yoda 0 Posted February 13, 2015 Anybody go to that game ? although we lost 2-1 we got promoted and there were apparently 10,000 city fans there.I myself didn''t go but it got me thinking of games where we took massive away followings and i''m guessing that game would have been the biggest ? I went to Palace a few years ago when they gave us 8,000 and again we lost,which we always seem to do when backed by huge numbers . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoda 0 Posted February 13, 2015 1982 of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePrHPkxZzY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crabbycanary3 994 Posted February 13, 2015 Yep, I was there! Weird day, waiting for the Leicester score to see if we were promoted, but AMAZING atmosphere Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Drinkell 50 Posted February 13, 2015 Barnsley away over 4000 of us, in the Worthy years, the day it all turned around we won our rivals lost and it was back in our own hands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCCANARY 263 Posted February 13, 2015 It''s difficult to imagine in todays world of mass instant communication that in those days we were reliant on a bloke listening to the radio to give the rest of us updates on the score. If I remember correctly we needed Leicester to not win and we were promoted, shortly after going one-nil behind the rumour (it turned out to not true) that Leicester were losing started to spread, 10,000 city fans started cheering (a few years later I met a Wednesday fan on a training course and he asked me what we were doing at that point in the game, they thought we were the maddest fans they''d ever seen) then we scored and it was pandemonium.I also remember waiting to hear if we''d got promoted when the radio just kept going on about bl00dy Liverpool winning the 1st Division, when it was finally confirmed being so relieved that I don''t think I spoke to anyone for about 10 minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lord montyjones 0 Posted February 13, 2015 It was announced on the tannoy at Hillsborough quite soon after the match ended, The chap congratulated Norwich on being promoted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCCANARY 263 Posted February 13, 2015 [quote user="lord montyjones"]It was announced on the tannoy at Hillsborough quite soon after the match ended, The chap congratulated Norwich on being promoted.[/quote] I always waited for Sports Report and James Alexander Gordon to make it official. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeniorCanary 0 Posted February 13, 2015 I was there....i can remember we took the whole stand behind one of the goals, it was a really sunny day and the norwich fans didn''t stop singing.A few people had radios and as the scores came through the fans got louder and louder...great day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 2,405 Posted February 13, 2015 Yep, I was there.I remember that at the end a load of Wednesday fans ran on to the pitch and several started doing press ups. I suspect it was some sort of show of machismo, but it was rather strange? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted February 13, 2015 Ya, I was there, serving in the Royal Navy at the time, most Norwich fans heading back to the Fine City whilst I got on the train heading for Plymouth and I could never pick up MW once the train started moving ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,558 Posted February 13, 2015 It was a weird day. I had to run (using the word loosely) for my train and only found out we had been promoted when some Gillingham fans got on at Chesterfield. But arguably no weirder than, four years later, getting promoted at the Odsal Stadium. That was a strange venue, with big open areas, and a high vantage point, so there was a touch of unreality to watching the game. And we scored in the first minute of both halves, and then just easily held Bradford at bay, which added to the slightly disconnected feeling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 274 Posted February 13, 2015 Yup - was there, such a city way of doing things the hard way, lost so full of tense gloom to elation in minutes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yellow 63 23 Posted February 13, 2015 Can''t remember numbers but attended Brighton 83,Spurs 84 and Derby 84 in the FA Cup and we took several thousand to each Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWC 240 Posted February 13, 2015 I was there too - there was a load of us, for sure.The bizarre thing was the pitch invasion - who knows what for - but over 100 wednesday supporters were kept at bay by 3 police oficers!!I think we got moved as well from a corner infill to right behind the goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plymouth canary 0 Posted February 13, 2015 [quote user="yoda"]Anybody go to that game ? although we lost 2-1 we got promoted and there were apparently 10,000 city fans there.I myself didn''t go but it got me thinking of games where we took massive away followings and i''m guessing that game would have been the biggest ? I went to Palace a few years ago when they gave us 8,000 and again we lost,which we always seem to do when backed by huge numbers .[/quote] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plymouth canary 0 Posted February 13, 2015 Shall I try again, Watford away 1972 the first time we got promoted to the old division 1, if I remember we took over the whole ground. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swjf50 0 Posted February 13, 2015 Yes I was there. I believe Dave Stringer scored the winner.Great atmosphere Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plymouth canary 0 Posted February 13, 2015 Not sure who scored but the match was abandoned before the final whistle as loads of city fans invaded the pitch with the score at 1-1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,558 Posted February 13, 2015 [quote user="Plymouth canary"]Shall I try again, Watford away 1972 the first time we got promoted to the old division 1, if I remember we took over the whole ground.[/quote]There was a big following and, from dim memory, a friendly pitch invasion at Orient on the Monday night when we gained promotion. At Watford the next weekend we clinched the title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thas norfolk 0 Posted February 13, 2015 And the Wednesday fan lobbing a lump of concrete at us ,and the not so pleasant walk back to the train,broken noses and all oh for the good old days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,746 Posted February 13, 2015 Blimey I must be getting old.....done the lot of them mentioned on this thread, Watford,Orient,Derby,Bradford,Sheff Wed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theres only one Martin Peters! 0 Posted February 14, 2015 Portsmouth away was good fun to. Ted McDougall, Phil Boyer, Martin Peters, 4-1 I think. Those nice Pompey fans throwing bottles down from the back of the stand.Are there any better ways to get promoted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 2,407 Posted February 14, 2015 I was there at Hillsborough, thinking that the Wednesday fan that tried to head the ball when their second went in might prove to be a potential god send should Leicester game have turned around. Needn''t have panicked but it was tense, despite all the singing. Then 4 months later I went back to Sheffield for Uni and never left! I still think that day has something to do with it, but that stadium really is bleak on match days now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites