View Full Version : a day never to be forgotten
the 12 th man
25/10/2004, 10:15 AM
the signs were ominous.
15 minutes to go and 1- 0 down in a game where we made most of the running.town simply refused to take their hand off the cup.
when prunty and barret combined in a move down the left side, the waterford defender was content to send the ball into row z.
the resulting throw in resulted in a move with alan kirby unleashing an unstoppable thunderbolt into the waterford net.
we had'nt even half celebrated his goal when paul keegan and eric lavine combined in a move that was started by a superb dean fitz through ball.
it ended with keegan side footing the ball passed a stranded goal keeper for the winner...........................grown men cried tears of joy as the longford faithful went delerious with joy. truly the best team won in a day that any town fan will never ever forget.
i thought i died and went to heaven ........... :D
De Town
25/10/2004, 10:37 AM
the signs were ominous.
15 minutes to go and 1- 0 down in a game where we made most of the running.town simply refused to take their hand off the cup.
when prunty and barret combined in a move down the left side, the waterford defender was content to send the ball into row z.
the resulting throw in resulted in a move with alan kirby unleashing an unstoppable thunderbolt into the waterford net.
we had'nt even half celebrated his goal when paul keegan and eric lavine combined in a move that was started by a superb dean fitz through ball.
it ended with keegan side footing the ball passed a stranded goal keeper for the winner...........................grown men cried tears of joy as the longford faithful went delerious with joy. truly the best team won in a day that any town fan will never ever forget.
i thought i died and went to heaven ........... :D
Well summed up there T12M :) It was unreal alright! I would have obviously taken a draw with 10 minutes to go but to get the winner was just out of this world!
btw, how was Reynolds not sent off yesterday? Keego and Murph got yellow cards for nothing while the little scumbag got away with nearly everything :mad:
sorbothegreek
25/10/2004, 11:32 AM
For anyone who's interested, were sticking the video of the game on in HQ (i.e JJ's lounge) at 2 o clock today. A day for drinking and bad singing.
CuanaD
25/10/2004, 12:42 PM
Well summed up there T12M :) It was unreal alright! I would have obviously taken a draw with 10 minutes to go but to get the winner was just out of this world!
btw, how was Reynolds not sent off yesterday? Keego and Murph got yellow cards for nothing while the little scumbag got away with nearly everything :mad:
As an independant I thought Reynolds should have been sent off - but the first Longford goal should have been dissallowed & restarted from the throw (because of the 2 balls on the pitch). I think you would rather take the win than a replay (with Reynolds suspended) on Wednesday!
What a day, What a night! Well done to the lads, to Alan and Aaron, it was really something special!
Still in shock, I don't know if we have scored two goals that quick before!
Delighted for Lavine and Man-of-the-Match award! Great day had by all.
Well done to Singing section, never gave up special mention to drummers, great atmosphere!
Btw commiserations to Waterford except Alan Reynolds....for you alone i am delighted!
oh just a note on Deano's tackle on Reynolds......priceless! :D
De Town
25/10/2004, 1:22 PM
As an independant I thought Reynolds should have been sent off - but the first Longford goal should have been dissallowed & restarted from the throw (because of the 2 balls on the pitch). I think you would rather take the win than a replay (with Reynolds suspended) on Wednesday!
There is a case that our 1st goal should have been dissalowed but we are not complaining!!! Obviously we wanted to win the cup yesterday instead of waiting until Wednesday but Reynolds should still have been sent off :D
De Town
25/10/2004, 1:22 PM
oh just a note on Deano's tackle on Reynolds......priceless! :D
It was quality alright :D
Pauro 76
25/10/2004, 3:48 PM
For anyone who's interested, were sticking the video of the game on in HQ (i.e JJ's lounge) at 2 o clock today. A day for drinking and bad singing.
Ah so that was why Casey brought in a video in JJs earlier! On the way back to London tonight, so wont be there unfortunatly. Magical atmosphere, unbelievable turnaround, well worth coming home for!!!!! And thanks for the welcome home too, will see you all at Xmas! :cool:
max power
25/10/2004, 3:53 PM
what can ya say, another european trip. i think god was looking down on us last night ;)
we have the setanta cup also.
amazing night, after missing the celebrations last year it was a very special night for me. never been so proud to wear the jersey, its a long way from 20 fans at my first game 20 yrs ago.
to all involved in the club all i can say is, thank you.
oh and hello pip :D
ConfusedBlue
25/10/2004, 7:04 PM
There is a case that our 1st goal should have been dissalowed but we are not complaining!!!
