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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 18, 2017 17:26:37 GMT
....for me, only once and the one that mattered the most - Dennis Bailey.
If ever there was a GET THE F IN moment, that was it. What was it? 2 years unbeaten at home? Until the mighty Gas turned it on in 80s amazing away day.
We got on at Temple Meads, but alot of mates got on at Stapleton Road on our football special. Some of us a bit silly to smash the train up ON the way there, instead of waiting return journey....which was twice as packed on way back!
Police escort to the stadium, I remember thinking it was a genuinely scary place. Rundown, graffitti, litter, that intimidating subway. Added to that, West Midlands pigs (because they were that day) were on top form!
Brilliant away day stood in away end where there was a derelict area to left of us, one huge stand to right of us....all silenced by DB wonder strike up the other end. Can it be replicated tomorrow night?
Very tough match tomorrow, but I'm sure we'll all be in good voice to cheer on the boys. Safe journey, Gas enjoy the occasion.....UptheGas!
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Post by harrybuckle on Sept 18, 2017 17:43:45 GMT
17 Sept 1985 4-3 away win on an amazing Tuesday evening. Steve Badock scored 2,Paul Randall and Steve White. Only 3,244 fans. Two sides of ground were shut Wolves were poor lucky to score Three.
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Post by DudeLebowski on Sept 18, 2017 18:07:19 GMT
Wolves 6 - 4 Rotherham, April 2014.
Blistering hot good Friday afternoon at Molineux, day before we lost away at Pompey in the slide towards non league football.
Stood on the Away end (Steve Bull lower) with 3k or so Rotherham supporters, purely to get the ground ticked off.
Anyway, ended up being one of the most epic games I've ever witnessed, outside Rovers of course. Wolves led 3-1 at half time and up until 84mins, before Agard the sheedhead sent the Away end mental by securing a hat trick in the 85th & 89th minutes. Dicko then scored for Wolves, Rotherham scored AGAIN & then Rob Edwards and his mate settled it in the 94th & 97th, with a total of 4 proper pitch invasions inbetween & a threat by the mic guy that the ref was getting ready to abandon the game.
Pretty decent afternoon in all & their stadium is unbelievably decent. Looking forward to returning tomorrow.
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Post by Rex on Sept 18, 2017 18:26:00 GMT
I have been there a few times but I'm with the OP on this, the outstanding one was the Dennis Bailey match the first time Wolves had lost at home in a year. As the OP said, it was a bit of a hairy visit for those of us on the train. It was the first time I can remember us running a special since the Southampton cup game and everyone was a little bit excitable.
I'm in the boxes tomorrow night so should be a very different sort of occasion, I will be very happy with a similar result!
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Post by crater on Sept 18, 2017 19:09:33 GMT
Winning 3-2 on the same day as Robert Maxwell went overboard
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Post by syg on Sept 18, 2017 20:18:11 GMT
Yep, that Bailey match. Went in pub with parents and they were a little threatening. Then walking to the ground and chatting to a couple of wolves fans who seemed OK, until I told them to watch out for bailey, when i said he was black they sounded like the kkk. So pleased he scored. Went back a few yrs ago when they played the orient and they seemed yo have stepped out of the middle ages. Horrible town though, makes you realise how lucky you are to live in bris or bath
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Post by brizzle on Sept 19, 2017 15:20:50 GMT
I've only watched the Pirates play at Molineaux the one time, and I have absolutely no idea when it was which irks me no end. My only recollection of the day was that the Supporters Club coaches were predictably late arriving in Wolverhampton, and then to add insult to injury they dropped us off quite some way from the ground meaning that we had to sprint to make the kick-off. I remember that the terraces were very steep and that the pitch seemed to be facing the wrong way to the stands, and that there was ground renovations being carried out at the time too.
Is there enough clues here for someone to tell me when exactly it was that I was there, cos I'd be grateful. Oh, and it may well have been a Bank Holiday too.
