Tekel Towers » Favourite Utd games at Christmas time?

Tek · 12/12/2017 6:07 pm

Tuesday 10th December 1996

DUFC 1 (Gough O.G) Rangers 0

SlatefordArab · 12/12/2017 6:29 pm

Aye that's a belter. Same season a few weeks later when we pumped Aberdeen 4-0 at Tannadice, Pressley scored two.

Tek · 12/12/2017 6:32 pm

SlatefordArab wrote:
Aye that's a belter. Same season a few weeks later when we pumped Aberdeen 4-0 at Tannadice, Pressley scored two.

Think that was New Years Day 1997.

We were unreal from the Oct 96 to about April 97.

Arab87 · 12/12/2017 6:45 pm

Not quite christmas, but in the christmas/new year period

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIXSWE2NihQ

PatReilly · 12/12/2017 8:24 pm

Since it's "Favourite Utd games at Christmas time?", I'll go for three around Christmas '84.

All three involved Eamon Bannon free kicks landing in the net via Richard Gough's head, and from memory the goals were all very similar.

The matches were Aberdeen (a), Celtic (a) and Aberdeen (h), all played in a spell a from 22nd December '84 to 2nd January (85). We won all three, with Gough getting the winner in each game.

Cannae see us repeating that sort of series of performances any time soon, unfortunately.

Edit: I had an impossible time frame there for the games, sorry.

Last edited by PatReilly (12/12/2017 11:48 pm)

Shed69 · 12/12/2017 10:10 pm

Old one tho mind it like yesterday, new year derby v the fun 1970, result 4-1 the Arabs. With my new tangerine and black scarf I saw an own goal by Doug Houston(I think),followed by a Davy Wilson header. Somebody scored for the fun but it was followed by two sublime finishes by King Kenny Cameron,there was a player who rarely missed any half chances,o happy memories.

CCX2 2010 · 12/12/2017 11:31 pm

6-2

CCX2 2010 · 12/12/2017 11:33 pm

26th December 1992 only time I've ever seen us beat that shower of inbred fucks in the giro dome

Arabnophobia · 12/12/2017 11:57 pm

Tek wrote:
Tuesday 10th December 1996

DUFC 1 (Gough O.G) Rangers 0

This one is hard to beat for me.

PatReilly · 12/12/2017 11:58 pm

Shed69 wrote:
Old one tho mind it like yesterday, new year derby v the fun 1970, result 4-1 the Arabs. With my new tangerine and black scarf I saw an own goal by Doug Houston(I think),followed by a Davy Wilson header. Somebody scored for the fun but it was followed by two sublime finishes by King Kenny Cameron,there was a player who rarely missed any half chances,o happy memories.

It was Jim Easton who scored the own goal. Didn't the scoring go in a different order, Shed69?

That season had started well, but the New Year game was about the highlight for the rest of the season. I mind having to do a talk about the Christmas holidays at school, where the task was to tell of the best and worst bits of the time off.

I chose that win against Dundee as the best, and the defeat from St Johnstone a couple of days before as the worst.

Nobody in the class (or the teacher) had a clue what I was talking about. Perfect.

Arabnophobia · 13/12/2017 12:36 am

This ain wisna too bad, December 3rd 1988 v Oldco at Girobrox...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vRMuXHocXzI

Arabnophobia · 13/12/2017 12:56 am

Another all time favourite of mine.

Closer to xmas than others being on 20th December 1986.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gp5YhtwAxE

Edit to say, wether you've seen this afore or not it's well worth a watch 1st time or again. 2 teams going all out attack, fast n fkn furious, aggressive but fair as fuck with it (other than the cheeky whack to Bannon's puss)

A couple of very memorable goals to add to a typical Luggy finish.

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Arabnophobia · 13/12/2017 1:39 am

United 2 - Septic 0 on 17th December 1988.

Narey on McStay at just after 3 mins 10 in and Badger on Grant a few seconds later are tremendous take that ya @%#$£*# examples of used to be dished out without a media outcry for weeks on end.

The roof just about came aff the Shed that day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hPPlPC9uFog

blackandtangerine · 13/12/2017 7:25 am

Arabnophobia wrote:
Another all time favourite of mine.

