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Next Thursday 8th anniversary (8 Viewers)

  • Thread starter Robinshio
  • Start date Today at 12:25 PM
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Robinshio

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  • Today at 12:25 PM
  • #1

this is really how far we have come
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 12:27 PM
  • #2
Robinshio said:

this is really how far we have come
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Although this was bad, it was not our nadir. From memory we were at least in the play off race here.
 
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DazzleTommyDazzle

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  • Today at 12:28 PM
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Some of that defending was truly awful.

On the bright side, I think I spotted myself in the crowd!
 
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Sky Blue Wozza

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  • Today at 12:29 PM
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Robinshio said:

this is really how far we have come
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God, the state of this. Peter Vincenti's defending. Peter Vincenti, in general.

My Dad and I "treated" ourselves to seats in the West Stand for this match.
 

TomRad85

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  • Today at 12:29 PM
  • #5
Christ the defending and the goalkeeping You would never think Hyam would go on to have a very successful career at Championship level watching that.
 
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Sky Blue Wozza

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  • Today at 12:30 PM
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Fucking rugger lines on the pitch too
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Today at 12:31 PM
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One of my very best mates met at uni is a huge YTFC fan and he never fails to message me a photo of the scoreboard every anniversary of this game
 
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Robinshio

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  • Today at 12:31 PM
  • #8
Lee burge just lying down for the first 3. I remember our defence especially hyam looked like they were running through treacle.
 

Robinshio

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  • Today at 12:33 PM
  • #9
jto123 said:
Although this was bad, it was not our nadir. From memory we were at least in the play off race here.
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Accrington x2. Forest green x2 and the above game. Fortunately we managed to sneak out of that division or it could have been very different
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 12:35 PM
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Robinshio said:
Lee burge just lying down for the first 3. I remember our defence especially hyam looked like they were running through treacle.
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I never took to Lee Burge, no idea why I just thought he looked like a constant weak link

That save he pulled off in the 90th min in the Checkatrade final was miraculous though
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 12:35 PM
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Robinshio said:
Accrington x2. Forest green x2 and the above game. Fortunately we managed to sneak out of that division or it could have been very different
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Surely anything from 16/17? Oxford away?
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 12:36 PM
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alexccfc99 said:
I never took to Lee Burge, no idea why I just thought he looked like a constant weak link

That save he pulled off in the 90th min in the Checkatrade final was miraculous though
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I always thought he was quite badly treated. A fine goalkeeper for the level we were at in the league 2. Part of the journey to where we are.
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 12:39 PM
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jto123 said:
I always thought he was quite badly treated. A fine goalkeeper for the level we were at in the league 2. Part of the journey to where we are.
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Always thought him and Charles-Cook looked like they had a clanger in them no matter the game and how comfortable we were in it, which is why they were third and fourth tier goalkeeper in fairness

When we had to sign Stockdale for a few games on an emergency loan the level in class he was above showed how limited our goalkeeping options were at the time
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 12:39 PM
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jto123 said:
Surely anything from 16/17? Oxford away?
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Actually I’ll just say anything under Slade. Apart from beating Wycombe in the semis.
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 12:40 PM
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alexccfc99 said:
Always thought him and Charles-Cook looked like they had a clanger in them no matter the game and how comfortable we were in it, which is why they were third and fourth tier goalkeeper in fairness

When we had to sign Stockdale for a few games on an emergency loan the level in class he was above showed how limited our goalkeeping options were at the time
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Oh they defo had mistakes in them, but I would imagine all do in league 2.
 

ccfc_Tom

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  • Today at 12:43 PM
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That was a bad day, but what a goal
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Today at 12:43 PM
  • #17
Had to share the train back to Leamington with some cider drinking Yeovil fans. Without looking at the highlights, I remember 2 decent Maxime goals, and Hyam getting done for pace a lot in the game?
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 12:46 PM
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jto123 said:
Although this was bad, it was not our nadir. From memory we were at least in the play off race here.
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Cambridge Utd Away in the FA Cup the year we were relegated from League 1 was my rock bottom moment - We were absolutely trounced 4-0 by a side from the division below, letting Luke Berry (a centre mid) score all 4 goals - and 4-0 flattered us if anything

I think it is the most numb I have ever felt walking out of a football ground, a different kind of numb to watching us lose play-off, FA Cup Semis in cruel fashion - Numb as in the sense of my love for the club was being severely tested, I remember turning to my dad and just saying something along the lines of "Genuinely why do we bother with this shit?"

