Signing Trevor Hockey kept us up.

Ferocious CM destroyer.
Transferred in the summer I think.
My last game before flying off to New Zealand for 3 years.

Posted By: canary_wharf on February 8th 2022 at 11:41:41

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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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