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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • May 1, 2020
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I see the BBC have seen fit not to include us (as probably the most famous of all Houdini clubs) in their list of greatest PL escapes.
So what do YOU rate as our most spectacular ever (don't necessarily limit it to the PL years)?

Premier League: Who produced the greatest relegation escape?
 

Adge

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #2
I think West Brom with Robson as manager/Keiran Richardson etc was a good shout. Wasn’t it first time that a team bottom at Christmas had escaped?
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #3
For me ours was when we won the last 3 games to stay up in 85 (Or was it 86).
 
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skybluesam66

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #4
got to be 85, albeit pre Premier league years
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #5
Adge said:
I think West Brom with Robson as manager/Keiran Richardson etc was a good shout. Wasn’t it first time that a team bottom at Christmas had escaped?
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If we're talking other clubs this has to be up there as does Leicester the year before they won the EPL.
 

Frank Sidebottom

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #6
1997, As we only survived because Middlesbrough were deducted 3 points. Won 1 game in Jan, Feb and March before Beating Liverpool at Anfield and Chelsea at home and of course beating Spurs away on the last day.
 
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bawtryneal

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #7
If the Titanic had been Sky Blue it would not have gone down !
 

TheParsonsHose

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #8
Timperley said:
1997, As we only survived because Middlesbrough were deducted 3 points. Won 1 game in Jan, Feb and March before Beating Liverpool at Anfield and Chelsea at home and of course beating Spurs away on the last day.
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Same for me. Amazing day out.

Was anybody on the same coach as me down to Tottenham that ploughed into the back of a Peugeot?
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #9
WBA is the best there. They were not just bottom at Christmas but bottom with half an hour of the final game of the season remaining too

Pompey played a changed team that day I think and Southampton went down losing 2-1 to a strong Man United
 
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torchomatic

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #10
Pre-PL. 85, winning last three games. Was a brilliant end to the season. Can still remember it now. Wonderful times.
 
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Frostie

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #11
clint van damme said:
For me ours was when we won the last 3 games to stay up in 85 (Or was it 86).
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Football was only invented in 1992 according to the media.
 
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The Great Eastern

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  • May 1, 2020
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SlowerThanPlatt said:
WBA is the best there. They were not just bottom at Christmas but bottom with half an hour of the final game of the season remaining too

Pompey played a changed team that day I think and Southampton went down losing 2-1 to a strong Man United
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The Pompey fans positive reaction to losing 0-2 to Albion to send their hated neighbours down, was one of the funniest things I've seen in football ! Remember that Norwich needed a positive result at Fulham to stay up and got beaten, I think, 6-0 !
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #13
Seeing Lesta described as universally popular in one of the highest rated comments made me slightly nauseous
 
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bob87wright

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #14

My son, Chris Wright, had the great fortune to be the ‘luckiest mascot ever’! We were both in the tunnel and remember Peter Ndlovu saying to Chris ‘You’ll be happy WHEN we win this match’. Yes, when not if. Always remember that positivity!


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bob87wright

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  • May 1, 2020
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Another photo from a proud Dad


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Blind-Faith

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  • May 1, 2020
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Although I wasn’t a Cov fan until our first season in the championship, being a Newcastle fan , I was shocked reading this and not being there as to what I’ve heard about our great escapes
 
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wingy

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #17
bob87wright said:
Another photo from a proud Dad


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Builds great memories doesn't it.
Awesome day's.
 

Frank Sidebottom

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  • May 1, 2020
  • #18
bob87wright said:

My son, Chris Wright, had the great fortune to be the ‘luckiest mascot ever’! We were both in the tunnel and remember Peter Ndlovu saying to Chris ‘You’ll be happy WHEN we win this match’. Yes, when not if. Always remember that positivity!


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Just to Clarify, Which one is your son?
 
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Juice Terry

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  • May 2, 2020
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clint van damme said:
For me ours was when we won the last 3 games to stay up in 85 (Or was it 86).
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That wasn't the top flight like the PL is though
 

cc84cov

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #20
White Hart Lane last day of season for me
 

clint van damme

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #21
cc84cov said:
White Hart Lane last day of season for me
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I've said it on here many times that was a great day but with hindsight, if we'd gone down that day, I dont think we'd have for ourselves into the mess we did.
 

kg82

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #22
clint van damme said:
I've said it on here many times that was a great day but with hindsight, if we'd gone down that day, I dont think we'd have for ourselves into the mess we did.
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Agreed. But selfishly, I’m glad we didn’t go down! I was only 15 at the time, I would’ve been more devastated than when we actually did go down. In school with a load of Utd, Liverpool and Villa fans would’ve been unbearable! At least I could avoid them when we actually went down!
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #23
I was a student, living in Tottenham at the time of this game. I’m ashamed to say, I got very, very drunk.
 

