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skylark37 · 2026-02-27T10:00:20+0000

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Someone told me he’d drive us both to the Ricoh to get the coach. Never turned up, so I managed to get the train instead and got the coach back down.

I want to say Iain Turner was in goal, his only appearance?

It was actually Colin Doyle in goal but I got the two mixed up as well when thinking about it.

https://www.11v11.com/matches/morecambe-v-coventry-city-10-august-2010-290082/

From what I'm reading Doyle was literally signed on the day of the game, played in it and then was recalled the next day!
Talk about emergency

Turner was on loan for that month as cover for Westwood but I don't know why he didn't play the game. Can't have been cup tied because it was the first round of cup so maybe he got injured and Westwood was on international duty.

Decent fish & chips, quite a scenic train journey but then I think part of my soul died watching Roy O' Donovan try to control a ball.

Johnnythespider · 2026-02-27T10:02:21+0000

baldy said:
I remember the ball getting stuck under my seat & McAllister frantically screaming for me to give him the ball as Cov were losing 2-0 to Grimsby at Highfield at the time & time was running out
(Ww did actually manage to win 3-2 in the end,either Mills or Bothroyd scored twice)

I imagine " Give us the ball ya bald twat" in a scots accent would be quite memorable

Brighton Sky Blue · 2026-02-27T10:02:54+0000

skylark37 said:
It was actually Colin Doyle in goal but I got the two mixed up as well when thinking about it.

https://www.11v11.com/matches/morecambe-v-coventry-city-10-august-2010-290082/

From what I'm reading Doyle was literally signed on the day of the game, played in it and then was recalled the next day!
Talk about emergency

Turner was on loan for that month as cover for Westwood but I don't know why he didn't play the game. Can't have been cup tied because it was the first round of cup so maybe he got injured and Westwood was on international duty.

Decent fish & chips, quite a scenic train journey but then I think part of my soul died watching Roy O' Donovan try to control a ball.

I went into one of the pubs and ended up chatting to some Blackpool (who'd been promoted to the Prem the previous season) fans who kept telling me 'it's not orange, it's tangerine!'. I think Clarke-Harris came on in central midfield, it was a dire performance.

skyblue025 · 2026-02-27T10:07:31+0000

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
If you were at the turgid last PL home game v Bradford. Finished 0-0 and were involved with replying to the Bradford fans chants of "goin' down, goin' down, goin' down!" with "So are we, so are we, so are we!"

Was my sons first game. We sat on the West Terrace where I normally sat. Took him so he could say he had seen us in the Prem and that's still the only time he has. Remember Carlton Palmer missing a free header from a corner about 6 yards out. A truly awful game where both teams were shit and the impending doom became reality.

Torquay Sky Blue · 2026-02-27T10:07:39+0000

The pop and crisps teenage goalie who was called from the stands to play for us.
Steve Murcott was his name, only to be with Villa away fans a few weeks later giving us the V sign.
It wouldn't happen these days.

richnrg · 2026-02-27T10:20:08+0000

Torquay Sky Blue said:
The pop and crisps teenage goalie who was called from the stands to play for us.
Steve Murcott was his name, only to be with Villa away fans a few weeks later giving us the V sign.
It wouldn't happen these days.

Kept a clean sheet, too

Torquay Sky Blue · 2026-02-27T10:22:52+0000

richnrg said:
Kept a clean sheet, too

He did ,against Norwich if my memory serves ?

M&B Stand · 2026-02-27T12:12:51+0000

jordan210 said:
If you remember the SkyBlue Crew

If you remember the sky blue belles

Ccfc_Addy · 2026-02-27T12:25:32+0000

If you ever heard the monotonous, bizarre dirge that was "It's For Life, Son"

ccfc_ukr · 2026-02-27T12:32:53+0000

if you remember Sky Blue Sam before he hit the Ozempic

ccfc_ukr · 2026-02-27T12:34:14+0000

M&B Stand said:
If you remember the sky blue belles

they were probably a bag of nails, but to 14 year old me on front row in WT7 they were the stuff of dreams

Mild-Mannered Janitor · 2026-02-27T12:34:32+0000

If you were there at Arsenal for the last ever league 1 game in 1991 and watching us lose 6-1 and Arsenal winning the league but also at Palace for the 3rd game of the season in the new PL in 1992 when we were the first team to top the PL after beating Wimbledon that day. League tables back then were only published after 3 games

Calista · 2026-02-27T14:24:00+0000

Torquay Sky Blue said:
The pop and crisps teenage goalie who was called from the stands to play for us.
Steve Murcott was his name, only to be with Villa away fans a few weeks later giving us the V sign.
It wouldn't happen these days.

Played well in his only game though, contributed to a win IIRC.

Torquay Sky Blue · 2026-02-27T14:39:00+0000

Calista said:
Played well in his only game though, contributed to a win IIRC.

Yes, it was against Norwich and we won 2-0. Funny , at my age I can't remember why I've opened the fridge door yet I can remember Cov games from 1979.

Fergusons_Beard · 2026-02-27T14:53:41+0000

Wyken Sky Blue said:
Why was Accrington Stanley a classic, we deservedly lost 1-0

I enjoyed Lincoln away though that season!

