Best/Worst moments?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

What's your favourite and least favourite moments of supporting your team?

My favourite: I can't decide between Anelka missing his penalty in Moscow or Park's goal against Liverpool. Anelka's miss because it meant we won the Champions League and Park's goal because I was there. I went equally mental for both, but probably moreso for Park because there was 70-odd-thousand like minded people there with me, rather than a dog for Anelka's.:P

Least favourite: Sitting in OT watching United get bitch-slapped around the place by City on the 50th anniversary of Munich, pure and utter embarrassment.

How about you?

gustavo

Best
Surviving relegation in 1999
Winning 1st Division 2005
Qualifying for Europe in 2008
Worst
Getting relegated 2000
Losing Cup final 2009

Pepe LeFrits

Off the top of my head -

Best:
Alan Smith vs Parma
Wiltord vs Man United
Henry vs Real Madrid

Worst:
Nayim
Eto'o
Phillips

James Forde

the last five minutes of the champions league final in 1999

Xavi6

City

Best
- The Munich derby win
- Travelling to Copenhagen for a European game last year
- Watching Neville feed The Goat
- The comeback of all comebacks to beat Spurs in the FA Cup
- Paul Dickov's goal against Gillingham

Worst
- Relegation in 1996
- Relegation in 1998
- The death of Marc Vivien Foe
- Losing 5-0 to United in 1995 (Kanchelskis hattrick)
- Alan Ball

Shelbourne -

Best
- Celebrating on the pitch with the players after winning the title in both 2004 and 2006.

Worst -
- Losing to Derry on penos in the League Cup Final in 2006. Loooooong journey back on the bus after a defeat like that.

Gavin "shels"

Best:
1. Walking over the bridge at Fagans in Drumcondra for the first match of the 2007 season and seeing the floodlights.
2. European games
3. Beating Bohs 2-1 in Tolka last game of the 2006 season to win the League.

Worst:
1. Throwing away promotion two years in a row



So many for both.

Gavin "shels"

Xavi6 wrote: »

Shelbourne -


Worst -
- Losing to Derry on penos in the League Cup Final in 2006. Loooooong journey back on the bus after a defeat like that.

Not to mention they only had 9 men. Still remember that trip and the convoy of buses.

BrandonFlowers

best was by far the 99 CL final. myself and my brother watchin it while my dad went for a walk because he couldn't handle the stress!! he came back to find the two of us in a pile celebrating!!

(closely followed by the 08 final when anelka missed but this time we had a way bigger pile:D:D)

worst was when united played boro a few years back in OT. it was our first EPL game to be at and boro won 3-2 including the smallest man on the pitch, juninho, grabbing two headers! was a long journey home!

(special mention goes to ireland v france definitely the longest journey home i've ever experienced with every person we met french, english, scoish telling us we were robbed and sorry for our troubles!)

Professey Chin

Best: Peter Schmeichels penalty save from Bergkamp in the 99 FA Cup Semi-Final.
Was always my favourite player and even though he was leaving at the end of that season it showed how important he was between the posts at crucial times.

Worst- Probably the City game on munichs anniversary, although I had a bad feeling about that game as soon as I saw the old style kit

dfx-

Rovers

Best:

1. League Win in 1994
2. Limerick 0-2 Rovers, 2006. Title clincher with Myler's strike..
3. Bohs 0-2 Rovers, FAI Cup 2006
4. Walking into Rovers Pats with both stands open and full last season..
5. Tony Cousins 96/97

Worst:

1. 4-6
2. Rovers 0-1 Bray, towards the end of 2005. I realised relegation there and then. Waterford won in Derry and SPA won with nine men in Cork..
3. Bohs 1-0 Rovers, FAI Cup semi final at Dalymount ca. 00/01 with Crowe scoring in the 88th minute. :mad:
4. Kilkenny 0-0 Rovers on a Tuesday night, 2006 in front of about 30 fans. The same night as France v Spain in the World Cup..shudders in memory

major bill

BEST
Ireland v holland 2001
bohs double winning leagues of 2001 2008
liverpool champions league 2005
bohs v aberdeen uefa cup 2000

Worst
first bohs/rovers game in tallaght
ireland v spain 2002 world cup
ireland v france 2009
liverpool v man united 1996 fa cup final(only a child but i was gutted)


worst moment of all that was a huge blow had to have been salzburgs 87th minute winner against bohs to knock them out of the champions league, at the time we faced the reality that we had to win that game to help the clubs financial difficulties cos first division was a possible scenario and to go to austria and get a draw where most teams struggled was some achievement, never felt so bitter after a game when they won heartbreaking!!!!!!

