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16 years ago today

ReadingMarginalistaReadingMarginalista
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Our first foray into the rarefied atmosphere of the FA Cup fourth round.

http://www.chairboys.co.uk/onthenet/reports0001/wolves_h_fac_27jan01.htm

Shame there doesn't seem to be footage of the game on t'interweb

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  • FidgetFidget

    I'm sure there was a photo of Andy Rammell sat in the snow celebrating his goal, but can't find it anywhere. Anyone else got a copy of it or is my memory playing tricks on me?

  • ChrisChris
    edited January 2017

  • FidgetFidget

    For some reason I thought there was one of him on his own when he'd just dived on and before being mobbed. Probably all in my imagination though...

  • micramicra

    Nothing wrong with imagination! We're all letting our imagination go into overdrive today.

  • LX1LX1

    @Fidget said:
    For some reason I thought there was one of him on his own when he'd just dived on and before being mobbed. Probably all in my imagination though...

    There was somewhere. I can't find it either.

  • micramicra

    What kept you @LX1 ?

  • LX1LX1

    @micra said:
    What kept you @LX1 ?

    Busy clearing snow

  • NewburyWandererNewburyWanderer

    Blimey! Saw the thread title, thought @ReadingMarginalista had got his years mixed up. Took me a while to realise this was a resurrected thread.

  • VinceyVincey

    How did we manage to fit over 1600 Wolves fans in? That old away end could only hold 1k plus 300 in the old main stand.

  • LX1LX1
    edited January 2021

    @Vincey said:
    How did we manage to fit over 1600 Wolves fans in? That old away end could only hold 1k plus 300 in the old main stand.

    "In the summer of 2001 the Hillbottom Road End was extended by an extra 977 seats to take its capacity to 2,026." From wiki

    Edit..oh that was afterwards. hmm

  • MindlessDrugHooverMindlessDrugHoover

    People were thinner on those days. Before the matchday crisp epidemic took hold.

  • FmGFmG

    @Fidget said:
    For some reason I thought there was one of him on his own when he'd just dived on and before being mobbed. Probably all in my imagination though...

    I'm sure there was as well. Every so often I hunt around the internet to see if I can find it as I'd love to frame a copy up for the office wall

  • micramicra

    You work in Wolverhampton then @FmG .

  • FmGFmG

    https://tgsphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Wycombe-Wanderers-vs-Wolverhampton-Wanderers-27-01-01/G00003S0ETwhq95k/I0000NLEGcOnTMH4

    I'd obviously not been looking in the right place before!

  • eric_planteric_plant

    When that winner went in the roar that accompanied it was up there with the loudest Adams Park has heard, and the atmosphere for the remaining 10 minutes or so amongst the best the ground has ever seen.

    I was up in the Woodlands that day and as I remember it from the goal going in until the final whistle the entire stand was on its feet singing

    Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it

  • peterparrotfacepeterparrotface

    @eric_plant said:
    When that winner went in the roar that accompanied it was up there with the loudest Adams Park has heard, and the atmosphere for the remaining 10 minutes or so amongst the best the ground has ever seen.

    I was up in the Woodlands that day and as I remember it from the goal going in until the final whistle the entire stand was on its feet singing

    Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it

    All the more remarkable as one of the most “remain seated” stands in world football.

  • eric_planteric_plant

    Yeah exactly. A wonderful one off

  • ShevShev

    I sat here scratching my head at the numbers, before realizing the OP is four years old.

  • floydfloyd

    Parkin’s winner

  • eric_planteric_plant

    Nice one!

    Shame the sound is not better quality

  • floydfloyd

    @eric_plant said:
    Nice one!

    Shame the sound is not better quality

    Three things really stand out; the noise at the end, as you mentioned (something i remember very clearly as well) the lack of room in the Valley End, and how was there not a pitch invasion at the end?

  • MaloneMalone

    Glorious nostalgia.
    I put loads of the paper clippings into a folder, will have to dig it all out.

  • our_frankour_frank

    @floyd A good reminder - I think that was as full as I've ever known the Valley End. A wonderful day.

  • eric_planteric_plant

    That infamous Boston replay with the breathtakingly low official attendance must be close. You couldn't move that night.

  • our_frankour_frank

    4,954? What are you trying to say?

    I would have been standing in the Woodlands that night, which was always more civilised.

  • eric_planteric_plant

    I would love to know the actual attendance that evening

    Perhaps @glasshalffull could shed some light on it for us?

  • eric_planteric_plant

    Also, that Slough Town game they had to shut the gates for seemed to have a few more in attendance than were officially reported

  • our_frankour_frank

    I think I was in the Hillbottom Road end for that one. Does that sound right? Would the Slough fans have been in the corner of the Woodlands?

    But I do remember the tightly-packed crowd politely enquiring of the referee whether Andy Kerr really deserved to be sent off.

  • eric_planteric_plant

    Yeah that is right. Both ends used to be home ends

  • eric_planteric_plant

    There is a great interview with Sam Parkin on the website by the way

    Great player and great bloke

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