You'll Never Beat McPake

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #24
Me and my brother-in-law were in the home end at White Hart Lane for the game in 97. We were trying our best not to show our excitement as the first 2 goals went in and the Spurs fans were getting more aggravated as the game went on. Thought we had been rumbled when 2nd goal went in, and got a bit awkward. As soon as we got outside the ground after the game we just had to let it all out. Great watching the Sky Blue fans cheering the goals and finally as the team walked off at the end. One of my best memories
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #25
bob87wright said:
Another photo from a proud Dad


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Ray Ranson was the referee?

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BackRoomRummermill

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  • May 2, 2020
  • #26
clint van damme said:
For me ours was when we won the last 3 games to stay up in 85 (Or was it 86).
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that was amazing , Stoke away we were 1 up and they missed a pen late on , what a massive miss that was, then of course we did Luton and then the Legendry win over the then champions Everton , What a pair of weeks that was !
 
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Tartan Specials

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  • May 3, 2020
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BackRoomRummermill said:
that was amazing , Stoke away we were 1 up and they missed a pen late on , what a massive miss that was, then of course we did Luton and then the Legendry win over the then champions Everton , What a pair of weeks that was !
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Tartan Specials

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  • May 3, 2020
  • #28
The gargles dimmed my brain? Got it my head that they missed a last minute penalty? Friday night at the Victoria Ground before the Cup Final? Can't recall the Luton game but the Everton march they turned up on a Sunday with flip flops and sombreros and we won about a zillion to nil! What a club.
 

The Great Eastern

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  • May 3, 2020
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Tartan Specials said:
The gargles dimmed my brain? Got it my head that they missed a last minute penalty? Friday night at the Victoria Ground before the Cup Final? Can't recall the Luton game but the Everton march they turned up on a Sunday with flip flops and sombreros and we won about a zillion to nil! What a club.
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You got the wrong season TS. We did ok in the league in 86/87 without bothering the top 6 or anywhere near relegation.
I was at HR for the Luton game referred to above. Time was very short when Killer sort of mis-hit a long range shot that bounced up and passed Les Sealey by into the Luton goal. Cue outrageous celebrations and Sealey doing his nut as he'd been getting well deserved dogs abuse from the West End in the 2nd half !
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • May 3, 2020
  • #30
No doubt that 96/97 takes it, but 95/96 was pretty intense as well- we played Leeds and were drawing, with a very nasty atmosphere, everyone knew Leeds fans would be up for some trouble and the nuttier element of our fans were also up for it. Man City had to beat Liverpool and came from 2-0 down to equalise, so add the general confusion of what was going on at Maine Road into the mix and it was bloody nerve wracking and one of those days where you didn’t know what to focus on. I think we finished before Man City and then had to try and process fans on the pitch fighting and hearing that Man City had messed up, thought they were safe and were playing for time in the corner when they needed a goal- proper weird stuff, we had the usual celebrations when it was clear we were safe but muted as the fans were still trying to get at each other, then waded through brawling fans to get to the car after- all very weird, intense, nasty and we pushed it pretty close that year.

not a ‘great escape’ really but a very unpleasant day that thankfully ended up with us staying up.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • May 3, 2020
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The Great Eastern said:
You got the wrong season TS. We did ok in the league in 86/87 without bothering the top 6 or anywhere near relegation.
I was at HR for the Luton game referred to above. Time was very short when Killer sort of mis-hit a long range shot that bounced up and passed Les Sealey by into the Luton goal. Cue outrageous celebrations and Sealey doing his nut as he'd been getting well deserved dogs abuse from the West End in the 2nd half !
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The Stoke and Luton matches almost killed me
 
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Tartan Specials

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  • May 3, 2020
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The Great Eastern said:
You got the wrong season TS. We did ok in the league in 86/87 without bothering the top 6 or anywhere near relegation.
I was at HR for the Luton game referred to above. Time was very short when Killer sort of mis-hit a long range shot that bounced up and passed Les Sealey by into the Luton goal. Cue outrageous celebrations and Sealey doing his nut as he'd been getting well deserved dogs abuse from the West End in the 2nd half !
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Apologies. Again pre- dementia but I definitely was at HR for a relegation game against QPR (definitely, I think ,lol). We won and everybody was on the pitch celebrating because we'd sent Leicester down...but we haddened!! Help, I'm old and drunk!!
 
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Tartan Specials

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  • May 3, 2020
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Tartan Specials said:
Apologies. Again pre- dementia but I definitely was at HR for a relegation game against QPR (definitely, I think ,lol). We won and everybody was on the pitch celebrating because we'd sent Leicester down...but we haddened!! Help, I'm old and drunk!!
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Tartan Specials

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  • May 3, 2020
  • #34
hadn't!! Told you I was old and drunk!! Anyways whippersnappers, at what point did Stoke miss their penalty?
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • May 3, 2020
  • #35
Tartan Specials said:
hadn't!! Told you I was old and drunk!! Anyways whippersnappers, at what point did Stoke miss their penalty?
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About the 80th minute I think, hit the bar.
 
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