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Morning all,
Was originally planning to do this during the international break, but now seems like as good a time as any... Roygbiv and I take a very deep dive into the 1997/98 season, in what turned into a mammoth podcast that will hopefully fill a bit of your time...
I wanted to do this season as it was a particularly wild one in United's modern history - it was also the first season I can remember being fully hooked on football, and obsessively following every game, so it holds some special personal memories as well as the wider-reaching ones. So so much happened in this one season: Nigel Spackman, Deane/Fjortoft being sold, Dane Whitehouse's injury, the FA Cup run and that amazing night at Bramall Lane with Alan Kelly's heroics, Vas Borbokis, Wayne Quinn, Marcelo, Dean Saunders's cheeky throw-in goal... Spackman quitting, Mike McDonald being hounded out, McCabe becoming chairman... Hamilton Ricard, Georgi Kinkladze, Paul Gascoigne, a fan attacking the linesman at Portsmouth, and a playoff semi-final against Sunderland.
Lots to talk about! I've split it into 5 parts, timestamped below, if you entirely-justifiably would like to listen to it in chunks. I had a great time researching, revisiting and recording this, and I hope you enjoy it too.
Part 1: Summer of 1997 - Kendall leaves, Spackman takes over
Part 2 (13:44): A great start to the season
Part 3 (47:04): Deane/Fjortoft sold, and the fallout
Part 4 (1:12:30): THAT cup quarter-final, Alan Kelly the hero on St Patrick's Day
Part 5: (1:37:25): The end of the season, and the playoff semi-final
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bladespod/id1309198119?mt=2
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wLq5qaiQ123cLHHMnTixJ
Was originally planning to do this during the international break, but now seems like as good a time as any... Roygbiv and I take a very deep dive into the 1997/98 season, in what turned into a mammoth podcast that will hopefully fill a bit of your time...
I wanted to do this season as it was a particularly wild one in United's modern history - it was also the first season I can remember being fully hooked on football, and obsessively following every game, so it holds some special personal memories as well as the wider-reaching ones. So so much happened in this one season: Nigel Spackman, Deane/Fjortoft being sold, Dane Whitehouse's injury, the FA Cup run and that amazing night at Bramall Lane with Alan Kelly's heroics, Vas Borbokis, Wayne Quinn, Marcelo, Dean Saunders's cheeky throw-in goal... Spackman quitting, Mike McDonald being hounded out, McCabe becoming chairman... Hamilton Ricard, Georgi Kinkladze, Paul Gascoigne, a fan attacking the linesman at Portsmouth, and a playoff semi-final against Sunderland.
Lots to talk about! I've split it into 5 parts, timestamped below, if you entirely-justifiably would like to listen to it in chunks. I had a great time researching, revisiting and recording this, and I hope you enjoy it too.
Part 1: Summer of 1997 - Kendall leaves, Spackman takes over
Part 2 (13:44): A great start to the season
Part 3 (47:04): Deane/Fjortoft sold, and the fallout
Part 4 (1:12:30): THAT cup quarter-final, Alan Kelly the hero on St Patrick's Day
Part 5: (1:37:25): The end of the season, and the playoff semi-final
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/bladespod/id1309198119?mt=2
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wLq5qaiQ123cLHHMnTixJ