LaticsPete Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Watching Norwich v Spurs on tv yesterday it struck me that the last top flight game I'd attended was Latics at Norwich back in 1994, our last match in the division. In fact I haven't seen a Championship match since we got relegated from that either. League 2, non league and even internationals but not the top two divisions. Not really sure why but probably a mix of cost, and lots of it on tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 i was there also sean mccarthys goal not enough to keep us up in a 1-1, had a tear in my eye when the players came over to applaud our support at the final whistle, have been to a few spurs games over the yearss as i was married to a spurs fan, doesnt compare to BP though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Heck C-Beck Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I think my last Premier League match was Man City vs Arsenal or Tottenham around 2011. Very enjoyable and nice to watch some quality players but still prefer going down BP to see Latics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 United 4-3 City in 2009... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I tell a lie : Everton 1-1 Birmingham in 2011... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 City v Wigan in '06. Turned down a free ticket for City v Hull this season to watch Latics against Tranmere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Utd 4-1 Forest in 1996, on my birthday no less. Mate's dad was away so he took me along instead. I nearly got battered for jumping up and cheering Forest's 4th minute opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 City 1-0 Wigan last season. It was :censored:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Villa 4 Bolton 0 about 2007 I think Didn't think much of villa park all things considered sure it's light years ahead of BP but not quite the levels of atmosphere other large stadia have not too many decent pubs round their either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Fulham 2-0 Hull, 19 October 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) It would've been Leeds v Everton in about 96. Been offered tickets for City which I've politely declined (though I'd have snapped someone's hand off for Barca tickets - for obvious reasons). If it wasn't for Oldham, I doubt I'd bother with another league match again. Edited February 24, 2014 by longtimeblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshawlatic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Went to Leicester and Bolton 2004 - 0-0 worst game of football I've ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Bolton vs Burnley, (1-0 to Bolton) Coyle had just gone to Bolton from Burnley, my mate is a Burnley season ticket holder. An absolute stinker of a game. Went to City 1 Arsenal 3 a few years before that. Thierry Henry gave the best individual performance I have ever seen. Set up all 3 goals. Absolutely incredible that night. Got a massive ovation when he went off from a lot of city fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) I was at Norwich in 1994 too. On the coach on the way back, I remember looking at the teams we would play the following season and feeling a bit despondent at having to go to Grimsby. There was a brief moment during that day where we thought we might pull off another great escape.... We needed both Everton and Ipswich to lose, with a goal difference swing on Ipswich of 4 goals. At half time, we were 1-0 up, Everton were losing a home to Wimbledon 2-1 and B@stard Rovers were drawing 0-0 at home to Ipswich. A couple of goals from Blackburn and one more for us and we were there again. In the event, Neil Adams [typical Latics] crossed to the far post for Rob Ullathorne to equalise for Norwich and what happened elsewhere was immaterial, although the Everton v Wimbledon match which ended 3-2 to the scousers was later placed under question as a betting scam with Wimbledon players being accused of throwing the game for financial gain. I looked at Ian Marshall's Ipswich survive and our opening day loss to them [and his goal - typical Latics] as pivotal. Had we won that game, they'd have gone down, we'd have stayed up. However, our form since Mark Hughes' equaliser at Wembley was 8 games, 0 wins, 3 draws, 5 defeats, In the 8 games prior to the S/F, it was 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. I still can't bring myself to look at Mark Hughes and not feel annoyed to this very day. Edited February 24, 2014 by lookersstandandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Blue Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I won tickets for hospitality at City v Wigan a couple of years ago through Etihad Airlines. It was a poor game and City won 1.0. However, the food and wine were fantastic and the seats outside the hospitality box were heated. Latics were away at Bournemouth that day and we got stuffed 3.0 I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsChris Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Went with my Spurs supporter mate to Wigan v Spurs in Feb 2010. Cracking atmosphere generated by the Spurs fans and I was delighted to watch them stuff Wigan 3-0. It's worth noting that this was also my first and only Premier League match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 City v Newcastle when Shearer scored his 150th Prem goal. :censored: game, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShireBlue Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Man Utd 1-0 Liverpool, October 1996. Some bloke called David Beckham scored. One and only Premiership game I've been to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGortonsMatches Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I was at Norwich in 1994 too. On the coach on the way back, I remember looking at the teams we would play the following season and feeling a bit despondent at having to go to Grimsby. There was a brief moment during that day where we thought we might pull off another great escape.... We needed both Everton and Ipswich to lose, with a goal difference swing on Ipswich of 4 goals. At half time, we were 1-0 up, Everton were losing a home to Wimbledon 2-1 and B@stard Rovers were drawing 0-0 at home to