(Lock) Down Memory Lane - part 1

Social isolation has its upsides.  I am constantly discovering new uses for chopped tomatoes, my CD collection is at last in alphabetical order, and one of these days I may even get around to talking to other members of my family.

I have also had a good clear out of accumulated junk and in the process found a long forgotten box of old Poppies cuttings and stuff.  Warning: if this lockdown continues, be prepared for endless examples drip fed to a desperate content-starved readership. Yes that’s you!

Here’s a little gem that certainly evokes some memories. Before all the Peter Morris near misses there was the forgotten one that got away. 

But that was after a possibly unique feat in our various sallies at League status – a Poppies side actually winning a big late season match against a promotion rival.  Not only that, it placed us just 2 points off the top with a game in hand. Statistically perhaps the closest we ever got.

See how calmly the players took it – no premature celebrations there. Steve Daley even kept his shirt on, whilst thankfully Paul Reece knew just where to hold his bottle.

 

 

All we had to do was take maximum points from our last three games, starting with an easy little tussle with Runcorn, also at home… oh crap.