My emotional ties to that side were cut that day, I knew they would get relegated and I only kept going to the games through force of habit and for the days out with my mates - I wasn't invested in the results at all until the Checkatrade Final which lit the fire in my stomach again
 
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itsvangool

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  • Today at 12:47 PM
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Personally the lowest point for me was this catastrophe in 17/18. Barnet away on Sky. Standing in a covered stand where the rain lashed across the open sides and I watched an appalling game. How we got out of L2 that season was the biggest miracle of all and Robins greatest achievement in my opinion.

How they found two minutes of highlights defies me!

Barnet Away
 
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SomersetSB

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  • Today at 12:49 PM
  • #20
Omg that defending and keeping the by burge.
Laughable looking back
I did enjoy Exeter and Newport away days that year though!!
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 12:51 PM
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itsvangool said:
Personally the lowest point for me was this catastrophe in 17/18. Barnet away on Sky. Standing in a covered stand where the rain lashed across the open sides and I watched an appalling game. How we got out of L2 that season was the biggest miracle of all and Robins greatest achievement in my opinion.

How they found two minutes of highlights defies me!

Barnet Away
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My only memory of this game was watching it on Sky Go in Luton Airport as we flew to Lithuania to watch England play that morning, was one of the only games I never went to that season and is the reason why Barnet is one of the 3 grounds in the 92 I have not been to
 
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Marty

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  • Today at 12:53 PM
  • #22
alexccfc99 said:
I never took to Lee Burge, no idea why I just thought he looked like a constant weak link

That save he pulled off in the 90th min in the Checkatrade final was miraculous though
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Met him once in Dunelm, was following his misses round like a lost puppy. Actually felt a bit sorry for him as you could see how little confidence he had.
 

rhino1002

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  • Today at 12:56 PM
  • #23
At least in those days we didn't have to turn up until 5 mins before KO and we had plenty of room to stretch out and no queues for the toilets lol
Bu it was depressing looking back
 
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Fergusons_Beard

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  • Today at 1:11 PM
  • #24
Hyam got absolutely torn a new one in that game.

Completely done for pace.

He did brilliantly to come back from that tbh


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alexccfc99

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  • Today at 1:31 PM
  • #25
Fergusons_Beard said:
Hyam got absolutely torn a new one in that game.

Completely done for pace.

He did brilliantly to come back from that tbh
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Could be off to a World Cup in the summer
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Today at 1:33 PM
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how could he have been so poor then, yet look at him now!!!
 
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ceetee

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  • Today at 2:07 PM
  • #27
The problem with that game was that we forgot that you still have to defend even when you're attacking
 

skybluelee

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  • Today at 2:20 PM
  • #28
What made it even more worse is that we went into that game in really good form, unbeaten in 6.

That was a long drive home. Yeovil is just down the road from me too, and I still have work colleagues taking the piss about it. 8 years ago, move on. Please!
 

skybluelee

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  • Today at 2:24 PM
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Ha ha, that's me, my dad, and daughters sat in a row all to ourselves by the corner flag after the first goal.

Edit: I say row - looks like we have the first 4 to ourselves apart from one other dude.
 
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Para1140

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  • Today at 2:42 PM
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People dont realise how big that win over notts County was and the significants it had regarding the future of our club. If we hadn't gone up that season having seen what happened to Notts County the following season I honestly think we may have slipped out of the league and possible liquidation under Sisu
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Today at 2:49 PM
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This game is ingrained in my head for the league two season. Horrendous game that. Every time they come forward they scored
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Today at 2:51 PM
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Para1140 said:
People dont realise how big that win over notts County was and the significants it had regarding the future of our club. If we hadn't gone up that season having seen what happened to Notts County the following season I honestly think we may have slipped out of the league and possible liquidation under Sisu
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SISU would never have liquidated us, the debt was to them.

we wouldn’t have slipped out the league - we’d bottomed out at this stage. Even at our lowest we’d have been big fishes in that league
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Today at 6:08 PM
  • #33
Gotta love Max's volley but fuck me, a statue would have been better than Burge. was Madden playing for them then?? didn't spot him in this?
 
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