SlickRic

Liverpool:

Least -

Finishing 8th under Souness.
Feeling embarrassed at half time of the Champions League Final in 2005.

Best -

From the 2nd half onwards of Istanbul 2005.
Utd 1-4 Liverpool.
Gerrard's rocket, while standing on a cramped leg, in the 92nd minute of the 2007 FA Cup final to make it 3-3.

DazMarz

Best:

-Lampard seals the Premiership title against Bolton.
-Chelsea hammer United 5-0 in the 99/00 Season
-Beating Liverpool 3-1 in the Champions League semi-final first leg; followed up by 4-4 in the Bridge.

Worst:

-Iniesta's 92nd minute strike to rob Chelsea in the semi-final last season
-John Terry's penalty miss against United in Moscow
-Getting smashed 5-1 by Barca in the 99/00 Champions League

mike65

Best in recent memory - about 10.30pm on May 25th 2005

Worst in recent memory - The seeing the starting 11 in the 2007 European Cup final

Essien

Worst -
Iniesta's goal at Stamford Bridge last year
JT missing the peno in Moscow

Best -
2-0 win away to Bolton, April 2005
Putting 5 past United at the Bridge

Snap DazMarz!

_blank_

Shels

Best - Being still in business in 2007

Worst - two seconds after the euphoria of beating Bohs in 2006, knowing we were fúcked.

Boards

Best - Our first medal win in the Winter 08/09 league

Worst - the fact that we always seem to collapse after the Xmas break, two years running we've dropped points in mid January that have cost us titles.

Melion

Liverpool:

Best:
1. Second half in Istanbul
2. Luis Garcia's "Goal" against Chelsea and the whistle blowing after 6 minutes of heart attack inducing stoppage time
3. Dossena lobbing Van Der Sar last March
4. Gerrard V West Ham in 2006
5. Gerrard V Olympiakos in December 2005

Worst:
1. Being cheated out of the Champions League by Chelsea last season
2. Athens 2007
3. First half in Istanbul
4. Being beaten 3-0 at Old Trafford 2 years ago
5. Finally accepting defeat in the title race last season

Spiritoftheseventies

Best- The look on Arsenal Fan brothers face when Pool knocked them out of the champions league (he does go on and on about that emirates stadium)

Worst- Losing to Milan in 2007 final . Depressing stuff.

Melion

Oh yeah, forgot Arsenal in 2007 . Babels break against Fabregas and finish was excellent

Mitch Connor

Five times I went most mental

1. Solskjaer in 99.
2. Giggs vs Arsenal 99 (just a great match too)
3. Anelka miss 08
4. Macheda vs Villa
5. Owen vs City this season.

Worst

1. CL final vs Barcelona - I had Barca as favourites, but the ineptness of the performance was hard to take.
2. Losing to Liverpool 4-1 last season
3. Losing the Munich Derby - the players needed to give more that day (100% credit to the City fans that day, great occasion.)
4. Away to West Ham 95....
5. Knocked out vs Porto in 03(?) with that last minute goal.

tony1kenobi

Best: Michael Thomas goal at Anfield

Worst: Paul Merson sober.

Gillington

City

Best

Nicky Weavers celebration in the playoff final v Gillingham
Goater against United
SWP's goal and celebration against United
The 2-1 win on Munich anniversary*

Worst

Goin 2-0 down to Gillingham (the hole punched in the wall still remains!)
Losing Georgi Kinkladze
Relegation 1996

*

super_furry

Best:
The day the news came through for the High Court that the 400 Club had been appointed as the owners of Shamrock Rovers and that the club would continue to exist. It was such a massive high that even when we were relegated that season, it didn't feel as bad as it should have.

Winning promotion from the Discover Ireland league. Long before Cork and Derry tried to get in on the trend, Rovers were there. You haven't experienced real football until you've stood in a tree in a stupidly overcrowded Station Road to watch your team play Kildare ****ing County. That was a mental, mental season and while the First Division was a nice place to visit, I wouldn't want to live there.

March 2009 in Tallaght against Sligo RFC.