There's more than a case!!!It was shameful how that goal was allowed to stand,watch the game again and at least 3 WUFC players stopped and pointed to the ball.Any other ref would of stopped the game and ordered the throw to be retaken.
How many more times are we gonna be raped and pillaged by ye???Its gone beyond a joke at this stage!!!!!!!
Longfordian
25/10/2004, 7:10 PM
As your own manager says "play to the whistle", I spotted one waterford player paying attention to the second ball, if you disallow goals for that what's to stop someone throwing a ball on deliberately to stop a goalscoring threat?..The ref deemed it not interfering with play as did the chairman of the referees committee Pat Kelly, after the game.
max power
25/10/2004, 7:15 PM
There's more than a case!!!It was shameful how that goal was allowed to stand,watch the game again and at least 3 WUFC players stopped and pointed to the ball.Any other ref would of stopped the game and ordered the throw to be retaken.
How many more times are we gonna be raped and pillaged by ye???Its gone beyond a joke at this stage!!!!!!!
just as pat keanes goal for rockmount was disallowed in the 1/4 final, yww shouldn't have been there at all, at least rockmount might have brought someone to the game :rolleyes:
There's more than a case!!!It was shameful how that goal was allowed to stand,watch the game again and at least 3 WUFC players stopped and pointed to the ball.Any other ref would of stopped the game and ordered the throw to be retaken.
How many more times are we gonna be raped and pillaged by ye???Its gone beyond a joke at this stage!!!!!!!
By the letter of the law the game should have been pulled back but when the majority of the players played the whistle and then the gods of Longford scored, it would have not been just on these gods of Longford i.e Kirby and co. Blame the ref not us, oh yeah it was magic that it was Kirby that scored such a goal. You ain't confused homey ya just a sour grapes losa from waaaterford. Hard Luck all the same :)
P.S To the auld gimp that was jeering the town fans from below the east lower (approx.East Lower U) Bite My Bx :D
observer
26/10/2004, 9:04 AM
Brilliant day and night. Heroes all, Roy of The Rovers stuff as regards the last 20 minutes. The East stand showed what it is all about after Waterford scored as they all "Stood up for Longford Town". Unreal response and one which I have no doubt helped lift the team.
Delighted to see Eric get the award, though my man of the match was Garto. I thought that he was brilliant in the first half and both he and Sean Dillon more than filled the gap caused by Fergusions absence. Unreal that Alan Kirby was going to be substituted but they switched to John Martin at the last minute. Brilliant strike by him and good finish by Keegan. You couild see what his first goal for the club meant to him. What a time and place to score it!
Congrats to players, management, committee, Jim Hanley, lotto sellers, mercandise sellers, groundsmen, supporters.
You know I am starting to believe that the 3 in a row is on! :D :D :D
A very emotional day for me..... The Rathmines Inn, The Portobello, The 51 Haddington Road, the march to Lansdowne, Kirby's equaliser, Keego's winner, the celebrations, my burst onto the pitch (despite the best efforts of the stewards :p ), the night out in Tramco.........
Personally I thought the game was poor, the first half been dreadful in particular. But what a finish! That 'never say die' attitude once again came up trumps! Our experience from last year proved the difference. Once Waterford took the lead, they struggled to retain possession which cost them dearly in the end.
Our supporters were a credit (even if many of them jumped on the bandwagon). We are better with those type than no supporters at all. They're our 'Twelfth man!' A very poor turnout from Waterford indeed given the respective populations of both counties.
In conclusion, I am delighted for one Paul Keegan, a man who has endured so much in recent times. He never fulfilled his potential this season due to many injury set-backs and both study and family commitments. But his winner on Sunday will not be forgotten for manys the day!
observer
26/10/2004, 10:30 AM
It is on the television commentary. Couldn't believe it myself when I watched the video yesterday. The guy on the sideline said that they were going to sub Kerbs but changed their minds. Lucky they did.
