that third goal went. I don't think I've ever witnessed a goal celebration like it since. Absolutely! Great post because it's brought back my own feelings from that day. I've no idea how I ended up where I did, but like you say, it was rows away. I just remember Thompson's goal took an absolute age to go in. Super slow-mo, before it was invented, in real life.
Bourne Blue& White Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 1 hour ago, Bramhall Fox said: Incredible match - definitely in my top 3 of all time. Went into London afterwards and found a pub called Da Hiems (spelling?) in Leicester Square. Totally full of Leicester fans, and ended up having a massive Leicester party in there. Amazing night, despite the heartbreak of losing. Used to drink in De Hems regularly when in London watching Leicester in the nineties. Called in there last year for the first time in ages, a great Dutch pub. The equaliser against Swindon was manic, I know we ended up losing but to see us come back from 0 - 3 in 12 minutes at Wembley was something else. The 3 - 3 against Arsenal was good too.
Guest Cujek Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 I still have my year 8 English book, with I hate Swindon scrawled on it. Still scarred from this game.
purpleronnie Posted 30 June 2017 Posted 30 June 2017 Agree, never seen celebrations like it when the 3rd went in, don't think I ever celebrated a goal like that again, I do regret having my face painted before the game though.
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