by JR » 03 Oct 2017 23:40
by WAZZOCK » 04 Oct 2017 07:04
by Stockport Royal » 04 Oct 2017 08:18
by Tilehurstsouthbank » 04 Oct 2017 10:30
by Snowflake Royal » 04 Oct 2017 19:24
WAZZOCK Same thing happened when those oxf*rd Sunderland couldn't fulfill a game in 12/13. It meant we went 3 and a half weeks without a fixture and lost all the momentum of our promotion - plus we ended up having to go to Sunderland on a Tuesday in December.
by nevsamonkeyno6 » 05 Oct 2017 07:41
Snowflake RoyalWAZZOCK Same thing happened when those oxf*rd Sunderland couldn't fulfill a game in 12/13. It meant we went 3 and a half weeks without a fixture and lost all the momentum of our promotion - plus we ended up having to go to Sunderland on a Tuesday in December.
Federici losing us 3 points by diving over the ball against Stoke and (I think) Chelsea didn't help much either. Nor Guthrie having a melt down when the Sunderland game finally came round.
by Green » 05 Oct 2017 08:37
by leon » 05 Oct 2017 08:54
Green Not an away day I've done.
Is it as bad as the reputation? Any good old fashioned harbour side boozers to take the edge off an otherwise drab trip?
by John Smith » 05 Oct 2017 09:14
by Hound » 05 Oct 2017 09:22
by Green » 05 Oct 2017 09:51
leonGreen Not an away day I've done.
Is it as bad as the reputation? Any good old fashioned harbour side boozers to take the edge off an otherwise drab trip?
My Dad once got talking to some fishermen in a Grimsby pub one night and ended up going out to sea with them the next day to work a few days on the trawler.
Or that could have been Hull.
by leon » 05 Oct 2017 09:59
GreenleonGreen Not an away day I've done.
Is it as bad as the reputation? Any good old fashioned harbour side boozers to take the edge off an otherwise drab trip?
My Dad once got talking to some fishermen in a Grimsby pub one night and ended up going out to sea with them the next day to work a few days on the trawler.
Or that could have been Hull.
Not a gig I'd relish I have to say, much as I'm sure they're a great bunch of lads.
Did he catch anything?
by Green » 05 Oct 2017 10:35
by Green » 05 Oct 2017 10:49
by JR » 28 Nov 2017 23:37
JR It dawned on me today that our current plight is all down to Grimsby or at least the weather in Grimsby!
The season was going swimmingly before the last international break, we then played Bristol City off the park at the Mad Stad, but got done by a smash and grab that will happen to everyone now and again.
But no worries, because we had a bounce back game 3 days later at home to Barnsley who we would have comfortably thrashed and kicked on from there.
Alas no, due to Grimsby having a game called off in August (!!) we had to sit and watch while other teams around us savoured victory and we entered the slippery slope of self-doubt and confusion and suffered confidence sapping setbacks in the games that followed.
Had it not been for that summer downpour in Grimsby I am convinced we would be proudly sitting in the play-off spots as we speak.
I'm personally never going to visit a fishmongers ever again in protest.
by seahawk10 » 29 Nov 2017 00:11
by Sutekh » 29 Nov 2017 08:50
by Half Biscuit » 29 Nov 2017 09:01
Sutekh FA Cup in 1988/1989, beat Hendon, Maidstone and then the might of Tranmere in the 3rd round and got drawn away at Grimsby Town from the division below (and on their way to a stirring 9th place finish that season) in the 4th round.
Fairly typical of Reading's FA Cup draws, horribly unattractive and likely dreary game that we all though we'd lose but instead managed to draw and get a replay at Elm Park a few days later. Great, we thought, something to get interested and excited about as the 5th round draw had given the club a tie against then 1st Division and FA Cup holders Wimbledon. Players should really be up for this one and Grimsby are a division below so might actually get on MotD with extended highlights or something.
But as usual Reading sank to the occasion and were utterly atrocious in losing 2-1 in one of the worst games I can recall seeing. Think Reading equalised late in the 2nd half as well and despite expecting to pick up the impetus lost out in extra time. And so ended another glorious attempt to get further than the 4th round.
by Roar on the Royals » 29 Nov 2017 09:50
by Royal With Cheese » 29 Nov 2017 11:33
leonGreen Not an away day I've done.
Is it as bad as the reputation? Any good old fashioned harbour side boozers to take the edge off an otherwise drab trip?
My Dad once got talking to some fishermen in a Grimsby pub one night and ended up going out to sea with them the next day to work a few days on the trawler.
Or that could have been Hull.
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