forevertufc wrote:Ok, I have obviously missed something here, and curiosity has now killed the cat, who is Shane Duff?
Ahhhh. You are probably to young to remember the promotion under Leroy Rosenior. Wow what a season. The most positive brilliant attacking football we had seen in many a year and culminating in that famous match at the end of the season where we needed that win to go up and then hope other teams results went our way.
All sat with baited breath for the start with well over 1,000 fans having made the journey to Sarfend. The away stand was nigh on full and we had the likes of Ells Bells and all the famous fans there.
The match started at a frantic pace with us almost laying seige to their goal. David Graham and I can't remember who else scored to give us a 2-0 lead and we looked in all probability as if we would just miss out as Huddersfield were in the lead at Cheltenham.
Sarfend made us a little uncomfortable toward the end of the match by scoring but we held on to a memorable win. Ells bells bless er little heart kept us informed of what was happening elswhere and with Huddersfield winning ast Cheltenham things didn't look too good for us untill at the death Shane Duff came toward their goal and let fly with a 25 yarder from an angle and it flew into the net giving Cheltenham a draw but more importantly meant that Huddersfiled lost 2 points and we had the one goal difference that gave us promotion. Shane Duff was very much the Hero that day and I long remember us singing the praises of Shane Duff for months after.
If he came to the Gulls he would be a hero even if he was too old for us.
[quote="forevertufc"]Ok, I have obviously missed something here, and curiosity has now killed the cat, who is Shane Duff?[/quote]
Ahhhh. You are probably to young to remember the promotion under Leroy Rosenior. Wow what a season. The most positive brilliant attacking football we had seen in many a year and culminating in that famous match at the end of the season where we needed that win to go up and then hope other teams results went our way.
All sat with baited breath for the start with well over 1,000 fans having made the journey to Sarfend. The away stand was nigh on full and we had the likes of Ells Bells and all the famous fans there.
The match started at a frantic pace with us almost laying seige to their goal. David Graham and I can't remember who else scored to give us a 2-0 lead and we looked in all probability as if we would just miss out as Huddersfield were in the lead at Cheltenham.
Sarfend made us a little uncomfortable toward the end of the match by scoring but we held on to a memorable win. Ells bells bless er little heart kept us informed of what was happening elswhere and with Huddersfield winning ast Cheltenham things didn't look too good for us untill at the death Shane Duff came toward their goal and let fly with a 25 yarder from an angle and it flew into the net giving Cheltenham a draw but more importantly meant that Huddersfiled lost 2 points and we had the one goal difference that gave us promotion. Shane Duff was very much the Hero that day and I long remember us singing the praises of Shane Duff for months after.
If he came to the Gulls he would be a hero even if he was too old for us.
