For me I would say:
Cov 0 Forest 3. Can't remember the year. Mcallister's debut and an absolute shambles? We made Forest look like world beaters - probably the year they were relegated.
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I remember walking away from HR after the second game, with some Chelsea fans coming the other way. I overheard some big Chelsea fan moaning, “it’s this fucking place”. “That’s right now fuck off”! (I thought to myself...when I’d got home safe and sound).I always remember the pre-Roman Chelsea teams of the late 90s signing big names, even World Cup winners, with the media wondering if it will be their year... Then coming to Highfield Rd twice on the spin on opening day, and Dion sending them back pointless, with a reality check!
For me I would say:
Bobby Gould's first game in charge when we'd all but been written off. I think we beat Watford away on the opening day?
Cov 2 Spurs 1 - first game after the Cup Final (excluding the Charity Shield), Speedie's debut and an absolutely electric atmosphere. And I avoided being hit by a flying missile type bolt from the Spurs fans by a life saving couple of inches. Good result.
Cov 0 Forest 3. Can't remember the year. Mcallister's debut and an absolute shambles? We made Forest look like world beaters - probably the year they were relegated.
Best memory: 3-2 vs. Chelsea with two very late goals from Dublin. Sunny day at Highfield Road and will long live in the memory.
1996. Atkinson in charge. Sacked by November.
Did you not know him before the game?Yeh, that Chelsea game, I think they had a new defensive pairing of Desaille and Leboeuf, and Dublin and Huckerby terrorised them all afternoon. I met my Chelsea supporting brother (I know!!) afterwards, magic!
For me I would say:
Bobby Gould's first game in charge when we'd all but been written off. I think we beat Watford away on the opening day?
Cov 2 Spurs 1 - first game after the Cup Final (excluding the Charity Shield), Speedie's debut and an absolutely electric atmosphere. And I avoided being hit by a flying missile type bolt from the Spurs fans by a life saving couple of inches. Good result.
Cov 0 Forest 3. Can't remember the year. Mcallister's debut and an absolute shambles? We made Forest look like world beaters - probably the year they were relegated.
Best memory: 3-2 vs. Chelsea with two very late goals from Dublin. Sunny day at Highfield Road and will long live in the memory.
The dawn of a new era - Away at Edgeley Park, Aug 2001. We all knew this would only be a brief departure.
Yeh, that Chelsea game, I think they had a new defensive pairing of Desaille and Leboeuf, and Dublin and Huckerby terrorised them all afternoon. I met my Chelsea supporting brother (I know!!) afterwards, magic!
Yeh, that Chelsea game, I think they had a new defensive pairing of Desaille and Leboeuf, and Dublin and Huckerby terrorised them all afternoon. I met my Chelsea supporting brother (I know!!) afterwards, magic!
Yep this one sticks in my head, walking down rows of grid iron streets then turn the corner and the ground appears.... welcome to the championship! We have two sides of the ground and won easily, everyone thought we would piss the league.... oh dearThe dawn of a new era - Away at Edgeley Park, Aug 2001. We all knew this would only be a brief departure.
One of best days ever!!!Arsenal away!!!!!
Come on without come on within
You ain’t seen nothing like our Micky Quinn
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We think we've had it bad since.The dawn of a new era - Away at Edgeley Park, Aug 2001. We all knew this would only be a brief departure.
Getting beat by Boro on the opening day of our last season in the Prem. Their fans were taunting us with chants of 'where's your keano gone?' Thommo got sent off. It was fucking shit.
As others have said, Coventry 3 - 2 Chelsea with a Dion Dublin hat-trick definitely stands out to me. I had it in my head that Robbie Keane's debut - where he scored twice in a 2-0 win over Derby - was the opening day of the season... but thinking back it might've been a couple of games in?
Was that the Kevin Campbell hattrick game? Another absolute belterSimilar to the aforementioned Forest game, the writing was on the wall at that point.
Was that the year there kit clashed with ours they didn’t have a spare so used our away kit,I always remember the pre-Roman Chelsea teams of the late 90s signing big names, even World Cup winners, with the media wondering if it will be their year... Then coming to Highfield Rd twice on the spin on opening day, and Dion sending them back pointless, with a reality check!
Pre Roman? Bloody hell you're knocking on a bitI always remember the pre-Roman Chelsea teams of the late 90s signing big names, even World Cup winners, with the media wondering if it will be their year... Then coming to Highfield Rd twice on the spin on opening day, and Dion sending them back pointless, with a reality check!
Two games stick in my mind on the first day of the new season that in attended results that the bookies cringed - 1975 Everton 1 Coventry 4 (David cross hattrick) We sang all the way back to Cov
1993 - Arsenal 0 Coventry 3 (Micky Quinn Hattrick) silenced Highbury
Nope... That was late in the 96/97 season. These were 97/98 & 98/99.Was that the year there kit clashed with ours they didn’t have a spare so used our away kit,
Didn't some of their losers opt to cover our crest with tape? I'm sure Lebeouf hurled his shirt to the ground at the final whistle.View attachment 12517 Thank, This is the one I was thinking of probably one of the best players ever to wear the cov shirt
I always remember the pre-Roman Chelsea teams of the late 90s signing big names, even World Cup winners, with the media wondering if it will be their year... Then coming to Highfield Rd twice on the spin on opening day, and Dion sending them back pointless, with a reality check!
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