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Post by redshank on May 17, 2024 16:39:34 GMT
The draw against Aston Villa when we needed to win to get to the top level was very unpleasant.I saw a tramp shuffling along Whipps Cross Road with all his worldly goods in a supermarket trolly on the way home and felt twice as bad. Redshank, that is exactly the type of game I really want to forget. How did we screw that up? Rhetorical question, we are Orient! Nothing positive comes from reliving past screw-ups. Aston Villa were poor all season but they played that game as if their lives depended on it.The goalkeeper at times was outstanding.Orient did their very best but the prize eluded them.Some odd goals against us that season.Strange no one calls out Villa as a team they dislike. Be brave young dohnut all adds to our storied past.I saw a you tube video asking which teams have played in the top flight but never the PL five were named,PNE had a forty six year tenure of the top league and of course we was one of the five.Carlisle who pinched our place that night was another. |
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Post by stamfordo on May 17, 2024 18:29:17 GMT
West Ham away boxing day when we won 2-0.pleasure to be there
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Post by fortissimo on May 17, 2024 20:25:47 GMT
Rotherham 3 Orient 2
Orient 3 Chelsea 2
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Post by redshank on May 18, 2024 11:50:04 GMT
West Ham away boxing day when we won 2-0.pleasure to be there I was there with free first class view tickets. |
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Post by confucius on May 18, 2024 11:53:43 GMT
West Ham away boxing day when we won 2-0.pleasure to be there I was there with free first class view tickets. Confucius say: “There is nothing for free in life. The more you try to get free things, the more you pay for them with your own life. They will cost you more than you should have paid.” |
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Post by stamfordo on May 18, 2024 12:31:10 GMT
I was there with free first class view tickets. Confucius say: “There is nothing for free in life. The more you try to get free things, the more you pay for them with your own life. They will cost you more than you should have paid.” He also said man with hole in his pocket feel cocky all day |
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Post by theydonorient on May 18, 2024 13:59:26 GMT
Worst has to be the evening game on the 3rd May 1974 at home to Aston Villa. Attendance 29766. Villa had been rubbish all season and had nothing to play for. We needed to win to be promoted back into the old Division One (before the dire Premiership).
They played out of their skins that night and we only drew 1-1.
We stayed down and bl**dy Carlisle went up to the top division instead.
We can only dream of what might have happened if we had gone up.
I was totally gutted that night along with the other 29.000.
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Post by SW O on May 18, 2024 15:19:42 GMT
By no means the best game but most unforgettable was Matt Lockwood's 1986 hat-trick against Gillingham when we were 3 down with 15 minutes to go. Half the crowd had left the ground and missed it. Yes that's on my list of great games, and I was there to see it. But 1986? I doubt it given I was barely born then And Matt Lockwood was only 10! Weird misprint for 2006. |
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Post by born2run on May 19, 2024 9:37:54 GMT
A few others to mention
The 2-0 home win over Spurs in the League Cup in 1985
The 4-0 home win against QPR in 1980 or 81.
The 3-1 home win against Chelsea on Boxing Day 1975, when Laurie ran them ragged.
Sutton followed by Gillingham away last year were both magnificent in very different ways too
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Post by mujtahido on May 19, 2024 9:46:39 GMT
Two other truly great nights were beating Chelsea 2-1 in the cup replay with Kitchen scoring a world class goal and also the cup quarter final win against Middlesbrough with Kitchen again scoring a worldy
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Post by redshank on May 19, 2024 11:23:05 GMT
A few others to mention The 2-0 home win over Spurs in the League Cup in 1985 The 4-0 home win against QPR in 1980 or 81. The 3-1 home win against Chelsea on Boxing Day 1975, when Laurie ran them ragged. Sutton followed by Gillingham away last year were both magnificent in very different ways too Had a QPR fan auditor in the company I worked for,we both agreed that 4-0 win was so surprising as we out scored them and they outplayed us.Often the way with football.That is why I do not go along with we deserved to win,the team that scores the most goals deserve the win as the idea of the game is to outscore your opponents. Also saying it is unlucky if you hit the post or crossbar,the idea is to get the ball into the large area of the goal. |
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Post by redshank on May 19, 2024 11:26:02 GMT
Two other truly great nights were beating Chelsea 2-1 in the cup replay with Kitchen scoring a world class goal and also the cup quarter final win against Middlesbrough with Kitchen again scoring a worldy Often popping up on my you tube videos,enjoy them now as much as I did on the day they were scored. Luton 1-0 on Boxing day 1970 also a great memory. |
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Post by fortissimo on May 19, 2024 12:21:41 GMT
Two other truly great nights were beating Chelsea 2-1 in the cup replay with Kitchen scoring a world class goal and also the cup quarter final win against Middlesbrough with Kitchen again scoring a worldy Often popping up on my you tube videos,enjoy them now as much as I did on the day they were scored. Luton 1-0 on Boxing day 1970 also a great memory. |
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Post by billk53 on May 19, 2024 14:31:58 GMT
A few others to mention The 2-0 home win over Spurs in the League Cup in 1985 The 4-0 home win against QPR in 1980 or 81. The 3-1 home win against Chelsea on Boxing Day 1975, when Laurie ran them ragged. Sutton followed by Gillingham away last year were both magnificent in very different ways too Had a QPR fan auditor in the company I worked for,we both agreed that 4-0 win was so surprising as we out scored them and they outplayed us.Often the way with football.That is why I do not go along with we deserved to win,the team that scores the most goals deserve the win as the idea of the game is to outscore your opponents. Also saying it is unlucky if you hit the post or crossbar,the idea is to get the ball into the large area of the goal. Remember that game very well. QPR had most of the possession but flattered to deceive with over-elaboration, as I recall. We had about half a dozen attacks and scored from four of them! The artisans gave the "Fancy Dans" a reality check that evening. |
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Post by redshank on May 19, 2024 14:56:38 GMT
Another of those just turn up and we win games.
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Post by buffalobill on May 19, 2024 18:59:49 GMT
The Villa game for me was one of the most soul destroying games I ever went to.
I still find it hard to think about it.
Whereas the cup win over Chelsea in 72 will always bring a smile to my face.
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