| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... 13:37 - May 11 with 2238 views | theloneranger |
The rest is history ...
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 17:22 - May 11 with 1687 views | monmouth |
Call me Mr Picky, but that's history too. :)
What a header of a ball that man was. Very underrated player all told. |  |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 17:48 - May 11 with 1668 views | theloneranger |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 17:22 - May 11 by monmouth |
Call me Mr Picky, but that's history too. :)
What a header of a ball that man was. Very underrated player all told. |
He was well taught, and listened to the best ...
"Il Gigante Buono" John Charles | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 18:24 - May 11 with 1639 views | Thrasher6 |
Remember that night well. The Vetch was electric then. That header was almost in slow motion. |  |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 18:52 - May 11 with 1617 views | swancity |
One of the very best headers of a football I’ve ever seen. And such an intelligent player. His couple of games at centre back underlining that. |  |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:05 - May 11 with 1579 views | sainthelens |
As a 13yo with his 2 best mates, that goal was literally 20 yards from where we were on the east bank. Total fckn bedlam. Memories very vivid of that night even now. |  | | |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:05 - May 11 with 1579 views | marchamjack |
Best ever Swans match at The Vetch under floodlights
Has there been a better more important one? |  |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:17 - May 11 with 1564 views | Catullus |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:05 - May 11 by sainthelens |
As a 13yo with his 2 best mates, that goal was literally 20 yards from where we were on the east bank. Total fckn bedlam. Memories very vivid of that night even now. |
I was in the wing stand with my dad, it was my 12th birthday, what a present that was. | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:18 - May 11 with 1560 views | theloneranger |
... And what a cross from Danny Bartley!! | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:59 - May 11 with 1517 views | monmouth |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:05 - May 11 by marchamjack |
Best ever Swans match at The Vetch under floodlights
Has there been a better more important one? |
Luton before Preston? | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 21:20 - May 11 with 1501 views | longlostjack |
I was there! On the North Bank with an uncle who hadn’t watched a match for over 10 years. His brother my other uncle was a season ticket holder. Not sure what was more memorable. Tosh’s goal or my grandmother telling her two boys to behave when we were leaving the house. |  |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 22:19 - May 11 with 1460 views | builthjack |
What a night. |  |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 09:07 - May 12 with 1366 views | monmouth |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 22:19 - May 11 by builthjack |
What a night. |
I missed it, but also had a great night. I lived in Leeds then, so went to Hillsborough to watch Wednesday amazingly beat Swindon, which, with our win is what sent us up that night. Swindon were about ten times the better team, hit the post and bar about six times and (I think) missed a penalty. Wednesday ended up winning 2-1.
If Swindon had won they would have ended up pipping us ongoal difference, so luck was with us that night for sure. They kicked off 15 mins earlier so had to wait for confirmation. Didn't realise the drama at the Vetch because (I should have known better, even then) I expected us to win comfortably. | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 09:51 - May 12 with 1350 views | AnotherJohn |
I watched the goal from the North Bank. What sticks in the mind is that during the run-in Tosh wasn't fit enough to last a full game, but still made a big difference coming on as a second-half substitute. I think he came on with about 20 minutes to go in this game and scored on around 80 minutes. | | | |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:18 - May 12 with 1238 views | JBT95 |
Why was the game played Friday night?
Did everybody play then? [Post edited 12 May 2020 20:19]
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 21:16 - May 12 with 1209 views | Fireboy2 |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 21:20 - May 11 by longlostjack |
I was there! On the North Bank with an uncle who hadn’t watched a match for over 10 years. His brother my other uncle was a season ticket holder. Not sure what was more memorable. Tosh’s goal or my grandmother telling her two boys to behave when we were leaving the house. |
My recent late uncle took me
What a great night.
Tosh showed how good he was even though he was passed it. |  | | |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 00:33 - May 13 with 1171 views | theloneranger |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 21:16 - May 12 by Fireboy2 |
My recent late uncle took me
What a great night.
Tosh showed how good he was even though he was passed it. |
Tosh had only just passed his 30th birthday when he came on that night, but was still suffering from his long term thigh problem which had scuppered a transfer to both Leicester and Anderlecht, and luckily led to him becoming our player manager aged just 28.
Especially after C**rdiff had knocked him back as a coach. 😂😂 | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 08:12 - May 13 with 1135 views | Fireboy2 |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 00:33 - May 13 by theloneranger |
Tosh had only just passed his 30th birthday when he came on that night, but was still suffering from his long term thigh problem which had scuppered a transfer to both Leicester and Anderlecht, and luckily led to him becoming our player manager aged just 28.
