6 of the best!

[Cerberus Blade]

never mind S(front bottom)thorpe - we'll wipe the floor with them on Saturday - I'm more worried about Bristol Rovers next Tuesday. We owe them one for the Watney Cup final defeat in 1970 summat. (Bloody Ted Hemsley eh?). I'm feeling chipper and I reckon it will be 6 of the best!

Then someone can start another "when was the last time?" thread!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I think we will put 3 past scunny before half-time, then park the bus!

 

[spongebobblade]

Got a feeling we will come flying out of the blocks. The fans are well up for it and confidence amongst players must be higher than its been in the last couple of years

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Got a feeling we will come flying out of the blocks. The fans are well up for it and confidence amongst players must be higher than its been in the last couple of years

Let's ask em shall we?

I struggle to come to terms with being worried about front bottom United.

 

[spongebobblade]

Let's ask em shall we?

I struggle to come to terms with being worried about front bottom United.

That's what 6 years of this piss poor league does to you. You know we are going to lose games at this level but when you become worried about reasonably decent league one opposition it shows how low we've fallen. Onwards and upwards now IMO

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

We won 7 league matches in a row without conceding a single goal in 2014 under Clough.

It'll be decades before that feat is repeated.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

We won 7 league matches in a row without conceding a single goal in 2014 under Clough.

It'll be decades before that feat is repeated.

Bet thi?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Bet thi?

Winning 7 league matches in a row is rare, doing it without conceding one single goal is unheard of.

I'll take any bet you propose.

 

[Boxer Blade]

We won 7 league matches in a row without conceding a single goal in 2014 under Clough.

It'll be decades before that feat is repeated.

I was enjoying reading this thread, now I feel down, off to the pub, that always makes the world seem better

 

[Pinchy]

Under Kendall, when Vonk and Ablett were the Centre-Backs, we conceded a ridiculously low number. I think something like 3 in 12 games?

 

[Liaminho9]

We won 7 league matches in a row without conceding a single goal in 2014 under Clough.

It'll be decades before that feat is repeated.

George Long was in goal during that period if I remember correctly

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Under Kendall, when Vonk and Ablett were the Centre-Backs, we conceded a ridiculously low number. I think something like 3 in 12 games?

Decent but Kendall never came close to 7 clean sheets in a row.

Neither did Warnock.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

George Long was in goal during that period if I remember correctly

Mark Howard.

 

[Liaminho9]

Mark Howard.

Must be mistaken then, i know Long was in goal when we didn't concede in 10 consecutive games a few years back

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Must be mistaken then, i know Long was in goal when we didn't concede in 10 consecutive games a few years back

That never happened.

 

[Liaminho9]

That never happened.

My mistake, it was Howard, but we did go 10 games without conceding.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

My mistake, it was Howard, but we did go 10 games without conceding.

Afraid not.

It was eight clean sheets in a row in the league, seven wins and then a 0-0 draw at Preston.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

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We won 7 league matches in a row without conceding a single goal in 2014 under Clough.

It'll be decades before that feat is repeated.

Doubt Clough will ever come back myself.

 

[1973Blade]

Under Kendall, when Vonk and Ablett were the Centre-Backs, we conceded a ridiculously low number. I think something like 3 in 12 games?

Vonk was a great no nonsense centre half. I remember when he did one of his many fouls, we'd say the opponent had been Vonked.

 

[sitwell]

George Long was in goal during that period if I remember correctly

Good joke.

 

[Pinchy]

Vonk was a great no nonsense centre half. I remember when he did one of his many fouls, we'd say the opponent had been Vonked.

He was terrific. He and Ablett were rock solid in Kendall's first season. Ablett was only on loan though and left at the end of the season to join Birmingham. We then brought in David Holdsworth I think. Can't remember when Vonk left but he was replaced by Carl Tiler. Silent Blade will be able to fill in the detail.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

He was terrific. He and Ablett were rock solid in Kendall's first season. Ablett was only on loan though and left at the end of the season to join Birmingham. We then brought in David Holdsworth I think. Can't remember when Vonk left but he was replaced by Carl Tiler. Silent Blade will be able to fill in the detail.

I liked Vonk, solid and reliable. It was a shame Ablett didn't hang around, it was a great pairing. In fact Kendall never really got it right defensively after that. Couldn't seem to get it to knit together.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

He was terrific. He and Ablett were rock solid in Kendall's first season. Ablett was only on loan though and left at the end of the season to join Birmingham. We then brought in David Holdsworth I think. Can't remember when Vonk left but he was replaced by Carl Tiler. Silent Blade will be able to fill in the detail.

I remember Vonk being great. Then he got injured. Then he came back and managed to score an own goal, concede a penalty gift the opposition another goal and get sent off in the space of 2 games. I think he left not long after that.

 

[Liaminho9]

Good joke.

I was thinking of his 6 consecutive clean sheets in February 2013

 

[Silent Blade]

Birmingham offered Ablett more money than we did in summer 1996 and our fans gave him a lot of stick during the 4-4 draw against Birmingham in the 2nd game of the 1996-97 season.

Vonk got sent off in the 2-1 defeat at Norwich in Dec 1997 (after Tiler left us) and I don't think he played many games after that due to injuries and he returned to Holland in 1998