headhunter Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Who remembers this game on a Sunday afternoon 30 years ago: 4th game of season and City remained unbeaten. Lost the next 3. Paul Simpson, yes once of our recent coaching team, scored a hat trick Manager : Denis Smith Team: Welch, Mitchell [not very good], Scott [good player], Thompson [same as Mitchell], Bryant [goodish local lad], Osman, Mellon, Harrison [not very good, Gerry?], Jackie, Shelton [one of my midfield favs after Gow], Bent. Allison came off the bench 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 game was on live tv too.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, archie andrews said: game was on live tv too.... Wasn’t it our first live TV game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better Red Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Went to the game. Great memories of a great day out. Martin Scott was a great player and up there with best full backs we have had. Also Junior Bent one of my favourite City players. Remember Jackie playing and everyone doing the ‘Jackanoski’ We were all packed in at the side of pitch. Allison got the winner if I recall. I taped it and watched about 3 times on the trot when I got home. Also coming out to all the Derby fans wishing us all the best for the season with everything they could pick up and throw at us. The Good old ‘Away’ days… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said: Wasn’t it our first live TV game ? Forest semi, second leg 89? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Bristol Oil Services said: Forest semi, second leg 89? Dohhhh , yes of course ! First live League game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy Red Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 I remember recording it on VHS or Betamax (ask your parents if you're under 40). I thought we were in for a stuffing and then Shelts got wrestled to the ground and an amazing game unfolded. Great memories 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 I was there! A Palace supporting friend and neighbour surprised me on the day of the game, having bought the tickets and drove me there. A few pints and a cracking away win. Yes I had a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 I see Derby had Auto Windscreens as shirt sponsor We had them a few years later 95/96 i think When City and Derby played each other that year It was the first ever time a match was played where both teams had the same shirt sponsor That might be total BS but I'm sure i heard it somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Cracking game. I think I still have it on video somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Yep, was there. I saw Steve Sutton outside before the game. I'd like to think (in a sliding doors moment) his avoidance of me led to him getting sent off. Them down to 10 with their goalie sent off, and we only just managed to win. I watched the whole game back when I got home. Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brann-red Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, Better Red said: Went to the game. Great memories of a great day out. Martin Scott was a great player and up there with best full backs we have had. Also Junior Bent one of my favourite City players. Remember Jackie playing and everyone doing the ‘Jackanoski’ We were all packed in at the side of pitch. Allison got the winner if I recall. I taped it and watched about 3 times on the trot when I got home. Also coming out to all the Derby fans wishing us all the best for the season with everything they could pick up and throw at us. The Good old ‘Away’ days… I was there also. My first ever away game going on CATS as a 16 year old. Still remember their fans getting so so so wound up - as we left the game , like you say , they started throwing stones / coins etc and the police ignored it despite knowing it was happening . I remember a young girl being hit with something . . My first ever experience of that .. probably one of the worse also .. I’ve hated derby ever since that game .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 32 minutes ago, Brann-red said: I was there also. My first ever away game going on CATS as a 16 year old. Still remember their fans getting so so so wound up - as we left the game , like you say , they started throwing stones / coins etc and the police ignored it despite knowing it was happening . I remember a young girl being hit with something . . My first ever experience of that .. probably one of the worse also .. I’ve hated derby ever since that game .. I haven't been to Pride Park but my memories of The Baseball Ground are like yours. I remember the incident. Were there half bricks involved? It was a bit like trying to avoid missiles in a video game, only with greater consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs22 red Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, Brann-red said: I was there also. My first ever away game going on CATS as a 16 year old. Still remember their fans getting so so so wound up - as we left the game , like you say , they started throwing stones / coins etc and the police ignored it despite knowing it was happening . I remember a young girl being hit with something . . My first ever experience of that .. probably one of the worse also .. I’ve hated derby ever since that game .. I was there with my late Dad and remember a girl getting hit with a stone on the way out.Blood every where .Not nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Good old Andy Comyn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candygram for mongo Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 