Especially after C**rdiff had knocked him back as a coach. 😂😂 |
Still cant believe how young he was when he came, at the time it didnt register for me because I was only 8, that thigh injury really did mess his playing career up but in a funny way it started us on an unforgettable journey. | | | |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 10:22 - May 13 with 1101 views | thornabyswan |
Any video footage of this game.
I was looking for the Cardiff home game 79.80 last week and also the 3 palace cup ties in the same season.
But no luck if anybody can find anything would they please post it. | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 10:35 - May 13 with 1089 views | dameedna |
If I was there most prob on the east. Dont remember the goal but seen the picture. If it was Luton my my what a game, with Ricky Hill a total marvel and putting us on tenderhooks. |  | | |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 10:58 - May 13 with 1071 views | sainthelens |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 10:35 - May 13 by dameedna |
If I was there most prob on the east. Dont remember the goal but seen the picture. If it was Luton my my what a game, with Ricky Hill a total marvel and putting us on tenderhooks. |
That Luton game was on a par with the 2nd leg playoff/Forest when it comes to nerves.
Remember hanging onto the tin sheeting at back of the North bank to get a view. Fckn mental night that was. | | | |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 11:37 - May 13 with 1060 views | monmouth |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 10:58 - May 13 by sainthelens |
That Luton game was on a par with the 2nd leg playoff/Forest when it comes to nerves.
Remember hanging onto the tin sheeting at back of the North bank to get a view. Fckn mental night that was. |
2-0 up and cruising, and then they decided to play. They could have scored 6. Never been so grateful for a 2-2. It worked out for the best. I wouldn't have wanted to go to Preston with the mentality that a draw would be enough. | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 14:02 - May 13 with 1020 views | taffpunk |
Much revered by Swansea fans and also by Cardiff supporters, there's not many can say that. My favourite player when I was a kid, still thought his book was pretty sh@t though. | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 14:34 - May 13 with 1004 views | monmouth |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 14:02 - May 13 by taffpunk |
Much revered by Swansea fans and also by Cardiff supporters, there's not many can say that. My favourite player when I was a kid, still thought his book was pretty sh@t though. |
Not as bad as his poetry. Didn’t he bring out a collection....’Gosh, it’s Tosh’. And it certainly was.
Maybe I was hallucinating. There were a lot of shrooms around in the early eighties. | |
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 15:32 - May 13 with 986 views | sherpajacob |
| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 20:18 - May 12 by JBT95 |
Why was the game played Friday night?
Did everybody play then? [Post edited 12 May 2020 20:19]
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at the time there was no requirement for everyone to finish their season on the same day. Teams would often have rearranged fixtures still to play and would play them in the week before or even after the FA Cup final.
The scheduled season would have finished the Saturday before.(The famous Plymouth away MOTD)
This fixture and the Wednesday v swindon match would have been rearranged from earlier in the season, postponed due to weather or cup clashes. This was common practise I think our Bristol city relegation match in 85 was the same. Played the Friday before the FA Cup final.
I may be wrong but I think swindon still had another fixture to play, hence I don't think people were glued to the transistor radio for their score. I do recall as a 11 year old explaining to my mums friend the permutations beforehand, of which there were many also involving other clubs, the simplest of which was; we win and Swindon lose we're up.
It was later changed so that everyone had to finish on the same day, after Coventry played about 3 games after the cup final, they need to win them all and did, mainly because the opposition were playing in swimming trunks and sandals. [Post edited 13 May 2020 15:54]
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| 41 Years Ago Tonight .... Tosh Did This ... on 15:52 - May 13 with 970 views | sherpajacob |
Further to above, its quite remarkable (in David Coleman accent) our promotion was confirmed that night as several teams still had other matches left to play
using this superb website:-
https://www.11v11.com/teams/swindon-town/tab/matches/season/1979/
Swindon still another game left, which they lost, but because they lost at Wednesday they now couldn't catch us
Gillingham had 2 games left and won both, but because we won, they couldn't catch us.
Watford had one game left which they won to go above us into 2nd
Shrewsbury had one game left which they won to go top, above us and Watford.
if we hadn't beaten Chesterfield, we would have been sweating all the following week on the other teams results, hoping for slip ups from either Shrewsbury, Watford or Gillingham, none of them did. [Post edited 13 May 2020 15:55]
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