A Grand Derby Day
Premiership 2009/10; attendance 75,066
End of the derby game from biffadigital on Vimeo.
I climbed up the staircase to the seating area. The lighting barely reaches the steps as you follow the feet in front of you. Thinking this is just like a film. We've had the buzz that it's Derby Day - cue young kids outside the sweet shop saying such lines. The rushing as fans scurry to their designated entrance thus setting the scene for the big match. What was to follow couldn't have been scripted.
One up in 2 minutes it's going so well. Then it's dashed by an equaliser. Back to elation, dashed, more elation and just when you are expecting a happy ending it is thrown away. It's 3-3, and am getting the excuses ready and maybe it was a fair result. But the City supporters were treating this like a victory. Seething on my feet and there is the moment in the film when it goes into slow motion as the four minutes is added to time. Well I never expected the little prince in a no.7 shirt to slot another goal in.
We had the baddie on the pitch who got booed with every touch - Carlos Tevez a hero in May, and very unpopular in a light blue shirt. I had ringing ears with the cheering after Rooney's first goal on 5 minutes. An unbelievable let off when Tevez hit the post in front of us in the first half. Two goals from that Scottish lad Fletcher - not the most prolific scorer but he has a knack of popping his head onto the ball in crucial games. We even got a fan running on the pitch just before the end. Removed by four stewards and banned for life no doubt.
Video is the last few seconds of please blow that whistle. Followed by singing and whooping the win. I'll remember this game for years, there ain't many I can remember, but there will be space in fuzzy brain for Michael Owen running behind the nets down to the corner flag with the biggest grin on his face. Roll credits, walk of through the thronging streets happy.
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