Which Result Was Our Best Ever?

[Simon bristol]

7 hours ago, Dolman_Stand said:

Hartlepool missing from the list, probably doesn;t quite top the United game for me but certainly in the discussion

That last 5 minutes is the closest i came to a heart attack,,, still get the hairs on my neck stand up when i watch the highlights on youtube

[Jim Davey]

Shefffield united away first game of the season 2014 Coypal and Rovers at the dog track 1983.

[The Humble Realist]

Bizarrely I dont think I've ever been prouder than losing at home to city under pep.

 

They had such a strong team and we only lost because we threw everyone forward looking for a winner. 

That man city team went on to amass 100 points , yet in both games we were drawing with them in injury time. 

 

Like I said...not 'best' but ironically my most proudest 

[ralphindevon]

1 hour ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

Chester, Sealand Rd, 1984. City were back.

This is up there for me too.

We thought we were going bust and out of existence, then when we survived we wondered if we’d ever stop going down the leagues.

This marked the end of the horrific, record breaking slide and we were on our way back. 

 

[Slippin cider]

I’ve always enjoyed the wins over the sags and Swindle over the years ….local derby games . But the Manure win in the cup was a very special evening and one of those ‘I was there’ moments that will stay with me . 
Hopefully there will be more memorable wins down the line that will make it into peoples special memories . Proud to be City! ….

[fanjita]

17 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

That last 5 minutes is the closest i came to a heart attack,,, still get the hairs on my neck stand up when i watch the highlights on youtube

You could literally feel the stand moving in the Dolman 

[sticks 1969]

7 hours ago, beaverface said:

Louie Donowa goal versus Rovers was up there for me. Pure tension and relief. We played well that night and deserved the win, but it all looked in doubt when the gash were awarded a late penalty.

Leicester FA Cup away deserves a mention also.

Definitely  both game in my top 3 especially the Donowa game stood in the dolman singing CITY ARE BACK 

Edited February 1, 2022 by sticks 1969

[Simon bristol]

7 minutes ago, fanjita said:

You could literally feel the stand moving in the Dolman 

Yes, i was in the east end bouncing with some lad i never saw before or since… that was mayhem!

[TomThumb84]

A couple from me within 2 months or so of each other, not so glam but just magical times (and probably a bit personal to me for reasons different to others):

13 Jan 1990: Brum 0-4 City

20th Mar 1990: Swansea 0-5 City

What horrible places to go and absolutely dominate.

Some times and some team.

 

[Isawjonshaw]

Some cracking wins.  The last gasp 2-1 win over Hartlepool when the Dolman shook.  Leicester away in the cup with Super Jack.  Liverpool away in 94.  
But my most treasured memory is against them.  1-0 Donowa 88.  We battered them, my heart sank when Devon got a pen, only for skeletor to have it saved by Leaning?  Literally feet away from them behind the goal in the open end.  I thought Louie had cocked it up, but it was spilled and finally, finally we’d beaten them in the league and complete pandemonium ensured.  Glorious!  Back to the (long gone) Penpole Inn for a couple of lagers and a sneaky jazz fag!!!

[cidercity1987]

Two stand out for me as the best result (not necessarily most thrilling as that would be Mansfield).

Bradford 0 - 6 City. To go to a play off chasing team away and absolutely smash them from start to finish to confirm promotion was simply unbelievable. It just outlined how good we were that season and so much better than the rest of the division.

 

Man City 2 - 1 City. Forget beating an average Man Utd at home, to go away to Man City who were absolutely dominating teams that season, they didn't us and this result made a game of the second leg. Great performance,  memorable moments like Flints clearance over the bar and unlucky to concede at the end.

[Ska Junkie]

8 hours ago, firstdivision said:

Beating Leeds at Elland Road in 1974 was pretty special. My brother refused to believe the result until he read it in the paper. 

This or the Forest away semi final in '89, we had been given no chance in either. Forest were unbeaten for eons IIRC and Leeds were all conquering at the time.

My favourite that I was actually at, although I was at the City ground that night, would be the aforementioned night in Coventry or the win at Highbury back in the top Division, we deserved to win that game.

[redsocks]

Swansea away.great night super bob hatrick packed end.aways good to win in wales.

[the red rules]

Loads of good memories khere but that Mansfield 5-4 away was top for a match I didn't  attend. Before mobile phones, with my mrs broadmead shopping, I would go to the tv department in Debenhams at 4.45 to watch the teletext updates. Down up misery and eventual elation. Me and a few others must have put off any potential tv purchasers. Another favourite was the 3-1 win at Hereford when we were rock bottom of the fourth division 1982. An evening  post Christmas match with all day drinking, many in fancy dress. Every goal was followed by a pitch invasion mostly led by several dr marten clad nuns.

