Chairman of the Bored Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 For the record: 1992 Cambridge Utd 1-1 LCFC (first ever PO; bit of a laff; a fine day out with Rooster on top form) LCFC 5-0 Cambridge Utd (orgasmic; Tommy Wright on fire; all my birthdays rolled into one) 1993 LCFC 1-0 Pooroldpompey (match played at F****; Julian wonder goal) Pooroldpompey 2-2 LCFC (Steve Thompson! Ian Ormondroyd! Very scary post-match) 1994 Tranmere 0-0 LCFC (Gavin Ward brilliant) LCFC 2-1 Tranmere (Speedie mental as anything) 1996 LCFC 0-0 Stoke City (Kevin Poole wonder save) Stoke 0-1 LCFC (Garry Parker! Very scary afterwards).
purpleronnie Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Leicester beat cambridge 5-0, it was one the best performances I've ever seen from a leicester team, very special night, great atmosphere, those were the days my friend...
Craig Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Cardiff should be fun afterwards if we manage to do them... Can't imagine it being scary there.
purpleronnie Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Cardiff should be fun afterwards if we manage to do them... Can't imagine it being scary there. Cardiff? Really?, be pretty tastey, I wouldnt hang around if we've won.
Chairman of the Bored Posted 5 May 2010 Author Posted 5 May 2010 Cardiff should be fun afterwards if we manage to do them... Can't imagine it being scary there. Three day lock in! I was once told by the Old Bill going into Ninian Park, "You'll be lucky to get out of here alive" - that was in 1980!
CosbehFox Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Cardiff should be fun afterwards if we manage to do them... Can't imagine it being scary there. I am fitting the riot gear to the motor as I speak. Though I'll probably be that leary if we win, I'll probably deserve it!
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Cardiff should be fun afterwards if we manage to do them... Can't imagine it being scary there. Nice bit of sarcasm! One of my memories is from the Tranmere game David Speedie taking the p*ss out of his old Chelsea teammate Pat Nevins bow legs, very funny.
body102 Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 That save Kevin Poole against Stoke , for me is up there with Banks' save from Pele BLUE ARMY
kyleolly Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 went to the stoke away game absolutely fantastic i was only about 10 but was standing at the front and caught neil lennons shirt and wig after the game as he celebrated in his y-fronts
Cobbo Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Ah play off semi's, the 90's love affair. Cambridge - remember listening to the 5-0 win on the radio and very much enjoying it (don't remember much of the first leg) Pompey, remember going a bit mental over Jules' goal but not too much, sadly made none of the first 4 play offs we were in. However, Tranmere in 94 - remember a ridiculous handball by Grayson that should have had him seeing red, along with a peno award, but we got away with it. At home, Speedie changed the game when he came on, I was in the kop - the last ever game with the proper spion kop. When we won, there was a bit of a crush near me and being at the front, I got crushed up against the fence near an exit to the pitch, luckily a steward saw me and picked me out onto the side of the pitch Stoke was sadly viewed on the tv, but Pooley was a hero in the first leg, followed by a sweet sweet strike from Mr Garry Recalled At Precisely The Right Time Parker. Looking forward to the away leg this year, even if post match it will (hopefully, as we will have won) be a bit scary.
Shrenchel Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Post-match will be sound. Cardiff aint what it was, probably the friendliest place Ive been this season. Reckon the plod will just lock everyone inside that fence bit for a while anyway if it's looking a bit lively.
foxesfan1 Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 The only super steve there is Steve Claridge goal in 1996 against crystal palace that goal and celebration still sends shivers down my spine now
Spiritwalker Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 My favourite Leicester game of all time has to be the Cambridge game. Sat at the top of the Double Decker on a hot sunny night expecting a really tight tense game then it all just went mental.
