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| 1 |
24 February 1979 |
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Tony Ford |
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Portsmouth |
| Tony Ford scores his seventh goal in five games in front of the TV cameras, heralding the start of something special
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| 2 |
25 September 1979 |
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Bob Cumming |
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Notts C |
| Bob Cumming takes the ball from our penalty area, beating umpteen players, before finishing from 25 yards to secure a League Cup win, setting up...
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| 3 |
30 October 1979 |
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Mike Brolly |
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Everton |
| Brolly swivels and shoots to put Everton out of the League Cup
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| 4 |
5 April 1980 |
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Mike Brolly |
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Barnsley |
| A long-range drive helps Town to the points at promotion rivals
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| 5 |
3 May 1980 |
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Joe Waters |
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Sheffield U |
| Joe Waters jinks around three defenders; a Drinkell hat trick does the rest. Town are champions
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| 6 |
6 September 1983 |
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Kevin Drinkell |
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Leeds |
| Drinkell tows a Leeds defender hanging onto his shirt before bursting the net
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| 7 |
17 December 1983 |
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Joe Waters |
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Chelsea |
| A 30-yard chip starts Town on the way to a 3-2 win, from two down at Stamford Bridge
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| 8 |
20 November 1984 |
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Paul Wilkinson |
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Everton |
| Eighty-nine minutes of incessant pressure from the best team in England. In the 90th, Wilkinson heads in the only goal at Goodison
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| 9 |
1 February 1989 |
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Kevin Jobling |
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Reading |
| One of Town's most underrated players rounds the keeper from 40 yards out to win an FA Cup replay, setting up Harry the Haddock's invasion of Plough Lane
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| 10 |
20 April 1990 |
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Keith Alexander |
|
Southend |
| A volley struck beautifully with Alexander's shin sends a hundred-odd Town fans home happy from a drenched Roots Hall, promotion assured
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| 11 |
28 April 1990 |
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Gary Birtles |
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Wrexham |
| Town's player of the year completes a hat-trick in the last home game of a promotion season
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| 12 |
18 September 1990 |
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John Cockerill |
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Huddersfield |
| A goal started in defence has Roly Godfrey exclaiming: "You won't see a better goal on any pitch in the world by any other player"
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| 13 |
22 September 1990 |
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Neil Woods |
|
Shrewsbury |
| Faced with a crowded area, Woods nutmegs his marker then chips the keeper and keeps on running to the Town support at Gay Meadow
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| 14 |
1 January 1991 |
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Gary Childs |
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Fulham |
| From near the Police Box, Childs tries to decapitate CA's future statistician, but the net gets in the way
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| 15 |
11 May 1991 |
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John Cockerill |
|
Exeter |
| Local boy wrestles one goalkeeper, two defenders and a grizzly bear to force the ball over the line and seal promotion
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| 16 |
9 October 1991 |
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Dave Gilbert |
|
Aston Villa |
| 'Big Ron' is discomposed as Gilbert's penalty dispatches Villa from the League Cup
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| 17 |
3 March 1992 |
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Tony Rees |
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Charlton |
| Rees finishes a move started by Childs from the right-back position, as Town score three in five minutes
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| 18 |
18 April 1992 |
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Clive Mendonca |
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Sunderland |
| The Pontoon erupts as Mendonca's long-range volley against his hometown club settles a relegation six-pointer
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| 19 |
24 October 1992 |
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Jim Dobbin |
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Newcastle |
| Tyneside silenced (but later notably generous) when Dobbin's 25-yard drive ends Newcastle's unbeaten run seconds from full time
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| 20 |
21 November 1992 |
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Jim Dobbin |
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Brentford |
| Dobbin finishes a team goal with a magnificent volley
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| 21 |
26 October 1993 |
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Chima Okorie |
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Tranmere |
| With one strike, a cult was born
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| 22 |
23 November 1993 |
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Paul Futcher |
|
Boston |
| A few hundred go wild as Futcher's only goal for the Mariners wins the Lincs Senior Cup
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| 23 |
21 March 1995 |
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Gary Childs |
|
Charlton |
| A patient build-up in front of a characteristically impatient Town following ends with Gilbert's weighted cross and Childs's narrow-angled volley
