St.Jeweller Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Nigel Adkins first game in charge was a 2-0 defeat at franchise FC watched by me and my then 7 year old boy,little could i have imagined that within less than 20 months we would be a premiership/premier league team. a big thank you to Nigel,Rickie,Adam and all who have donned the red and white sash/stripes of the past 2 seasons,Markus will be a very proud man looking down on us tonight,acheiving his goal with 2 year 2 spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkySaint Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 That was a very wet day. The same day my flat mate found my snake that had escaped. Very naughty Barrington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_punt Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 I call my snake "Willie" and he is not removable. I can see how your snake might offer some advantages however....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Nigel Adkins first game in charge was a 2-0 defeat at franchise FC watched by me and my then 7 year old boy,little could i have imagined that within less than 20 months we would be a premiership/premier league team. a big thank you to Nigel,Rickie,Adam and all who have donned the red and white sash/stripes of the past 2 seasons,Markus will be a very proud man looking down on us tonight,acheiving his goal with 2 year 2 spare. I went to this game with my then 8 year old daughter. Cannot believe the progress we have made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Went by narrow pat. A day I will never forget. I want to arrive at old Trafford by narrowboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjphilsaint Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Yes I was there and if I remember correctly, Nige sneaked out at the start of the game and gave us a ripple of applause, the fans however, did not respond with any enthusiasm. I remember driving home in the rain, listening to his first 5Live interview, and he was talking about there "being quite a lot of work to do.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Went by narrow pat. A day I will never forget. I want to arrive at old Trafford by narrowboat. Class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Yes I was there and if I remember correctly, Nige sneaked out at the start of the game and gave us a ripple of applause, the fans however, did not respond with any enthusiasm. I remember driving home in the rain, listening to his first 5Live interview, and he was talking about there "being quite a lot of work to do.." And called us S****horpe lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Went to this game myself. Amazing to see how far we've come in such a short space of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Went by narrow pat. A day I will never forget. I want to arrive at old Trafford by narrowboat. You're a lucky man to live such a life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 28 April, 2012 Share Posted 28 April, 2012 Been to every league game under Adkins. Enjoyed this one less than most others. Onwards and upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 29 April, 2012 Share Posted 29 April, 2012 THAT GOAL.. The first airing of the wotsit song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 29 April, 2012 Share Posted 29 April, 2012 I was there and we had a team filled with most of our current team but with no confidence or idea of how to win football matches and play effective football. He has been wonderful for Saints. Thank you Nigel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCharles was Thin Posted 29 April, 2012 Share Posted 29 April, 2012 I remember that there were padded seats, a very impressive stadium, an eerie atmosphere because it was barely a quarter full and that the team did not turn up. I have not often experienced that feeling since. I was at Orient in 1966, Fulham in 1978(?) and St Marys yesterday to see Saints clinch promotion to the top level. Curiously enough, as far as I can remember, I was far more nervous this time, maybe because on the other two occassions they were the penultimate matches of the season. However, once the 3rd went in I relaxed and it was fantastic that 32,000 Saints fans were there to see it. These are the days you want to have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 29 April, 2012 Share Posted 29 April, 2012 Wrong match, soz. I was thinking oftheprevious season when pards was still on the throne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 30 April, 2012 Share Posted 30 April, 2012 Nigel Adkins first game in charge was a 2-0 defeat at franchise FC watched by me and my then 7 year old boy,little could i have imagined that within less than 20 months we would be a premiership/premier league team. a big thank you to Nigel,Rickie,Adam and all who have donned the red and white sash/stripes of the past 2 seasons,Markus will be a very proud man looking down on us tonight,acheiving his goal with 2 year 2 spare. Forget the past Jeweller man, we are Premier League now, and history sucks!! No point getting all emotional over this. Oh and by the way, we moved grounds about 10 years ago x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 The BBC interview with Adkins is superb. I think we have heard some more of this in the last 20 months! Interestingly 8 of the team from that game were in the 16 man squad last Saturday!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8968093.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 The BBC interview with Adkins is superb. I think we have heard some more of this in the last 20 months! Interestingly 8 of the team from that game were in the 16 man squad last Saturday!