Swansea 3 Blackpool 6

There'd been a slim chance of automatic promotion that day - was it Bristol City who had to slip up?
Any disappointment on missing out was completely eclipsed by that "wow" performance and the belief that only an exceptional team would stop us winning the playoffs.
 
Westby said:
Some of us flew down. Remember the ovation the Swansea fans gave us after the game as we left the groun!
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The previous time we'd been there, they beat us with a controversial goal. After the game, we were. Pelted with stones and coins and one idiot was intent on forcing our mini bus off the M4. We were a little apprehensive when we left the ground after that result, but were given a standing ovation all the way to the Motorway. Strange people the Welsh.🤫
 
I was surprised there wasn't more there considering we had a chance of automatic.

Shame we didn't as I knew several that said they were saving pennies for the playoffs.

Plus it would have saved me having to fly back from Spain for the final.
 
I was there and was disappointed by the away attendance to be honest. With the chance although slim of promotion there should of been more of us there.
 
THE best Blackpool game I’ve seen. It was just a fantastic game.

I remember old rapey and morticia standing on something next to the coaches taking an applause and chants (of the positive kind) from a group of fans. I remember cheering along for a bit 😳.
 
yep, i was there and thought there'd have been more. Remember talking with Beds afterwards and were both pretty stunned about what we'd just witnessed. Magnificent performance. Btw, the only game Andy Morrell scored more than one in a game for us.;)
 
I was in Florida. Walked into a bar and the barman was wearing a Villa shirt. I asked him if he knew any scores. He asked which team i supported and when i said Blackpool he told me we were 6-3 up at Swansea! Really thought he was taking the piss until he put sky sports video printer on his laptop. Happy days.
 
Yep, I was there. Superb day out. Morrell was brilliant that day.

Joe Hart, actually had a bit of a shocker from memory?
 
Hadley said:
I was in Florida. Walked into a bar and the barman was wearing a Villa shirt. I asked him if he knew any scores. He asked which team i supported and when i said Blackpool he told me we were 6-3 up at Swansea! Really thought he was taking the piss until he put sky sports video printer on his laptop. Happy days.
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nice. Could be a thread on it's own about where were you when you missed big Blackpool games. I was in Florida and wouldn't go on Rock n Roller coaster until I knew final score in our 1-0 Charlie Adam win at Deepdale. Another is that was in our villa in Florida watching for results in our opening day PL win at Wigan on some Ameircan sports channel. They kept coming up every half hour or so apart from ours until it eventually did. Cue crazy celebrations. And at not so good one is in a bar opposite the Empire State Building watching the game when the nobbers got that last minute winner against us in that cup match.
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20togo said:
nice. Could be a thread on it's own about where were you when you missed big Blackpool games. I was in Florida and wouldn't go on Rock n Roller coaster until I knew final score in our 1-0 Charlie Adam win at Deepdale. Another is that was in our villa in Florida watching for results in our opening day PL win at Wigan on some Ameircan sports channel. They kept coming up every half hour or so apart from ours until it eventually did. Cue crazy celebrations. And at not so good one is in a bar opposite the Empire State Building watching the game when the nobbers got that last minute winner against us in that cup match.
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Well, at least you were in a bar outside the Empire State Building. I watched that game v the Nobbers as the only person in a bar in Dartmouth, Devon. And the landlord still insisted on leaving music on so I watched without commentary - which in retrospect was a good thing.

I do have great memories of watching football on TV in New York though. Watched the last 16 and last 8 rounds of Englands 2018 World Cup games in a bar on 33rd Street with my son. The bar was 5 stories high and it shook when Columbia equalised at the end of normal time. He who laughs last though….We were lucky to be able to experience that day.
 
Yes it was a great game, 1st time at the liberty stadium, everyone remembers morrells 4 goals, but Kiegan Parkers 2 goals were pretty good.
 
I wasn't at Barnet, but I was definitely at this one. It was the game where my then GF now wife asked me, why are they announcing the subs in English and Klingon... Quite funny for her! :)
 
I was there with my two lads Blackpool were “amazing” that day.
Forest away play-off easily tops it👍
I was NOT at Barnet 7-0 but I WAS at Barnet for losing 0-1 First leg of play off in 92 we turned it around at home with a 2/0 win & then beat Scunthorpe (1–1) on penalties in the Final 🧡🧡🚢🚌 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 
I drove down & we had to park at a park & ride.
Like Westby says :
I remember being locked in for quite a while got on the buses and saw all Swansea’s firm sat on hill outside the McDs expected the half bricks to come, but they all got up and clapped us.
Also drove back “quite” quickly & walked in The Thatched at the same time as Westby who had flown 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great Days! 🧡 Great Memories🧡🧡 No wonder we ALL fought so hard to get OUR “Beautiful Club” Back.🧡🧡🧡
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
The second half of that season was by far the most dominant a Blackpool team has been in my lifetime.

I'm starting to think it was all the work of TP mind.
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I seem to recall a win there when TP was caretaker and on loan DJ Campbell grabbed the winner, in an effort to get a contract with the sizzling Seasiders and cement a permanent deal. Cant remember whether he was at Brentford or Leicester at the time
 
nameless said:
I seem to recall a win there when TP was caretaker and on loan DJ Campbell grabbed the winner, in an effort to get a contract with the sizzling Seasiders and cement a permanent deal. Cant remember whether he was at Brentford or Leicester at the time
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Last day of the season in that terrible black Carbrini kit, he was at Leicester and told the Gazette he didn't want to go back.
 
