| Unusual or Not 13:38 - Dec 31 with 594 views | cressi |
Tomorrow us, Cambridge and Colchester all have home games. |  | | |  |
| Unusual or Not on 14:01 - Dec 31 with 542 views | Plums |
I can recall my dad and I going to watch Cambridge at home v Tranmere one morning and then on to PR to see Town in the afternoon. It may have been a Boxing Day or New Year's Day fixture - probably in the early 90's.
No idea whether Colchester were also at home.
Edit: it seems it was Boxing Day 1990 and Town lost 1-0 to Middlesbrough in the afternoon in front of 12k people. TWTD...
Colchester drew 0-0 at home to Barnet
[Post edited 31 Dec 2025 14:07]
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| Unusual or Not on 14:15 - Dec 31 with 484 views | NthQldITFC |
Top three clubs in East Anglia all playing at home on the same day must be fairly uncommon. |  |
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| Unusual or Not on 14:17 - Dec 31 with 472 views | Plums |
| Unusual or Not on 14:15 - Dec 31 by NthQldITFC |
Top three clubs in East Anglia all playing at home on the same day must be fairly uncommon. |
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| Unusual or Not on 14:23 - Dec 31 with 438 views | Churchman |
| Unusual or Not on 14:01 - Dec 31 by Plums |
I can recall my dad and I going to watch Cambridge at home v Tranmere one morning and then on to PR to see Town in the afternoon. It may have been a Boxing Day or New Year's Day fixture - probably in the early 90's.
No idea whether Colchester were also at home.
Edit: it seems it was Boxing Day 1990 and Town lost 1-0 to Middlesbrough in the afternoon in front of 12k people. TWTD...
Colchester drew 0-0 at home to Barnet
[Post edited 31 Dec 2025 14:07]
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12,508. I was at the game but can’t remember anything about it. No surprise really. 12k wasn’t too bad a crowd for us in those days. 10k, 11k was more normal, with the odd exception such as West Ham or Newcastle.
Crowds in general were much smaller in those days. I notice Newcastle’s crowd against us was only 17,600. |  | | |
| Unusual or Not on 16:30 - Dec 31 with 300 views | Plums |
| Unusual or Not on 14:23 - Dec 31 by Churchman |
12,508. I was at the game but can’t remember anything about it. No surprise really. 12k wasn’t too bad a crowd for us in those days. 10k, 11k was more normal, with the odd exception such as West Ham or Newcastle.
Crowds in general were much smaller in those days. I notice Newcastle’s crowd against us was only 17,600. |
No membership or obsession about points needed in those days. What joy there was to be had watching David Hill and Andy Bernal strutting their stuff in the midwinter mud. | |
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| Unusual or Not on 17:25 - Dec 31 with 223 views | algy |
| Unusual or Not on 16:30 - Dec 31 by Plums |
No membership or obsession about points needed in those days. What joy there was to be had watching David Hill and Andy Bernal strutting their stuff in the midwinter mud. |
I think I had season "ticket" for Churchmans by then, in practice a book of tokens with match numbers printed but most who attended didn't .Away games with very few exceptions we just turned up on the day and paid cash on the gate. Police would be in attendance but no cordons with private security waving metal detectors about so entry was smooth. Following Town was simpler then, like the football | |
| Veni Vidi Participatur. Now we can get back to competing. |
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| Unusual or Not on 18:20 - Dec 31 with 161 views | waveneyblue |
| Unusual or Not on 16:30 - Dec 31 by Plums |
No membership or obsession about points needed in those days. What joy there was to be had watching David Hill and Andy Bernal strutting their stuff in the midwinter mud. |
Oh those were the days.
Wonder how fair their modern day equilivents would be off Professional football..... |  | | |
| Unusual or Not on 10:26 - Jan 1 with 13 views | ChateauWines |
I remember many years ago doing a Boxing Day 3 games in a day.
Walsall v Derby 11am
Aston Villa v Leicester 3pm
Northampton v Southend 7.30pm
I dont know why I did other than could lol | |
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