Ipswich. A couple of goals from Blackburn and one more for us and we were there again. In the event, Neil Adams [typical Latics] crossed to the far post for Rob Ullathorne to equalise for Norwich and what happened elsewhere was immaterial, although the Everton v Wimbledon match which ended 3-2 to the scousers was later placed under question as a betting scam with Wimbledon players being accused of throwing the game for financial gain. I looked at Ian Marshall's Ipswich survive and our opening day loss to them [and his goal - typical Latics] as pivotal. Had we won that game, they'd have gone down, we'd have stayed up. However, our form since Mark Hughes' equaliser at Wembley was 8 games, 0 wins, 3 draws, 5 defeats, In the 8 games prior to the S/F, it was 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. I still can't bring myself to look at Mark Hughes and not feel annoyed to this very day. All correct, however (as we had scored more goals than Ipswich) only a 3 goal turnaround was needed on Ipswich, so a 2 goal win for us/loss for them or a 1 goal win for us/2 goal loss for them was needed. However, once Hans Segers at Goodison started playing like Coco the Clown - the game was up. My last Premier game was therefore the Spurs match at home 48 hours earlier, a dreadful performance by us at the wrong time and against the wrong opponents. In the final shake up 3 points there might have kept us up and sent Spurs down. Didnt help we had to play 4 times in the last week of the season also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I was at Norwich in 1994 too. On the coach on the way back, I remember looking at the teams we would play the following season and feeling a bit despondent at having to go to Grimsby. There was a brief moment during that day where we thought we might pull off another great escape.... We needed both Everton and Ipswich to lose, with a goal difference swing on Ipswich of 4 goals. At half time, we were 1-0 up, Everton were losing a home to Wimbledon 2-1 and B@stard Rovers were drawing 0-0 at home to Ipswich. A couple of goals from Blackburn and one more for us and we were there again. In the event, Neil Adams [typical Latics] crossed to the far post for Rob Ullathorne to equalise for Norwich and what happened elsewhere was immaterial, although the Everton v Wimbledon match which ended 3-2 to the scousers was later placed under question as a betting scam with Wimbledon players being accused of throwing the game for financial gain. I looked at Ian Marshall's Ipswich survive and our opening day loss to them [and his goal - typical Latics] as pivotal. Had we won that game, they'd have gone down, we'd have stayed up. However, our form since Mark Hughes' equaliser at Wembley was 8 games, 0 wins, 3 draws, 5 defeats, In the 8 games prior to the S/F, it was 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. I still can't bring myself to look at Mark Hughes and not feel annoyed to this very day. I was actually at the Blackburn v Ipswich game that day sat with the Ipswich fans, when I heard we went 1-0 up I thought I was going to get a right towelling, TBF they were a pretty amiable bunch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvlatic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) I was at that Norwich game too! - my last premier league game was a Blackburn v Aston Villa game at ewood - friend of a friend gave me a ticket -can't remember the score or tbh much about the game except the villa fans (who i was sitting amongst) singing a song to the tune of 'new york new york' about dwight yorke! http://www.11v11.com/matches/blackburn-rovers-v-aston-villa-09-september-1995-22212/ Edited February 24, 2014 by rvlatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 My last Prem game was Blackburn v Arsenal in around 98, Henchoz had a mare against Anelka I think. Think it was a debut for Ljungberg too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 All correct, however (as we had scored more goals than Ipswich) only a 3 goal turnaround was needed on Ipswich.... I stand corrected, you're spot on..... we only required 3. I shouldn't have done this really, as it's only dragging up painful memories..... however, I've just opened up the history books; Joe Royle had been named as February manager of the month following 4 wins [2 in the FA Cup] and 1 draw in Feb. March wasn't too shabby either, with 3 wins [1 in the FA Cup], 1 draw, 1 defeat. We were on a roll. Confidence building on the back of the FA Cup run. On Saturday the 2nd of April 1994 - remarkably, soon to be 20 years ago - the bottom of the Premier League looked like this, 2 games in hand on a lot of teams around us; Ps / Team / Pld / W / D / L / For / Aga / GD / Pts 12 / Chelsea / 34 / 11 / 8 / 15 / 39 / 44 / -4 / 41 13 / Coventry / 35 / 10 / 11 / 14 / 35 / 42 / -7 / 41 14 / West Ham / 34 / 10 / 11 / 13 / 34 / 48 / -14 / 41 15 / Ipswich / 36 / 9 / 14 / 13 / 33 / 47 / -14 / 41 16 / Tottenham / 35 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 46 / 48 / -2 / 39 17 / Everton / 36 / 10 / 7 / 19 / 37 / 53 / -16 / 37 18 / LATICS / 34 / 9 / 10 / 15 / 35 / 53 / -18 / 37 19 / Man City / 36 / 7 / 5 / 14 / 31 / 42 / -11 / 36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 / Sheff Utd / 36 / 6 / 16 / 14 / 34 / 53 / -19 / 34 21 / Southampton / 36 / 9 / 6 / 20 / 34 / 51 / -17 / 33 22 / Swindon / 36 / 4 / 14 / 18 / 41 / 86 / -45 / 26 We then travelled to Old Trafford on Easter Monday [4th April] and were unluckly to lose 3-2, with a wonder goal from Sean McCarthy too. 5 days later we faced them at Wembley..... had we won that game, got to the FA Cup final, where we would've faced Chelsea - a team we'd beaten home and away that season - we simply wouldn't have gone down from the position above. In the end we didn't win another game, picked up only 3 draws and whimpered out of the league on 40 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 City V Everton just before Christmas 2012 (1-1). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Ward Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Norwich in 1994 as well, our last match in the division, went all the way to Norwich dressed as Pluto. O to be young and daft again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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