iancognito Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 I have no memory of the first Cambridge game at all but remember just about every minute of the 5-0 second leg for some reason That season was a bit like this one, the expectations of the whole town were low at the start of the season and everyone would have been happy to be mid-table in Little's first season. Tommy was awesome that night and Cambridge's right back soiled himself everytime he got the ball. I don't think there's been an individual performance like it since, even in the O'Neill years. The following season with Portsmouth was just nerve wracking. They were unlucky not to go straight up and a lot of people IIRC were thinking we'd get turned over first losing 'home' advantage by playing at Forest and then having a trip to Fratton. Julian's goal went in slow motion. Whenever he got the ball, people stood up and there was a buzz about the place. He nipped it away from someone 40 yards out, gave Andy Awford a ten yard head start, beat him to the ball by two or three yards and with only a few people still in their seats slipped it past the keeper. The second leg was relayed by the legendary Neville Foulger and then later on the naff Central TV highlights. Everyone knew, even the Pompey fans, as soon as that second went in we were on our way again. ANOTHER cue for Wembley tickets. Tranmere was weird. The first game was a siege and they should have been in front with all the chances they had. The second game had one of those proper Wednesday-night-under-the-lights feelings about it. Speedie was the loose cannon who got us the goal but then went OTT and lost his head. So unlike him to do that . Walking down Filbert Street shouting "Que Sera Sera" afterwards was almost out of relief from the tense occasion and the whole negativity of certain sections of the crowd towards Brian Little over the season. Here was a man who'd got us to a third PO final but at the same time inflicted Scary Carey, Willis, Coatsworth & Ormondroyd on us. The O'Neill team that beat Stoke set the scene for much of what we'd see over the next three or four years. Grinding down the opposition and earning the right to play and snatch a win with the chances we had. You could see what it meant to the players when they celebrated with Parker like he'd just won them the World Cup. After the home leg, we were convinced it was gone and that we'd miss out on the final but that away leg probably set the team in good stead for the way they'd go on to win games against better opponents the following season. Great memories.
Jordan Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Something I've never quite heard explained--why was the first leg against Pompey in '93 played at the City Ground?
Guest Bilo Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Something I've never quite heard explained--why was the first leg against Pompey in '93 played at the City Ground? The Carling Stand was being built at Filbert Street as I recall.
Jordan Posted 5 May 2010 Posted 5 May 2010 Ahh... don't know why I never put two and two together when I'd read up on my City history. But thank you for explaining
MPH Posted 6 May 2010 Posted 6 May 2010 Leicester beat cambridge 5-0, it was one the best performances I've ever seen from a leicester team, very special night, great atmosphere, those were the days my friend... remember it well. one of my favorite ever leicester games. a young dion dublin sporting a chess board haircut and i will be honest, cambridge came into the game with quite a fearsome / brutal reputation. John Beck had built a team of animals who played their game well... but we took them apart... i remember their keeper also producing the best save i have EVER seen... just a stunning game all round!!
OzFox Posted 6 May 2010 Posted 6 May 2010 That save Kevin Poole against Stoke , for me is up there with Banks' save from Pele BLUE ARMY Took the words right out of my mouth. I was standing right behind the goal. I remember Potter heading it firmly towards the corner and thinking "that's in". I couldn't believe Poole had saved it...phenomenal
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 6 May 2010 Posted 6 May 2010 Wish I was old enough to remember these. Seen all the action from the season review videos at least, but this is going to be my first real playoff enconter.
MPH Posted 6 May 2010 Posted 6 May 2010 remember it well. one of my favorite ever leicester games. a young dion dublin sporting a chess board haircut and i will be honest, cambridge came into the game with quite a fearsome / brutal reputation. John Beck had built a team of animals who played their game well... but we took them apart... i remember their keeper also producing the best save i have EVER seen... just a stunning game all round!! thanks to Bentley's roof for this one: First half highlights ( includes a very gay looking Brian Little on about 2 minutes...) incredible second half I used to have the same shell suite the ball boy is wearing on 6:30 looked good at the time.. the amazing save is on 7:45
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