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8968093.stm I've heard "took over when we were 22nd in League One" trotted out a few times since Saturday but seeing it in black and white in that link really brings it home! We have come far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 The BBC interview with Adkins is superb. I think we have heard some more of this in the last 20 months! Interestingly 8 of the team from that game were in the 16 man squad last Saturday!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8968093.stm So 8 weren't. In 20 months. That's quite some turnover really... Your fall guys being : Seaborne (literally), Connolly, and subs Dickson, Jaidi, Mills, Wotton and Holmes. Plus Chamberlain, who we can't really say has "fallen". Harding and Puncheon were on the bench rather than the team, so you could argue they're another 2 on their way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 I assume that since that day we have won more League matches than any other team in English football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 From what I remember, I thought we started quite brightly, got the ball down and knocked it around nicely. If anything, they scored against the run of play but, after that, we flagged badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 The BBC interview with Adkins is superb. I think we have heard some more of this in the last 20 months! Interestingly 8 of the team from that game were in the 16 man squad last Saturday!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8968093.stm Wow! The feeling I have compared to how I felt back then, it's hard to believe it was less than 2 years ago. Look at the table on the right hand side of that link! The side we put out that day is just as good as the one we put out against Coventry. Especially if you were to add Lallana into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 I've heard "took over when we were 22nd in League One" trotted out a few times since Saturday but seeing it in black and white in that link really brings it home! We have come far It's not actually true though, we were 18th when he took over, as Brentford, Hartlepool and Tranmere all overtook us with results the same day of Adkins' first match as Saints manager. Adkins may have had nothing to do with the lame duck side which lost against MK Dons, but he actually took us down into 22nd in his first match... we weren't 22nd when he took over as manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 That match was the only occasion in 40 years of supporting Saints that I have left before the final whistle being so disappointed with the team's response to a new manager. In retrospect unreasonable expectations on my behalf perhaps. It didn't take Nigel Adkins long to instil some confidence and belief. It's telling that so many of the players that night were in Saturday's squad and it's testament to the fine job Nigel Adkins has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 To be fair, Lambert was on poor form and had been injured, only playing 6 minutes in the first two matches, Lallana was injured (his last match before this was the 4-0 win before Pardew got sacked), and we'd just had weeks of caretaker manager ineptitude which coincided with Lallana's absence with a 2-0 defeat home to Rochdale, a 3-0 thrashing home to Swindon and a 1-0 league loss at Swindon (who ended up relegated). We weren't anything like as bad as the league position appeared to show anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 I was there, problem was we just weren't 'Saints fit' in those days; Lambert clearly wasn't fit and we were pretty pedestrian everywhere that night. Seems crazy looking back .... 1500 fans away midweek in Lge one when we were off the back of a pretty ropey start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 I was there, problem was we just weren't 'Saints fit' in those days; Lambert clearly wasn't fit and we were pretty pedestrian everywhere that night. Seems crazy looking back .... 1500 fans away midweek in Lge one when we were off the back of a pretty ropey start to the season. Especially as we'd been dire in the previous 3 matches and already played MK Dons 3 times in the previous 9 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1576 Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 What an exciting evening it was. To be fair I'd be happy to still be watching. New job since then which includes Saturdays so hardly been to any games this year (of all years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 I was there, problem was we just weren't 'Saints fit' in those days; Lambert clearly wasn't fit and we were pretty pedestrian everywhere that night. Seems crazy looking back .... 1500 fans away midweek in Lge one when we were off the back of a pretty ropey start to the season. TBF a lot had bought their tickets assuming it would be a saturday fixture and our first away game of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 1 May, 2012 Share Posted 1 May, 2012 TBF a lot had bought their tickets assuming it would be a saturday fixture and our first away game of the season. Well reminded ... this game was the re-arranged one from the death of Markus earlier in the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 2 May, 2012 Share Posted 2 May, 2012 I was there. It was rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 2 May, 2012 Share Posted 2 May, 2012 I had to chauffeur the "Club Historian", who was a right old miserable bar-steward as we didn't have time for a pub stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 2 May, 2012 Share Posted 2 May, 2012 Our performance stunk almost as much as the pig **** whiff that filled the air around the ground Players came over at that the end to acknowledge the fans and got a load of abuse and jeers..... How things change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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