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

5 hours ago, Redstart said:

May not be THE best ever City result but its one of MY best ever City results. Beating the Gas 3-2 at home just a few days before Xmas in 2000, especially after being one down in the first minute. 

Just remember freezing my nuts off, singing Walking in a Wilson Wonderland and Beadle scoring. Great result, great night

…and Tony Thorpe’s header after Aaron Brown’s run remains my favourite City goal of all time.

[Rich]

If we're talking realistically, without nostalgia, then beating Leeds in the F A Cup away in 1974 has to be the logical choice, at least in my lifetime.

Liverpool away was good but they were on a downer, with Souness sacked/resigned afterwards. Coventry was great but only a draw and we were in the same div as them. Portsmouth at home was good but not a great performance against a lowly team while we were a top team in that division.

So, given that Leeds were the best team in the country at the time, they were on a long unbeaten run and, we were in a division below and not setting the world on fire, it has to be that match. After all, it even made the front page of the Times as well as most other nationals. I even remember it being in lights as it went around the top of the Hippodrome  on the centre.

[FNQ]

9 minutes ago, Rich said:

If we're talking realistically, without nostalgia, then beating Leeds in the F A Cup away in 1974 has to be the logical choice, at least in my lifetime.

Liverpool away was good but they were on a downer, with Souness sacked/resigned afterwards. Coventry was great but only a draw and we were in the same div as them. Portsmouth at home was good but not a great performance against a lowly team while we were a top team in that division.

So, given that Leeds were the best team in the country at the time, they were on a long unbeaten run and, we were in a division below and not setting the world on fire, it has to be that match. After all, it even made the front page of the Times as well as most other nationals. I even remember it being in lights as it went around the top of the Hippodrome  on the centre.

I remember the headline in the Mirror… ‘Oh Darling Donnie’.. (for you young uns, Donnie Osmand was the pop heart throb at the time)

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj8hcKYsd_1AhX9zTgGHdU0DjcQwqsBegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6Th1peqmkHk&usg=AOvVaw2iX7PGCYpo7NNQbABzw1PW

[The Wild Bunch]

Not our best result ever but the 5-4 Mansfield win was unbelievable.  I don’t think we will ever have a comeback like that in my lifetime again.  I was just getting my breath back from celebrating the equaliser and Roberts slams the ball into the top corner.  Limbs and bins flying everywhere in the away end.

[1960maaan]

29 minutes ago, Rich said:

If we're talking realistically, without nostalgia, then beating Leeds in the F A Cup away in 1974 has to be the logical choice, at least in my lifetime.

Liverpool away was good but they were on a downer, with Souness sacked/resigned afterwards. Coventry was great but only a draw and we were in the same div as them. Portsmouth at home was good but not a great performance against a lowly team while we were a top team in that division.

So, given that Leeds were the best team in the country at the time, they were on a long unbeaten run and, we were in a division below and not setting the world on fire, it has to be that match. After all, it even made the front page of the Times as well as most other nationals. I even remember it being in lights as it went around the top of the Hippodrome  on the centre.

Just checked, as I posted about this game, I was interested what their run was like.
Lost at Ipswich in the League Cup in October, that was their only defeat until we beat them at Elland Road in February.
29 League games and 4 FA Cup games (including the draw at the Gate ), 9 points clear of Liverpool at the top of the table. 
They were THAT good. 
 

[Rich]

12 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Just checked, as I posted about this game, I was interested what their run was like.
Lost at Ipswich in the League Cup in October, that was their only defeat until we beat them at Elland Road in February.
29 League games and 4 FA Cup games (including the draw at the Gate ), 9 points clear of Liverpool at the top of the table. 
They were THAT good. 
 

Thanks for that. I knew they'd been on a good run and were consistently the team to beat at the time, dirty buggers though. 

We also ended another teams run a few years later. Crystal Palace had gone 26 games I think, without winning, until they came to Ashton Gate. It doesn't seem to have changed much in that respect.

[1960maaan]

1 minute ago, Rich said:

Thanks for that. I knew they'd been on a good run and were consistently the team to beat at the time, dirty buggers though. 

We also ended another teams run a few years later. Crystal Palace had gone 26 games I think, without winning, until they came to Ashton Gate. It doesn't seem to have changed much in that respect.

Yeah, Palace 

I've mentioned that a few times over the season. My Dad took me down , I was really confident, and , well, Bristol City init.

[City Rocker]

9 hours ago, Markman said:

Individually - the win at Mansfield was pretty special

 

9 hours ago, The turtle said:

If I remember it was a pretty decent following that day too. That or the people who were there has grown in my head over time. 

