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no 5 has been mentioned already & rightly so. Hard to remember how good a game that was before the nightmare near the end. at 5-1 we were sitting in awe giving it how this is the best 'Well performance ever only for the back to earth comedown later that night. probably fitting that we turned in that performance on such a tragic occasion cos everyone there will remember that as well as the following tragedy.

FFS MJ wi' you all the way. I moved fae the East to the Cooper to avoid they shouts & by f*ck they are every bit as bad in there!! & that's just fae ma mates! tried hard but still cannae shake them aff.

fuckin' punt it don't fuckin' punt it for fuck sake, keep the baw options, options, gie him a fuckin option FOR FUCK SAKE!!!!!!!!! keep the baw on the deck hit it long, HIT IT LONG! Naw wunner the players don't know what to do wi' it half the time!

pishing masel laughing at the quote above about taking a dizzy turn & nearly collapsing. remember at Parkheid when we were 1-0 up going in to the final seconds & Mickey Weir scored from about an inch efter tripping over the baw & nearly missing. thought I was gonnae have a f*ckin' stroke celebrating that one. just remember everyone round about us roaring "F*CKIN' HIT IT!!!!" ended up falling over about 3 rows wi' half the Well support in a massive pile-up. other one that springs to mind is beating them at Parkheid again (recurring theme here or whit?) wi' Bobby Russell & his famous shimmy king goal in the last minute to win 2-1 in '89. I was just back from the Cyprus Scotland game (when Gough scored about 8 mins into injury time for us to win 3-2) & went to Parkhead that day rough as f*ck. Happy days.

kirky, we almost share a birthday mate. mine's is the 5th January. to be honest I couldn't have told you that's when that Dunfermline game was but fair play to you for minding that. decent present for us that year then! as for the Hearts game after Phil died, definite special occassion that one obviously right up there too. skol cup semi at Hampden when we came back from 2-0 down against Celtic to take the game in to extra-time & pens before Softie rattled the bar & Tommy Burns scored the winning pen was an unbelievable night as well albeit with a shite outcome. also fond memories of playing Celtic at Hampden in the league when they set up camp there whilst the piggery was being rebuilt. again came back from 2-0 down with a TC double before he missed an easier chance than the first two heading past the post in the closing seconds which would have completed a monumental come-back. clearly remember Tommy Burns the then Sellick manager saying "we've a long way to go before we're as good as Motherwell"! when interviewed after the game. IIRC we had Billy Davies, Paul Lambert & Jamie Dolan (rip) in the midfield that day & they were dynamite. no' many OF managers over the years have had to come out with that statement. proud as f*ck that night watching the highlights.

ach well, I was only a laddie

Skippy Sunday would have been right up there, if to my eternal shame I hadn't given ma season ticket to a Celtic fan fae Livingston who was one of ma biggest customers through work at the time. he had been on to me looking to see if I could get a ticket from Fir Park for him & I thought f*ck it, we've nothing to play for & ah didnae fancy watching the rotten mob celebrating in our stadium, pubs & streets so offered him ma ticket in the East stand. he called me on the Monday saying he'd never been as intimidated in his whole life & that the baying mob round about him were hand picking people "who looked remotely Sellick orientated" & singling them out for abuse he somehow managed to escape unscathed & told me he would never venture in to the home end again!!! & this from a guy who had followed Celtic for years away from home. he still brings it up now & then saying it's the worst experience he's had in any football ground. so cheers to the East stand boys for that one. oh aye & we've hardly had an order from his company since!

aye, agree that was a belter. unfortunately I wisnae at that game. Watched it in the Boozer pub in Wishy with three other well fans & about 200 currant buns. Nearly got lynched & called for everything of the clientele in there that day for springing about in front of the big screen when we scored. Remember they had dozens of bottles of champagne in the fridges ready to celebrate. Nae corks poppin' that night eh? F*ckin magic day!!!!!!!!

some of the aulder yin's will remember Joe Wark's testimonial game v West Brom in about '78? at half-time they had a sprinting competition between the players of baith teams from one end of the pitch to the next. first two places were Laurie Cunningham & Cyrille Regis, then Pettigrew..........followed by the rest of the W.Brom team & then the full Motherwell team bringing up the rear! I was only 6 but I'm sure the coca-cola kid (a wee smart erse c*nt in an Argentina top) was there keeping the baw up all the way roond the pitch at half time as well. even then I was dying to jump the wall & kick the baw away. If you're thinking, he disnae half remember a lot about half-time in that game, it's cos we got humped 8-1 & I'm trying ma best to forget it

Here's one for the troops. what about a top five of games you've witnessed while watching Motherwell? interesting to see what people choose depending on the time they've been following the team. the obvious one for most my era will be the cup win obviously so let's take that out of the equation & go for every other match bar that one. the cup semi replay against Celtic will always be up there for me so I'll go for that as number one with the following as the best of the rest in no particular order. Played them 3 times in a week or so, winning 1-0 at the piggery in the league with Nicky Cusack scoring a heider & then drew 0-0 at Hampden before beating them 4-2 in the replay after being told we'd missed our chance. i just can't get enough?......................f*ckin' right! 6-6 v Hibs - most recent of the classics but definitely up there with the all time greats..............now imagine if Forbes had scored that pen & it ended 7-6. 3-2 v Hearts at Easter Road league cup semi. Don't think many will argue with that being right up there. 0-1 v Dortmund. OK it was a defeat but anyone witnessing that game would agree we were f*ckin' dynamite that night in Germany. created loads of chances & should have won on the night. pity about the collapse for the home leg but hey-ho. 3-1 v Aberdeen at Pittodrie a few years back was superb for me. Jim Hamilton scored a 40 yard wonder goal (check it on you-tube if you've missed it) & Skippy scored a screamer after rounding the keeper from a crazily tight angle. a few older memories like winning 5-0 at Dunfermline with Johnny Gahagan scoring a sublime chip & the likes of Tynecastle when Stevie Kirk ended in goals after the keeper got KO'd by some Jambo c*nt & saved a penalty in a game when we came back from 2 down if I remember correctly. Any win against the Old firm is obviously remembered fondly too so there must be a few of them in there as well. geez your thoughts anyway.

Personally cannae believe it's 20 years since we won the cup. I was 19 at the time & thought that it would be the start of continued success resulting in numerous returns to Hampden in the upcoming years so probably didnae appreciate it enough at the time. I got back to Motherwell after the game bought a bottle of Old England Sherry (ah know, whit a fuckin jakey!) & arseholed it behind the Health centre ironically enough. Eventually got in to the Puddler (which like every pub in the toon was heavin')via the fire exit at the back for a couple of beers before being arse & knecked up the road by the missus about 8.30pm like a burst baw. how's about bringing back some memories by re-telling your tales from that night (or weekend for the troops wi' mair staying power!)