TotteridgeRa Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great days...........as well as winning the league twice: Beating Chelsea in the League Cup; Beating Liverpool 1-0 to all but clinch the title; Beating Spurs 8-2; Coming back from the dead at White Hart Lane to win; Beating Real Madrid (Real Madrid!!); 35,000+ at almost every home game; Popside swaying; ............. delicious memories. Then came the late 70's and the dark days: Tommy Doc - worst manager in our history, ripped the soul out of our club; When winning away became a dream - did we go a whole season without a win on the road?; Losing 4-0 to Palace (was that in the early 80's?); Constant flirts with relegation; Attendances down to 16,000 in Div 1; Succession of poor managers building poor teams; Rot that took us all the way to Div 3;........ horrible memories. Thank goodness for Arthur Cox - a true saviour. It turned sour towards the end, but let's not forget where he found us and where he took us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretsquirrel Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 The true low was losing to Hartlepool in the FIRST round of the FA cup in the eighties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 13:49, Roboram said: La la la la La la la la Whey hey hey King Kevin You called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 23:09, RamNut said: Can't remember anything. were we any good? No ,we were awesome the so called top five prem clubs were our whipping boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Spalding Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 9 hours ago, oldtimeram said: How about Charlie Drake on the wing? How dare you oldtimer!!!.........me dad was gutted when Clough replaced Gordon Hughes with some bloke named Hinton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 In the 71/72 season, we attracted the highest aggregate attendance nationwide for a visiting team:- they came to watch our scintillating football - and then went home to watch them again on Match of the Day! And I imagine our own away support was up there with the best, 8000 - 10000 travelling fans was not unusual. Rolls Royce altering their shift patterns to enable fans to attend the home evening European games - either that or have empty workshops! Anecdotally, a number of fans were reported to have buried no less than 5 grandmothers over the course of the European campaigns, all of them strangely coinciding with away European games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 I went to Benfica away but forgot to bury my grandmother for that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pearl Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankley, Have you heard of the North Bank Highbury, Shanks says No, I don't think so But I've heard of the Popside Derby. My first games were in the boys end and Willie Carling running up and down in front of the paddock towards us is my earliest memory. Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 57 minutes ago, curtains said: Looks as though the player behind Roy Mac is Rod Thomas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dordogne_Ram said: Looks as though the player behind Roy Mac is Rod Thomas? Thought it was David Nish but also could be Rod mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Yeah rod thomas. nice to see charlie with all his fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 hour ago, oldtimeram said: I went to Benfica away but forgot to bury my grandmother for that one Benfica, Spartak Trnava, Slovan Bratislava, Servette Geneva and Velez Mostar, the last three overland by rail, and couldn't use that excuse as they pre-deceased me...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 hour ago, curtains said: Who's arm is it - far right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, RamNut said: Who's arm is it - far right. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, RamNut said: Who's arm is it - far right. Toddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, RamNut said: Who's arm is it - far right. Go on then, I'll bite - Bruce Rioch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 That arm's Henry Newtons, ITK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Toddy at a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Just now, EastHertsRam said: That arm's Henry Newtons, ITK. Henry newton had thin arms trust me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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