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MEMORIES DOWN ———— CUT THROAT LANE ———— Welcome back to the Abbey for our penultimate home game of the season. And greetings to our visitors from Broadhall Way and indeed one of our old boys who it seems has turned things around. Let’s hope they will just roll over today! Just drawing breath after Tuesday evening’s events and what was our twelfth away league win of the season. Who would bet against a lucky thirteen before we (hopefully) lift the title, deservedly in my book.
WHO WOULD BET AGAINST A LUCKY THIRTEEN BEFORE WE (HOPEFULLY) LIFT THE TITLE, DESERVEDLY IN MY BOOK
tuition job for many years at the Leicestershire FA. So, our rivals snaffled four points off us that season having won 2-1 at London Road in the November, but they were faced with another season in what was then Division 3. Arguments rage about this but in an ideal world for me our closest rivals would be in the same division as us every season. In other news incidentally, on this day in 1888 George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company in New York. Say CHEESE! Just look up, never down. Since 1912 - United in Endeavour! Bye for now. ■
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I mentioned in the last programme about our run-in back in the 1998/99 season and that we still had rivals Posh to play during the month of April. This fixture and that day’s programme, which you can read here today, is our focus as we wander back down Cut Throat Lane. A win that day may well have secured promotion but it wasn’t meant to be in a tense, tight, typically robust Cambs derby and honours were shared in a 1-1 draw in front of 8,307. The visitors took the lead on the 7th minute through Giuliano Grazioli, but King of the Abbey Paul Wanless equalised 19 minutes later. Halfway through the second half Posh skipper Andy Edwards was sent off for taking out Alex Russell and you can imagine the final quarter of the game was rather like the Alamo at the Corona End but to no avail for the home side. The ref that day was a certain Paul “dirty” Danson - remember him? He was from Leicester, we knew that in those days before referees’ place of abode were no longer published. Anyway, he has retired after doing a referee CAMBRIDGE UNITED F.C. V STEVENAGE FC