Isn't it like that thing where famously, if everyone who claims they were at the Sex Pistols gig at the 100 Club in 1976 was really there, they would fill the away end at Mansfield? Or vice versa?

Edited February 1, 2022 by City Rocker

[The Wild Bunch]

https://www.stagsnet.net/match/reports/viewreport.php?matchid=25

[Dolman_Stand]

Tinnions 500th game at Notts County wad a good one as well, is still can't believe that team never got promoted.

[pillred]

One of the best games I ever attended was the night we played Hereford Utd in the second leg semi final of the Freight Rover trophy, we were 2-0 down from the first leg equalised with literally the last kick of the match sending it to extra time, the moment we got the winner to Qualify for our first ever final at Wembley is still one of the best nights of my life, and well the rest is history.   

[cityfan1958]

There is a very obvious one that has not been mentioned yet.

Arsenal 0 Bristol City 1.

First game back in the top flight. On the TV and a certain M MacDonald was going to tear us a new one.

Sadly the game after was one of the low points.
 

 

[swanker]

8 hours ago, City Rocker said:

 

Isn't it like that thing where famously, if everyone who claims they were at the Sex Pistols gig at the 100 Club in 1976 was really there, they would fill the away end at Mansfield? Or vice versa?

I had a ticket to see them at the Bamboo Club. Gutted, the place burned down

[extonsred]

3 hours ago, cityfan1958 said:

There is a very obvious one that has not been mentioned yet.

Arsenal 0 Bristol City 1.

First game back in the top flight. On the TV and a certain M MacDonald was going to tear us a new one.

Sadly the game after was one of the low points.
 

 

Agree on both counts...the cost of losing Cheesley was massive...

Not read all the pages here but v surprised it has taken so long to post this match. Such a feeling of pride in our team that day...

[Sweeneys Penalties]

1 hour ago, extonsred said:

Agree on both counts...the cost of losing Cheesley was massive...

Not read all the pages here but v surprised it has taken so long to post this match. Such a feeling of pride in our team that day...

top of Page 3 mate

[cityfan1958]

8 minutes ago, Sweeneys Penalties said:

top of Page 3 mate

I missed it, put it down to an age thing !

[Markman]

10 hours ago, City Rocker said:

 

Isn't it like that thing where famously, if everyone who claims they were at the Sex Pistols gig at the 100 Club in 1976 was really there, they would fill the away end at Mansfield? Or vice versa?

Not sure that many to claim that really - I know I was there as I can see me on the grainy video I have :laugh: - I also had (still have) a ticket for the Pistols when they were due to play at the Bamboo Club - which sadly never happened sob sob

[2015]

The Ali Durden commentary is just as legendary as the match in the 5-4 win vs Mansfield. Absolutely brilliant

[RedLionLad]

7 hours ago, cityfan1958 said:

I missed it, put it down to an age thing !

I’m quite old, but Page 3 was always the best page

[handsofclay]

12 hours ago, cityfan1958 said:

There is a very obvious one that has not been mentioned yet.

Arsenal 0 Bristol City 1.

First game back in the top flight. On the TV and a certain M MacDonald was going to tear us a new one.

Sadly the game after was one of the low points.
 

 

I mentioned it on page 1 !!!

[handsofclay]

9 hours ago, extonsred said:

Agree on both counts...the cost of losing Cheesley was massive...

Not read all the pages here but v surprised it has taken so long to post this match. Such a feeling of pride in our team that day...

At least you have admitted you haven't read all the pages on here but I highlighted this game on page 1 of this thread!!

[oldstandrobin]

1-0 v Pompey to enter the top division. Best night EVER 

[handsofclay]

23 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Spot on - that was a brill result - nearly 39,000 packed into Ashton Gate - Chris Garland notched twice - and Liverpool played a full strength eleven - they also went on to win The European Cup about a week after that game - great memories ...

Liverpool played a strong XI but rested the likes of Kevin Keegan and a couple of others. They had won the league the game before two days earlier, were playing in the FA Cup Final five days later and the European Cup Final 4 days after that. It was a strong side they fielded but I wouldn't say it was full strength.

[22A]

None of us are old enough to have witnessed it, but City's first ever game in the League was a 2-0 win away to Blackpool. That must have been impressive.

I'll be happy with an identical result this Saturday.

[BS4 on Tour...]

5 hours ago, handsofclay said:

Liverpool played a strong XI but rested the likes of Kevin Keegan and a couple of others. They had won the league the game before two days earlier, were playing in the FA Cup Final five days later and the European Cup Final 4 days after that. It was a strong side they fielded but I wouldn't say it was full strength.

