MRGRIM Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I live in Cardiff. Was amazing seeing every street awash with blue and white stripes. Sat in the top right corner of that first photo, bought tickets on the day. My Dad (no longer with us) was sat a few rows away as we couldn't get tickets together, the stadium was bouncing! Been to a lot of Welsh games and never felt it like that, buzzing! Sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it, what a game. Wish more games were held at that Stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I remember the owlstalk coach down to Cardiff. I can still smell that toilet to this day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S72 Owl Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I remember the coaches turning up late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) I was only 13. I can remember getting the coach down, bits and bobs of the match. I remember around the 75th min shortly after they went 2-1 up, and the rallying cries of support from fans where I was sat, I didn’t think we were gonna get back into it was sat in the middle tier right side of the goal where Maclean stuck away the pen, never felt such a combo of nerves and elation when it went in Edited December 30, 2021 by FreshOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I remember going into work on the Monday and my Arsenal supporting boss said he didn’t like our tactics in extra time when we were 3-2 up of wasting time and making the game boring. I said “eh?, you know we did what every other team usually do in a cup final but still went forward and scored a 4th goal?” The man was an idiot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marconi Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Sambo89 said: Has anyone got the photo from behind MacLean as he scored the penalty? Was in the Star and mirror if I remember rightly. Was talking football to a manager in Peebles Tesco a few years ago, when I told him I was a Wednesdayite he said Steve MacLean was a regular shopper in there. Asked him to pass on my thanks for scoring THAT penalty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OrlandoUnTrustful Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 My biggest and best memory as an owl was going to that game. I was born in the late 80s so all the glory years up to the mid 90s were competing with power rangers and ninja turtles. Everything about the day and subsequent night was just incredible. I was still dosed up on adrenaline and jubilation when I was waltzing round like Richard Gere on carver street. Seems a lifetime ago but you can’t buy memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The pub league has been very kind to us for providing great days. Cardiff and Wycombe at home both excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Heck of a weekend Flew in on the Friday, drive up to Sheffield, coach back to Cardiff. Got back late cuz coach driver ran out of drving hours, drive back to London on th Monday. Flew back on the Tuesday. Missus still annoyed at me for not taking her Then spent days going through all the photos and vids on Owlstalk. @DeeJayOne's Perfect Day being a particular favourite Even met Neil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The Moscow Mule final...can't remember why i called it that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayOne Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 hours ago, edmontonowl said: Heck of a weekend Flew in on the Friday, drive up to Sheffield, coach back to Cardiff. Got back late cuz coach driver ran out of drving hours, drive back to London on th Monday. Flew back on the Tuesday. Missus still annoyed at me for not taking her Then spent days going through all the photos and vids on Owlstalk. @DeeJayOne's Perfect Day being a particular favourite Even met Neil Totally forgot about Perfect Day! From memory it was originally audio done by Radio Sheffield and we just set it to footage/photos? SHEFFIELD SHOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 hours ago, edmontonowl said: Even met Neil Sorry about that then Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 hours ago, edmontonowl said: Heck of a weekend Flew in on the Friday, drive up to Sheffield, coach back to Cardiff. Got back late cuz coach driver ran out of drving hours, drive back to London on th Monday. Flew back on the Tuesday. Missus still annoyed at me for not taking her Then spent days going through all the photos and vids on Owlstalk. @DeeJayOne's Perfect Day being a particular favourite Even met Neil 7 minutes ago, DeeJayOne said: Totally forgot about Perfect Day! From memory it was originally audio done by Radio Sheffield and we just set it to footage/photos? 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 ^^^^ That's the one. Somewhere, on an external drive far far away, I've got a folder of all the vids and pics that got posted. Just one of those crazy occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 6 hours ago, @owlstalk said: Sorry about that then It's OK Our health care system helped me find some level of normalcy after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I think we would all love a day out like that again, just can't see it this season, and no I don't mean we'll get automatic promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm an Essex Owl Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Remember it as if it was yesterday. My happiest moment as an owls fan (equal with the pigs semi final at Wembley, Mel’s penalty promoting us to the old First Division, League Cup win and Wycombe promotion game) But actually probably with hindsight makes me happier. Took my lad (10 at the time) We were staying with the In- Laws in Hereford (halfway house from Sheffield) and travelled down early morning. Pre match was amazing - never seen so many Wednesday fans in one place - bumped into loads of people down for the day - All going to plan and pretty easy first half. Then the Wednesday way 1-2 down in the blink of an eye. TBH didn’t think we would pull it round. 10 minutes left (my lad has tears in his eyes as did a few around us) I was thinking how could we mess this up again. Then the penalty - I couldn’t watch - turned my back but heard the roar and knew we would win from there. Only later saw the replay of the penalty and it’s 3 inches from disaster. I told my lad we would win now (he hadn’t realised they had a man sent off as well) Extra time we had it on a plate - Whelan’s goal then Talbot as the absolute icing on the cake (sparing us the usual Wednesday trauma of are we going to blow it?) I remember the euphoria of being with so many Wednesdayites. And just laughing afterwards. Then following day on way back up to Sheffield I dialled in to Radio 5’s 606 show. Never done it before or since. It was just after the Scousers win in Istanbul and I was provoked by some idiot plastic scouser from London saying they had the best fans in the world because they took 20,000 fans to the European Cup Final. So I got on air and told Mark Pougatch that Liverpool fans banging on about their great support but it was easy to follow success and would they have taken 40,000 to a league one play off final if they had endured the crap that Wednesday fans had put up with over the last decade! He said it was a fair point! Could do with some of that pure joy again. Reckon we are due… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyonOwl Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 What a day. I was 17 and went with my dad, who for some reason wore a cream linen blazer to the match. What I wouldn't give for a day like that this season (linen blazer notwithstanding) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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