A Bit of Fun Iconic Roots Hall Matches - The Poll!

[* ORM *]

After this can we have best away goal scored at Roots Hall? Sometimes you can do nothing except applaud.

 

[leeblue]

After this can we have best away goal scored at Roots Hall? Sometimes you can do nothing except applaud.

That Brentford striker....absolute worldy.....

 

[BoyWonder2]

That Brentford striker....absolute worldy.....

Junior Agogo, a striker we chased numerous times.

 

[leeblue]

Junior Agogo, a striker we chased numerous times.

That's the one.

 

[stewart]

Gosh i picked 10 but left out so many others , mate i go back to the 50s and we had a great team back then , MAN city ,Liverpool back then 28 to 30000 crammed into Roots hall , heady days .

 

[LBBlue]

After this can we have best away goal scored at Roots Hall? Sometimes you can do nothing except applaud.

Former England Captain - Gerry Francis for Exeter October 1983 when he was their player manager. If I recall he lashed one in from 30 yards and the whole ground stood and applauded.

 

[Wickford Blue]

The clues in the title of the thread...

Oops!

 

[Floval Flyer]

For me it’s will always be holding the European Champions Liverpool to a draw on that snow covered evening.

 

[discord]

Beating Ronaldo and Rooney is by far the best day ever, but going top of what is the Championship now, News Year Day 92 is the best game seen at the Hall a shame it all fell apart after that game because Webb wanted out.

 

[Elmsleigh shrimper]

One that should definitely be here, April 1972 , we thrash Cambridge to clinch our first ever promotion in front of 18,000 delirious fans at Roots Hall!
Yeah, I know, we lost 2-1 due to a catalogue of misfortunes on the night. I'm still not over it 52 years on

 

[Ipswhrimp]

On that list it's the 4-0 victory over Newcastle.
There's also the 2-1 victory over Luton to avoid relegation.

I was actually at the latter. Also the game of the Andy Sussex wonder strike.

 

[Tony Allen]

Has to be combination of 9-0 v Kings Lynn followed by 10-1 v Brentwood as it was the same competition and they were close together in time. We talk about the good strikers we have had but we rarely had a good duo and Billy Best and Gary Moore were just that

 

[Ipswhrimp]

Has to be combination of 9-0 v Kings Lynn followed by 10-1 v Brentwood as it was the same competition and they were close together in time. We talk about the good strikers we have had but we rarely had a good duo and Billy Best and Gary Moore were just that

Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham were better than Gary Moore.

 

[Firestorm]

Beating Ronaldo and Rooney is by far the best day ever, but going top of what is the Championship now, News Year Day 92 is the best game seen at the Hall a shame it all fell apart after that game because Webb wanted out.

I heard he wanted to strengthen the club , but jobbo said no

 

[Firestorm]

One that should definitely be here, April 1972 , we thrash Cambridge to clinch our first ever promotion in front of 18,000 delirious fans at Roots Hall!
Yeah, I know, we lost 2-1 due to a catalogue of misfortunes on the night. I'm still not over it 52 years on

Derek Bellotti dislocated shoulder iirc , spud and Garner had spells between the sticks. Had a dislike of Cambridge ever since

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

Derek Bellotti dislocated shoulder iirc , spud and Garner had spells between the sticks. Had a dislike of Cambridge ever since

@Firestorm Taylor definitely went in goal that night. He was the substitute. So he just went straight in, with seemingly no thought to his diminutive stature.

But they changed that at halftime(?) and I'm pretty sure it was Dennis Booth who swapped and not Bill Garner?

 

[LBBlue]

One that should definitely be here, April 1972 , we thrash Cambridge to clinch our first ever promotion in front of 18,000 delirious fans at Roots Hall!
Yeah, I know, we lost 2-1 due to a catalogue of misfortunes on the night. I'm still not over it 52 years on

Totally agree. The club that had never been promoted - I couldn’t believe it was all going wrong again after the 67/68 collapse. And after we had gone 1-0 up. 17,059 the crowd to be exact.

The other games I would have in are the 4-2 comeback against Newport in 77/78 when we hadn’t had a kick in the first 75 minutes, and the 2-1 final game of the season in 92/93 when we were effectively relegated before Barry Fry joined us with 10 games left.

 

[Elmsleigh shrimper]

@Firestorm Taylor definitely went in goal that night. He was the substitute. So he just went straight in, with seemingly no thought to his diminutive stature.

But they changed that at halftime(?) and I'm pretty sure it was Dennis Booth who swapped and not Bill Garner?

As I recall, Garner was the designated stand in keeper but the crowd reaction when he took the jersey was so negative that Spud went in goal. It looked like a good call when Garner put us ahead but after 2 Cambridge goals, due in some part to Spud's height, Alex Smith went in goal while Spud went back on the wing in an attempt to save the game.

 

[LBBlue]

@Firestorm Taylor definitely went in goal that night. He was the substitute. So he just went straight in, with seemingly no thought to his diminutive stature.

But they changed that at halftime(?) and I'm pretty sure it was Dennis Booth who swapped and not Bill Garner?

It might have been both of them . Garner certainly went in goal. It wasn’t at half time … it was 0-0 at half time and Bill put us 1-0 up. I think he went in after Cambridge equalised and maybe changed again after their second.

 

[LBBlue]

It might have been both of them . Garner certainly went in goal. It wasn’t at half time … it was 0-0 at half time and Bill put us 1-0 up. I think he went in after Cambridge equalised and maybe changed again after their second.

Seems like Garner didn’t go in goal - it was Alex Smith who went in after the second.




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