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| 24 |
22 April 1995 |
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Paul Reece (OG) |
|
Notts C |
| The popular ex-Mariner throws one in for old times' sake, in front of the Town support
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| 25 |
18 November 1995 |
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Ivano Bonetti |
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WBA |
| Bonetti beats Buckley's Baggies
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| 26 |
21 November 1995 |
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Gary Childs |
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Sheffield U |
| Childs volleys into the roof of the net from 20 yards, helping Town to a 2-1 win at Bramall Lane
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| 27 |
14 February 1996 |
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Jamie Forrester |
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West Ham |
| Forrester runs clear and finishes calmly to seal a 3-0 FA Cup win
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| 28 |
28 February 1996 |
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Paul Groves |
|
Chelsea |
| Groves hits the ball very hard indeed for a consolation against a Ruud Gullit-inspired Chelsea
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| 29 |
4 January 1997 |
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John Oster |
|
Sheffield W |
| OK, we lost 7-1, but the one deserved to be eight for artistic merit
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| 30 |
19 April 1997 |
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Tommy Widdrington |
|
Reading |
| Widdrington takes the opportunity of a goal to vent his rage at one of his chief detractors
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| 31 |
14 October 1997 |
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Steve Livingstone |
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Leicester |
| Livvo proves he had the deadliest arse in football, his posterior knocking the holders out of the League Cup
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| 32 |
29 November 1997 |
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Kingsley Black |
|
Gillingham |
| The perfect free kick ensures victory at the Priestfield Stadium
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| 33 |
3 January 1998 |
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John McDermott |
|
Norwich |
| A one-two and a slide-rule finish sets Town on the way to an FA Cup win
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| 34 |
17 January 1998 |
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David Smith |
|
Brentford |
| Smith marks his debut with a goal from 25 yards
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| 35 |
31 January 1998 |
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Wayne Burnett |
|
Fulham |
| An inch-perfect lob over a crowded penalty area rescues a point against Kevin Keegan's Fulham
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| 36 |
19 April 1998 |
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Wayne Burnett |
|
Bournemouth |
| Wonderful day, wonderful finish, wonderful ending
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| 37 |
23 May 1998 |
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Kevin Donovan |
|
Northampton |
| Donovan's 20th, and last, goal of the season
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| 38 |
9 January 1999 |
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Peter Handyside |
|
Ipswich |
| Handyside's overhead kick gains the Mariners' first ever win at Portman Road
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| 39 |
22 January 2000 |
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Jack Lester |
|
Fulham |
| Town soak up pressure and rainwater before a fine Coldicott pass and a sweeping finish secure a 1-0 win
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| 40 |
7 April 2001 |
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Steve Livingstone |
|
Tranmere |
| Never a foul as Livvo's assault on the Tranmere goalie sparks a relegation escape
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| 41 |
9 October 2001 |
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Phil Jevons |
|
Liverpool |
| Boyhood Liverpool fan strikes an extra-time winner from 35 yards at Anfield
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| 42 |
9 November 2002 |
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Steve Livingstone |
|
Stoke |
| Livingstone lobs from Oster's pass to win a relegation six-pointer at the Potteries
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| 43 |
16 November 2002 |
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Darren Mansaram |
|
Preston |
| 'Flash' fills the boots of Steve Kabba with a display of sheer verve, capped by a wonderful clip with one foot and powerful shot from the edge of the area with the other
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| 44 |
10 March 2003 |
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Paul Groves |
|
Nottingham F |
| Groves starts and finishes a move of twelve consecutive passes that take Grimsby from their own half to the Forest goal
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| 45 |
12 September 2003 |
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Paul Groves (OG) |
|
Grimsby |
| Groves heads firmly into his own net, setting off a defeat by the odd seven goals in nine, at Hartlepool
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| 46 |
28 February 2004 |
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Isaiah Rankin |
|
Barnsley |
| Rankin, on loan at the time, makes sure he will never have to play for Barnsley again, as Town trounce his employers, and celebrates exuberantly
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| 47 |
26 February 2005 |
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Andy Parkinson |
|
Yeovil |
| Parkinson beats four of the champions' defenders for a late winner
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| 48 |
29 August 2005 |
|
John McDermott |
|
Rushden & D |
| From wide on the right, "the perfect parabola from the perfect player" (Tony Butcher)
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| 49 |
20 September 2005 |
|
Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala |
|
Tottenham |
| Kalala volleys though a crowded penalty area for Town's most recent cup upset
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| 50 |
5 August 2006 |
|
Peter Bore |
|
Boston |
| A young star demonstrates that the struggle and the joy will continue, starting and put the seal on a 3-2 derby win from 2-0 down |
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