There was no doubt that there Were thousands of Bristol fans outside the ground with 15 minutes to go. I was 14 at the time. BCFC fans were equally invested in staying up. But here’s the thing Sunderland should never have put themselves in this position over a 42 game season. City were adrift with 4 games to go. It was in each teams hands to stay up. But city were odds on to go down.I cannot remember the details as well as some but do know that some people had Transistor Radios, no Bluetooth back then.
I do not remember it being such a big issue back in the day. Certainly was immediately. I am not sure when was the last time they beat us, 15 years?, anyway that added is no doubt important.
Sunderland would have done the same thing.
Do you think Sunderland ( or any other team for that matter) would have adopted the same tactics had the situation been reversed ?For the majority of the last 20 minutes the ball was passed back and forward to each goalkeeper
Hill then went into the Bristol dressing room and drank champagne with their manager
Let’s not pretend it was a good look - it wasn’t
Not doubting you but has this been confirmed or is it just rumour?
Awful news if true, always seems worse at this time of year when you hear of these tragic events.
just to confirm it was in 1977.Surely this refers back to 1977
I think your memories playing tricks on you. The keep ball phase of that game was only the last 5 minutes at most. According to Tommy Hutchison, both sets of players had received messages from the sidelines and knew the Sunderland result before it was flashed on the score board.
Gordon Milne was on CWR last week and confirmed the decision to delay the game was totally down to the police and their concerns that so many fans were still outside the ground. Jimmy Hill’s influence on that game really has been over exaggerated.
With regard to Hill swigging Champagne with Alan Dicks (who was his former assistant as mentioned above) after the game, this may well have happened but again perhaps memories playing tricks as there is a famous picture of Gordon Milne filling Alan Dicks Champagne glass in celebration after the game.
The fact the teams stopped playing, albeit for only a few minutes at the end, wasn’t great and shouldn’t have happened, but the fact Hill still gets the blame even though he was exonerated by an FA enquiry seems unfair as does the fact that Bristol seem to have got off Scot free.
Surely this refers back to 1977?
just to confirm it was in 1977.
And still are.SAFC will just ignore the fact they were shit for the other 41 games…
As wellSAFC will just ignore the fact they were shit for the other 41 games…
Did wonder where you were going with that, CvD - the Sky Blue Stand was bulldozed about 18 years ago!Apologies, got the totally wrong end of the stick.
That will teach me for staying sober on a Saturday night
SAFC will just ignore the fact they were shit for the other 41 games…
But it has kept Sociologists and Biologists in work with competition vs cooperationI think your memories playing tricks on you. The keep ball phase of that game was only the last 5 minutes at most. According to Tommy Hutchison, both sets of players had received messages from the sidelines and knew the Sunderland result before it was flashed on the score board.
Gordon Milne was on CWR last week and confirmed the decision to delay the game was totally down to the police and their concerns that so many fans were still outside the ground. Jimmy Hill’s influence on that game really has been over exaggerated.
With regard to Hill swigging Champagne with Alan Dicks (who was his former assistant as mentioned above) after the game, this may well have happened but again perhaps memories playing tricks as there is a famous picture of Gordon Milne filling Alan Dicks Champagne glass in celebration after the game.
The fact the teams stopped playing, albeit for only a few minutes at the end, wasn’t great and shouldn’t have happened, but the fact Hill still gets the blame even though he was exonerated by an FA enquiry seems unfair as does the fact that Bristol seem to have got off Scot free.
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