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Post by markf on Apr 5, 2022 10:23:23 GMT
It was where Waldo broke his leg. They were a typical Italian side of the era. Loads of off the ball stuff. I think the ref booked one of their guys twice.
The coach journey took 4 hours there and 1.5 back!
The least friendly of the Italian places we visited.
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Post by Kebab Belly Bob on Apr 5, 2022 11:50:59 GMT
Great fun though. 😁😵💫
KBB
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Post by davef on Apr 8, 2022 7:13:58 GMT
...in 1986 we travelled to Bishop's Stortford. This was one of the most complete performances I've ever seen from a Sutton team, locked in battle for the Isthmian League title with Yeovil Town we won 6-0. It was not just the scale of the victory but the manner in which we played, just oozing confidence. Like the win at Maidstone a few years later it just left me with the feeling that the players knew it was their title to win and that they couldn't be stopped. And in some small way it started to make up for the hurt of losing to B.Stortford in the 1981 FA Trophy Final. And no, I haven't got over that yet.
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Post by presssec on Apr 8, 2022 8:40:33 GMT
There was a notable Bishop's Stortford inclusion two days ago that we should probably have remembered as well. 1978. Norman Milne.
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Post by davef on Apr 8, 2022 10:29:51 GMT
Ay yes, Norman Milne ! What a goal that was. Considering how relatively few games Norman played for us he would have a disproportionately high number of strikes in favourite ten goals of all time. Can you imagine how much poor Norman would have enjoyed entertaining a crowd of 2,000-3,000 ?
If you never saw him play, think 6ft 2" and built like a prop forward, but playing as if he thought he was Maradona. I guess in the modern game he would be most like Ibrahimovic.
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Post by Jared on Apr 9, 2022 2:46:36 GMT
On the 9th of April 2011 the U’s took a massive step towards promotion from the Isthmian Premier following a 2-1 victory over nearest challengers Bury Town at Gander Green Lane
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Post by Jared on Apr 10, 2022 0:07:41 GMT
10th April 1999 was another big day in a promotion winning season for Sutton. It was the clash of the top 2 in the Isthmian Premier as we travelled to Aylesbury United. The Ducks were long term league leaders, but had surrendered that spot to Sutton on the preceding Monday, Easter Monday as the U’s beat those reprobates from the other side of the Borough 3-0.
Over 2000 fans packed into the ground, it was the biggest crowd I’d part of for a Sutton game at the point and the first time I had been in a segregated Sutton game.
The U’s were dominant throughout and a Nassim Akour hat trick helped secure a 4-1 win for the visitors, this despite having Paul Harford sent off in the first half.
It’s still one of my favourite ever Sutton games.
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Post by davef on Apr 10, 2022 8:13:00 GMT
On this day 40 years ago we played away to Modena in the final of the Anglo Italian Trophy, our 3rd final in three attempts. The format was different that year, just four clubs competing in one stadium over three days. Two days previously we had gained some small measure of revenge for our defeat in the 1980 final by beating Triestina 4-1 on penalties after another 0-0 draw. Hosts Modena had beaten Poole Town to set up their game against us, which they won 1-0, meaning we had not scored a goal in Italy since the 1979 final.
A group of supporters, 17 I think, had travelled out by train and stayed in the same hotel as the players. The train through France had been packed, it was an old corridor train and our carriage was full of nuns travelling to Rome for Easter, and I recall sleeping on the floor under the drop-down seats. On the way out, as we caught the ferry, one supporter surprised customs on opening his suitcase to show that all it contained was bottles of beer ! That same supporter also earned himself a free meal at a local trattoria by demolishing the largest plate of spaghetti bolognese we had ever seen. Close to the hotel was an enclosed football pitch, mainly dust I think, (rumoured to be Modena's training ground) and the supporters played a famous challenge match there, joined by Billy, who just happened to be captain of Poole Town. I'd also just like to remind John McKinnon that the ball most definitely had not gone out of play before I crossed it for the winning goal.
