Post by animallittle on Sept 2, 2008 21:44:40 GMT 1
We looked a different side that sunday afternoon than the one that had got thumped all over Old Trafford the previous October,we were bright,inventive,full of running and we got bloody stuck in to them,young Chris Morgan had recently come into the side and he took no prisoners and had no respect for reputations either,he was the first into the book for clattering Beckham,Redders followed him not long after with a meaty challenge on Nicky Butt and we had a contest on our hands.
Especially when we took the lead due to an absolute Schmeichel howler,Gary Neville played a normal routine back-pass straight to the Dane's feet but he sliced his kick very badly .....so bad in fact it only moved about 10 yards and in the direction of John Hendrie who with a few yards to make up just about beat Schmeichel to the lose ball and slotted it home right in front of 9,000 travelling tykes,Man Utd 0-1 Barnsley read the scoreboard and i rang Marshy on my mobile,i only caught his last word because the noise was absolutely deafening in our end ......anyway it ended with " OFF ".
Mind you it did'nt last long and Sheringham levelled within 10 minutes after a quick exchange of passes with Giggs and we went in at half time level.
The second half was a bit of a non event really,United huffed and puffed and we soaked everything up quite easily,we looked dangerous on the break and Ashley Ward was having a great game pulling Pallister all over the park.
Then in the very last minute and right in front of the Stretford End,Andy Liddell received a pass from Bosancic and turned inside the penalty area,Gary Neville came sliding in,mis-timed his challenge and clattered into Liddell who went straight to ground,as clear a penalty as you are likely to see,even Fergie admitted it was after,referee Mike Riley waved play on,un-believable.
The referee blew for full time and we had ourselfs a replay back at Oakwell in 10 days time,to be fair we were well chuffed if rather annoyed that Riley had bottled it.
That night in the pub the 7 of us watched the highlights on match of the day,Marshy and Sandy looked a little embarrassed and we gave them some stick over the non-penalty,what we did not know was that Riley had already decided he'd dropped a bollock and was planning how to even the score back at Oakwell in 10 days time.
Part 4 To Follow Shortly
Especially when we took the lead due to an absolute Schmeichel howler,Gary Neville played a normal routine back-pass straight to the Dane's feet but he sliced his kick very badly .....so bad in fact it only moved about 10 yards and in the direction of John Hendrie who with a few yards to make up just about beat Schmeichel to the lose ball and slotted it home right in front of 9,000 travelling tykes,Man Utd 0-1 Barnsley read the scoreboard and i rang Marshy on my mobile,i only caught his last word because the noise was absolutely deafening in our end ......anyway it ended with " OFF ".
Mind you it did'nt last long and Sheringham levelled within 10 minutes after a quick exchange of passes with Giggs and we went in at half time level.
The second half was a bit of a non event really,United huffed and puffed and we soaked everything up quite easily,we looked dangerous on the break and Ashley Ward was having a great game pulling Pallister all over the park.
Then in the very last minute and right in front of the Stretford End,Andy Liddell received a pass from Bosancic and turned inside the penalty area,Gary Neville came sliding in,mis-timed his challenge and clattered into Liddell who went straight to ground,as clear a penalty as you are likely to see,even Fergie admitted it was after,referee Mike Riley waved play on,un-believable.
The referee blew for full time and we had ourselfs a replay back at Oakwell in 10 days time,to be fair we were well chuffed if rather annoyed that Riley had bottled it.
That night in the pub the 7 of us watched the highlights on match of the day,Marshy and Sandy looked a little embarrassed and we gave them some stick over the non-penalty,what we did not know was that Riley had already decided he'd dropped a bollock and was planning how to even the score back at Oakwell in 10 days time.
Part 4 To Follow Shortly