Steven Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 "Steve signed for Leicester in January 2009 and, despite the Club’s relegation four months later, he was Player of the Year in the record-breaking team which stormed to the League 1 title the following season. " https://www.lcfc.com/news/1294220/former-player-remembers-steve-howard/featured Was it Leeds he scored that late winner against?
GeorgeTheFox Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 One of my favourite memories was being in the crowd for that last minute header Vs Leeds. Felt like such a restoration of pride in the club
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Would never have got out of League 1 first time without him. Absolute hero. Also his performance in the second leg vs Cardiff in the playoffs was the stuff of legends, he was unplayable.
Guest Markyblue Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 The last minute goal against Leeds up there with my best moments at the kp.
LC/FC Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Wasn't that game and goal the one that solidified that we'd go up? Pretty sure the big deal with the goal was that it sealed promotion back to the Championship... Hence why it's such a memorable and great goal. It was 10 years ago mind, so could totally have miss remembered.
sishades Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 The BBC commentary of his goal against Leeds has been my ringtone for many a year. Here it is for your delight. leeds.mp3
Super_horns Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 I remember he did get sent off when you beat us 4-1 over Easter time a few years back..
ronnup Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 5 hours ago, GeorgeTheFox said: One of my favourite memories was being in the crowd for that last minute header Vs Leeds. Felt like such a restoration of pride in the club Incredible. My old man shed a tear and it was incredible. I think we'd got so used to not getting that Hollywood ending. Or scoring headers.
Fox92 Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Hero. I know the Leeds goal will always stick out but I'll never forget being at WBA and Howard getting a hatrick in what was a shit season.
Fox92 Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 1 hour ago, Super_horns said: I remember he did get sent off when you beat us 4-1 over Easter time a few years back.. That was so uncalled for to and, if I recall correctly, he was in good form and we were pushing/cementing a place for the play offs.
Staffs Fox Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Is it me or is that article saying we got relegated in 2009 when we actually got relegated in 2008?? Nothing quite like our official site getting one of our most important milestones wrong?
Legend_in_blue Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 It was late on in the game and as usual, despite the moment, there were people on the way out. The header goes in and it's crazy behind the goal, absolutely crazy. One of the earliest, craziest celebrations I can remember at the KP. Crazy scenes. Brilliant moment though.
baldeagle Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Absolute unit of a bloke. Proper old school striker
Gubbins Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 3 hours ago, LC/FC said: Wasn't that game and goal the one that solidified that we'd go up? Pretty sure the big deal with the goal was that it sealed promotion back to the Championship... Hence why it's such a memorable and great goal. It was 10 years ago mind, so could totally have miss remembered. No. The importance of this goal always seems to be hugely overstated. Didn't seal promotion, we were almost certainly gonna go up by this stage anyway so it didn't give us extra momentum and Leeds were miles behind us so they weren't really rivals for promotion. Was just a late winner in a promotion season really. And if I can go against the grain of this thread, whilst he was important in the league one season he was generally a hopeless carthorse for us in the championship.
LC/FC Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 4 minutes ago, Gubbins said: No. The importance of this goal always seems to be hugely overstated. Didn't seal promotion, we were almost certainly gonna go up by this stage anyway so it didn't give us extra momentum and Leeds were miles behind us so they weren't really rivals for promotion. Was just a late winner in a promotion season really. And if I can go against the grain of this thread, whilst he was important in the league one season he was generally a hopeless carthorse for us in the championship. So basically it was great because it meant we beat Leeds... Totally fair enough
Izzy Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Such a great goal v Leeds, it's got it's own username on FT @HowardsBulletHeader
Wolfboy Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 He managed a Sunday league team that I was playing against and I crunched their winger, he was fuming at me; it was a fair tackle
Guy Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 7 hours ago, Steven said: "Steve signed for Leicester in January 2009 and, despite the Club’s relegation four months later, he was Player of the Year in the record-breaking team which stormed to the League 1 title the following season. " https://www.lcfc.com/news/1294220/former-player-remembers-steve-howard/featured Was it Leeds he scored that late winner against? Without backtracking then it's probably been mentioned and noted by a few onlookers already but : the article was right while the OP was a year out with when he signed for us. He signed in Jan.2008 in the rather wayward hope that he would propel us towards the Championship play offs under controversial managerial recruit Ian Holloway : instead we got relegated at the death of course in that infamous, weirdest of weird seasons! By the same stage in 2009 he had become our main hope of going up as Champions of L1 of course, which we effortlessly did. Who would've bet even a £1 coin that we'd have been Prem. League Champions just 7 short years later though?! - not me!
Guy Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 34 minutes ago, LC/FC said: So basically it was great because it meant we beat Leeds... Totally fair enough Can't remember when we last played them now! ;-)
Guy Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 40 minutes ago, Gubbins said: No. The importance of this goal always seems to be hugely overstated. Didn't seal promotion, we were almost certainly gonna go up by this stage anyway so it didn't give us extra momentum and Leeds were miles behind us so they weren't really rivals for promotion. Was just a late winner in a promotion season really. And if I can go against the grain of this thread, whilst he was important in the league one season he was generally a hopeless carthorse for us in the championship. You say that but had he played against Cardiff in the first play off semi leg (at home) then we might well have been playing and beating Blackpool in the PO Final! Then again it wasn't to be of course!
wokinghamfox Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Footballs equivelent of a pirate. Great player loved his style.
lifted*fox Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 hero. that goal against leeds was special. I took my parents to their first game that day and they were feeling pretty deflated about not seeing any goals and then that went in and the place went off. they understood football that day.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Just what we needed at the time. Used to get a lot, and I mean A LOT, of stick on here from idiots for not being classy or having finesse, but guess what, we were in League One and he was still good enough to help us reach the Championship play-offs.
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 26 July 2019 Posted 26 July 2019 Was always a big loss for us when he didn't play in 08/09 and 09/10. He was an excellent target man at flicking the ball on and assisting Fryatt. Wish he played the first leg Vs Cardiff as he bossed them second leg after suspension
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