My elder son was there, I was in Benidorm watching it unfold on SSN.
I was in Santiago Chile for the home premiership game with United, going barmy when Peter Walton denied us that nailed on penalty, cheating arsehole.
 
Toastrack said:
There'd been a slim chance of automatic promotion that day - was it Bristol City who had to slip up?
Any disappointment on missing out was completely eclipsed by that "wow" performance and the belief that only an exceptional team would stop us winning the playoffs.
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Yes, Bristol City had to slip up but they didn't. Swansea had to go for it because they needed to win by three goal and hope that Oldham lost (which they did), but this left Swansea well open to attack from the best team in the league by then. It didn't help that their keeper insisted on defending his goal from the front of the six yard box.
 
Fantastic day, up there with the best. Apart from the standing ovation outside, I'll always remember a dad and his 2 kids, no more than 10, standing in the home end near us clapping us off.
 
I always thought Andy Morrell was one of the best signings we’ve ever made - Valerie Belekon money brought him in from

Absolute workhorse, and a goal scoring bonanza all the time he was with us. A touch of the Bob Hatton’s about him - right player for a moving forward Club - shame Mr S Grayson didn’t think so ! Top bloke too

I saw him score away at Yeovil and thought this guys really good - Keigan Parker somehow fitted in well with him and they both scored a lot of go als in League 1
 
I’d take the wizard Wesley from the same team as one of our best ever signings.

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Camberwell1 said:
I always thought Andy Morrell was one of the best signings we’ve ever made - Valerie Belekon money brought him in from

Absolute workhorse, and a goal scoring bonanza all the time he was with us. A touch of the Bob Hatton’s about him - right player for a moving forward Club - shame Mr S Grayson didn’t think so ! Top bloke too

I saw him score away at Yeovil and thought this guys really good - Keigan Parker somehow fitted in well with him and they both scored a lot of go als in League 1
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Right club, right time I think. A very intelligent player both with his head and feet and was an invaluable member of the promotion winning squad.
He was out of his depth in the championship though.
 
Top day. Last minute decision to go with my brother. As was said above, if things went our way we were up and we could not risk missing this.
I walked from Poulton to Staining at about 5am through the lanes so we could get an early start.
Visited the old Veitch Ground (all over grown) in the morning.
An all round great day and another memory with my bro’ that will remain with us.
Following Blackpool really has given us so many memories to saviour. Long may it continue!
 
Camberwell1 said:
I always thought Andy Morrell was one of the best signings we’ve ever made - Valerie Belekon money brought him in from

Absolute workhorse, and a goal scoring bonanza all the time he was with us. A touch of the Bob Hatton’s about him - right player for a moving forward Club - shame Mr S Grayson didn’t think so ! Top bloke too

I saw him score away at Yeovil and thought this guys really good - Keigan Parker somehow fitted in well with him and they both scored a lot of go als in League 1
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See the 2006/07 highlights dvd to understand what Grayson thought of him. Or, if you prefer, rewrite history.
 
A damn good thread, sew I thought I'd join it...

Sew near but sew far, but what a great game and day that was, truly amazing to win 6-3 away in the last game of the season, especially so being that it was in another country!

Me and my son (who's now pushing 34😱) have enjoyed taking the piss (obviously in a nice way) out of an old schoolmate of mine ever since (not that we didn't do before).😜

Th'old bugger (mi mate not me) never rated Andy Morrell as a goalscorer 'coz he'd (mi old mate always emphasising) never scored more than one goal in a game for us.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that we were chatting about it in a boozer somewhere in Port Talbot on the way to Swansea.😘

For Andy to then score four, nobbut a few hours later, was truly manna from heaven!😁

So forget Harry Kane mi old mate 'coz although Andy Morrell usually only scored one (at the absolute max) in a game, some of us knew that he was capable of scoring more'ell fire we got to Wembley with a Tangerine Assembly, but he didn't score anymore!🙂

But Joe Hart to Andy Morrell (wow what a strike) was one of the greatest goals I've ever seen!

Hope mi old mate still posts on here, he used to be as regular as clockwork, I'm only here for an hour and I've been typing for 40 minutes already, FFS only 20 to go!😱🤪
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Just noticed that Joe Allen aged 17 came on as a 75th minute sub. It was his league debut.I wonder how his career went after that ?
 
Born_in_the_Fifties said:
A damn good thread, sew I thought I'd join it...

Sew near but sew far, but what a great game and day that was, truly amazing to win 6-3 away in the last game of the season, especially so being that it was in another country!

Me and my son (who's now pushing 34😱) have enjoyed taking the piss (obviously in a nice way) out of an old schoolmate of mine ever since (not that we didn't do before).😜

Th'old bugger (mi mate not me) never rated Andy Morrell as a goalscorer 'coz he'd (mi old mate always emphasising) never scored more than one goal in a game for us.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that we were chatting about it in a boozer somewhere in Port Talbot on the way to Swansea.😘

For Andy to then score four, nobbut a few hours later, was truly manna from heaven!😁

So forget Harry Kane mi old mate 'coz although Andy Morrell usually only scored one (at the absolute max) in a game, some of us knew that he was capable of scoring more'ell fire we got to Wembley with a Tangerine Assembly, but he didn't score anymore!🙂

But Joe Hart to Andy Morrell (wow what a strike) was one of the greatest goals I've ever seen!

Hope mi old mate still posts on here, he used to be as regular as clockwork, I'm only here for an hour and I've been typing for 40 minutes already, FFS only 20 to go!😱🤪
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well it's about time you bought your old mate a 🍺. Will be in the talked about venue just after 5.;)
 
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