Now the season is done and dusted and a 6th consecutive season in L2 awaits, I thought I'd pose the question of what were the top 5 exciting or memorable games you personally witnessed involving ECFC in the 16/17 season. For me it was as follows:
5th - ECFC 3-3 Yeovil - 25th March
For all the wrong reasons as we should never have put ourselves in that position in the first place, but an exciting end none the less as we clawed back 3 goals in the space of less than 5 minutes at the end of the game to nick a point. Fair play to the lads for not giving up that day, but hopefully we won't be needing to do salvage jobs like that again any time soon.
4th - ECFC 2-0 Mansfield - 17th December
I had to pick this one for the sheer relief of finally winning a home game. I didn't feel easy until that 2nd went in that day, but it got a monkey off our back for a little while at least. Hope we don't have to wait as long for a home win next season.
3rd - ECFC 4-2 Wycombe - 31st January
One of those classic nights under the lights for me, I know others have posted about this game saying that they didn't enjoy it or find it entertaining, but for me it was just that. Right in the middle of our unbeaten run, and just after they'd nearly knocked Spurs out of the FA Cup, Wycombe were well beaten that evening, and considering their usual time wasting antics made it even sweeter. The prime memory for me from this one was when we had around 8-9 corners on the bounce around the hour mark where we were banging on the door before Troy Brown deservedly headed home.
2nd - Carlisle 3-3 ECFC - 14th May
A great advert for L2, and what could have been a convincing win had it not been for some suspect officiating. IMO Carlisle were a decent side too, and we gave it a good go that evening, as did they. Which of course sets it up nicely for match number 1...
1st - ECFC 3-2 Carlisle - 18th May
A proper play off ding dong, capped off with that beauty from Jack Stacey. Granted we should have put the game to bed earlier on (especially Joel Grant's chance in the second half), but their comeback inspired us to go and grab the winner. An evening that will live long in the memory, even if we didn't win the final battle on Sunday.
I'm sure there'll be others that have some decent away days up there - apart from the Home games bar Portsmouth and the Checkatrade games, I only made it to Crewe, Janners, Carlisle and Wembley this past season. Therefore, I can't comment on Pompey and Donny away, which of course would have been memorable away days for those who were there.
There's also a couple of other home games that didn't quite make it in the top 5 for me, namely the 3-0 and 4-0 thrashings of Colchester and Crewe respectively.
So then, over to you lot..... [G]
5th - ECFC 3-3 Yeovil - 25th March
For all the wrong reasons as we should never have put ourselves in that position in the first place, but an exciting end none the less as we clawed back 3 goals in the space of less than 5 minutes at the end of the game to nick a point. Fair play to the lads for not giving up that day, but hopefully we won't be needing to do salvage jobs like that again any time soon.
4th - ECFC 2-0 Mansfield - 17th December
I had to pick this one for the sheer relief of finally winning a home game. I didn't feel easy until that 2nd went in that day, but it got a monkey off our back for a little while at least. Hope we don't have to wait as long for a home win next season.
3rd - ECFC 4-2 Wycombe - 31st January
One of those classic nights under the lights for me, I know others have posted about this game saying that they didn't enjoy it or find it entertaining, but for me it was just that. Right in the middle of our unbeaten run, and just after they'd nearly knocked Spurs out of the FA Cup, Wycombe were well beaten that evening, and considering their usual time wasting antics made it even sweeter. The prime memory for me from this one was when we had around 8-9 corners on the bounce around the hour mark where we were banging on the door before Troy Brown deservedly headed home.
2nd - Carlisle 3-3 ECFC - 14th May
A great advert for L2, and what could have been a convincing win had it not been for some suspect officiating. IMO Carlisle were a decent side too, and we gave it a good go that evening, as did they. Which of course sets it up nicely for match number 1...
1st - ECFC 3-2 Carlisle - 18th May
A proper play off ding dong, capped off with that beauty from Jack Stacey. Granted we should have put the game to bed earlier on (especially Joel Grant's chance in the second half), but their comeback inspired us to go and grab the winner. An evening that will live long in the memory, even if we didn't win the final battle on Sunday.
I'm sure there'll be others that have some decent away days up there - apart from the Home games bar Portsmouth and the Checkatrade games, I only made it to Crewe, Janners, Carlisle and Wembley this past season. Therefore, I can't comment on Pompey and Donny away, which of course would have been memorable away days for those who were there.
There's also a couple of other home games that didn't quite make it in the top 5 for me, namely the 3-0 and 4-0 thrashings of Colchester and Crewe respectively.
So then, over to you lot..... [G]