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on this day 25 years ago 17/2/1990
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Alan Crockford
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You missed a good'un. Quite a tight game, as I recall, against a strong Maidstone side. Was it Mark Gall, their quick striker, who was always a bit of a thorn in our side? Really pleased - and relieved - to have got that win.
Oldsmobile-88
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Grecians : Miller,Hiley,Benjamin,McNichol,Taylor,Whitehead(Batty),Rowbotham,Bailey,McDermott,Neville,Frankland.
Maidstone:Beeney,Barton,Cooper,Berry,Oxbrow,Golley,Gall,Elsey,Pritchard,Butler,Pearse...
The Grecians were 3rd and Maidstone 7th after the game,which was played in front of 4,181
Maidstone went on to finish 5th that season.They missed out in the play offs to Cambridge United.
Maidstone:Beeney,Barton,Cooper,Berry,Oxbrow,Golley,Gall,Elsey,Pritchard,Butler,Pearse...
The Grecians were 3rd and Maidstone 7th after the game,which was played in front of 4,181
Maidstone went on to finish 5th that season.They missed out in the play offs to Cambridge United.
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Oldsmobile-88
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Just had a quick look at the fixtures list from that season..We were not much good away from home from what I remember(until the last month) I doubt there has ever been a more exciting season at SJP..3 points and entertainment guaranteed...
Lager Lout
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I remember our second goal of that game. Attacking the BB end, one of our players hit a shot from outside the area, destined for the railway tracks. The unfortunate Maidstone player Berry was in the way and took the shot smack in the face, sending it into the top corner giving the keeper no chance.
The Stones played in purple if I recall ( I was only 10 at the time).
LL
Antony Moxey
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Didn't we set a record for the number of away defeats suffered by a title winning side or something?
Now the home form - will there ever be a season like that again, and not just from us but from anyone? Hard to believe if you didn't actually see it for yourself, and if you include the cup games too against teams from all four divisions. Oh for even a fraction of that now.
grecIAN Harris
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Their main kit was amber but they couldn't wear it at ours so wore their away kit of claret and with blue trim. Talking of memories, is that the game where Dazza missed a penalty which, ultimately, would have given him a hattrick or was that in the Cup game against Maidstone.
All this said, there is a better on this day tomorrow
(Not that you are old enough to have been there LL, strange that as I had you down as being older than me).
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Lager Lout
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Must have been the cup game as Berry was credited with an OG. Also, didn't we play Dartford at Maidstone's ground in the cup that year too?Their main kit was amber but they couldn't wear it at ours so wore their away kit of claret and with blue trim. Talking of memories, is that the game where Dazza missed a penalty which, ultimately, would have given him a hattrick or was that in the Cup game against Maidstone.
All this said, there is a better on this day tomorrow
LL
grecIAN Harris
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Yep, we played a team from Watling Street for about five games out of six (or something stupid like that) as we played Dartford away and then replay in the FA Cup and Maidstone away in the League, I think it was away in the Freight Rover (LDV, Johnstone Paint Pot, call it what you will) and then away and home in the FA Cup in a matter of weeks.
hatch4england
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2 thoughts about this:
1. I still have a Paul Batty shirt
2. I wouldn't give our present side much chance against that one.
1. I still have a Paul Batty shirt
2. I wouldn't give our present side much chance against that one.