Congratulations Lads,
While it was an awful way to lose, credit to Longford for not giving up. TBH, after the first half, I thought one goal was going to win it, but when we went one up , we started to lose our way, and ye piled on the pressure.
Great atmosphere in the East stand, particularly from the Longford fans, but we gave it a go too.
techs
26/10/2004, 11:11 AM
Take that all you paul keegan doubters. Its brilliant for him. Thanks keego we will never ever forget that goal. I dont think you will either. Well deserved. You won us the cup Cheers! Well done lavine great hand in both goals. Had the heart we needed to win. Only sad part of the day was leavin god out. Heartbreaking. He wouldnt have given reynolds such leaniency. The only thing i can say about that is f*** you matthews Once a t****r always a t****r.
max power
26/10/2004, 11:14 AM
Take that all you paul keegan doubters. Its brilliant for him. Thanks keego we will never ever forget that goal. I dont think you will either. Well deserved. You won us the cup Cheers! Well done lavine great hand in both goals. Had the heart we needed to win. Only sad part of the day was leavin god out. Heartbreaking. He wouldnt have given reynolds such leaniency. The only thing i can say about that is f*** you matthews Once a t****r always a t****r.
oh and those matthews doubters as well ;) one of the squad was commenting on ue negative comments and wasn't very impressed...... :D i think its time to bite the bullet and remove the sig !!
The only thing i can say about that is f*** you matthews Once a t****r always a t****r.
:confused:
max power
26/10/2004, 11:22 AM
ya didn't understand that, still drunk eh ;)
Partizan
26/10/2004, 12:15 PM
By the letter of the law the game should have been pulled back but when the majority of the players played the whistle and then the gods of Longford scored, it would have not been just on these gods of Longford i.e Kirby and co. Blame the ref not us, oh yeah it was magic that it was Kirby that scored such a goal. You ain't confused homey ya just a sour grapes losa from waaaterford. Hard Luck all the same :)
P.S To the auld gimp that was jeering the town fans from below the east lower (approx.East Lower U) Bite My Bx :D
Sad, so sad.....any chance of you being related to a ****ie?
Wiseguy
26/10/2004, 12:36 PM
I have to say that i am absolutely thrilled to bits for Keego. I will put my hand up & say that i have slated him on this MB so i get great satisfaction out of the fact that he scored the winner. I chatted him for a while on Sunday night and the guy is a gentleman and no one deserved the goal more than him. My heart goes out to the Waterford fans because to lose a final in such circumstances must be a real hard pill to swallow but on the other hand i am delighted that Rennie didn't get his hands on the trophy because he is a pure scumbag and deserves nothing out of football.
Well done Alan Matthews i am also delighted for you as it may shut up some of the muppets who constantly attack you on this MB even though you are the most successful manager in the history of the club but unfortunately that just isn't good enough for some fools.
Finally i thought the support was magnificent.I really think that made a huge difference in getting us out of jail it's just a shame we can't have it at Flancare every match.
C'MON THE TOWN
TheJamaicanP.M.
26/10/2004, 5:48 PM
Sunday was some experience. So many highlights from the day. Apart from the two goals and the mad celebrations, I particularly enjoyed seeing Dillo from foot.ie evade the tackles of 4 stewards to get from the East Stand onto the hallowed turf in Lansdowne. Watching Dillo burst through the despairing tackles reminded me of Simon Geoghegan at his best for Ireland in the early 1990s. What a day! C'mon the Town! :D
Longfordian
26/10/2004, 6:09 PM
Take that all you paul keegan doubters. Its brilliant for him. Thanks keego we will never ever forget that goal. I dont think you will either. Well deserved. You won us the cup Cheers! Well done lavine great hand in both goals. Had the heart we needed to win. Only sad part of the day was leavin god out. Heartbreaking. He wouldnt have given reynolds such leaniency. The only thing i can say about that is f*** you matthews Once a t****r always a t****r.
