This season

[Howmanheyman 38091]

42 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said:

 

It is a bit like choosing between your children though.

Having said that I do have a favourite kid

 

 

The other kid....

 

"Ah fucking knew it!!"

[Wardi 299]

To show where the club have come from, I was a regular attendee in the 1980/81 season which is surely one of the worst in the Toon's history.  Dumped out of the league Cup by 4th division Bury, 30 goals scored in 42 games (Bobby Shinton top scorer with 7 goals), average home attendance 16,001.

In the FA Cup 5th round.we drew 1-1 with 3rd division Exeter at home.  I travelled to the replay by train, the Toon lost 4-0.  The fans heading home north had to change trains twice, I finally arrived at York Station somewhat bleary eyed around 8am the next morning.

A couple of highlights from that season, the discovery of a promising young striker from a sausage factory and the beginning of the Arthur Cox reign.

I often pinch myself how far we have come from those dark days.

Edited 9 hours ago by Wardi

[Monkeys Fist 46539]

2 minutes ago, Wardi said:

the discovery of a promising young striker from a sausage factory

[Craig 7431]

33 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said:

 

Pelanty!

[ewerk 34348]

44 minutes ago, Wardi said:

To show where the club have come from, I was a regular attendee in the 1980/81 season which is surely one of the worst in the Toon's history.  Dumped out of the league Cup by 4th division Bury, 30 goals scored in 42 games (Bobby Shinton top scorer with 7 goals), average home attendance 16,001.

In the FA Cup 5th round.we drew 1-1 with 3rd division Exeter at home.  I travelled to the replay by train, the Toon lost 4-0.  The fans heading home north had to change trains twice, I finally arrived at York Station somewhat bleary eyed around 8am the next morning.

A couple of highlights from that season, the discovery of a promising young striker from a sausage factory and the beginning of the Arthur Cox reign.

I often pinch myself how far we have come from those dark days.

I genuinely thought you were in your late teens/early twenties.  

[Wardi 299]

3 hours ago, ewerk said:

I genuinely thought you were in your late teens/early twenties.  

I wish!  Sadly I'm old enough to have had a swim in that lido on Tynemouth beach when I was a kid.  BTW is Cullercoats still dead posh like it was when I lived there in the 60's?  😉

[spongebob toonpants 4543]

5 hours ago, Wardi said:

In the FA Cup 5th round.we drew 1-1 with 3rd division Exeter at home.  I travelled to the replay by train, the Toon lost 4-0.

I went to that replay, as before living in London, with my mate Giy who supported Mansfield but came for a day our 

We got onto Exeter Station at 4pm asked at the ticket office what time the last train to London was and he pointed to the other platform and said that train pulling out over there, and you've missed it

 

Oh well

 

Got hammered on the pitch, stayed in the pub till they threw us out and we headed back to the station to try and find somewhere to sleep until the first train the next morning

We were walking through the station car park and saw 3 blokes getting in a car and shouted at them jokingly any chance of a lift to London. Turns out they were Geordies and were indeed driving back to London

Thus began the most terrifying journey of my life. The driver was pissed and kept falling asleep on the M4 so after an hour or so it was decided "Orty" a squaddie on leave for a couple of weeks would take the wheel. Its possible he'd never driven before but he was awake so what the hell. Cue an hour of driving at 90 mph swerving through traffic laughing his head off. A particular highlight was coming off the M4 elevated section as you hit London and going full speed round the Hogarth roundabout the wrong way

On a brighter note we had gone from being stranded in Exeter, frozen with nowhere to go to be being dropped at our door 2 and a half hours later. Hysterical terrified and stone cold sober

[ewerk 34348]

1 hour ago, Wardi said:

I wish!  Sadly I'm old enough to have had a swim in that lido on Tynemouth beach when I was a kid.  BTW is Cullercoats still dead posh like it was when I lived there in the 60's?  😉

Did you not used to have a picture of a young blond fella as your avatar? I always assumed it was you.

[PaddockLad 19762]

6 hours ago, Wardi said:

In the FA Cup 5th round.we drew 1-1 with 3rd division Exeter at home.

My first ever game…. I was possibly a bit old at 11; it was the crowd I couldn’t take my eyes off rather than the football which was as you say not the best