| Forgotten foes from Second Division 14:22 - Aug 19 with 8139 views | Northernr |
So all that Bristol City nostalgia, and talk about how terrified we used to be of Scott Murray, got me thinking last week. Who are the players we feared playing/loathed seeing in those three years in the Second Division and then immediately forgot all about once we were promoted.
Remember we used to have real problems with Martin Bullock and ben Burgess, hated Leon Knight and Wayne Andrews.
Thinking of doing a piece for AKUTRs on it so any others greatly appreciated... |  | | |  |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 21:53 - Aug 19 with 1649 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:42 - Aug 19 by terryb |
I definitely didn't hate him. In fact, I was always pleased when he played against us, but who could forget the slimnfit Kevin Pressman?
Picture him in one goal & Neville Southall in the other!
I can't remember any individual, but I disliked all of the Peterborough team when they deservedly thrashed us on Danny Shitu's debut. Watching him that night who would have thought Danny could become a legend?
On the plus side of opponents, didn't Paul Murray score a winning goal against Bristol City that helped us to second place? |
i think Pressman went through a period where he conceded 3 against us, for more than one club, for 5 or 6 games running. It was brilliant. |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 22:32 - Aug 19 with 1594 views | Rs_Holy |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 21:48 - Aug 19 by hamptonhillhoop |
The ref for that 0-0 draw at the end of the season against Crewe was the worst. Was it two players sent off for failing to retreat for a free kick? Which roughly translated as Crewe players kicking it against ours at point blank range. I remember being very ‘annoyed’ |
Andy Hall... Rob Styles was another total Bell End! |  | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 01:11 - Aug 20 with 1526 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 21:48 - Aug 19 by hamptonhillhoop |
The ref for that 0-0 draw at the end of the season against Crewe was the worst. Was it two players sent off for failing to retreat for a free kick? Which roughly translated as Crewe players kicking it against ours at point blank range. I remember being very ‘annoyed’ |
Yes, on any other day a draw with 9 men is an unbelievable result but on that particular day we needed to win to stand any chance of automatic promotion. [Post edited 20 Aug 2019 4:12]
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 01:16 - Aug 20 with 1523 views | Benny_the_Ball |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 19:38 - Aug 19 by LowerloftLad |
leon knight when he was at brighton on loan from chelsea remember watching us beat them in the quater finals of the lvd trohpy at the time and im sure he was a right handful that day |
Actually he scored twice against us in a 2-1 defeat at the Withdean (I think Forbes was sent off) but in the cup game he was well marshalled by Carlisle; so well in fact that Leon's dad decided to wait for Clarke outside after the match. "Dem man don't know me. He don't know my family". [Post edited 20 Aug 2019 4:09]
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 04:08 - Aug 20 with 1501 views | SydneyRs |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:16 - Aug 19 by paulparker |
Stoke
Cardiff
Bristol city
All grudge games when we went down and all of them had there fair share of aggro attached
Fcuking hated Crewe after that game so I’ll add
Dario gradi
And Ron Noades for trying to block the shittu deal
Oh and Christian Roberts and his handmade tattoos
By and large I secretly loved our time in league one |
Agreed, it was a great time.
No discussion of that period should overlook the hilarious Bristol City promotion calculator which always seemed to predict them getting about 110 points prior to each promotion failure. Pipping them to auto by a point and watching them fail in the playoffs was highly amusing.
The inter team message board banter in those days on rivals was excellent. Board invasions were great fun.
Rather than a particular player, the relentless winning by Tranmere when we were trying to shake them off to get in the playoffs the year before we got promoted was hugely irritating. |  | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 04:26 - Aug 20 with 1496 views | Benny_the_Ball |
One that springs to mind is Paul Heffernan. Scored a hat-trick against us in a crazy 3-3 draw at Notts County.
Also Leroy Lita. Like Parkin, another product of the Chelsea academy that never made an appearance for the club.
Scott Murray was the key man for Bristol City but was ably assisted by Christian Roberts, who also played for Cardiff. | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 06:51 - Aug 20 with 1455 views | Northernr |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 04:08 - Aug 20 by SydneyRs |
Agreed, it was a great time.
No discussion of that period should overlook the hilarious Bristol City promotion calculator which always seemed to predict them getting about 110 points prior to each promotion failure. Pipping them to auto by a point and watching them fail in the playoffs was highly amusing.
The inter team message board banter in those days on rivals was excellent. Board invasions were great fun.
Rather than a particular player, the relentless winning by Tranmere when we were trying to shake them off to get in the playoffs the year before we got promoted was hugely irritating. |
Do you know I'd completely forgotten the Promotion Calculator. Like you say, always had Bristol City finishing the season on about 110 points  | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 08:08 - Aug 20 with 1419 views | TheChef |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 21:36 - Aug 19 by Mistication92 |
I remember going to a League Cup game at Northampton (maybe 2001). Unreserved seating and Rangers flooded into the away end and a load of us (inc me and my Dad) had to be escorted round the pitch to the empty stand to the side. Can't remember the score.
Think we also went to a League game there, in the home end. Might've been 2-2? I grew up in Rushden (about 20 miles from Northampton) so we used to go to loads of those East Midlands games.
There was a 0-0 at Peterborough in that old terrace with awful shallow steps (for a 12 year old anyway). |
Yeah I remember that 2-2, was a Karl Connolly double. We were two up against ten men and managed a draw. Sam Parkin late equaliser! I'd say this game is peak early Nougties QPR.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/1803532.stm |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 08:09 - Aug 20 with 1418 views | TheChef |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 22:32 - Aug 19 by Rs_Holy |
Andy Hall... Rob Styles was another total Bell End! |
Sad isn't it that I can remember Andy Hall instantly, but will often need a few seconds to remember the dates of our children's birthdays. | |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 08:33 - Aug 20 with 1398 views | WixamsR |
Rob Styles, as mentioned, has to be on the list.
