suffering_owl

It will be flattened in the new year

I'm York born n bred and in my youth attended York games home and away in the late 80's. This all changed in 1990 on my mates birthday. His dad decided to take a few of us to Hillsborough to watch the 4-2 defeat to Spurs, Gary Lineker scored twice. Even though we lost that day, I felt like I'd attended my first "proper" football match. The atmosphere standing on the old Kop, bouncing, swaying back and forth and singing like a lunatic got me hooked. I've been an Owl ever since. This afternoon I paid one final visit to Bootham Crescent before it's bulldozed to make way for a new housing development. On my way out I picked up this pre kick off framed photo that has been hanging somewhere in Bootham Cresent from our pre-season friendly in 2015. Mods - If this is the wrong section please move

This sits on my bedside draw. The Mrs thinks it's strange, but she won't allow it to to be situated anywhere else in house. I was also gutted at the time that Panini only gave him a 3 * rating!

I’m currently eyeing up the Brittians Chocolate and chilli vodka that my Mrs gave me for Xmas.

So far I haven’t seen his name mentioned as our next manager, a left field appointment who has done a cracking job at Östersunds FK. I’ll probably get torn to shreds by the hounds on here for not posting much and being an Owkstalk voyeur. Quite frankly I don’t care as I’ve had a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape this evening. UTO

A Norwich support mate at work emailed this regarding Turner - He's never been blessed with pace but not much gets past him in the air so he definitely has his uses. He scores the odd goal but in the Premier league he was always at risk of being turned by pacey players with a bit of skill - you know, the type of player that the Premiership is full of. I can imagine opposing managers saying to the likes of Raheem Sterling and Eden Hazard, 'Keep the ball on the floor and run at Turner, you'll tie him in knots' and that, sadly, is what happened all too often at that level. In the Championship he started last season alongside Russell Martin and did relatively well as the Canaries started the campaign like a train. I remember Robin Sainty commenting that Turner would soon be unable to get off the ground to head the ball, due to the number of opposing strikers that he had in his pockets - including Daryl Murphy! Then though, it all started to go wrong for Norwich in the autumn of 2014 and a series of nervous performances saw him dropped when Neil Adams reign came to an end and Alex Neil's started. His last appearance in a Norwich City shirt was in the same game as we last saw Carlos Cuellar. The two were used as a pairing when injury struck and Steven Whittaker was infamously asked to play central midfield against Brentford in late January at Carrow Road. Russell Martin moved across to right back and it was carnage as Cuellar and Turner didn't speak to each other throughout the game and basically helped end each other's City careers. They were both terrible that day and Turner's distribution sticks in my mind as appalling from that game. Late on I remember him on the left, under no pressure, attempt to play a long ball forwards with his left (wrong) foot and just shank it out of the ground and onto Carrow Road. Alex Neil turned away in frustration and I swore that Turner should never play for us again. A couple of weeks later, with Seb Bassong back in the fold, Turner was loaned to Fulham and by all accounts he did okay, scoring a goal in the Cottager's 4-3 win over Middlesbrough to make sure 'Boro ended up in the play-offs. Read more: http://www.norwich.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=402710#ixzz3k1Ob58aQ

I live and work in York and the rumour going around the York fans is that Nigel could be approached.

He's a div 3 player at best. I watched him many a time when he was on York's books and was awesome in the Conference. He has pace but not as much as he did have before his leg break a few seasons back. He's not that strong either and I don't fancy another a arm waver in the blue and white when the right ball it not played.

Number 39 arrived this morning and I'm chuffed to bits Top work by everyone involved to make this happen! UTO WTID

Top work Trev......mine is paid up. Just have the argument with the Mrs about which wall it will be hung from to look forward to!

put me down for one please trev

York away would be good as it is on my doorstep. It won't be at the new ground though as planning permission was only granted last month, with it hopefully being completed in 3 years. Unfortunately though, the "tourist" businesses want the planning process referred to Eric (The Pork Pie) Pickles because they believe the new stadium will take trade away from the city centre and hate any form of progress in the City. So it'll be Bootham Crescent if we do draw them

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/9309477.Mills__Goal_ace_Jason_Walker_is_staying_put_at_York_City/

My was 1988/89 season. Coming from York I was taken to my first (proper) football game for my best mates birthday, who was a Wednesday support. I'd watched York a number of times with my dad but had never been to a big stadium. We were 12 at the time and we lost to Tottenham 4-2, with i think old jug ears (Lineker) scoring a couple for Spurs. I fell in love with the atmosphere and deafening noise from the old standing Kop and I have been suffering (apart the promotion season) ever since!