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[wayno]

Was going to say about you mate, all on your own trying to drop the £10 jackers on Coronation Street.

Now I'm a bit older I understand about how hooligan firms work, that must have looked like we were right up for it. 

30 of us marched into the vault and sat down, got the jukebox rocking and away we went!

I remember when we went to Tottenham in 1995 and we did the same except with about 100 of us.  Right in the main Spurs pub near the ground.  They were shocked at first but then just found us amusing and said stuff like "Arsenal wouldn't have the balls to march in here"...

Have you still got that brilliant picture of it Wayne?

Yeah i have im pretty certain Joe has a copy too- a fantastic picture on Gary Stewarts camera if i remember rightly- ill try and up it if i can

Amazing scenes when Jimmy Hardman put on Simply the best by Tina Turner- the place erupted- happy memories

[taxi Phil]

Beyondthe shadow of a doubt, Burnley.

We went there full of confidence, expecting a result against a side who were mired in the relegation battle. We were totally outclassed by a combination of experienced Northern Ireland internationals Billy Hamilton and Tommy Cassidy, and the outstanding budding talent of Trevor Steven.

I came out of the ground realising I'd not seen an Alty side so comprehensively Mullered since Molyneux in the 60's, and passed the comment that Burnley would surely not go down.

Too bloody true - they barely lost another match all season, and got promoted !

[RedhillAlty]

A 5-0 defeat at Rotherham in 1976 - I had just got back from Paris after watching Ireland being robbed in a World Cup qualifier, so it was a bad week.
Burnley - I emigrated within 48 hours!!!
York as we expected too much after beating Birmingham and having beaten York in the FA Cup a few years earlier.
However failing to reach the 1st Round must rate a bigger failure than any of the above.

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

It shows the generation gap when some people's biggest disappointments are losing (in consecutive years) at the third round stage of the FA Cup and for the younger fans amongst us it's mostly qualifying/1st/2nd round matches.

Hopefully we'll change that over the next few years! 

[ManagementGuru]

Burnley: 

Pre match - Sanders in MEN "it's teams like Burnley and Bury that are denying us our rightful FL place" (Draw was Burnley or Bury v Alty, followed by Wrexham or Stockport  or Tottenham v Bury or Burnley or Alty - a bad winter with lots of postponements)

Travel to match - crappy Inter City from Euston to Preston, even crappier rattler across to Burnley.  Plan for return was Burnley - Victoria, Piccadilly - Euston at 0027 (the train I usually used after midweek games).

Match - terraces at the side of the ground, not behind the goal.  Wierd to watch from there.  BH misses sitter at 0-1, absolutely slaughtered in second half - Trevor Steven scores hat trick: he's a bit good I thought

Travel home - "want a lift on the coach to Alty?"  No, it's fine: I've got my train tickets.  Last train from Burnley to Victoria cancelled, looks for phone in pub to call home.  Me to barman "Do you have a phone?" "A what?" "A telephone?" "Don't know what the f*** you are talking about".  Decides to hitch, picked up by really creepy guy with large amounts of porn scattered around car.  "Reach under the seat" he says.  "Why?" (nervous) "I've got a gun under there!"  Releived to get out at M6 Junction.  Several hours later, picke up by lorry driver and dropped at M6 / M56 junction- therefore illegally trespassing on motorway.  Decides to walk along M56 to Alty, picked up by police at 3 o'clock in morning and eventually dumped in Hale Barns.  Knocks on mum and dad's front door at nearly 4 o';clock more pissed off than you can possibly imagine.


Beat that!

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Did we have a man sent off at Preston or have i made that up due to being totally gassed on the day?! Think it was Ev that got accused by the Chelsea fans of setting fire to the train and the guys in the pub were nutters!  We couldn't have looked less like a firm if we'd tried!

joe,

No, you were not hallucinating.

Darren Heesom was sent off at Preston.

All in all, that was a woeful afternoon.

Hadn't Stuart Terry got injured playing for an FA XI a few days earlier?

I recall that Kingy wasn't amused by Preston's mascot, the Deepdale Duck, sitting next to him on the Alty bench either.

[markecky]

"Travel home - "want a lift on the coach to Alty?"  No, it's fine: I've got my train tickets.  Last train from Burnley to Victoria cancelled, looks for phone in pub to call home.  Me to barman "Do you have a phone?" "A what?" "A telephone?" "Don't know what the f*** you are talking about".  Decides to hitch, picked up by really creepy guy with large amounts of porn scattered around car.  "Reach under the seat" he says.  "Why?" (nervous) "I've got a gun under there!"  Releived to get out at M6 Junction.  Several hours later, picke up by lorry driver and dropped at M6 / M56 junction- therefore illegally trespassing on motorway.  Decides to walk along M56 to Alty, picked up by police at 3 o'clock in morning and eventually dumped in Hale Barns.  Knocks on mum and dad's front door at nearly 4 o';clock more pissed off than you can possibly imagine."

Thats one of the best Alty stories ever!

[mr f.trucker]

3q away at Guiseley ,2002/03,a miserable day

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

3q away at Guiseley ,2002/03,a miserable day

Well, it certainly was for Bernard Taylor......

[blackpoolalty]

3q away at Guiseley ,2002/03,a miserable day

Didn't we also play Guiseley around 1996 and lost 3/4-0 ?

Get mixed up with Gresley/Guiseley

[RedhillAlty]

If my memory is correct, Burnley played West Brom in the 4th round in 1982?

[Brian Flynn]

3q away at Guiseley ,2002/03,a miserable day

Didn't we also play Guiseley around 1996 and lost 3/4-0 ?

Get mixed up with Gresley/Guiseley

FA Trophy...lost 4-0....just after we won 3-2 at Macc in the snow!