Apologies-Memory playing tricks with me-the classic was Bright scoring the winner in League one in 2019. Lovely day in March

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alexccfc99 · 2026-02-27T15:11:43+0000

Sky Blue Wozza said:
I can remember going to York away in the JPT in 2012/2013, thinking “How the fuck did we get here?”. The toilet was basically a bit of guttering behind a wall.

Reader, it would get even worse.

It seems like we lost every fucking time at Scunthorpe. And every fucking goal was scored by Paddy fucking Madden.

The CCFC-branded screen-wash.

2-6 at home v Yeovil was a particular nadir. But, thankfully, the play-offs were only a few weeks after.

Proper ground was Bootham Crescent and a great pub crawl from York station to the ground

alexccfc99 · 2026-02-27T15:15:28+0000

Letting a central midfielder score not only a hattrick, but FOUR goals against us in a 4-0 defeat away to Cambridge United in the FA Cup the season we were relegated from League 1

Monkeyface · 2026-02-27T15:36:02+0000

Charlton away last game of the 07/08 season was pretty bad!

Sbarcher · 2026-02-27T15:48:56+0000

Shannerz said:
Did you continue queuing and give you name and number in case of returns?

I did, and got one.

We lost.

No. When I got to work the following day, a colleague got me 2 tickets in the Everton home end!

alexccfc99 · 2026-02-27T15:52:39+0000

Monkeyface said:
Charlton away last game of the 07/08 season was pretty bad!

Such a weird day, relieved to stay up but disgusted at the performance the players turned in

Shannerz · 2026-02-27T16:06:48+0000

Johnnythespider said:
I imagine " Give us the ball ya bald twat" in a scots accent would be quite memorable

"Gie us the baw, ye bauld-heidit c**t!"

wantageskyblue · 2026-02-27T16:18:23+0000

Being one of the 1,000 or so City fans at MK Dons in March 2017 ( in what must have been one of MR’s 1st matches on his return) to see us lose 1-0 on the way down to L2. Two weeks later 40,000+ at Wembley.

The Nomad · 2026-02-27T16:19:42+0000

Going 1 nil down in the first few minutes on a cold day in Carlisle and losing by that scoreline.

Grim days.

Sky Blue Pete · 2026-02-27T16:24:48+0000

MusicDating said:

Yep went to that so annoyed at the end and oggy was about a foot from the fans

covcity4life · 2026-02-27T16:29:40+0000

harvey098 said:
Hahah why is this so vivid awful picture quality as well

And those bloody emojis floating everywhere

PaulPUSB · 2026-02-27T16:48:12+0000

Monkeyface said:
Charlton away last game of the 07/08 season was pretty bad!

Ray Ranson and Joe Elliot standing at the front at the end shaking everyones hand stating "this will never happen again"...

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spwaverley4916 · 2026-02-27T17:09:24+0000

if you can remember watching City get beat by Manchester Utd - 1-3 at Highfield Road 1963 - FA Cup

Sick Boy · 2026-02-27T17:13:51+0000

Travs said:
City fans singing "we'll never play you again" after we took an early lead at Yeovil away, in our first match in League 1

“We’re all going on a Nationwide tour” away at Stockport.

25 years later…

wingy · 2026-02-27T17:23:31+0000

Travs said:
City fans singing "we'll never play you again" after we took an early lead at Yeovil away, in our first match in League 1

Was there for that one, lots of bald heads getting sunburnt and that kid who used to be on here got ejected for a smoke bomb infringement or something,in fact I'm pretty sure he ended up getting a banning order for some other, can't remember the moniker on here but he was big fan of the Scottish top two rivalry as well.
Sorry for the ramble there.

Sky Blue Harry H · 2026-02-27T17:28:41+0000

richnrg said:
If you travelled up to Highfield Road on 17 March 1979 with your dads shovel to help clear the snow from the pitch following a club appeal on the local news that morning, prior to the match with Bolton, then watched the game from the 'posh' stand (after being given a free ticket as a reward) sat next to some bloke who kept shouting at Don 'Fardinello' (sic).

I helped shovel the snow off for a game against MBoro iirc. In the 90s. Got a free ticket to the game and again iirc, it was a 0-0 borefest ( maybe even a 0-! defeat). Either way, wish it had been called off

Bricks🧱 · 2026-02-27T17:55:25+0000

Played Millwall away in a pre season friendly mid 80s ,won 5-2 .
There were 12 of us in the away end and Police weren’t bothered about an escort , just about made it home.

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · 2026-02-27T18:00:23+0000

Newport away.

Soaked through for the whole game and it was about six quid for a warm pint of Worthingtons Smoothflow.

jto123 · 2026-02-27T18:12:02+0000

Apologies if already mentioned but I’ll go for the loss at Oxford under Slade or getting peltered by rain away at Swindon in league 2 with no shelter for protection

Moff · 2026-02-27T18:19:06+0000

Torquay Sky Blue said:
The pop and crisps teenage goalie who was called from the stands to play for us.
Steve Murcott was his name, only to be with Villa away fans a few weeks later giving us the V sign.
It wouldn't happen these days.

I remember that, and also Perry suckling becoming keeper after Bobby Gould dropped Raddy Avramovic after we lost 3-2 at home to Stoke and he punched a cross into the net!

Moff · 2026-02-27T18:21:35+0000

If you saw us beat Sunderland 6-1 at home on a Tuesday night in I think 1982, and saw all the bitter Maccams trundle off home

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