That game at Wycombe was something else. Farcical goals literally taken in by the wind, Rob Styles waving his red card around for fun and the singer at half time that gave the R's fans the finger as he walked off after being booed for the entire song. | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:00 - Aug 20 with 1380 views | Rs_Holy |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 08:33 - Aug 20 by WixamsR |
Rob Styles, as mentioned, has to be on the list.
That game at Wycombe was something else. Farcical goals literally taken in by the wind, Rob Styles waving his red card around for fun and the singer at half time that gave the R's fans the finger as he walked off after being booed for the entire song. |
I honestly think if Birch had not been restrained he would have hit him! | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:11 - Aug 20 with 1359 views | Metallica_Hoop |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:25 - Aug 19 by loftboy |
Didn’t a certain Bobby Zamora score a few against us for Brighton at that level? |
Zamora was subbed in one Brighton game as Padula schooled him. |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:41 - Aug 20 with 1324 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 04:08 - Aug 20 by SydneyRs |
Agreed, it was a great time.
No discussion of that period should overlook the hilarious Bristol City promotion calculator which always seemed to predict them getting about 110 points prior to each promotion failure. Pipping them to auto by a point and watching them fail in the playoffs was highly amusing.
The inter team message board banter in those days on rivals was excellent. Board invasions were great fun.
Rather than a particular player, the relentless winning by Tranmere when we were trying to shake them off to get in the playoffs the year before we got promoted was hugely irritating. |
The Calculator was brilliant! |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:45 - Aug 20 with 1317 views | Mick_S |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 04:08 - Aug 20 by SydneyRs |
Agreed, it was a great time.
No discussion of that period should overlook the hilarious Bristol City promotion calculator which always seemed to predict them getting about 110 points prior to each promotion failure. Pipping them to auto by a point and watching them fail in the playoffs was highly amusing.
The inter team message board banter in those days on rivals was excellent. Board invasions were great fun.
Rather than a particular player, the relentless winning by Tranmere when we were trying to shake them off to get in the playoffs the year before we got promoted was hugely irritating. |
Was that start of the beautiful "pop" thread? |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:59 - Aug 20 with 1296 views | hook_hoops |
Jonathan Bloody Stead. Has has played for loads of clubs and has scored against us at every one it seems. If we meet Harrogate in the FA Cup we're in big trouble! | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 10:16 - Aug 20 with 1268 views | SydneyRs |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:45 - Aug 20 by Mick_S |
Was that start of the beautiful "pop" thread? |
The pop stuff was hilarious because they kept screwing it up. | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 10:22 - Aug 20 with 1246 views | Mick_S |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 10:16 - Aug 20 by SydneyRs |
The pop stuff was hilarious because they kept screwing it up. |
I remember some of their more emotional fans losing it a few times. | |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:15 - Aug 20 with 1104 views | BostonR |
Darren Currie of Wycombe - always played well against us. |  | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:17 - Aug 20 with 1111 views | LongsufferingR |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:15 - Aug 20 by BostonR |
Darren Currie of Wycombe - always played well against us. |
Seem to remember him also scoring against us for Ipswich and dominating the game when they came back from 1 down to win 3-1 at our place. |  | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 16:58 - Aug 20 with 1065 views | WrightUp5hit___ |
Great fun popping up on the Bristol City forum for a joint venture with the Argyle (PASOTI) fans.
PASOTI used to be a right friendly bunch who thoroughly enjoyed a wind up at the expense of the po faced Brizzle fans. [Post edited 20 Aug 2019 16:59]
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 17:07 - Aug 20 with 1051 views | Galileo |
Some great memories there.
Notts County 3-3 ding dong on Boxing Day
Wrexham hadn't won a game in ages, change the manager and hey ho beat us 1-0 , that was a long drive home.
That era enabled us to visit some far flung places , Rushden and Diamonds ( where ?) but none so bad as good old Kenilworth Road.
Back on topic, admired Koumas and Kavanagh for afar, detested Earnshaw and Roberts after his posing in front of our end after scoring at Ashton Gate. | | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 18:28 - Aug 20 with 1001 views | BAWHoops |
The whole of that Plymouth side in League 1 and then when holloway took over there and they absolutely schooled us whenever we played them.
Shout out to Enoch Showumni who I was always afraid of. Leon Knight of course. |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 19:55 - Aug 20 with 946 views | kensalriser |
I think I went to more away games in that period than I've been to in all the other years I've supported Rangers put together.
Losing 3-1 at Colchester was a particular low point. Got a nice rust shower from the panels above the walkway into the bargain. Proper old school grounds. |  |
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| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 22:42 - Aug 20 with 860 views | thame_hoops |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 09:45 - Aug 20 by Mick_S |
Was that start of the beautiful "pop" thread? |
Green Gob was a nice guy |  | | |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 23:12 - Aug 20 with 833 views | SydneyRs |
| Forgotten foes from Second Division on 10:22 - Aug 20 by Mick_S |
I remember some of their more emotional fans losing it a few times. |
The one that sticks in my mind is a poster called IRJD or something like that (may have the letters the wrong way). Always an easy target for wind ups.
As someone else mentioned the Plymouth lot joined us in mocking them.
Early in the first Div 2 season I was in the UK and went to our home game v Bristol City. This was the hastily and cheaply cobbled together side with Leroy Griffiths, Terrell Forbes, Aziz Ben-Askar (who looked really good) etc. It was a 0-0 draw, but I don't think I've ever left LR feeling more proud given the fighting spirit we showed that night. A true Holloway team. I remember Tony Thorpe hit the bar for them and we later signed him. [Post edited 20 Aug 2019 23:13]
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