Arthur Bach Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Crewe away 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitechapel Owl Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I managed a wayward Pavel Srnicek style punch when sitting on the front row of the South once. It was near the corner flag and I remember a Wednesday player looking quite annoyed I didn't get it to him to take the quick throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 2 hours ago, torryowl said: Turf moor 73 ish ,sat in the front row of the stand behind the goal and grummitt came to retrieve it .....I didn't give it back to him and chucked it down towards the corner flag seen as we were winning 0-1..I swear he a little smile on his face as I did it . Wish everyone had the same thoughts, or at least threw it back behind the advert panels IF we're winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexpistol Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 hours ago, DoesJackHunt said: My daughter asked me earlier In the season if I had ever caught a ball that went into the crowd. We sit in the Grandstand, so not much chance of it going up there. I said “why, would you like to catch it?” she said “no!” When I was her Age (11) I started going at the front of the kop, last couple of years of standing, the glorious early 90’s. I remember always really wanting to catch the match ball and throw it back. To this day, it has never happened to me. I’m not as fussed about it now either to be honest. so 1. Did anyone else desperately want to catch the match ball when they were younger? 2. Has anyone ever caught a match ball and was it a life affirming moment as I’ve always imagined it would be. 3. Who kicked the ball ? Yes, it was during the pre match warm up, I can’t remember the game but it was Curran who kicked it into the Kop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garryswfcowl72 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 hours ago, marconi said: It was against Everton at the Leppings Lane end! No it wasn’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The coach Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Negative..but I once touched Kieran lee after the game..think I put my arm round him or summat..couldn’t believe how sweaty he was...it was as tho he had just been in the shower with his shirt on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Whitecap Owl said: That United penalty at Wembley a few years back landed in my back yard here in Vancouver.. if that counts... Didn't land in Vancouver, hit me square in the face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marconi Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, Garryswfcowl72 said: No it wasn’t 3 hours ago, marconi said: Stand corrected then, thought it was that first few minutes miss against Everton in the cup where we went on to be 5-0 down by half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Went to watch York City at Bootham with my Grandad when I was about 5 or 6. I remember the ball coming towards us pretty fast and he punched it. My Grandad was the least violent bloke imaginable and I don’t think he ever punched owt before or since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyOwl72 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Last match before the Rumbelows final - Newcastle away night match. Was at uni up there. Smuggled it out. Some ****** broke into our digs and thieved it along with other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post @owlstalk Posted November 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2021 North Stand, front row West Stand end front row of the section where the Burberry pointers do their pointing Wednesday playing at home (obvs) and all is well Sunny day Blue Skies BLINDING SUN Wednesday attack towards the West Stand Opposition defender clogs it riiiiiiggt up in the air I realise it’s gonna come down bang where I’m sat Decide early on not to catch or punch the ball when it lands but instead what If I headed it! That would be cooooool Ball starts to fall from the sky I’m ready for the big moment Ball drops I stand up This is gonna be legendary Ball drops and it’s time I leap up onto to the air Ball comes down My head totally misses the ball Ball drops onto the floor at full speed, bounces up, smashes me right in the face 1 9 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screen Door Slams Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Derby away , Baseball ground , cup replay , night match under Wilko , absolutely f***in freezin , 3 layers of clothes and a sheepskin (ask your parents kids) and I was still cold , the pitch was so hard Martin Hodge got concussion from hitting his head on it !! Anyway on the way in , very unusually for the 80,s , there was a problem at the turnstiles and a large group of us had been escorted in around the edge of the pitch to join the Wednesday end , as we got to the net Wednesday were doing there warm up with Hodge catching crosses. All of a sudden i heard a bloke behind me shout "heads" and looked up to see an overhit cross heading straight for me.........in a trice I showed Wednesday what they had missed by not signing me when I left school........................I backed off a couple of paces, caught it on my chest , second touch onto thigh, then a side foot volley back into Hodge`s arms. Two things happened , a grin and an appreciative nod from Mr Hodge , and a Raaaaaay from the Wednesdayites. As I clambered onto the terracing one guy said "can`t you go back on and show Lee Chapman how to do that" , "no point" said his mate , "he`d have just headed it" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 8 hours ago, @owlstalk said: North Stand, front row West Stand end front row of the section where the Burberry pointers do their pointing Wednesday playing at home (obvs) and all is well Sunny day Blue Skies BLINDING SUN Wednesday attack towards the West Stand Opposition defender clogs it riiiiiiggt up in the air I realise it’s gonna come down bang where I’m sat Decide early on not to catch or punch the ball when it lands but instead what If I headed it! That would be cooooool Ball starts to fall from the sky I’m ready for the big moment Ball drops I stand up This is gonna be legendary Ball drops and it’s time I leap up onto to the air Ball comes down My head totally misses the ball Ball drops onto the floor at full speed, bounces up, smashes me right in the face coaching tip....... "Get into line with the flight of the ball" have another go............what year? Don't know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 In all the games I've been to over the years, home and away, it's only happened once. Once!! 9th August 2003, County Ground, Swindon. (Won 3-2) First game of the season and the hottest day of the decade! Anyway, I was parked in the car park behind the home end, so a few minutes before the final whistle I decided to leave so I wouldn't get stuck getting out. I walked the length of the ground behind the stand and as I wandered through the car park looking for my car I heard one of those sarcastic cheers from the crowd. I turned round, and lo and behold, the ball flew over the roof of the stand, bounced once and into my welcoming arms. I quickly found the car and sped off as though I had just committed the heist of the century. True story. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Caught one above my head in the away end at QPR late 80s. A bit like the Bould header to Woods except I caught it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjchitt86 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 We used to sit in the South Stand corner near the Kop (Waddlers Corner) when I was a nipper. For some reason for this game (think it was a cup game) we were sat nearer the scoreboard at the other side on the front row for a 'treat'. The ball found its way over the barrier, I jumped out of my seat with youthful exuberance and chucked the ball back to.... number 2 is Roland Nilsson. A nod of approval from Roland and a smile of pride from Dad followed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Rodger Wylde said: In all the games I've been to over the years, home and away, it's only happened once. Once!! 9th August 2003, County Ground, Swindon. (Won 3-2) First game of the season and the hottest day of the decade! Anyway, I was parked in the car park behind the home end, so a few minutes before the final whistle I decided to leave so I wouldn't get stuck getting out. I walked the length of the ground behind the stand and as I wandered through the car park looking for my car I heard one of those sarcastic cheers from the crowd. I turned round, and lo and behold, the ball flew over the roof of the stand, bounced once and into my welcoming arms. I quickly found the car and sped off as though I had just committed the heist of the century. True story. Similar story to me. I was at that 3-2 win by the way. Think we were 3-0 up in 25 mins and still only just scraped home. Anyway around 1980 watching Scunthorpe v someone at Old Show Ground in midweek. Cant remember score but there was about 5 mins to go and most of the meagre crowd had drifted home. Someone belted a wayward shot into away end, populated by about 50 hardy souls. A young lad dashed from one end of the terrace to catch the ball brilliantly without bouncing and just kept running straight through the open gates and out of the ground. A few seconds of stunned silence followed by raucous laughter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 No but in the fun days of the 90s a massive soft toy lion smacked me in the face and broke my glasses. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.armo Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 My claim to fame was the Santos game wagging school with my mate stood on the Kop Pele had a shot that went over the bar straight into my hands my one and only claim to fame 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Got tw*ted in the head by a Giles Coke shot during the warmup at the Etihad before our 7-0 hammering a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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