On this day ...

Ponty":1i7l9fbi said:

The noise after Peter Hartley scored was the loudest I can remember and I've been.in amongst 38000.

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That was astonishing wasn't it?!? Amazing! :scarf:

Ponty":1yhfg99r said:

The noise after Peter Hartley scored was the loudest I can remember and I've been.in amongst 38000.

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The then Chairman of Pompey Ian McInnes said to me that was the loudest 5 minutes he had heard at a football ground. Let's face it, they are pretty loud at times.

Here it is again, set to Titanic music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9iFYr3-vk

Mark Pedlar":45h4hgpk said:

If only the season had ended then, tainted for me by that dismal performance at Wembley.

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Agreed, one of my most favourite football memories followed by my worst football memory.

Mark Pedlar":1d7ajdhf said:

If only the season had ended then, tainted for me by that dismal performance at Wembley.

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Yes, a bad day all round. I still have a recording of the match in my Sky planner which I still haven't watched. Every now and again when moving around the planner my finger hovers over the play button but it's still too bloody raw and times are depressing enough :furious:

Re the Burnley playoff, when the return leg at home was played I was away on holiday, sailing around Turkey on a Gullet. It was a couple of days later when we actually moored up at a harbour which enabled me to find out the score. Following the comfortable draw at their place I was fully expecting an even more comfortable win, we did finish 12 points ahead of them after all, but..... :facepalm:

Kinda took the shine off the holiday somewhat.

Two goalkeepers lost us the game that night: Shilton for picking Steve McCall at left-back and Alan Nicholls for charging off his line for both Francis goals and then spilling a shot for the third.

I loved Nicholls but he had a brain fade that night.