LuckyLloyd

Liverpool:

Worst

- 1996 FA Cup final
- Lucio popping up in 2002 to break my heart after I'd beat my chest like a madman following Litmanen's goal to put us back in front

Best

- Gary McAllister's kick of justice at Goodison Park. Great "**** you" moment!
- The 10 minutes of madness in Istanbul

L'prof

Best:
Any victory against United
'98 Double
Wiltord in Old Trafford while in a Castleknock pub full of United fans.
Henry v Barthez
Bergkamp v Newcastle
'04 Invincibles
Henry in the Bernabeu

Worst:
Any loss to United
Nayim
Michael Owen in Wembley
Almunia in Stade de France

marko91

best
winning the 2005 CL
united 1-4 liverpool
getting rid of cheyrou, biscan etc:rolleyes:
many more...

worst
just about every moment of lpools 09/10 season
united 4-0 liverpool:(
LOSING CL FINAL IN 07!! bloody heartbreaking:(:(
knowing benitez took 1 step forward then 10 steps back:rolleyes:
cant say hillsborough i wasnt alive but my dad was there!
selling luis garcia..i duno i just love that man

Mushy

LEEDS(we have best moments?)

Best
Viduka 4 against Liverpool
Beating Deportive, Milan, in CL
3-2 against Arsenal to save us from relegation
1-0 against United in like 95. Was one of first times eeing, Macca scored

Worst
Peter Ridsdale saga
Playoff loses(all of them)
being a general laughing stock

BOHtox

major bill wrote: »

BEST
Ireland v holland 2001
bohs double winning leagues of 2001 2008
liverpool champions league 2005
bohs v aberdeen uefa cup 2000

Worst
first bohs/rovers game in tallaght
ireland v spain 2002 world cup
ireland v france 2009
liverpool v man united 1996 fa cup final(only a child but i was gutted)


worst moment of all that was a huge blow had to have been salzburgs 87th minute winner against bohs to knock them out of the champions league, at the time we faced the reality that we had to win that game to help the clubs financial difficulties cos first division was a possible scenario and to go to austria and get a draw where most teams struggled was some achievement, never felt so bitter after a game when they won heartbreaking!!!!!!

I agree with that alright but if I had to pick one of each it would be:
Best:
Winning the peno shoot-out against Derry to win the double.

Worst:
Losin to Salzburg in the 87th minue. I was never more sad or depressed. It was devastating to see the ball slowly chipping over Brian Murphy's head and Ken Oman's desperate attempt to clear it. I was in tears when the final whistle went I thought that was the end of Bohs but the Gypsies rule the country like they've always done before.

Some people will never understand the emotions and values of being a true football fan who doesn't sit on a bar stool .

M5

NUFC

Best

Thumping United 5:0, still remember Alan Greens reaction on five live, almost wet himself. Two cracking goals (Ginola and Albert)

Worst

Relegation last season/Capitulating a 12 pt lead, both equally soul destroying

Runner up
Loving it

The_Kew_Tour

Man United

Best
Champions league 08 (sore head in work next day cant remember getting home it was that good)
Treble in 99
Beating Barca in 08 Scholes goal what a atmosphere
Mark Huges goal against Oldham in 1994 been no double only for it.

Worst
1995 against West Ham
Loosing cup final in 05 when outplayed Arsenal.
Defeat against Barca in 09

Ireland
Best
Holland 2001
Norn Ireland in windsor 93
and the performance against France last year in paris was glad to be there lady luck was not on our side.
Italy 94

Worst
Macedonia 99
Henry handball last year
Switzerland 05

MR NINE

Melion wrote: »

Liverpool:

Best:
1. Second half in Istanbul
2. Luis Garcia's "Goal" against Chelsea and the whistle blowing after 6 minutes of heart attack inducing stoppage time
3. Dossena lobbing Van Der Sar last March
4. Gerrard V West Ham in 2006
5. Gerrard V Olympiakos in December 2005

Worst:
1. Being cheated out of the Champions League by Chelsea last season
2. Athens 2007
3. First half in Istanbul
4. Being beaten 3-0 at Old Trafford 2 years ago
5. Finally accepting defeat in the title race last season

Refresh my memory?

doc_17

Best: Istanbul

Worst: Seeing Xabi leave or watching any Sam Allardyce team "play"

CSF

Best:
Beating Bohs for 2006 title

Worst:
Limerick.

