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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 12, 2019 9:11:58 GMT
Going to be a small o p.
For me, none, as I have never visited Lincoln! Not even as a non football tourist..
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Post by Igitur on Sept 12, 2019 9:36:02 GMT
Good fish and chip shop nearby. The air raid siren after a Lincoln goal was good in a way! For me though the most outstanding memory was when I could not get to the play off match and watched the entire game on BBC teletext.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 11:58:53 GMT
I remember going to Lincoln on the train, Graham Taylor was managing the Imps if i recall correctly. The train arrived late and i remember loads of us running to the ground , we all missed the kick off but as they say better late than never. Lost 2-1 i think.
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Rex
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Post by Rex on Sept 12, 2019 18:03:05 GMT
I've been there twice. Once for a 2-1 win around 1984, I'm pretty sure it was the game before Arsenal away in the Milk Cup. The other time , I took my son out of school on the pretence of him having a dental appointment (I'm a good dad) so we could go up for one of the best games I have ever witnessed in the play offs. He was spotted on Sky TV running up to the camera after the game, but luckily for me there were no repercussions! Even luckier was that we managed to walk along the narrow canal path in the middle of a full scale brawl between rival fans after the game, without coming to any harm!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 19:02:27 GMT
The air raid siren after a Lincoln goal was good in a way! They used to sound the thing when they got a corner. Marginally better than allowing a moron with a drum in, miles better than the pathetic England band, they just annoy everybody.
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eppinggas
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Post by eppinggas on Sept 13, 2019 11:00:22 GMT
Scratching my brain to work out when I went up there with my son and saw a bloody awful game of football. Freezing cold. Lost 1-0. Remembered Martin Phillips (ex-Man City) played for us. Checked wiki and bingo! On loan to us in 1999. As he had been so hyped I watched him closely. Stood on the wing like a spoilt brat and refused to even jog. Unbelievable. How good was this kid supposed to be? I give you the prescient words of Alan Ball: "Upon signing Phillips, (Man) City manager Alan Ball predicted "Buster will be the first British £10 million pound player.""
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Post by simonj on Sept 13, 2019 11:07:08 GMT
Dont even know where it is......kidding, but Norwich and Hull the closest grounds ive been
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 12:10:07 GMT
Did no other bugger on here apart from me and Rex go to the play off game in 2007? One of the greatest ever nights watching Rovers for me.
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Post by cornwallgas on Sept 13, 2019 12:48:27 GMT
I remember going to Lincoln on the train, Graham Taylor was managing the Imps if i recall correctly. The train arrived late and i remember loads of us running to the ground , we all missed the kick off but as they say better late than never. Lost 2-1 i think. Also went to this one..had to look it up January 83. My mate nearly got the barrier from a level crossing in the goolies at Lincoln and the heating got stuck at 100 degrees on the train back to Birmingham. We both had good teams that year but both missed promotion (I know we did anyway😦)
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Post by GasMacc1 on Sept 13, 2019 12:51:04 GMT
Did no other bugger on here apart from me and Rex go to the play off game in 2007? One of the greatest ever nights watching Rovers for me. Yes, one of the best. Nobody sat down. Everyone stayed on their feet for the whole 90 minutes. Such was the excitement, I had to divide my time between watching the match and propping up a little elderly chap on my left who was constantly being buffeted by the line of swaying Gasheads further along! The Sky Sports cabin was just by the Away fans' entrance. Richard Money (then Walsall manager) was the studio guest. He'd already secured promotion...wonder what happened to him? (* see footnote). After Stuart Campbell's early wonder-goal, it was Rickie Lambert who scored one and showed typical control and composure to set up Richard Walker in the six-yard box. The last two goals were portents of the Sammy Igoe goal, with the opposition desperate to throw everything into attack and getting caught on the break. I remember thinking "this is great, but we won't beat MK Dons in the final. We never win at Wembley". I was right about the first part, of course, as MK fell to the Shrews in their semi-final! Another memory was the fact that the players were allowed to celebrate with the fans, but only as if we'd just won an ordinary away game, Trolls and Lennie sending the message that the mission would only be accomplished if we won the next game. I liked that. * Wiki: "After leaving Walsall, Richard Money managed Luton, Cambridge, Solihull Moors and Hartlepool. In January 2019, he took up a senior role at Hartlepool, overseeing strategy. After just five days in the role, Money departed the club after being verbally abused in a fish and chip shop". Further trivia: The referee at Sincil Bank (Graham Laws, Tyne and Wear) was the one who had refereed the JPT final against Doncaster at the Millennium Stadium, 2 months earlier.
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