The place holds special memories for me, this is the ground where I watched the Clarets gain promotion from the old Fourth Division and take us from the bottom ladder of the Football League...
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The place holds special memories for me, this is the ground where I watched the Clarets gain promotion from the old Fourth Division and take us from the bottom ladder of the Football League...
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Yep was a good place Bt and what a night that was( like a home game by kick off , as more clarets filed in a few York fans moved further around in the ground to one section - place was. Bouncing by the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier
Carlisle away similar as well from memory if same season.
I remember the "Carlisle Experience" very well army88. Me, the wife and three kids were all done up in our "colours" and stopped off at Penrith for lunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by army88
Four Cumbrian lads stated to give us dog's abuse when a dozen or so Burnley male supporters alighted from a mini-bus. There was blood and snot everywhere!
Rubbish game it was too! :s
Was that the one where some of our lads were 'swimming' across the pitch, or was that somewhere else. York was special, we were on the way back, but I never imagined for one moment just where we'd get back to.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier
I was right behind that Alto , feet barely touched the floor - truly a great night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altobelli
Lancie Burnsley in the old Fourth Division sounds such a long time ago now Beds, when were you lot last in the bottom division ?.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier
And hey it got me thinking when my own Yorkie Burnsley were last there, can you believe it was back in season 1978-79 when Allan Clarke joined us from Leeds as player manager. Im sure we also used to play regularly in those days at York's Bootham crescent ground.