"An all-time hero."
Richard Huntley

"When the ball arrived at Neil Woods's feet early in the second half at Shrewsbury, I knew he was going to score. It was an irrational but powerful feeling. I had never seen him play before and in the first half, with Town struggling to remain on terms as Shrewsbury's right winger beat Jobling time and again, he had scarcely touched the ball. It was not even a real chance. Woods was marked and Shrewsbury had numbers back.

"Neil Woods, we would learn, was one of those strikers whose goals came in spurts. There would be times when he was off form and we were left wondering what he was doing on a football pitch, and he would seem to be thinking the same. In contrast, there were times when an aura of conviction would envelop him and a score became certain. This was one of those times. He tapped the ball between the defender's legs and ran round him to chip the advancing goalkeeper, then carried on his run, at what we were to discover was his full speed, to the Town support behind the goal.

"His critics will say that Woods's loan spell before he signed – he scored four goals in his first three appearances – was a false dawn, and they have a point. Woods was not the natural goalscorer whom we are forever craving, but a very good forward built to the Buckley mould – helping the team, rather than himself, to goals.

"My last sight of him as a player was at Bristol City in 1998, when we had half a hope of overhauling the Robins for an automatic promotion place, and the new claimants for the title of natural goalscorer were Jack Lester and Daryl Clare. A shocking first-half display put paid to any hopes we had in that match, but there was still time for Woods, replacing Clare at half time, to give a cameo in intelligent forward play – making space, keeping control, finding the pass to bring another player into the attack – to the young pretenders.

"If the loan spell led us to expect something we didn't quite get, what we did get was still one of the most skilful players in the recent history of the Mariners."
Pat Bell

"Only bright spark on a bad night."
Ian

"Even though we were 4-0 down, we celebrated as if it was the cup final winner – and we will take Chima's goal to the grave."
Chiffy

"Cheeeeeeeeeeeeema."
Henry's Cat

"Wonderful debut goal."
Alan Saunderson

"Pure luck."
Stephen

"Of course I meant that."
David Smith

"What a night."
Anth

"So I could take the mickey out of all my West Ham-supporting mates at school the next day!"
John Pakey

"Not that long ago we did the unbelievable on a regular basis. We won twice at Wembley; we beat Queens Park Rangers at their place for the first time since 1949, and we regularly beat Ipswich at home. We'd never beaten Ipswich at Portman Road though and David Sheepshanks, their chairman, was obviously peeved that we had the drop on them.

"So – we go to to play a team full of players destined for the World Cup and better things and start to battle out for a draw. Groves is a star in midfield. Then there's a free kick on the Town left, which David Smith takes. It goes behind the oncoming Handyside who turns and hooks it over his shoulder and into the net. Cue party time on and off the pitch.

"This was the first and only time we had beaten Ipswich away and was probably the high point of the last Buckley team. Possibly our best moment for 20 years.

"Next season Ipswich won the play-offs and went into the Premier League and on to the UEFA Cup. It was that good a moment."
Paul Ketchley

"This sort of goal is usually scored against us (see Izzet, Muzzy)."
Emma Blackbourn

"Made all my Ipswich Town mates mad! Ha ha ha!"
Michael Pakey

"The boy wonder, returning to help save his first club from relegation, gets the ball wide right, just over the halfway line. He looks up and sees Livvo running down the middle. With pinpoint accuracy, Oster lifts a ball over the Stoke defence but curls it so precisely that it lands right in front of the big man. What happens next is remarkable. Instead of blasting it or trying to take on the keeper, Livvo takes one touch and then, with the second, calmly chips it over the stranded Cutler. Vision, accuracy, class, simplicity. Best goal of the season by far."
Mike Worden

"Classy bastard."
Adam Burns

"Livvo Livvo Livvo!"
Guest Diary

"I came back early from a business trip to the USA for this one. Boy, great goal; Shearer would've been proud – providing he hadn't thought about what he was doing"
Chris D

"I was there, one of those nights you will never forget in your life!"
Robert Smith

"The Yorkies had the worst kit in history that night. Pre-match, every car seemed to have Italian flags hangin' out the windows."
Chiffy

"I asked Gary Childs once whilst drunk in O'Neills what his favourite Town goal was and he mentioned this little treasure. Apparently, Alan Kelly in the Blades' goal congratulated him on such a good strike afterwards."
James Thundercliffe

"Passing, movement, Craig Shakespeare and sipping champagne with a dolly bird on each arm as Golden Groves wandered down the Kings Road after scoring the best goal of the night, on a night of goals."
Tony Butcher

"Wonderful club man with a blistering shot and header."
Michael Pakey

"Ranks cuts in from the left before slotting home, and celebrates by putting his back to the Barnsley fans and running his finger over the name on his shirt! 'Boulding... What's the score?'"
Matthew Harker

"It was a special game, a 40th birthday treat, and did Town treat me! Macca told me they'd win and as a time-travelled, sagacious Town fan – did I believe them? I did after 90 minutes!"
CJD

"One good goal, 99 times running into opposition defenders and losing the ball."
John Grasham

"Worth the price of a season ticket alone."
Alan Saunderson