QuoteMarch '07, Ferrycarrig Park. Coldest day I ever spent at a football match in all my 46 years but LOI football came to Wexford, happy days.
I remember that!Originally Posted by Row Z
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So close!
Last edited by pete; 27/07/2008 at 7:59 PM.
March '07, Ferrycarrig Park. Coldest day I ever spent at a football match in all my 46 years but LOI football came to Wexford, happy days.
Two away games stand out for me.
Obviously Derry v Gretna because of the fantastic travelling support, the great goals and the nicest fish and chips in Scotland
The Derry v Cork game on the last day of the season in 2005 was bittersweet.Having known we only needed to draw to take the title, we were 2-0 with about 10 or 20 mins to go and the Derry fans started singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
Having a joint rendition of "City till I die" with some Cork fans just after the game was pretty special too.
Robbie Hedderman. Arguably the greatest Derry City player of all time...
My favourite moment following Shels happened, ironically enough, in a pub. Having been to Iceland for the first round of the CL, I simply could not afford to travel to Split for the second round. The night of the game, myself and my mate went up to the Station House in Raheny. My other mate, who was at the game, was sending me regular text updates. I had given up all hope when I got a text saying it was three one to Split. The two of us were fairly gutted to say the least. We just sat watching the time tick by, then at quatre past nine the phone beeped again. I was literally afraid to look at it for a minute or two. When I eventually opened the text, it read : 3-2 Moore 90 mins! The two of us went crazy in the pub. Nobody had a clue what we were so happy about and we got some funny looks but, needless to say, we didn't give a damn! I think that goal was easily the most important one we scored that year. What a night, what a summer...never forget it. I'm smiling here just thinking about it.
Since our demise, there's one night that sticks out for me - our first league game in the 1st division, I'm almost certain it was against Kildare. We were one down for quite a while but got an equaliser late on and the place erupted. Up until a few weeks before the game, I wasn't even sure whether we would be able to field a team. The players must have thought we were mad as we celebrated as if we had beaten Hayduk all over again. The look on eyerybody's faces told its own story, yes we were in the 1st division but the Reds were back!
The game where Hitchcock went into goal was definitely in Rathbane, against Drogheda. Kevin McCarthy scored, then McKenna and Steven Craig were both sent off, but the Drogheda striker (John Ryan??) missed both.
Tomorrow I'll be shouting me lungs out for Drogs in the Connaght St stand, (& in the long bar after)
then on Thursday I'll be shouting me lungs out for Pats in Richmond Park (& maybe 1 or 2 after that too)
It's gonna be GREAT!
In the last twenty one years, we've had no home, had to endure boycotts, played our "home" games at five different venues, almost went of existence, went through examinership and had some very dark days indeed. Yet we've come out the other side beating the GAA on our way and even though we were "homeless" we still managed to add another league title to our portfolio. We gave everyone else had twenty one years to catch up on us, but we're still standing tall with 15 league and 24 cups. Yet Bohs call themselves "the Big Club"
Roll on Tallghtfornia.
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