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This game will always stick in my mind - Because I missed it due to not knowing it was a 12:00 kick off. I was fully intending to go to the game, when I put the radio on and heard that we were losing 2 nil. 2 goals from Lee mcevily secured the first point for dale's caretaker manager Keith Hill.
I think that this was an important game in our history. The confidence boost given by the comeback must have helped in the following games 2 four nil victories over Boston and Grimsby where we saw the genesis of the no fear football that we were treated to over the next 4 years.
Hopefully Keith can find him mojo again because the performances that we have had to endure at spotland over the last 12 months have almost wiped away the memories of the early years.
Jeez is it 12 years ago? I think that it was a surprise to see Evil starting but he did the business. Seem to remember John Doolan having a stormer in the second half. I think that HIll's first game had been at MK Dons on the Saturday before Christmas where we lost to a Nathan Stanton own goal in the last minute.
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12 years ago today on 12:27 - Dec 26 with 2814 views
I knew that Evil had started for them. His first goal at the Pearl Street End shut the crowd up. I don't think I can remember it being as quiet for a few minutes afterwards. I know that there were one or two muttered comments about him playing for them when we had had to put up with Keith Barker for the previous month.
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12 years ago today on 12:42 - Dec 26 with 2776 views
Remember the post match thread titled ‘That rules Hill out then’. Think it was the last 30 minutes which really showed the beginning of ‘No fear’ football, arguably my favourite 5 months supporting the club.
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12 years ago today on 12:44 - Dec 26 with 2767 views
That when we always played with wingers. Ben Muirhead and Rory Prendargast were signed and Rundle allowed to play with freedom. Alfie arrived on loan as well. Happy days.
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12 years ago today on 13:18 - Dec 26 with 2692 views
That when we always played with wingers. Ben Muirhead and Rory Prendargast were signed and Rundle allowed to play with freedom. Alfie arrived on loan as well. Happy days.
Whilst I agree with the sentiment football has moved on. League Two of today is of a much higher standard than that of 12 years ago and as for League One that's a different gulf in class entirely. Apart from the very best teams playing with two proper wingers and two up top would leave a team likely to be cut open.
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12 years ago today on 13:31 - Dec 26 with 2664 views