How times change...

[Carlton Blade]

Lionel Perez in goal for Sunderland? , he was a bit of a character!

Loved a Chilavert/Campos style keeper shirt!

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Earl Barrett was a Spackman signing I believe and Des Hamilton was a Brucie bonus the season after.

Cahill, the Stockport cup game was 1st round 1980, 0-0 if I remember correctly, seemed to be Blades on all four sides of the ground that day. We won the replay in extra time at the Lane and made very heavy work of it, then it was Chessie in the next round. That top-hat Alan Birch scored a very late pen equaliser at the Lane for them, then surprise, surprise we lost the replay 1-0 at Saltergate, our 5th defeat in 6 games against Chessy in 1980!!!

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

If I remember right where we were stood was called the paddock, the view was pants cos you were sat low down and the view was of the players legs, unless I dreamt it it was along time ago

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

We got into the play offs last day of the season with a loss at Stockport. Other things I remember about that day are Arsenal winning the league with Tony Adams scoring that one on one late on. Also it was Wilders second spell with us - he looked like an umpa lumpa - fake tan and overweight. He came on the pitch to celebrate afterwards. He wasnt popular at the time!

Man Utd won the title in 1997.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Man Utd won the title in 1997.

This all happened in 98 though

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

This all happened in 98 though

The original post was about the 1996-97 season though.

 

[Carlton Blade]

The original post was about the 1996-97 season though.

That was the Stockport league cup tie. The last game of the season and the play offs were the year after

 

[dublin 10 blade]

My mates a season ticket holder at Stockport County, i’ve seen them quite a few times, including against the Dingles and South Barnsley. We played them,in’the FA cup early 1980’s ? I went straight after working nights, without sleep, slept on the train all the way back.

Remember the cup game 0-0 at there place ,
Chaos at the game , trouble wise , all over town , the ground , everywhere , think we won 1-0 at the Lane
Our mini van got smashed up after the game

 

[cahill]

Remember the cup game 0-0 at there place ,
Chaos at the game , trouble wise , all over town , the ground , everywhere , think we won 1-0 at the Lane
Our mini van got smashed up after the game

Yeah I think it was 0-0. Must have been about 1981/82

 

[Tommoblade66]

Wait until creditors to man city call in their loans

 

[Houston_Blade]

They had a decent team in the 90s. It is sad to see how far they have fallen, it wasn't a bad away day.

Chesterfield will go the same way as Stockport if/when they drop out of the league.

 

[Deleted member 875]

What was the Charlton keepers name? I've got Sasa Curcic in my head but hecwas the Bolton/Villa player who went to Scotland and said he'd take women instead of money as wages

Sasa Ilic

 

[The Crab]

Sasa Ilic

Was he the one who always wore tracky bottoms?

 

[oldblade]

He certainly wasn't great in that 2nd spell. I was still at school and recall one of our teachers at the time spending half a business studies lesson moaning about how bad Thompson's signings had been. Think he signed Wilder, Jon Cullen and Shaun Derry.

I recall Wilder getting the run around away at Sunderland in the play off 2nd leg too .

That was the season that we won a grand total of 3 away league matches. Has any other side ever secured a play off place with so few away wins?