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Post by Andy K on Apr 10, 2022 16:56:48 GMT
10th April 1999 was another big day in a promotion winning season for Sutton. It was the clash of the top 2 in the Isthmian Premier as we travelled to Aylesbury United. The Ducks were long term league leaders, but had surrendered that spot to Sutton on the preceding Monday, Easter Monday as the U’s beat those reprobates from the other side of the Borough 3-0. Over 2000 fans packed into the ground, it was the biggest crowd I’d part of for a Sutton game at the point and the first time I had been in a segregated Sutton game. The U’s were dominant throughout and a Nassim Akour hat trick helped secure a 4-1 win for the visitors, this despite having Paul Harford sent off in the first half. It’s still one of my favourite ever Sutton games. I loved everything about that game. I had no voice due to a cold so I sounded like Barry White being suffocated with a pillow. But it didn't spoil my enjoyment. I still remember the look on Andy Riley's face when it was clear we'd won it. You just don't forget those things. |
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Post by markf on Apr 10, 2022 17:12:55 GMT
To that point that was the most Sutton fans I had seen at an away league game (maybe except at Carshalton). The segregation helped of course but it was quite something.
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Post by Amber on Apr 10, 2022 21:30:14 GMT
10th April 1999 was another big day in a promotion winning season for Sutton. It was the clash of the top 2 in the Isthmian Premier as we travelled to Aylesbury United. The Ducks were long term league leaders, but had surrendered that spot to Sutton on the preceding Monday, Easter Monday as the U’s beat those reprobates from the other side of the Borough 3-0. Over 2000 fans packed into the ground, it was the biggest crowd I’d part of for a Sutton game at the point and the first time I had been in a segregated Sutton game. The U’s were dominant throughout and a Nassim Akour hat trick helped secure a 4-1 win for the visitors, this despite having Paul Harford sent off in the first half. It’s still one of my favourite ever Sutton games. Agree with those before. Quite a tremendous day that one. Hundreds of us behind the goal and a real big game atmos from the get go. My mate even lost his glasses case when the 3rd went in, amid the calamity in the away end. Absolute delirium! |
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Post by presssec on Apr 11, 2022 10:48:45 GMT
Today's a significant day in our cup history. 11 April 1979 Paul McKinnon's penalty gave us a 1-0 win over Pisa and confirmed that we would be the English representatives in the Anglo Italian final two weeks later. The penalty was given by Alf Buksh, a late replacement as referee who would, just under ten years later, be part of another piece of Sutton history.
And in 1981 we beat Bangor 4-1 in the second leg of the FA Trophy semi final to win 6-3 on aggregate and earn a place at Wembley. Graham Dennis and Ian Parsons scored in the first half and Micky Joyce twice in the second. It's worth remembering that Bangor were in the Alliance League at the time, the equivalent of the National League, so this was quite a result, especially considering that after an hour of the first leg we were two down.
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Post by davef on Apr 11, 2022 23:16:30 GMT
The wounds of 3rd April are still fresh but for some of us this day in 1969 still sends ripples of disappointment through the mists of time. As one of the strongest amateur teams in England and blessed with a forward line that rained goals the U's were widely expected to defeat North Shields comfortably. Indeed, Mick Mellows put us ahead and Dario Gradi had a goal controversially ruled out. But then North Shields hit back with two goals to ruin the script.
Not the last time I'd cry at Wembley.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 12, 2022 6:51:14 GMT
The wounds of 3rd April are still fresh but for some of us this day in 1969 still sends ripples of disappointment through the mists of time. As one of the strongest amateur teams in England and blessed with a forward line that rained goals the U's were widely expected to defeat North Shields comfortably. Indeed, Mick Mellows put us ahead and Dario Gradi had a goal controversially ruled out. But then North Shields hit back with two goals to ruin the script. Not the last time I'd cry at Wembley. This was my first visit to Wembley and like my last, I thought we had it in the bag 😫😫 The link below looks at the game and match programme it’s worth a read. LINK |
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Post by davef on Apr 14, 2022 7:19:35 GMT
On this day in 1979 we slumped to a 1-0 home defeat in the Anglo Italian Cup at home to a very good Calcio Chieti team. However, our record of two draws and a win was enough to earn us a place in the final, away to......Chieti.
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