Norwichshrimper
Can you hear Talvin Singh
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Makes me feel very old (and sad) but I was at almost all of these games mentioned! The one I missed was the Julian hails hat-trick game at Liecester because I was stuck in a traffic jam on the M1. We laughed and said that at least we wouldnt have to witness the battering only for the radio to crackle with news of each goal! By the time we arrived, we were already 3-0 up!
On a similar but different type of game you didnt expect to win, my mind is always taken back to Newport County at home in 1978 and Wigan at home in about 1987. Both times, we came back from two down with ten minutes to go, to win. The Newport game was particularly memorable, although i think i am right in saying that the Wigan game featured at least two goals from circa 30 yards from a certain David Crown!
Happy days!
On a similar note Rushden & Diamonds at home Boxing day early 00s' - we were 2 down at half time and playing absolutely dreadfully. On top of that we had Barrington Belgrave, The Cat and Mark Rawle up front - despite those facts we still ended up winning 4-2!
No necessarily a game we shouldn't have won due to league placings etc. but I remember going to Brentford on a Sunday morning when Webby was manager (so must have been 90/91 or theerabouts). Benji scored early on, but then Ansah got sent off after about 25 mins, whereupon Brentford absolutely battered us for the remaining 65 mins. Somehow we managed to hold on, and it was made all the sweeter by their goalkeeper (Graham Benstead), getting more and more irate as each chance came and went....
Thats bizarre. I was at that game. One of my first away games (living in London in my early to mid teens most of my away games were at Brentford!) I remember Benji scoring (my recollection was it being first half) but i have no recollection of Ansah being sent off!
Great game, made up for the 4-0 thumping we got there 2 years earlier when Sammy had a blinder and we barely got out of our own half