Closer to xmas than others being on 20th December 1986.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gp5YhtwAxE

Edit to say, wether you've seen this afore or not it's well worth a watch 1st time or again. 2 teams going all out attack, fast n fkn furious, aggressive but fair as fuck with it (other than the cheeky whack to Bannon's puss)

A couple of very memorable goals to add to a typical Luggy finish.

That was one of the best birthday presents ive ever had that day.
Loved matches like that back in the day. Great atmosphere and a big crowd. Standing at the segregation fence. Great times.

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lifesanocean · 13/12/2017 7:52 am

Arabnophobia wrote:
United 2 - Septic 0 on 17th December 1988.

Narey on McStay at just after 3 mins 10 in and Badger on Grant a few seconds later are tremendous take that ya @%#$£*# examples of used to be dished out without a media outcry for weeks on end.

The roof just about came aff the Shed that day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hPPlPC9uFog

Was that not Darren Jackson's debut and his leg got broken? Would explain Narey and Badgers fierce challenges after it. Proper fitba.

sheikhutahaboot · 13/12/2017 9:27 am

Arabnophobia wrote:
Another all time favourite of mine.

Closer to xmas than others being on 20th December 1986.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gp5YhtwAxE

Edit to say, wether you've seen this afore or not it's well worth a watch 1st time or again. 2 teams going all out attack, fast n fkn furious, aggressive but fair as fuck with it (other than the cheeky whack to Bannon's puss)

A couple of very memorable goals to add to a typical Luggy finish.

This is my favourite too. Fergusons strike then pointing and laughing at Henry(whats the score) Smith.

SlatefordArab · 13/12/2017 10:02 am

Tek wrote:
SlatefordArab wrote:
Aye that's a belter. Same season a few weeks later when we pumped Aberdeen 4-0 at Tannadice, Pressley scored two.
Think that was New Years Day 1997.

We were unreal from the Oct 96 to about April 97.

Aye it was New Years Day mate

PatReilly · 13/12/2017 10:30 am

Arabnophobia wrote:
United 2 - Septic 0 on 17th December 1988.

Narey on McStay at just after 3 mins 10 in and Badger on Grant a few seconds later are tremendous take that ya @%#$£*# examples of used to be dished out without a media outcry for weeks on end.

The roof just about came aff the Shed that day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hPPlPC9uFog

The commentator when United were given the penalty:

"It looked as though Gallacher stumbled without being touched." As clear a penalty as you'll ever see.

lifesanocean · 13/12/2017 10:33 am

SlatefordArab wrote:
Tek wrote:
SlatefordArab wrote:
Aye that's a belter. Same season a few weeks later when we pumped Aberdeen 4-0 at Tannadice, Pressley scored two.
Think that was New Years Day 1997.

We were unreal from the Oct 96 to about April 97.

Aye it was New Years Day mate

We were absolutely outstanding that day. Personally I thought we played better that day than the 5-0 game a year later. Aberdeen had a stronger team that day too.

Last edited by lifesanocean (13/12/2017 10:33 am)

Tek · 13/12/2017 10:40 am

Mr P thank you for posting that Celtic game i haven't seen the footage since it was on Scotsport that night back in '88.

As LAO said that was Darren Jackson's debut. I was really excited to see this new Striker from Newcastle Utd and my heart sank as he went off with a broken leg after just 5 minutes...'typical Utd luck' i thought.

Bowman also went off injured and the tackles were certainly flying in thick and fast as we witnessed.

Badger's on Peter Grant would not only be a straight red now but would see him probably face a lengthy ban. It's a shocker.

Listen to that crowd btw on both sides of the ground. Huge roars everytime there's an attack or contentious decision.

I know it's better in life to look forwards rather than backwards but by God i miss those days.

The atmosphere, the colour, the strips, the out and out attacking fitba.

They were magical times.

p.s. think we beat Celtic 4 times that season. Just a few months after losing the Cup Final against them. Again 'typical Utd'.

Tek · 13/12/2017 10:43 am

lifesanocean wrote:
Arabnophobia wrote:
United 2 - Septic 0 on 17th December 1988.

Narey on McStay at just after 3 mins 10 in and Badger on Grant a few seconds later are tremendous take that ya @%#$£*# examples of used to be dished out without a media outcry for weeks on end.

