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Nick Holmes scoring from the half-way line (ish) v Watford League cup

 

Nick Holmes (again) scoring the goal of the game League Cup Final 1979

From the same game David Peach in acres of space all alone forcing Peter Shilton to commit himself early only for Peachy to take the ball round his helplessly sprawling body to slot home for a moment that will live with me for ever.

 

Holmes lob as above

 

Vignal from just over the halfway line v Leicester

 

Regarding the Baird Exocet, I recall it as Bale shaped to take the free kick, then "passed" right to Surman in the centre who stepped over it to great groaning from the crowd as they had also been sold the dummy, only for Baird to approach the ball like an express train viciously smash it into the net. It was the moment of stunned silence from the crowd as the ball tried to escape through the back of the net that was very noticeable.

 

Probably loads that I have missed, didn't Smudger have a triple save v the Arse that he had no right to save.

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Terry Curran.

 

Woeful winger.

 

Swung his leg at the ball in the box at the Archers Road end and scored his one and only goal for us.

 

Against Leeds in the League Cup Semi 2nd Leg that took us back to Wembley

 

I remember the goal but I thought it was at the Milton end?

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Glen Cockerill away to luton in the Milk/ Littlewoords cup. Don't think any footage exists.

 

The top ten players in the world today, would sell their granny to score that goal

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Niemi triple save vs Vierra @ St Marys.

 

can't remember when but Nick Holmes scoring and for a moment being Pele

 

Beatties equaliser against Fulham just before half time after being 2 down. Everyone knew what was going to happen second half, even Fulham!

 

Yep, all very ordinary players for us.

 

How come nobody's mentioned MLT yet?

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Glen Cockerill away to luton in the Milk/ Littlewoords cup. Don't think any footage exists.

 

The top ten players in the world today, would sell their granny to score that goal

 

I was there ...what a shot if I remember right it seemed both feet were of the ground when he struck it!

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Wasn't "ordinary saints" meant to imply outstanding moments from otherwise nothingy players? Hence the two examples in the OP? Seems odd that some people would put Beattie and Niemi in that list, or even CMFG who was our player of the year.

 

........or Ron Davies, Terry Paine and Nick Holmes for that matter. Far from ordinary.

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Nick Holmes scoring from the half-way line (ish) v Watford League cup

 

Nick Holmes (again) scoring the goal of the game League Cup Final 1979

 

You cannot possibly describe NH as "otherwise unimportant, ordinary or otherwise forgettable "

 

My vote goes to:

Mike Hennigan for his one and only appearance in place of Tony Knapp - against Derby County when he managed to injure his elbow in the first half and get taken off, never to be seen again. That's all I can remember about him - a ginger(ish)-haired bloke breaking his elbow. If he'd stayed on, and Tony Godfrey hadn't got concussed putting Cliff Huxford in goal, I'm sure we'd have lost. In the event we won 6-4. (in the good ol' days without subs).

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