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Post by harrybuckle on Sept 19, 2017 17:07:57 GMT
I've only watched the Pirates play at Molineaux the one time, and I have absolutely no idea when it was which irks me no end. My only recollection of the day was that the Supporters Club coaches were predictably late arriving in Wolverhampton, and then to add insult to injury they dropped us off quite some way from the ground meaning that we had to sprint to make the kick-off. I remember that the terraces were very steep and that the pitch seemed to be facing the wrong way to the stands, and that there was ground renovations being carried out at the time too. Is there enough clues here for someone to tell me when exactly it was that I was there, cos I'd be grateful. Oh, and it may well have been a Bank Holiday too. not played them much so maybe 25 March 1986 1-1 11 March 1992 1-1 13 March 1993 1-1
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Post by brizzle on Sept 19, 2017 17:31:28 GMT
I've only watched the Pirates play at Molineaux the one time, and I have absolutely no idea when it was which irks me no end. My only recollection of the day was that the Supporters Club coaches were predictably late arriving in Wolverhampton, and then to add insult to injury they dropped us off quite some way from the ground meaning that we had to sprint to make the kick-off. I remember that the terraces were very steep and that the pitch seemed to be facing the wrong way to the stands, and that there was ground renovations being carried out at the time too. Is there enough clues here for someone to tell me when exactly it was that I was there, cos I'd be grateful. Oh, and it may well have been a Bank Holiday too. not played them much so maybe 25 March 1986 1-1 11 March 1992 1-1 13 March 1993 1-1
Out of the three I would have to opt for the first one, many thanks for the information.  |
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Post by gasheadpirate on Sept 19, 2017 20:57:44 GMT
....for me, only once and the one that mattered the most - Dennis Bailey. If ever there was a GET THE F IN moment, that was it. What was it? 2 years unbeaten at home? Until the mighty Gas turned it on in 80s amazing away day. We got on at Temple Meads, but alot of mates got on at Stapleton Road on our football special. Some of us a bit silly to smash the train up ON the way there, instead of waiting return journey....which was twice as packed on way back! Police escort to the stadium, I remember thinking it was a genuinely scary place. Rundown, graffitti, litter, that intimidating subway. Added to that, West Midlands pigs (because they were that day) were on top form! Brilliant away day stood in away end where there was a derelict area to left of us, one huge stand to right of us....all silenced by DB wonder strike up the other end. Can it be replicated tomorrow night? Very tough match tomorrow, but I'm sure we'll all be in good voice to cheer on the boys. Safe journey, Gas enjoy the occasion.....UptheGas! Was there too. Coins thrown at us and "Bully's gonna get you" from the Wolves fans. Kenny give us a wave and Kenny is a Gashead from us. Good day. 😁 |
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 20, 2017 15:36:51 GMT
not played them much so maybe 25 March 1986 1-1 11 March 1992 1-1 13 March 1993 1-1
Out of the three I would have to opt for the first one, many thanks for the information. Those games were at Twerton, not Molineux! The obvious Bank Holiday away game was the Dennis Bailey game on 27th March 1989, which was Easter Monday. Apart from that, Wolves beat us in the League Cup 4-0 on Tues 31 Oct 1973 and there was a 1-0 defeat in the old Div 2 on a Tuesday night in April 1977. We also won 4-3 up there on Tuesday 17 Sep 1985, drew 1-1 on Saturday 8th September 1990, won 3-2 on Tuesday 5th November 1991 and lost 5-1 on Saturday 7 Nov 1992. |
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Post by brizzle on Sept 20, 2017 20:04:36 GMT
Out of the three I would have to opt for the first one, many thanks for the information. Those games were at Twerton, not Molineux! The obvious Bank Holiday away game was the Dennis Bailey game on 27th March 1989, which was Easter Monday.
Apart from that, Wolves beat us in the League Cup 4-0 on Tues 31 Oct 1973 and there was a 1-0 defeat in the old Div 2 on a Tuesday night in April 1977. We also won 4-3 up there on Tuesday 17 Sep 1985, drew 1-1 on Saturday 8th September 1990, won 3-2 on Tuesday 5th November 1991 and lost 5-1 on Saturday 7 Nov 1992. Many thanks for your trouble GasMacc1, that really does sound about right. Mind you it's still a bit of a blur.  |
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Post by bs5 on Sept 20, 2017 20:50:01 GMT
I've only watched the Pirates play at Molineaux the one time, and I have absolutely no idea when it was which irks me no end. My only recollection of the day was that the Supporters Club coaches were predictably late arriving in Wolverhampton, and then to add insult to injury they dropped us off quite some way from the ground meaning that we had to sprint to make the kick-off. I remember that the terraces were very steep and that the pitch seemed to be facing the wrong way to the stands, and that there was ground renovations being carried out at the time too. Is there enough clues here for someone to tell me when exactly it was that I was there, cos I'd be grateful. Oh, and it may well have been a Bank Holiday too. not played them much so maybe 25 March 1986 1-1 11 March 1992 1-1 13 March 1993 1-1
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Post by Rex on Sept 21, 2017 5:52:01 GMT
Winning 3-2 on the same day as Robert Maxwell went overboard I went to that game, I remember Maxwell being all over the news but I have absolutely no recollection of the game at all. I didn't even remember the score until I read your post. Another game there worth mentioning was the 5-1 hammering when we didn't stop singing and a lot of the songs were supporting our manager at the time Dennis Rofe. We ere stood on the south bank when it was still divided between home and away supporters and we were joining in with the 'North bank give us a song' chants. There wasa bit of a love in at the final whistle with both sets of fans applauding each other. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 21, 2017 10:23:46 GMT
There wasa bit of a love in at the final whistle with both sets of fans applauding each other. We've had that more than once. West Ham clapped us at Upton Park when we were relegated in '93. I think we may have given them a quick clap back at the time, after all we are the mighty Bristol Rovers.....no wonder they applauded us! |
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Post by crater on Sept 21, 2017 10:58:01 GMT
We clapped Tranmere Rovers players onto the pitch at Twerton in the late 80s as a few weeks earlier they had beaten the 82s 6-0 at Prenton Park
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Post by laughinggas on Sept 21, 2017 16:23:18 GMT
We clapped Tranmere Rovers players onto the pitch at Twerton in the late 80s as a few weeks earlier they had beaten the 82s 6-0 at Prenton Park And they were led out by Mark Hughes The defender - see other thread...... |
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