3 Years Ago Today...

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

awful day, i was devistated at this loss. it was the first match i had watched all season (i didnt know about streams back then and it was actually on the tele) and i couldnt believe it when we had come back 2-3. who knows what would have happened if jem's goal had gone in...

[harry]

I'm sure I could probably find the answer to this but does any club have a worse play-off record than us?
By my count it's
5 attempts, 2 semi final defeats (Wolves & Burnley), 3 final defeats (Bolton, Walsall, Swansea)

I remember reading an article on BBC a year or so back saying some club was really unlucky at play-offs and they had only lost 3-4 times. Someone must have choked more than us surely ........

[Silver Fox]

Forest have been in the playoffs more than us and never even got to the final IIRC

I think they said during this years playoffs that it was the eighth time Preston had tried and failed

So those two at least

[genome]

I'd expect Cardiff are worse than us too.

Us, along with Bristol City and Sheffield United, are the only teams to have lost 3 play off finals at 3 different venues.

[AirRaidSiren]

^

No it wasn't, it was utterly awful.

We had a super day

But then I don't think we bumped into you

etc
etc

I had a cracking day as well, gutted after but life rolls on.....

[melonhead]

Still.not watched the game. Very painful. Was home in bed by seven

[Reading4eva]

I remember watching Tabb forced back down the tunnel and wondering if he'd been sent off. If only that Karacan shot had gone in...

I think we would of done it. That would have sucked the life out of any club

[handbags_harris]

I'd expect Cardiff are worse than us too.

Us, along with Bristol City and Sheffield United, are the only teams to have lost 3 play off finals at 3 different venues.

Cardiff have at least won one, in 02/03 v QPR at the Millenium Stadium.

[Toon Toon Blue army]

I was at Swansea University at the time. I had to get the train back to Swansea with all the Swansea fans and I had an exam the next morning. Utterly shit.

Looking back on it though, what a great game which ultimately sums up why people attend football matches. Such a dramatic roller coaster of emotions all in 90 minutes.

[2.8 lita injection]

Remember feeling suicidal at half time, superb response in the 2nd and then jem hitting the post. thin lines i tell you!!!

[AthleticoSpizz]

Decent enough game, in-part.

Was underwhelmed with the "new" Wembley experience tho'

[St. Brynjar]

[Reading4eva]

The Green Man was a smashing pub before and after the match, and the bar lady who looked like Zoe from Eastenders was very fit.

[Hendo]

Can still see the moment where it's beaten the keeper before it hits the post. I still think if that goes in we win the game.

[YateleyRoyal]

Dont remember much from half time onwards. Met up with a load of Reading fans in a bar not far from Waterloo after the game. Then went for a curry.

[No Fixed Abode]

[AthleticoSpizz]

Is it Brendan Rodgers holding the Play-off winners trophy??

[KC Royal]

I had a splendid day. The Green Man was gr8, both pre and post game.

Echo that about the Green Man, pre-match anyway, didn't go post-match. I'll also add to that the atmosphere for those 15 mins after half-time as well.

The game was shit though. Funnily enough I was talking to a mate about it at Wembley on Friday before the England game without realising it was 3 years ago to the day. It's a game I've thought a lot about in the last 12-18 months..

[TBM]

[kwik-silva]

That picture hurts.