Sky Blue Pete
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When did people genuinely think we had a chance?
For me it was the 1-0 win at home to Pompey
For me it was the 1-0 win at home to Pompey
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Lord_Nampil
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Portsmouth away had a similar vibe to Mansfield away..... I’d say at that point you could tell we would be in with a great shout of going up!
Sky Blue Pete
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Reflecting I thought that but the feeling leaving the ground after the Pompey game was we are going to win the league
Sky Blue Pete
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Further enhanced by Rochdale away and then Sunderland at home and Ipswich away. Interesting Robins speaks of the team feeling they were unbeatable after that Ipswich game
Esoterica
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The back to back away wins at the turn of the year at Wycombe and then on the awful Tranmere pitch. We hadn't got an away win or strung 2 victories together at the point of the Wycombe game and the games we were winning were not by comfortable scorelines. That Wycombe game was the 22nd of the season and prior to that, only Bristol R in match 3 had we won by 2 clear goals. We were in the playoff hunt but at the back of the pack and Wycombe were 9 points clear of us. We got a lot of monkeys off our back with that Wycombe win - an away win, scored goals, decent GD and clawed back the league leaders. The shift in the league table before and after those 2 games was huge.
Before Wycombe:
After Tranmere:
Before Wycombe:
After Tranmere:
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ovduk78
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You put a lot more effort into your post, look at the change in the league table after those 2 games!!
Wyken Sky Blue
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The home win against Portsmouth sealed it for me
Terry_dactyl
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I told myself that I’d start to ‘believe‘ after the Pompey home game.
After the Pompey home game I told myself that I’d start to ‘believe’ after the 3 tough games we had coming up - Rotherham, Sunderland, Ipswich...
We’ve won it right? No one can take it off us right?
After the Pompey home game I told myself that I’d start to ‘believe’ after the 3 tough games we had coming up - Rotherham, Sunderland, Ipswich...
We’ve won it right? No one can take it off us right?
Esoterica
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It was an incredible swing and probably no coincidence that the 2 teams who picked up maximum points went on to get the auto spots. The results could barely have gone better.
Wycombe picked up 1 point from 6
Rotherham 6 from 6
City 6 from 6
Oxford 3 from 6
Ipswich 1 from 6
Peterboro 0 from 6
Fleetwood 2 from 6
Bristol 1 from 6
Portsmouth 1 from 6
Blackpool 1 from 6
Colin Steins Smile
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Doncaster away for me
standupforcity
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Start of season...picked up my 33/1 outright winnings yesterday!!
Terry_dactyl
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Go on...how much did you put on?
standupforcity
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£10 e/w...collected £435.00
lord_garrincha
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After Simon Haworth missed that pen in the shoot out at Bramall Lane... I'm a blue sky thinking, big picture guy yah, yah... Like Charlie Methvden yah!
Or when we beat Sunderland.. take your pick.
Or when we beat Sunderland.. take your pick.
Terry_dactyl
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Congrats!
ps - let me know any future bets you’re putting on.
ovduk78
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What if he's put the same bet on since 2001?
SkyBlueDom26
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When we kicked off against Southend
Mucca Mad Boys
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After we battered 4-1 Wycombe away, I felt we were going to have a good whack at automatic promotion. My mate who was at that game (Wycombe fan) said 'you'll win the league now' after that game.
Beating Portsmouth at home, was when I was convinced we'd win the league, they were on incredible form and we were the better team that night.
Beating Portsmouth at home, was when I was convinced we'd win the league, they were on incredible form and we were the better team that night.
standupforcity
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I think I would have given up by now..
steve cooper
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For me strangely enough, it was the 1-1 draw against Rotherham. We came back from a goal down against a side who were top of the league, and really we should have won that game. Having been the only team to hammer us all season, we were now the better team.
Incidently our form between games 11 to 20 was relegation form, only collecting 10 points from those games.
Incidently our form between games 11 to 20 was relegation form, only collecting 10 points from those games.
Johnnythespider
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It was when i saw possession stats regularly in the high 60% area and realised we were playing a new brand of football for this club, i genuinely thought we had a chance at promotion after the Blackpool game, the win over Pompey confirmed in my mind that we would be Champions, we were simply the best team in the league this season
Terry_dactyl
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It’d still represent more luck than I’ve had!
Flying Fokker
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Quiet optimism after the Sunderland game.
AFCCOVENTRY
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For me when Baka had a haircut it was obvious promotion was on the cards.
Speedies_Chips
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When Julian Gray signed the contract extension.
shmmeee
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Do you write about football anywhere? Because I love reading your analyses, I’d definitely read a blog or column.
robbiethemole
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After the 1-1 at home to Rovrum for me, we just came on strong and I just knew we'd beat Sunderland.
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Rotherham at home. Thought after the first half they were the best team I’d seen, after we came back at them in the second half it’s when I realised there was no1 else on our level in the league
rob9872
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Then he'd still be £55 up
