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Post by kris on Mar 17, 2020 16:13:10 GMT 1
Well with Covid-19 destroying our season why not go down memory lane and get supporters memories of their favourite GAFC match. Mine would have to be back in the 88/89 season when we hosted Bishops Stortford at the Rec in the league. It started raining just before kick off and everyone huddled under the Smallcombe stand and created a great atmosphere. Bishops took a 2-0 lead but a Nicky Crown inspired Blues fought back and eventually won the match late in the day with the score finishing 4-3 to us
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Post by Ant of Grays on Mar 18, 2020 0:10:07 GMT 1
For the life of me I am not sure what year I am guessing 1989.
But yourself Kris or Jonesey can post the date. I know you two will know it.
Grays Vrs Tottenham Hotspurs.
Paul Walsh with Long hair. lol.
Great my mates were totenham fans. 2-2 GREAT DAY.
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Post by Ant of Grays on Mar 18, 2020 0:13:23 GMT 1
But favourite moment.
Bayes Penalty save.
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Post by gazza56 on Mar 18, 2020 18:17:12 GMT 1
It was a wet windy Tuesday night at the Rec runaway leaders of the league were Gravesend and due to play 2nd fiddle to them were a Grays team that hadn't read the script,What followed was a wonderful advert for non league football The year was early 90,s ,the score I don't remember as it really didn't seem important because it really was nothing but a truly wonderful match .I believe that Gravesend won promotion that year but for anyone that was there the pleasure of seeing the match was something that stayed in the memory for quite a while
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Post by stewieg on Mar 18, 2020 18:29:35 GMT 1
When I saw this thread my mind went immediately as well to that Bishop Stortford game, terrible conditions but a wonderful 90mins. I remember the Stortford chairman wrote to the Gazette saying that he almost didn't mind losing such was the commitment of all 22 players.
My mind also goes back to the FA trophy last 16 away in Feb 2005 at Altrincham when against all the odds, Stimmo played Dennis Oli and Gary Hooper up front together for the first time - and they tore the Alty to shreds. Outside the ground we cheered with Micky Woodward who shouted "Now let's go and win it !" Little did we know. I think that day, when we were still a Conference South team, I first really knew that we really were quite good.
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Post by ForeverBlue on Mar 18, 2020 20:32:35 GMT 1
When I saw this thread my mind went immediately as well to that Bishop Stortford game, terrible conditions but a wonderful 90mins. I remember the Stortford chairman wrote to the Gazette saying that he almost didn't mind losing such was the commitment of all 22 players. My mind also goes back to the FA trophy last 16 away in Feb 2005 at Altrincham when against all the odds, Stimmo played Dennis Oli and Gary Hooper up front together for the first time - and they tore the Alty to shreds. Outside the ground we cheered with Micky Woodward who shouted "Now let's go and win it !" Little did we know. I think that day, when we were still a Conference South team, I first really knew that we really were quite good. Funnily enough, Alty was right up there for me too! The first goal was a peach. The perfectly placed cross from (the late) Mitchell Cole, stroked home by the young Gary Hooper. By the time sub Leroy Griffiths put the game beyond doubt at 4-2, I was purring at the quality of our play. When I said to one of the opposition supporters at the end of the game that I thought "we were magnificent", he seemed surprised at the description. He said something along the lines of you were "f*****g great!" in a nice Lancashire accent. I find it very hard to narrow my choices down to a few. I've been so lucky to witness so many "magnificent" games and performances by us over the last 61 and a half years. Not forgetting the bad ones.........oh, hang on.........let's forget the bad ones for the purposes of this thread! |
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Post by Scoop on Mar 21, 2020 15:25:18 GMT 1
One that really sticks out is an Essex Senior Cup tie at Tilbury back in January 1964, the score finished 5-5 aet ! The Dockers contributed two OGs one of which makes the game easy ro recall when Johnny Brennan the Dockers half back completely lostt his bearings from a Blues corner and smashed an unstoppable volley into the roof of the net instead upfield out of danger! The large crowd witnessed a pulsating local derby full of fire and passion, in the replay at the rec the Dockers won 2-1. The following Saturday Blues travelled up to Penrith in an FA CUP 2nd round tie winning 2-0.
York City away in the FA Cup was another memorable afternoon winning 3-0 with a brilliant team performance, I think theres a video on You Tube. The toilet was also memorable for the wrong reason. It was Guy Fawkes night,took us ages to get out of a gridlocked city centre and home.
