Ten Years Ago: a 1-1 draw at home
There was an early frost in the Midlands on 21st October 1995, something now less common in October, but it was a beautiful sunny day afterwards. I was at The Valley by 1.45 to chat with Steve from Sidcup.
My notes recall: 'Norwich played very well, Ashley Ward was particularly impressive. They closed us down in the first half. In the second half, Lee Bowyer scored a brilliant goal from thirty yards out. Unfortunately, Norwich came straight back and equalised.'
'Humphrey, who was injured last week, had a poor game for us. No sign of Kim Grant, fortunately, with Paul Williams playing.'
'A good game was spoilt by the ref [Paul Rejer from chavtastic Tipton who did not go on to greater things] who was booking like mad and sent John Robinson off for a second bookable offence after a Norwich player had shopped him.' In all, six other players were booked, three in the last two minutes of the first half. Dean Chandler, who now plays for Leyton, was an unused substitute.
The programme featured Paul Linger who was mentioned in the E Mail Bulletin this week after he was spotted playing for Wingate at Billericay Town (for whom he once played and where I lived for many years after moving from Plumstead Common). Wingate lost 1-0.
Paul said that his biggest disappointment in his career so far was not making the first team regularly and that he hadn't thought about what he would do when he finished playing. Welling was his least favourite ground, but I think that he may have subsequently played for them. His career was interrupted by, as I recall, a broken leg at Port Fail.
Looking at the sponsorship section of the programme, I notice that I was now sponsoring the training kit of Keith Jones (to whom I later dedicated a book), but also (as a job lot) the shirt, boots, trainers and tracksuit of Mike Ammann. I still have the Keith Jones training shirt, but I don't think that I even got one half of Ammann's track suit.
My notes recall: 'Norwich played very well, Ashley Ward was particularly impressive. They closed us down in the first half. In the second half, Lee Bowyer scored a brilliant goal from thirty yards out. Unfortunately, Norwich came straight back and equalised.'
'Humphrey, who was injured last week, had a poor game for us. No sign of Kim Grant, fortunately, with Paul Williams playing.'
'A good game was spoilt by the ref [Paul Rejer from chavtastic Tipton who did not go on to greater things] who was booking like mad and sent John Robinson off for a second bookable offence after a Norwich player had shopped him.' In all, six other players were booked, three in the last two minutes of the first half. Dean Chandler, who now plays for Leyton, was an unused substitute.
The programme featured Paul Linger who was mentioned in the E Mail Bulletin this week after he was spotted playing for Wingate at Billericay Town (for whom he once played and where I lived for many years after moving from Plumstead Common). Wingate lost 1-0.
Paul said that his biggest disappointment in his career so far was not making the first team regularly and that he hadn't thought about what he would do when he finished playing. Welling was his least favourite ground, but I think that he may have subsequently played for them. His career was interrupted by, as I recall, a broken leg at Port Fail.
Looking at the sponsorship section of the programme, I notice that I was now sponsoring the training kit of Keith Jones (to whom I later dedicated a book), but also (as a job lot) the shirt, boots, trainers and tracksuit of Mike Ammann. I still have the Keith Jones training shirt, but I don't think that I even got one half of Ammann's track suit.
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