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Good read about probably the best striker I've seen in a Pools shirt, untouchable on his day.

Canny read that.


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That article gave me goose pimples, well some of it.
Smoggies looking down at us. They can't even do that on a map!!!!

mill house paddock

and the ball rolling down the back of the net softer than a playboys fingers on a showgirls spine

The game against Sheffield Wednesday is just one of the many great memories of Neale Coopers tenure. Others include, Hugh's fantastic strike against Nott County and his twice taken free kick at the death against Blackpool, the entire game vs Luton and watching in disbelief as the goals racked up against Grimsby. My last great memory of Boyd was the sheer class of his goal at Huddersfield, when he probably shouldn't have been playing. We can only hope we see something similar in the future, regardless of what level we are playing. Thanks for your part in the above IOR, now please go.

Don't think anybody writes about north-east football better than Harry Walter Mitty Shithead. He isn't joking about nearly getting killed on the A19 either but I'd have died happy.

I'd never heard of The Blizzard but it looks well worth reading.

Fantastic read, if only Loughlin could pen something as good. ..

Brilliant article! Captures the atmosphere that night at the Vic perfectly!

Great article, and a nice turn of phrase. Haribo Tangfastics indeed!

The Blizzard is a wonderful read and it's basically an outlet for football writers to do articles on what they want to write about, not what newspaper editors want them to (the current edition is a north east special and has a great photo shoot/story with Faustino Asprilla).

They use a 'pay what you want' system, but I've recently subscribed. The magazine itself is very well designed and more of a book than a typical magazine, though you can get it in eBook formats.

https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/

Great article!!

Will have a read now on me dinner.

As sad as this may sound as a 40 year old man that genuinely gave me goosebumps thinking about that goal and that night and that period. I've always supported Pools but in that period Boydy was so good I wasnt only coming along to the game I was genuinely excited about watching him play and seeing what he would do next.

The fact Scotty dropped him for the first away game of the following season then told him to run off a shattered knee cap makes my blood boil.

me too!

looks a good magazine - anybody subscribing who can give it a thumbs up?

Definitely worth getting.

Judging on what I've read this morning they've done exactly what they set out to do and given good football writers the space and freedom to write about what they like, how they like. Might invest in the complete collection next payday.

What yer havin?

Tomato soup and a bag of Goan Curry flavour Lentil Chips with a glass of water. You?

Cous cous n a jacket potato.

Bit boring, leftover tea from last night.

Very starchy.

Loved that made me goosebumps too. Joel and Boydy....it almost seems a lifetime away. Now Marlon and Marvin. Enough said.

Adam Boyd goal v Sheffield Wednesday: http://youtu.be/yBT17GItIrU. Its seems so long ago ....

6ft 2" ????

Yep, tall lad is Adam, surprised myself thinking back how many of his goals were headers.

His best goal for me was in the promotion season in newell era, cross comes in, heads it up into the air, overheads it in, unreal off the cuff goal, lincoln at home i think it was, won 2-1.

Great read that!

That Sheff Wed game is one of them famous nights we will all remember. Remember going out straight to Jax soaked through but it didn't matter. I miss feeling like celebrating after pools. It has been a long time!

What a goal that 3rd strike was. I remember being terrified the ref was going to abandon that game.

I just watched a Boyd goal compilation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUCkgfeh5JA -and its pretty upsetting. He scored more goals in the play-off final season than we have as a team so far this season. Every game was a full stadium, I was one of the kids running along the front when we scored, away ends full of pools fans, all the sponsor boards full with most local companies. Obviously I remember the players we had and the joy when we scored but its a distant memory.

Boyd was an unbelievable player but he wasn't the only one; midfielders who'd get about 10 a season each, defenders who's get there share, Boyd with his 29 and a couple of 15 goal strikers with him. Watching I remember the excitement I felt and its not the same any more. When we score its shock not excitement and its just a case of waiting for the opposition to reply.

One day I hope we get a team and memories like that again

Your more hardcore than me, we went home first to get changed then went out.

Used to love the friday games, straight onto loons after.

They where great times to be a poolie.
How the same owners have let our club run into a massive demise is totally unforgivable.

Like the singer said, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone."

True of Boydy and true of us Pools fans.

A terrible waste and one for which we should hate Martin Scott even more for. What is it about Middlesbrough's back room staff turned managers?

Imagine if Boydy had pace. He would probably be playing for Real Madrid now.

He'd have been in the premiership regardless of pace in my opinion, awful to see the man responsible for his demise celebrating at the end of that video.

Will we ever see the like of Boyd and porter again best duo I can remember in my 14 years supporting pools .?

Unfortunately not. Some say that the pinnacle of Pools was the 4-3 defeat against Man United. Others claim Cardiff in the playoffs. Personally; I will not be convinced that nothing in the history of Hartlepool United can top Adam Boyd and Joel Porter in full flow.

Boydy, take a bow. You could have been so much more but what you were was superb.

It was a class goal, it was the Tuesday after we'd gubbed the Loids 4-1 and that donkey Matt Clarke had bust Watsons leg quite early season with Turner still manager.

best year and a half of my life. Boyd and Porter were the epitome of the perfect partnership. I honestly doubt i'll ever witness a better strike partnership for Pools.

As if that was 10 year ago

Agree mr b to think I was beginning to take being in league 1 for granted since relegation from the big league it's been tits up from there in our predicament I'd play Boyd and porter now and bet they'd get more goals than the m and m combo. Marv and marlon sound like a pair of 50's cartoon characters in the ilk of Felix the cat !!

I've seen a few good pairings, but as far as memorable Pools moments go that team figured in probably more than most. And he was the ice on the caking.

I don't gree with the author though. Boydy didn't wait for 2004-5 to go on his scoring spree. He almost single handedly got us into the play-offs the year before, starting about 5 minutes after he got back from Boston. In fact I'd be willing to wager that was his most fruitful goalscoring groove.

From the goal on his debut against Shrewsbury having come on as sub, you could see that he was going to be something special. Remember nothing about the game except his 10 mins on the pitch, a tight tangle shot into the rink End.

poolieineastlondon reminded me today about the goal he scored at Rushden, nicking the ball from Billy 'Turkey' before slamming it our end

John, on a different topic, do you keep stats relating to which player for Pools has the highest win percentage when appearing?

Those 2 seasons where the best this club has ever had and highly likely the best we will ever have. I rememeber how gutted I was leaving Ashton Gate and Millenium Stadium but I'd go back if I could instead of the current apathy I feel towards Pools and football in general.