Has anybody else noticed the similarities between this season and 83/84? Our high point arrived on 10/Dec 83 we battered Liverpool at HR to sit 4th in the league. After that we barely won a game and stayed up on the last game of the season;
Upto and including the Liverpool game P17, W9, D4...
I am hoping the new shirt is lighter than it looks in the picture. I guess the white trim looks a bit wider on the actual shirt as well. The badge looks slightly bigger on the new one, maybe.
Never saw the original in action as before my lifetime.
Naively didn't even consider play-off dates when booking our holiday to France. Such issues are not usually relevant. We get back the day before the final. Potential close shave.
Started supporting the club the day after we beat Liverpool 4-0 (10 Dec 83) after watching the highlights on MOTD. My dad told me me we played like that every week, bastard.
First game was in October 84, beat Sheff Weds with a Terry Gibson penalty.
I remember hero worshipping that 84/85 side...
You also said that you would alter from this stance if Burton lost to Southend and Walsall and we beat Fleetwood. That scenario is certainly not looking out of the question now.
Cracking finish at Old Trafford in 89. We've had a lot more 'shocking' top flight strikers than Bannister.
Gayle, Harford, Lightbourne, Jackson, Withey, Bamber, Brazil, Culpin, Livingstone, Zuniga and Drinkell to name a few since 1983.