The roof just about came aff the Shed that day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hPPlPC9uFog

Was that not Darren Jackson's debut and his leg got broken? Would explain Narey and Badgers fierce challenges after it. Proper fitba.

If you look again LAO it's actually Jackson that injures himself.

He goes in 'full blooded' as they did back then.

SlatefordArab · 13/12/2017 10:58 am

Tek wrote:
Mr P thank you for posting that Celtic game i haven't seen the footage since it was on Scotsport that night back in '88.

As LAO said that was Darren Jackson's debut. I was really excited to see this new Striker from Newcastle Utd and my heart sank as he went off with a broken leg after just 5 minutes...'typical Utd luck' i thought.

Bowman also went off injured and the tackles were certainly flying in thick and fast as we witnessed.

Badger's on Peter Grant would not only be a straight red now but would see him probably face a lengthy ban. It's a shocker.

Listen to that crowd btw on both sides of the ground. Huge roars everytime there's an attack or contentious decision.

I know it's better in life to look forwards rather than backwards but by God i miss those days.

The atmosphere, the colour, the strips, the out and out attacking fitba.

They were magical times.

p.s. think we beat Celtic 4 times that season. Just a few months after losing the Cup Final against them. Again 'typical Utd'.

Agree with every word of that. Scottish football was really great back then.

SlatefordArab · 13/12/2017 11:00 am

lifesanocean wrote:
SlatefordArab wrote:
Tek wrote:

Think that was New Years Day 1997.

We were unreal from the Oct 96 to about April 97.

Aye it was New Years Day mate

We were absolutely outstanding that day. Personally I thought we played better that day than the 5-0 game a year later. Aberdeen had a stronger team that day too.

Yep, we blew them away in that game. Winters, Olafsson , McLaren and McSwegan - oh to have those 4 guys in our squad now.

Shed69 · 13/12/2017 7:55 pm

PatReilly wrote:
Shed69 wrote:
Old one tho mind it like yesterday, new year derby v the fun 1970, result 4-1 the Arabs. With my new tangerine and black scarf I saw an own goal by Doug Houston(I think),followed by a Davy Wilson header. Somebody scored for the fun but it was followed by two sublime finishes by King Kenny Cameron,there was a player who rarely missed any half chances,o happy memories.
It was Jim Easton who scored the own goal. Didn't the scoring go in a different order, Shed69?

That season had started well, but the New Year game was about the highlight for the rest of the season. I mind having to do a talk about the Christmas holidays at school, where the task was to tell of the best and worst bits of the time off.

I chose that win against Dundee as the best, and the defeat from St Johnstone a couple of days before as the worst.

Nobody in the class (or the teacher) had a clue what I was talking about. Perfect.

Thanks Pat clearly can't remember it as well as I thought,was the og nearer half time? What I can remember is the fun keeper losing his footing and the ball ball just rolling in from the pass back

Arabnophobia · 13/12/2017 10:29 pm

Tek wrote:
Mr P thank you for posting that Celtic game i haven't seen the footage since it was on Scotsport that night back in '88.

As LAO said that was Darren Jackson's debut. I was really excited to see this new Striker from Newcastle Utd and my heart sank as he went off with a broken leg after just 5 minutes...'typical Utd luck' i thought.

Bowman also went off injured and the tackles were certainly flying in thick and fast as we witnessed.

Badger's on Peter Grant would not only be a straight red now but would see him probably face a lengthy ban. It's a shocker.

Listen to that crowd btw on both sides of the ground. Huge roars everytime there's an attack or contentious decision.

I know it's better in life to look forwards rather than backwards but by God i miss those days.

The atmosphere, the colour, the strips, the out and out attacking fitba.

They were magical times.

p.s. think we beat Celtic 4 times that season. Just a few months after losing the Cup Final against them. Again 'typical Utd'.

Nae bother bud, I thought a lot of the same last night. I never had this ain in my memory banks as a revenge win on that recent Hampden experience at the time. Mind goin mental in the Shed and the noise levels when we sang after scoring being louder than ever.

Think the current players should be forced to look at the highlights of some of these games.

Tactics and rules have changed but why can't some of the great things we see there not be incorporated into our style and effort.