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Post by ForeverBlue on Mar 21, 2020 16:12:02 GMT 1
One that really sticks out is an Essex Senior Cup tie at Tilbury back in January 1964, the score finished 5-5 aet ! The Dockers contributed two OGs one of which makes the game easy ro recall when Johnny Brennan the Dockers half back completely lostt his bearings from a Blues corner and smashed an unstoppable volley into the roof of the net instead upfield out of danger! The large crowd witnessed a pulsating local derby full of fire and passion, in the replay at the rec the Dockers won 2-1. The following Saturday Blues travelled up to Penrith in an FA CUP 2nd round tie winning 2-0. York City away in the FA Cup was another memorable afternoon winning 3-0 with a brilliant team performance, I think theres a video on You Tube. The toilet was also memorable for the wrong reason. It was Guy Fawkes night,took us ages to get out of a gridlocked city centre and home. I had a spell in hospital in early 1964 and remember my Mum bringing me the Thurrock Gazette with the 5-5 game in to read. The following week, she brought the next week's showing we lost 2-1 !! In those days you didn't get the results like today, so it was disappointing to find out a week later that we had lost. The Penrith game was the FA Amateur Cup (sorry, David, not the FA Cup). I was at the Kingstonian game in the next round - we lost 2-1 at the Rec, with Clive Banbury scoring our goal. I think the attendance was about 3,000. |
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Post by Scoop on Mar 21, 2020 18:11:38 GMT 1
One that really sticks out is an Essex Senior Cup tie at Tilbury back in January 1964, the score finished 5-5 aet ! The Dockers contributed two OGs one of which makes the game easy ro recall when Johnny Brennan the Dockers half back completely lostt his bearings from a Blues corner and smashed an unstoppable volley into the roof of the net instead upfield out of danger! The large crowd witnessed a pulsating local derby full of fire and passion, in the replay at the rec the Dockers won 2-1. The following Saturday Blues travelled up to Penrith in an FA CUP 2nd round tie winning 2-0. York City away in the FA Cup was another memorable afternoon winning 3-0 with a brilliant team performance, I think theres a video on You Tube. The toilet was also memorable for the wrong reason. It was Guy Fawkes night,took us ages to get out of a gridlocked city centre and home. I had a spell in hospital in early 1964 and remember my Mum bringing me the Thurrock Gazette with the 5-5 game in to read. The following week, she brought the next week's showing we lost 2-1 !! In those days you didn't get the results like today, so it was disappointing to find out a week later that we had lost. The Penrith game was the FA Amateur Cup (sorry, David, not the FA Cup). I was at the Kingstonian game in the next round - we lost 2-1 at the Rec, with Clive Banbury scoring our goal. I think the attendance was about 3,000. |
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Post by Scoop on Mar 21, 2020 18:14:09 GMT 1
You’re right Glyn it was the Amateur cup, memory fading
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Post by stiffordblue on Mar 21, 2020 21:33:37 GMT 1
For me has to be the Fa trophy semi final 1st leg against
Burton Albion glorious day smashed them 5 0
What a day then the following week smashed them again
2 0
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Post by davidraven on Mar 22, 2020 0:23:12 GMT 1
runaway leaders of the league were Gravesend and due to play 2nd fiddle to them were a Grays team that hadn't read the script Reminds me of the time when Wealdstone came to Mill Field 'to win the league' with something like five games to go and they had brought decent numbers over with them. We hadn't read the script that day either and we put in a cracking performance against a really good side. The atmosphere was brilliant, the near-500 crowd sounded much bigger until we went 1-0 up with about 20 minutes left through Jordan Wilson and the Wealdstone fans were stunned into silence. Then they brought Glen Little on. A mix-up between a couple of our lads saw the ball deflect well for Glen who squared the ball for Scott McGleish to smash home. People on the pitch...pandemonium...brilliant. Finished all-square. Wealdstone sealed the title a week later. |
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Post by gazza56 on Mar 22, 2020 9:48:35 GMT 1
That's what makes this game so good ....like when Tamplin took over at riccay and they brought a really strong team to Mill field expecting an easy time ,again we hadn't read the script
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2020 17:18:02 GMT 1
As a player the 1-0 win over Barnet was the most memorable game.
my last in the cup final as a 4-1 win is also up there (although I did come back the next two seasons for odd games) and then there was another cup match I played with most of the reserves and we won, can't remember game or score or opposition.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2020 20:44:39 GMT 1
The great Barrie Delf has spoken !
Did you mean the 91/92 League Cup final v Enfield (at Dagenham) 3-1 ?
That game is my personal highlight.
Beating the (then) mighty Enfield 3-1.
They were not long relegated from the Conference,and had just finished 2nd in the table,we had finished 15th (although we had a good side then)
Five weeks earlier they had come the The Rec and beaten us 0-4.
That didn't happen in those days,we were very good at home.
So its fair to say,we travelled to Dagenham without great expectations.
But what a performance from our boys.
1-0 up just before HT,then we hit the post,then 2-0 Winnie,3-0 Fuzzy Campbell.
In dreamland with half an hour to play.
It ended 3-1 and to see us achieve our most significant trophy win for 35 years was simply brilliant.
Thanks for the memories Delfie.
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Post by gazza56 on Mar 23, 2020 21:54:13 GMT 1
Blimey was it really 28 years ago? For me rates 3rd moment behind the 2 trophy wins
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