Yep - those were the twin disasters of my footballing life

The Euro 96 shootout came close, however I was able to get very s**tfaced that night.

In 1990 I was stuck at home practically weeping.

Posted By: norway on October 7th 2013 at 14:43:39

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An NCFC regret you will take to your grave (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 7, 13:25:49
- Keelan pushing Graydon's penalty onto the post AND NO CITY DEFENDERS RUNNING IN (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 7, 15:28:00
  - and we'd just finished singing "are you watching Ipswich Scum" You just knew how it was (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 15:31:51
- Roeder missing my tenure as England manager (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Oct 7, 15:09:31
- Not going to the San Siro (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 7, 15:08:26
  - conversely, not going to Munich. The only one of the 6 I missed. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Oct 7, 23:20:48
- Missing games when i worked offshore/abroad (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 7, 15:08:14
- Going for a piss mid game. (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Oct 7, 15:00:40
- Following my dad.... (NCFC) - yellowman, Oct 7, 15:00:30
- Allowing my dad to talk me into running onto the pitch with him (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 14:56:43
  - LOL (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 15:04:20
- Telling my work colleagues how Sibiserski would be a Norwich legend. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 14:54:07
- Believing my dad when he said we (NCFC) - asics_kit, Oct 7, 14:52:35
- Not bottling out... (NCFC) - yellowman, Oct 7, 14:40:29
- Every time I've thought a trip to Selhurst Park sounds a good idea... (NCFC) - Meh, Oct 7, 14:40:01
  - VIMTO (n/m) (NCFC) - col canary, Oct 7, 16:20:12
- Trying the vegan pie option on Sunday. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 14:23:19
  - Arf. (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Oct 7, 15:11:58
- Deciding at the last minute not to accompany my son to CR for the Shefield United 4-2 game (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 14:21:20
  - If that's the biggest regret in your 85 years of support (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 14:22:20
    - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 7, 14:56:53
    - 20 years of partial support (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 14:23:26
- Spending four hours making green and yellow crepe "confetti" only to leave (NCFC) - Pixelman, Oct 7, 14:14:53
  - pmsl (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 14:36:38
- turning up at the '89 and '92 FA Cup semi-finals (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 14:04:34
  - The '92 semifinal is the worst game NCFC will ever do (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 7, 14:18:47
    - I was at a hotel with my family (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 14:23:04
      - That was by far the worst I've ever felt after a Norwich game (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 14:26:17
        
        and then they wimped out to Jan Molby at wembley. (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 14:36:23
        
        neither did norway (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 14:59:08
        
        Sickening goading descends to a new low. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 15:00:38
        
        trolling of the worst kind isn't it, beaten only by rampant ageism (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 15:26:34
        
        I think you age is absolutely fantastic (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 15:43:57
        
        That's ok then (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 15:53:42
        
        I agree you old duffer. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 15:27:44
        
        Excellent (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 15:28:39
        
        I went back to Uni after the Easter break (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 14:33:00
        
        I felt similarly bad after Italia 90 penalty disaster too (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 14:34:37
        
        Yep - those were the twin disasters of my footballing life (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 14:43:39
        
        I think I did shed a tear in 90 (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 14:52:52
        
        They stopped caring in 2006. What a turd of a team effort that was. (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 14:55:56
        
        euro 96 savage too (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 14:48:47
        
        I havent recovered yet from running around the pub like a total mentalist (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 14:47:44
        
        The whole country did that! (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 15:02:52
        
        lol. I was living in South Ealing at the time. My local was the New Inn. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 15:26:58
        
        Nice down there (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 15:44:31
        
        Agree. Used to walk to Brentford for the occasional game as well. (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 15:47:38
        
        First thing I saw was the score. It was the same! Impossible! (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 15:05:05
        
        Ditto. I was 12 at the time, only been a supporter for a couple of years. (NCFC) - bird table, Oct 7, 14:31:39
        
        *were (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Oct 7, 14:32:40
      - Why? (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Oct 7, 14:25:16
  - rofl (n/m) (NCFC) - fal5taff, Oct 7, 14:08:48
- Going by train to the play off final in Cardiff (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 7, 13:51:53
  - Nearly going by car to Cardiff (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Oct 7, 14:07:44
  - Going by coach to the play-off final (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 13:53:21
    - atleast you saw all of the matches (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 7, 14:13:37
- Not getting a ticket for the 1p5wich game, beam back was fun though (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Oct 7, 13:43:31
  - Same, not even jumping about with Hucks in Roccos made up for it. (n/m) (NCFC) - Malkys Head, Oct 7, 15:59:35
- not cutting the brake lines on A1 RTC... (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:35:57
  - also Barnsley (a) 1986 (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:44:50
- burnley away (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 13:30:52
  - 5-3? (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:49:06
    - indeed (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 14:46:47
      - It was fucking awesome. (n/m) (NCFC) - Malkys Head, Oct 7, 15:09:39
        
        thanks (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 15:10:27
        
        No bother, although still preferred Rotherham 4-4 in some ways. (n/m) (NCFC) - Malkys Head, Oct 7, 15:23:16
        
        Remember the fight in the tunnel at halftime? All you could see was the poly thing shaking (n/m) (NCFC) - Meh, Oct 7, 16:46:13
        
        Poly thing - the tunnel cover they pull out for the players to walk down (n/m) (NCFC) - Meh, Oct 7, 16:47:14
        
        yes was brilliant (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 17:02:45
        
        The carnage when Francis equalised - glorious! (n/m) (NCFC) - Malkys Head, Oct 7, 15:54:38
        
        yep good old bundle with the players (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 16:08:19
        
        yes i made that one at least! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 7, 15:36:07
- Not going to any UEFA cup away games. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 13:29:30
  - Yes, this. (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 13:54:17
    - Agreed. Didn't Eadie make his debut vs Vitesse in the round before? (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 7, 14:20:38
    - I have personally never heard Carrow Road so loud as that match... (NCFC) - Greeny, Oct 7, 14:18:18
      - the night the Snakepit opened for business (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 14:37:37
      - The moment of ecstatic release as Gossy scored (NCFC) - norway, Oct 7, 14:20:45
      - The MilkCup Semi v scummers was my fave night. (NCFC) - Pit, Oct 7, 14:20:11
        
        I was in the River End for that one, Barclay for Munich... (NCFC) - Greeny, Oct 7, 15:26:32
- What was he doing? (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 13:27:05
  - Laughing openly in fans faces (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 7, 13:32:59
    - He's a Norwich fan though... (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 13:46:41
      - since when has that precluded anyone being an utter tit? (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Oct 7, 13:56:13
        
        Well, indeed. But laughing at fans after a relegation? (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 13:57:46
        
        hmmmm.... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Oct 7, 14:01:05
    - Is he the one that's being done for Yewtree? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 7, 13:44:40
      - No, that's Mike Souter (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 13:46:55
        
        as my 6 year old would say, JINX (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:47:56
        
        I counted to 10 very quickly (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Oct 7, 13:49:46
        
        Andrew Albert Christian Edward Windsor (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:53:29
      - no, that's Mike Souter (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:46:13
        
        Aha. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 7, 13:48:21
    - always thought he was a bit of a twat (n/m) (NCFC) - Mozzer, Oct 7, 13:43:47
    - I've got photos from that day - must dig'em out (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Oct 7, 13:40:31

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