The Liverpool team when we beat them 2-1 in May 1977 was:

Ray Clemence

Phil Neal

Alec Lindsay

Tommy Smith

Emlyn Hughes

Ray Kennedy

Ian Callaghan

Jimmy Case

David Johnson

Terry McDermott

David Fairclough

... that is not a significantly weakened side, in fact it looks like a very strong Liverpool team - but that’s just my opinion - and I totally respect your opinion

[BS4 on Tour...]

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Edited February 2, 2022 by BS4 on Tour...

[grubby]

On 01/02/2022 at 15:35, Redstart said:

May not be THE best ever City result but its one of MY best ever City results. Beating the Gas 3-2 at home just a few days before Xmas in 2000, especially after being one down in the first minute. 

Just remember freezing my nuts off, singing Walking in a Wilson Wonderland and Beadle scoring. Great result, great night

They'd never put a derby on fighting Friday again. 

[Major Isewater]

On 01/02/2022 at 13:17, Sleepy1968 said:

I think this is an impossible question to answer. It's all about context. For me the 0-0 draw with Fulham after we had been saved is the most important game/result in our history, simply because a lot of us didn't think we'd survive to play the match.

Fulham ? Whatever happened to them ?

[Major Isewater]

13 hours ago, handsofclay said:

I mentioned it on page 1 !!!

But I think you got away with it.

[handsofclay]

8 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

The Liverpool team when we beat them 2-1 in May 1977 was:

Ray Clemence

Phil Neal

Alec Lindsay

Tommy Smith

Emlyn Hughes

Ray Kennedy

Ian Callaghan

Jimmy Case

David Johnson

Terry McDermott

David Fairclough

... that is not a significantly weakened side, in fact it looks like a very strong Liverpool team - but that’s just my opinion - and I totally respect your opinion

Thanks for putting the side. That team they put out was probably good enough to beat any team in the country so it was a very strong side. But there were three changes made from their usual eleven, and this was in an age where teams were rarely changed (unless due to injury or loss of form which was rarely the case with successful sides).   Alec Lindsay, if I recall,  played little that season as he had been ousted by Joey Jones, and Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were also missing.

Nowadays we are used to squad rotation so any 11 from 14 top players would seem like a full strength team, but I recall when I was at the game it felt like Liverpool were resting three key players from their usual eleven. Back then the Football League took strong disciplinary action against any team seen to significantly weaken their team for a fixture, so resting three players from their usual eleven was the most they thought they could do without incurring the wrath of the FL 

I totally agree with you it was a very strong team Liverpool put out that night but I would still contend that it was a little way off from their strongest team.

 

[old_eastender]

So many good memories from reading this thread.

The most important have to be the ones from 76/77 already mentioned (1-0 v Pompey to clinch promotion, 0-1 at Arsenal opening game, 2-1 v Liverpool & 2-2 at Coventry to survive).  

One not mentioned worth a mention was beating the Gas at Eastville in the old div2  in 1974, blowing a gale with the wind behind them Gas 1-0 up at HT, but with the wind at our backs we come back to win 1-4. Many of the eventual promotion side playing.

 

 

 

[Sleepy1968]

18 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

So many good memories from reading this thread.

The most important have to be the ones from 76/77 already mentioned (1-0 v Pompey to clinch promotion, 0-1 at Arsenal opening game, 2-1 v Liverpool & 2-2 at Coventry to survive).  

One not mentioned worth a mention was beating the Gas at Eastville in the old div2  in 1974, blowing a gale with the wind behind them Gas 1-0 up at HT, but with the wind at our backs we come back to win 1-4. Many of the eventual promotion side playing.

 

 

 

Thanks @old_eastender  - saved to my youtube watch later list. Was 'We all agree Roger Moore is a ******' a feature of mid seventies terrace songs?

Edited February 3, 2022 by Sleepy1968

[old_eastender]

1 hour ago, Sleepy1968 said:

Thanks @old_eastender  - saved to my youtube watch later list. Was 'We all agree Roger Moore is a ******' a feature of mid seventies terrace songs?

Roger Malone wasn't it... but yes I recall that popular ditty. Lovely bit of commentary on that video where Cheese appears to put a foot into Frankie Prince, and Roger says "he was probably asking for it anyway" in his explanation of why no action from the referee. 

[Sleepy1968]

12 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Roger Malone wasn't it... but yes I recall that popular ditty. Lovely bit of commentary on that video where Cheese appears to put a foot into Frankie Prince, and Roger says "he was probably asking for it anyway" in his explanation of why no action from the referee. 

Ha, sorry, I was trying to do a cryptic crossword (I'm terrible at them) with the clue: "Bond's capture of copper puts things straight (6)' at the same time