My grandad once told me...

About the first time he took my dad to a match when he was only very young. It was a really big cup game and we scored in the last minute and everyone ran on the pitch to celebrate.

Anyway, the following week it was an unimportant league game and we scored a goal. Thinking the previous week was the norm my dad set off running. He got to the edge of the box before he realised no-one else had even moved....he looked very sheepish when a policeman frogmarched him back to my embarrased grandad!

 

hahah should have been drove off a cliff or banned from Oakwell for life!!!

 

You can excuse him for that

I was telling someone yesterday about when we were promoted under Hunter. I think it was 4-1 to the reds and with five minutes to go we were all stood on the touchline on all sides of the pitch or so it seemed. When the whistle went it was mayhem and I somehow ended up falling onto Stewart Barrowcloughs legs. That was the only time id been swore at by a professional footballer.

Cant remember who we played though

 

Doubt it was a criminal offence then nt

 

Think it was Newport nt

 

Sounds like Newport at home last game of the 1980/81 promotion season.

 

RE: Think it was Newport nt

Thats it mate. Glavins last game as well as I remember.

 

Correction

Cant have been glavs last game cos he scored against Leeds the following season.

 

Not sure it was - he played for us in the second division didn't he

That game took us up from the third

 

Apologise LOL nt

 

RE: Not sure it was - he played for us in the second division didn't he

Yes your right. I realised as soon as id posted. Maybe there was talk of him leaving at the time.

 

RE: Not sure it was - he played for us in the second division didn't he

Glavin played for us from 79/80 - the season after Clarkie got us promoted from the Fourth - to the end of the 83/84 season and came back for the beginning of the 85/86 season.

 

Very poor second time round

Hadn't he played abroad somewhere

 

RE: Not sure it was - he played for us in the second division didn't he

Correct mate - and he wasnt the same player was he?

 

RE: Very poor second time round

Belenenses of Portugal

 

RE: Very poor second time round

Bellenders or some similar sounding team? Was it Portugese??

 

RE: Very poor second time round

Tha knows some stuff thee Steve

 

RE: Not sure it was - he played for us in the second division didn't he

I remember him starting that season needing 6 more goals for his 100 in Barnsley colours. I think one of his goal bound shots was tapped in by Ian Walsh and he didn't add a single goal to his tally

 

RE: Not sure it was - he played for us in the second division didn't he

No he didnt. Although I once clebrated a "goal" that wasnt. He had hit the side netting - Oh the mickeytaking from my mates. :'(