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Just looking through the Rothmans yearbook for the match attendance, its down as 48000, i thought it was a lock out, anyway further checking in the day to day diary, it gives the attendance as 54032 which sounds about right. The return match drew 50413 at Burnden Park.

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Just looking through the Rothmans yearbook for the match attendance, its down as 48000, i thought it was a lock out, anyway further checking in the day to day diary, it gives the attendance as 54032 which sounds about right. The return match drew 50413 at Burnden Park.

After the game at Burnden we got back to Athy and there were abot 8 or 9 scousers in the Kings Head singing their heads off, they soon came outside when we started smashing their cars headlights, we had a reet good 'do' with 'um until the police came and fucked us off, they were whinging like bitches because we had damaged their cars, cunts.

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Don't know how many fans we took for Goodison, but hard to park miles away from the ground and couldn't find our van after the match - no it hadn't been knicked!

 

Didn't the floodlights at Burnden fail for 2nd leg?

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they did, just as everton took a penalty, which i think they missed

 

think roy greaves miised a late chance from a yard

 

was in the seats behind the goal at goodison when whatmore scored

 

if i had a regret, it was never hearing the radio2 commentary

 

apparently the bloke went berserk

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Great memories. I was in the top tier of the big stand at Goodison too.

 

Burnden Paddock heaving for the second leg. Few scousers in but they didn't make a sound :D

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they did, just as everton took a penalty, which i think they missed

 

think roy greaves miised a late chance from a yard

 

was in the seats behind the goal at goodison when whatmore scored

 

if i had a regret, it was never hearing the radio2 commentary

 

apparently the bloke went berserk

 

Mogger from walkden whites has that commentary I will try to get you a copy.

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Was on embankment for 2nd leg when floodlight started sparking. Was praying for a total failure. I'm guessing we were already one down.

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There was all sorts of shite being thrown at each other that night across the embankment, IIRC there was a huge bunch of keys with sharpened edges and a fluorescent tube flying about, as well as coins etc. We were in the Burnden terrace wishing we had gone in the embankment.

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There was all sorts of shite being thrown at each other that night across the embankment, IIRC there was a huge bunch of keys with sharpened edges and a fluorescent tube flying about, as well as coins etc. We were in the Burnden terrace wishing we had gone in the embankment.

 

Hang on a minute, everscum had the whole embankment.

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Oh no they didn't. In fact i'm thinking they had the half which was traditionally the home half (nearest Manny Road) although the advancing years may be affecting my memory.

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Oh no they didn't. In fact i'm thinking they had the half which was traditionally the home half (nearest Manny Road) although the advancing years may be affecting my memory.

Quite correct Micky :good:

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Well said Pablo =D>

 

Can I have a + please ???

 

On that note, why did Happy take away '-' vote's ?? I was made up racking up my negative numbers.

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they did, just as everton took a penalty, which i think they missed

 

think roy greaves miised a late chance from a yard

 

was in the seats behind the goal at goodison when whatmore scored

 

if i had a regret, it was never hearing the radio2 commentary

 

apparently the bloke went berserk

 

I remember the commentary from the second leg. Back then Radio 2 only had commentary on the second half of one game every Saturday afternoon so it was a bit surreal to hear our game that night. Peter Jones and Bryan Butler were commentating if memory serves. Denis Law might have been in there as well.

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We took 12,000 to goodison, did not stop the scousers from attacking 13 year old kids.

 

Will always hate those scum scoucers after that night. They were kicking our lot as we queued to get in and after the game it kicked off at our coach. A kid about 12 was getting a kicking right outside our coach and a few of us had to get off and have a go.

 

They are scum from theive land

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only remember bits of the match at goodison only 7 at the time

and shitting myself with them dirty robbin twats smackin

anything that moved and a fuckin coppers horse stamping all

over me after game

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There were a few of us from Athy were apprentices at Staveleys engineering and we went to the match at Goodison in our work overalls and flat caps :whistle: , we were all 18 and thought, no, knew we were the dogs bollux :thumbsup:


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