Yes Rich, I can remember all those games and a few more - obvioulsy I went under my own steam not on the special but can remember Mervs debut - "is that him that used to be good" was the gist of the conversation on the way to ground (we had only signed him that morning if I remember right) Cantonas debut was another wierd one - we could not understand all the attention from the press - we were not even pronouncing his name right calling him Can-tone-a but can remember him strutting about when he came on. Thought at the time that that defeat was going to end our Championship asperations. Also remember the plastic pitch and a League Cup night game when we were 2 - 0 up and then got a penalty which Edwards took but hit the post and scored form the re-bound, we all went wild but knew something was not quite right and of course it was disallowed sinc eno-one else had touched it and we went on to lose 3 -2 . Remember oooh Roger Palmer and the fact he always used to score against us. On one trip I went in a boozer very early on and there were a few Leeds playing pool in the back room - only snag was it was a ManU supporters branch and they all turned up later to get coach to OT !!! The atmosphere was 'charged' shall we say !! For the play off I had to go down a few days before and beat their publicised foolproof system, aimed at stopping any Leeds getting tickets in their ends. Had to show a Manchester gas bill to get my 4 tickets. We were in the side , the top bit, over the other stand with a bit of a roof. We kept quiet till we scored then without meaning to, jumped up, when we looked round 90% of that stand was celebrating - we were all Leeds and didn't realise it. At the end we got on the roof and were chanting at the players - Brendan Ormsby looked right at me and gave a big Leeds salute (so he is not in MY worst Leeds X! !) I can remember one Boxing Day game at Boundary Park where a couple of mates of mine came with me - (2 City, 1 scum and 1 Bury) and they could not believe the mayhem outside ! I also recall the portacabin toilets one year - a slight step up form the usual quagmire in our end. As you say it is a ground with lots of stories for Leeds fans but not many victories !! Dave
Richard Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Special train from Oldham not being allowed through to Oldham by the police so had to get off at a small village train station around 500 lads marching through the back streets of Oldham terrorising the locals (Dave R - do you remember that day ?). Mervyn Days debut. Wearing my new white Puma G Vilas trainers that were black bright after the trip that big open away end was full of sh*t and mud and it took an age to get out. Boxing Day massive crowd and a great Leeds performance but still no win (2-2). Someone pulling the emergency chord on the train and being threatened by the police that we would have to walk home. Play off chaos Keith Edwardss goal, in the Oldham end, and lots of fighting everywhere. Getting stuffed on the artificial pitch in the promotion season. Cantonas debut never seen so many cameras he came on for the last 10 minutes and nearly scored. Instant hero. Never seen us win there I don't think. ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 6 in a bloody row!