Hammer Archer

Best:
Our run to the FA Cup final in 2006.
Bobby Zamora's goal against Preston in the 2005 playoff final.
Beating Man Utd on the last day in 2007 to stay up.
Tevez's first ever goal for us against Spurs and subsequent celebration.
Rob Green singlehandedly keeping Arsenal at bay when we beat them during our great escape in 07.
Ludek Miklosko against Man U in 95

Worst:
The feeling of utter devastation after Spurs beat us 4-3 in 2007 which left me resigned to relegation.
The feeling of utter devastation after Wolves beat us 3-1 last week which left me resigned to relegation.
The 6-0 demolition by Reading.
The 91st minute of the 2006 FA Cup Final :mad:
Relegation in 02/03.
Three 4-0 defeats in a row 2 seasons ago.
Getting destroyed 4-1 by Millwall in 2004.

The bad moments always seem to outnumber the good when you're supporting West Ham.

LuckyLloyd

marko91 wrote: »

best
winning the 2005 CL
united 1-4 liverpool
getting rid of cheyrou, biscan etc:rolleyes:
many more...

worst
just about every moment of lpools 09/10 season
united 4-0 liverpool:(
LOSING CL FINAL IN 07!! bloody heartbreaking:(:(
knowing benitez took 1 step forward then 10 steps back:rolleyes:
cant say hillsborough i wasnt alive but my dad was there!
selling luis garcia..i duno i just love that man

Igor Biscan was, is, and always will be a king amongst mere men. Wash your mouth out sir. :mad:

daniel91

Best:

beating gretna 5-1 away in the uefa cup
beating st.pats 4-3 a.e.t in the fai cup final
beating gothenburg home and away in uefa cup

Worst:

Losing to bohs on penalties in the cup final
Getting relegated in 2009
Pat fenlon becoming manager!

m@cc@

Best:

1. 1999 CL Final
2. Cantona's winner at St. James Park 1996
3. Man U 6-1 Arsenal - 2001
4. Juve 2-3 Man U 1999
5. Ireland 1-0 Italy 1994


Worst:

1. League Cup Final 1994
2. Barca 4-0 1994
3. Newcastle 5-0 Man U 1996
4. Man U 0-1 Arsenal 1998
5. Man U 0-1 Dortmund 1997


EDIT: Just seen someone else post Hughes goal against Oldham, deserves to be in the top 5 I have to say.

Kirnsy

Its tough to break down to a few but im going to go for:

Arsenal

Best
When Fabregas scored vrs Juventus

The young pretender shows the world why Wenger was right to let Vieira leave.


When fabregas scored v milan

Outplaying milan ( a proper milan team) home and away culminating with the most unbelievable long ranger to seal our path into the next round.

Henry scoring v Real Madrid in the Bernebeau

it was this one or the goal v inter in the san siro. This edges it because of its importance (won us the tie) and the audacity to do that to Madrid in Madrid.



I was only 14 at the time of the invincibles and presumed that arsenal were going to win every match all the time back then...things have changed now and the genuine feelings of absolute joy for those three goals make up for the feelings of frustration when we mess up.

Worst

Losing to Liverpool in Champs League. Absolutely gutted. more so than the 2006 final believe it or not...i felt barca would eventually score and unfortunately they did.

Watching us v United being torn apart. there's been a few occasions (4-2 in the league a few years back, 6-1 even further back, this year in the emirates and the champs league semi last year). Heart breaking stuff.

Eduardo's and Ramsey's leg break. Genuinely depressed for them and closer to tears more than any loss.

JerryHandbag

Best:
Mark Hughes last minute equaliser against Oldham in FA Cup semi 94
The 86th minute of the 1996 Cup Final.....arise King Eric
Gary Pallisters 2 headers at Anfield 1997 title decider
".....and Solksjaer has won it!!!"....1999, as crazy a finish to a game, EVER!
John O' Shea last minute at Anfield 2007
Ryan Giggs title winning goal at the JJB 2008, I got all emotional
John Terry bottles it in Moscow a week later
"Machedaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" Villa 2009
Michael Owen last minute against City

Worst:
Last day of season 1995....the ****ing ball would just NOT go in the net at Upton Park
Overmars Old Trafford 1998
Getting knocked out of 2002 CL semis by Bayer Leverkusen (Diego Forlans last minute lob is cleared off the line!!!)
Cup final 2005 played Arsenal off the park and beaten on penos
Hockeyed by Liverpool at Old Trafford last year
Cup defeat to Leeds this year wasnt fun either

Mr.Nice Guy

Man United

Best:

- 1999 Champions League win
- 2008 Champions League win
- Keano's performance in Turin in '99
- Sparky's late goal against Oldham in FA Cup
- "...it comes for Macheeeedddddaaaa!!! Astonishing!"