In all fairness what's that about, the man has established himself as Longford's most successful manager ever and you're telling him to f*ck off..why?! :confused: Maybve you're on a wind-up?! Can guess who the squad member was.."Not Shels not Bohs not Pats not Bray" perhaps?!!
max power
26/10/2004, 6:18 PM
Take that all you paul keegan doubters. Its brilliant for him. Thanks keego we will never ever forget that goal. I dont think you will either. Well deserved. You won us the cup Cheers! Well done lavine great hand in both goals. Had the heart we needed to win. Only sad part of the day was leavin god out. Heartbreaking. He wouldnt have given reynolds such leaniency. The only thing i can say about that is f*** you matthews Once a t****r always a t****r.
btw God has a capital G where i'm from, never use his name in vain again
Good Things....
The crowd at the 51
Cans from Oddbins when the going got busy in the 51
€2.23 a can compared to €4.90 a pint
Section O in the lane
The singing section working again
Section O proving they are the Town vocal support
The pigeon
"Alan Reynolds you're a wánker"
2 goals in a minute
The biggest and best town gooning ever for 2 in a minute
Reynolds not winning
The muggo Waterford fans down the front disappearing
Seeing the cup lifted again
Matthews proving the doubter dicks wrong
Celebrations at the 51
Croatian nips
Talking shít to UCD fans back inside the pub
Old style Town side bruises on my arms from banging the back of the stand
Bad Things....
The cost of a pint in the pub
The state of some of the younger lads and lasses at 3pm in the afternoon - I'm all for getting píssed at the match but puking and shifting your way through the afternoon is a bit much.
Knowing that most of the crowd never have and never will go out to Flancare
The above making out it meant so much to them
The above being the eL equivalent to the Ole Olers
The view from the singing section
Not being able to go back to Longford
Watching the lads head off and knowing what I'm missing
No all day drinking on the Monday this year either
Take that all you paul keegan doubters. Its brilliant for him. Thanks keego we will never ever forget that goal
You got that right, hes quality as Roddy put it on Sunday- Shame that even this cup hasn't shut Richardson and co. up :) . Theres something about sunday on 'sports tonight'
Longfordian
27/10/2004, 10:57 PM
Cop on I wouldnt worry the same question has been asked before to no decent reply. As regards Keego, as some fella said on Sun. night dont know who..saw spongebob's filly and said "jaysus lads she's a weapon..".Seemed to do the trick for Paul on Sunday anyway..Thoroughly delighted that he's come up trumps, his reaction all Sunday evening was a sight to behold, he absolutely revelled in being the hero and why not?!
Wiseguy
28/10/2004, 12:31 PM
As i have said above i am so happy for the guy words just can't describe it but there is no denying he has had a very poor season so let's all hope that this is the kick start he needed & i for one wish him all the best for the rest of the season.
Martinho II
28/10/2004, 1:36 PM
i am absolutely delighted for keego! spoke to a few of the players on sun night-deano and keego- real sound heads!
The Section o buzz was a sight to behold, the crepe paaper experiment worked brilliantly, sorbo and gerards drumming were something to behold, along with macys and pauro 7s drumming against the galavanisng!
sunday night some crack as well, jjs was very busy as a few of us were back in town for 9.30pm
thank you to alan matthews and the squad for the best two minute experience i will ever encounter!
max power
28/10/2004, 2:57 PM
eh, slight sarcastic tone 'n all ;)
As regards section O & the drummers - sure, 'twas your finest hour (absolutely no sarcasm intended !!)
thats section O plus guests.
Good things
The 51...
85 Mins..
86 Mins..
94 Mins...
The 51...
De Town...
The Carpark...
Busbys...
Pv's Monday Evening...
Getting my voice back today...
Taking the week off...
Dreaming that i woke up beside the cup monday morning...
Bad Things
Checking the room monday morning just in case i robbed it... :confused:
The worst hangover ever... :eek:
Bruises from the shutter...
Nearly getting trown out before the game for argueing with the stewerts about ppl sitting in our seats... :mad:
The FAI...
leesider
28/10/2004, 5:54 PM
lads how many were at the match? hope it looked for the tv cameras!
Longfordian
28/10/2004, 7:13 PM
eh, slight sarcastic tone 'n all ;)
Right..didnt cop that so to speak, had imbibed more than one at that stage
town73
28/10/2004, 8:59 PM
lads how many were at the match? hope it looked for the tv cameras!
Slightly under 10,000 (9,976 I think).
one word says it all Brilliant
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