I’d just moved into a house by myself, didn’t have any furniture, watched the game sat in a deck chair, happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands Robin Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Watched it live on TV at a friends house. This was the week after my first ever visit to the Gate which was a 0-0 draw with Sunderland. Hard to believe its been 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Went round a mates house to watch this. Was it West Match Plus all something like that which showed it. Simpson was unplayable and we thought we were in for a right battering until the sending off. The thing I remember about that day more than the game, was my mate managing to eat a whole box of chocolate mini rolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Maltshoveller said: I see Derby had Auto Windscreens as shirt sponsor We had them a few years later 95/96 i think When City and Derby played each other that year It was the first ever time a match was played where both teams had the same shirt sponsor That might be total BS but I'm sure i heard it somewhere Think Rangers v Celtic in the 80s may of been Edited September 6, 2022 by alexukhc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Amazing game but apologies for the abiding memory being that at Derby station. After we'd won there were a couple of Derby thugs on the stairs of the platform bridge at the station tooled up and looking for young City lads to slash. I clocked them straight away, you don't grow up in BS13 without knowing how to look after yourself. But as now a professional grown up I first thought to engage the services of the BTP, only to be told there were none on duty Sundays and to report back Monday. A couple of us fronted up and put the gutless thugs in their place, seeing them scurrying for cover. Hopefully saved others facial scars for life but first time I'd witnessed Stanleys pulled in anger at a match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wild Bunch Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 I was there! Derby all over us before Sutton got sent off. What a turnaround. Got hit on the back of the leg after the game by some flying debris from the skip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 2 hours ago, headhunter said: Who remembers this game on a Sunday afternoon 30 years ago: 4th game of season and City remained unbeaten. Lost the next 3. Paul Simpson, yes once of our recent coaching team, scored a hat trick Manager : Denis Smith Team: Welch, Mitchell [not very good], Scott [good player], Thompson [same as Mitchell], Bryant [goodish local lad], Osman, Mellon, Harrison [not very good, Gerry?], Jackie, Shelton [one of my midfield favs after Gow], Bent. Allison came off the bench I was there and when I got home (Shrewsbury) I watched the recording of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Went to that game.with a quite a few others on a certain coach from Bemmi. It was well known that Derby had an active mob. All a bit sketchy as long time ago. Bit like the Alamo at the beginning of the match. But City won. Great game to watch. Bricks and Co post match were raining down but the lot I was with were having none of it and quite frankly apart from one big Derby c*#nt, there “firm” were dismantled by some of Bristol’s finest. The old Baseball ground was always a lively away game. City had a big reputation back in the 80s and early 90s, so away games were always lively. Quite frankly nothing to be proud of, but “if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows”. Great memories, but you would never get away with it nowadays. End off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 I remember watching it on TV. From what I recall the sending off changed the game, we were getting battered until then. Me and my dad danced around the living room when City’s winner went in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 Back in 92/3 season, away at Derby, our experiment to play wing backs was going wrong, but... Tweet of nuts Derby v City game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 Yes remember that was live on TV on a Sunday, I think Derby had a player sent off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, ashton_fan said: Yes remember that was live on TV on a Sunday, I think Derby had a player sent off? It was the first time City been shown live on TV as well. That’s a good pub quiz question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbored said: It was the first time City been shown live on TV as well. That’s a good pub quiz question. If the pub was in Grimsby it would be a pointless one…… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbored said: It was the first time City been shown live on TV as well. That’s a good pub quiz question. 6 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: If the pub was in Grimsby it would be a pointless one…… And also an incorrect one, as we were shown live on ITV in 1989 for the 2nd Leg of the Nottingham Forest semi final. So, in summary: - Not a good pub quiz question as niche audience - Not even a correct pub quiz question - Robbored once more displaying a depth of knowledge Liz Truss would be ashamed at Other than that, spot on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 11 hours ago, The Wild Bunch said: I was there! Derby all over us before Sutton got sent off. What a turnaround. Got hit on the back of the leg after the game by some flying debris from the skip! little ***** were throwing all kinds of crap over that wall near the exit, Allisons goal was sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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