Worst:

- Losing the title on the last day in '95
- Keano's departure from the club
- Wiltord winning the title for Arsenal in '02 at Old Trafford

Ireland

Best:

- McAteer vs Holland, 2001
- Houghton vs Italy at USA '94
- Alan McLoughlin against NI in '93
- Robbie scoring against the Germans in WC '02

Worst:

- Henry handball incident
- Losing to Spain on penos in '02
- The late goal conceded against Macedonia in '99
- The Saipan issue and the way it spoiled the WC

JerryHandbag

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Ireland

Best:

- McAteer vs Holland, 2001
- Houghton vs Italy at USA '94
- Alan McLoughlin against NI in '93
- Robbie scoring against the Germans in WC '02

Worst:

- Henry handball incident
- Losing to Spain on penos in '02
- The late goal conceded against Macedonia in '99
- The Saipan issue and the way it spoiled the WC

Forgot to do my Ireland list....this would be it!
With a few additions

Best:
Houghtons goal vs England in Stuttgart
Packie Bonners penalty save at WC90, and of course O'Learys penalty

Worst:
Wim Kiefts flukey goal knocking us out of Euro 88
The final whistle in Rome that ended our WC90....I cried in my Ireland kit
Beaten in WC98 qualifier in Belgium....Shay Given in tears

wardie101

Best

Thomas goal at Anfield to win the title..unbelievable way to win the league

Worst

Nayim..so bad my missus still slags me about it when Seaman pops up on all these reality shops

evil_seed

Best: Istanbul, 4 - 1 win at Old Trafford, Gods hattrick vs Anfield

Worst: FA Cup 96

ROCKMAN

Worst
1991-92 , 2-nil loss to Liverpool that handed Leeds the Title .
2007-08 , losing both derby's to City.
2008-10 , That 4-1 spanking by the pool

Best
1992-93 Title , unreal
1998-99 Treble
2000-01 The 6-1 spanking of the gunners

adamski8

Youths:
Best: beating shelbourne last game of the season away from home in our first season 3-0
Worst: losing league cup final to derry 6-1 (not even giving them a game at home was pretty pathetic)

_blank_

adamski8 wrote: »

Youths:
Best: beating shelbourne last game of the season away from home in our first season 3-0

It was 1-3, and there were some "irregularities" to say the least. I'll PM you.

Now, I'm not trying to take away from your memories, fair play, but you have to admit that it was a bit weird.

adamski8

Des wrote: »

It was 1-3, and there were some "irregularities" to say the least. I'll PM you.

Now, I'm not trying to take away from your memories, fair play, but you have to admit that it was a bit weird.

i just went to check the score on the youths website and of course it was put down wrong as 3-0.
I thought i was just because shels didnt have anything to play for and the of course our great support spurring the youths on
Memory ruined...:(

Zebra3

On field...

Best: Knocking out Hajduk in the 2nd Qual round of the CL.

Worst: Dundalk '98-seemed like the end of the world at the time.

Off field...

Best: Every Euro away trip I've been on.

Worst: Demotion + all the financial problems that went with it (which are still there).

antomorro-sei

Best: Any of the European trips really. Knocking out Elfsborg and the away wins in Malta and Riga. Also, seeing Pats play in the Olympiastadion in Berlin was pretty special.

Worst: Loosing 4-3 to Derry in the cup final. and well, an awful lot of last season too. Wasting large leads in the table two seasons in a row, to finish 2nd both years.

keano_afc

Best:

Wiltord winning us the league at OT
The Invincible season, or more specifically the last game against Leicester.
The double in 98.

Worst:
The 6-1 at OT. (Any defeat to them, come to think of it)
Wrexham in the FA cup in 1992.

Gavin "shels"

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Best: Any of the European trips really.

For the football or the other uses of Berlin?:D