A significant night

but did it really change much?

Saunders was gone just 14 games later (20 pts from his last 35 Lge games) and then Bond arrived.

If we had been relegated in May 1973 would Saunders have stayed? Who knows.
Certainly John Bond's profile was already high at this stage, with a promo & nearly in successive seasons.

Also noteworthy is the similarity between 1972/3 and 1984/5 in the way the season went - good start, getting to Wembley, results nosedive after Xmas.

Posted By: Henclrikus on February 8th 2022 at 11:38:27

Message Thread

Invoke the spirit of April 1973 (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 8, 07:51:15
- Signing Trevor Hockey kept us up. (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Feb 8, 11:41:41
- Was also in the Barclay that night (NCFC) - Old Splat, Feb 8, 10:33:47
- Teams that night (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 8, 08:31:00
- I was in the South Stand aged 14. I couldn’t see much but it was exciting (n/m) (NCFC) - shortfatb, Feb 8, 08:29:40
- Remember Alan Black of all people missing a sitter with about 10 to go (NCFC) - trt354, Feb 8, 08:28:30
  - Big Dunc ‘distracted’ the Palace keeper for String to score, allegedly! (n/m) (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 8, 08:33:10
- Number one at the time: Now the whole damned bus is cheerin' And I can't believe I see (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 08:23:34
- That's basically one of the biggest moments in our history (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 08:09:57
  - A significant night (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 8, 11:38:27
  - Yeah, me neither. Enjoyed reading about it. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Feb 8, 09:57:33
    - My first game was 1979 too. (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 10:11:36
      - Always annoyed I can't remember my first game (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 12:34:11
        
        pretty good recall (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 8, 12:47:31
        
        Ooh, thanks for that! (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 13:54:32
  - sorry not taking the piss , but i find that hard to believe (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 8, 08:50:40
    - Seriously. Had no idea. Knew we stayed up but not the story. (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 09:02:41
      - That’s really poor (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 09:46:17
        
        i wasn't around for WW2 but I'm aware it happened (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 8, 10:17:01
        
        As important as beating palace was (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 11:07:50
        
        yes it was (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 8, 12:19:24
      - 👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 8, 09:04:07
- There also that night. Still have the programme.... (n/m) (NCFC) - Saucerer, Feb 8, 08:04:56
- British Leyland launched the Austin Allegro (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 8, 07:54:49
  - In 1973 I swapped one of these: (NCFC) - CB41, Feb 8, 09:02:15
    - ^^^ Was having a midlife crisis (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 8, 09:14:01
      - I was 22, so early life, and that's why I got my next one (NCFC) - CB41, Feb 8, 10:01:47
        
        Nice. She's a beaut. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 8, 10:35:13
  - As you’re a fan (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:07:36
    - ?!? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 8, 08:47:14
      - He’s talking about the JH paper you told me about the other day (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:54:32
    - Oh! (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 08:12:38
      - For you (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 08:19:21
        
        👏😊 (She's right though, the blue one would be better) (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 08:22:20
        
        It doesn't even look new! (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 08:27:00
        
        Rusting before they left the forecourt (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 08:42:22
        
        Friends of my parents bought a new Princess (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 08:45:29
        
        Haha! Apparently they often left the cars outside unpainted (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 08:50:16
        
        I served my apprenticeship in a Leyland garage (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 8, 08:53:56
      - He's obsessed (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 8, 08:14:29
        
        Just like Q (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:22:42
        
        I have no objection to reading the Tweet. In fact I enjoy SCC's links (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 08:20:35
        
        I wasn't being confrontational at all (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 8, 09:19:45
        
        There's definitely been a bit of a misunderstanding! I wanted to explain that I wasn't (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 10:08:35
        
        Quite funny (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 09:51:57
        
        Lots of misunderstanding regarding Mikey's intentions with that post (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 09:39:37
        
        Double standards (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 8, 09:43:37
        
        It's the way *literally everyone else apart from you* is rolling. (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 09:45:47
        
        Haha (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, Feb 8, 09:51:06
        
        I was so disappointed when my parents chose the Maxi instead of the Allegro in 1973 (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 08:28:31
        
        My dad had a Maxi 1750 HLS and my mum an Allegro for a brief moment in time- (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Feb 8, 09:07:58
        
        I haven't argued about anything related, at all. (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 8, 08:51:59
        
        As in ... (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 8, 08:55:50
        
        He was rather miffed with the original headline (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 09:01:59
        
        I saw his tweet and immediately thought of you (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:55:34
        
        his desert islands discs was brilliant and v funny (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 8, 09:52:04
        
        No! I knew this because I'd followed the thread about it with SCC and Paul G (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 08:41:31
        
        Swamp this thread with 70s car chat. It's for the best 😄 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 08:43:31
        
        My mum had a Hillman Imp for a time. I'm usually above this sort of thing (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 08:52:24
        
        My first car haha (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 09:45:53
        
        I’m sure they said “whose” … (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 09:05:51
        
        Haha! Nope! They definitely said "who's". I remember thinking at the time, (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Feb 8, 09:09:11
        
        Born to teach! (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 09:15:08
        
        Rascals 😄 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 09:01:06
        
        Sorry Miss (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 08:42:54
        
        "smacks him in the face" (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 08:33:29
        
        Ah that was a gorgeous car (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 08:39:00
        
        Ha! (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 08:42:05
        
        Where did you go? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:56:22
        
        Lady Bailey Caravan Site - Winterbourne Whitechurch. Every year! (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 09:00:44
        
        Ouch! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 09:03:15
        
        Haha - we loved it. When you're young, any holiday is amazing. (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 09:43:08
        
        Ah you got to lots of places then (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 10:24:20
        
        Our destination was the south of France (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 11:11:23
        
        Fuck you (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 11:18:11
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 8, 11:24:34
        
        My mum was born there (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 8, 10:40:01
        
        ^^ posh (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 8, 08:46:26
        
        We weren’t arguing at all thanks! (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:31:39
        
        I should have probably PMed him! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 8, 08:24:03

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