Random Memory

Magical Quakers · Post by **Magical Quakers** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:13 pm

Just been chatting with a Stoke fan at work and was reminded of the game we had with them in the League Cup back in 2006 where we beat them with 10 men.

Some 'quality' players in our team that day!

I remember it being freezing in their ground and being very very empty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 266386.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCSzho0i7A0

TFDM · Post by **TFDM** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:53 pm

I remember that game. Think I was working for the club at the time, certainly covered it as I remember being in a half empty press box that night next to Ray Simpson. Forgot we'd had a player sent off but remember both goals being very impressive.

If I remember rightly Tony Pulis was under a bit of pressure at the time and had a few Stoke fans on his back.

Didn't we play Reading in the next round? We were very unlucky not to make round 3 if I recall. A dubious late goal in extra time I think pegged us back and we lost on penalties. If I recall Reading went on and played Liverpool at Anfield in the next round. Another nearly fantastic away tie for the club.

TSQuaker · Post by **TSQuaker** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:20 pm

I think you're right Kev. I certainly remember us losing to Reading on penalties around that time anyway.

TinShedDarloFan · Post by **TinShedDarloFan** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:06 pm

Went to both games, Reading ended 3-3

Mr_Tibbs · Post by **Mr_Tibbs** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:22 pm

One of the penalty scorers for Reading was Shane Long.

Feet4ever · Post by **Feet4ever** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:51 pm

Also had a man sent off in the Reading game late on. Might of held on with 11...

MKDarlo · Post by **MKDarlo** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:19 pm

I was at the game - Craig James went for a terrible challenge early on but we played really well!

Deserved the win and were unlucky against Reading in the next round

TFDM · Post by **TFDM** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:37 pm

We did play Reading in the next round. Its all coming flooding back now. It was a great effort but I remember Reading putting on a proper spread in the press box as well. Pretty much had an entire fridge you could get stuff from. Never got that at Macclesfield on a Tuesday night. I think Hodgy only lasted a few games after that before being ousted.

polam · Post by **polam** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:25 pm

The Reading equaliser was punched in Maradona style by Andre Bikey. Then in the shootout Stockdale saved the first penalty but the ref gave Reading a retake, saying he had moved too early. The shootout didn't finish until after 11pm

TDS · Post by **TDS** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:23 pm

Only me who thinks that red card was a bit of a 50-50 argie bargy type stuff?!

Yes he shoved him over but only after a very late and hard shove. Equal measures for me!

I remember being at the Reading game and they showed the goal on the replay where you could clearly see the arm used. Then he ran off celebrating telling all his team mates it was his arm. Gutting.

DarloOnTheUp · Post by **DarloOnTheUp** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:39 pm

TDS wrote:Only me who thinks that red card was a bit of a 50-50 argie bargy type stuff?!

Yes he shoved him over but only after a very late and hard shove. Equal measures for me!

I remember being at the Reading game and they showed the goal on the replay where you could clearly see the arm used. Then he ran off celebrating telling all his team mates it was his arm. Gutting.

Weren't you about 6 at the time?

Spyman · Post by **Spyman** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:39 pm

It was Craig James - he always deserved to be sent off.

DarloOnTheUp · Post by **DarloOnTheUp** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:42 pm

Spyman wrote:It was Craig James - he always deserved to be sent off.

For being s***?

Spyman · Post by **Spyman** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:35 pm

Basically, yeah.

TDS · Post by **TDS** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:12 am

DarloOnTheUp wrote:
TDS wrote:Only me who thinks that red card was a bit of a 50-50 argie bargy type stuff?!

Yes he shoved him over but only after a very late and hard shove. Equal measures for me!

I remember being at the Reading game and they showed the goal on the replay where you could clearly see the arm used. Then he ran off celebrating telling all his team mates it was his arm. Gutting.
Weren't you about 6 at the time?

fozzovmurton · Post by **fozzovmurton** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:17 pm

One of my first games as a Darlo fan, I had resisted all urges to goto a few Darlo games, I was still mourning the deaths of my grandfather and uncle a year earlier, by the time the Stoke game came around I decided Darlo were the team for me to follow...

I missed the Reading game as I was in Zante and I remember getting a barman to put Soccer Special on the tv and table full of Germans looking at me like was an idiot, cheering a game I could not actually see and getting a bit over excited at listening to a sky pundit talking about the penalties I could not physically see...

If I remember correctly, I was mighty impressed with the Stoke result especially going a goal down and and going down to 10 men quite early on

eddiegrundy · Post by **eddiegrundy** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:39 pm

polam wrote:The Reading equaliser was punched in Maradona style by Andre Bikey. Then in the shootout Stockdale saved the first penalty but the ref gave Reading a retake, saying he had moved too early. The shootout didn't finish until after 11pm

I was at the game. It was Peter Mate who handballed it in for Reading, not Andre Bikey. Mate has returned to playing in Hungary these days and the handball goal was his only ever goal for Reading. The game was reminisced in some detail on the Reading fans site recently.

http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopi ... 5&start=40

Neil_Heaneys_Pace · Post by **Neil_Heaneys_Pace** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:39 pm

Joachims best game in a darlo shirt as i recall.

Spyman · Post by **Spyman** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:29 am

Neil_Heaneys_Pace wrote:Joachims best game in a darlo shirt as i recall.

Most of his best games were the season after, playing wide right.

theoriginalfatcat · Post by **theoriginalfatcat** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:16 am

Spyman. Your "DC" quote, if read carefully is funny. Not only for the content, but also for the usage of two wrong words!!

walshys_wingman_11 · Post by **walshys_wingman_11** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:49 pm

I think we also beat higher league opposition in the jpt when we beat Tranmere away around that time. We had a good team that season despite what some said at the time.

Spyman · Post by **Spyman** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:51 pm

We had some very good forward players but mainly very poor defenders.

walshys_wingman_11 · Post by **walshys_wingman_11** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:00 pm

but not as poor as some made out at the time... they were good enough defenders to win 7 on the trot. Teams do not win 7 games on the trot with poor defenders.

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