Kevin Poole had a blinder that game.

I only really remember the goal. I was in the millhouse seats with my dad and the goal was scored in the rink end goal from the other side of the pitch quite late on in the game. Dont even recall if the Cyril Knowles stand had started to be constructed at this point

A bit of confusion here I think yloop is on about away game on a Friday night game late ish in the Promotion season in 91 when Kevin Poole made his debut and we won 3-1. I can be seen in my wax jacket and flat cap celebrating all three goals on the promotion video! That game you are on about was at home like you said in the League Cup first round probably about August 93.

Yes that all sounds fairly accurate. Pretty sure Martin Hodge would have been our keeper around this time

The away game Yloop is on about could be part of another thread entitled best ever debut performances by a Pools player. I think I would vote for Kevin Poole that day as well, simply incredible.

Brian Honours goal in the League Cup would rank as one of the best I've seen scored by a Pools player as well. 2 extra threads there

It was probably even 94 thinking about it I reckon so after Hodge, in goal could have been Steve Jones or even someone like the late Tim Carter or Brian Horne.

http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Match.aspx?oid=3548

It was Tim Carter.

If I remember, the locals weren't very welcoming.

Harry Kirk.... Aaaaaaah... he was good.

Christ! Some players I totally forgot about there. Nicky Peverral being one. Couldn't pick him out in a lineout but I remember his name. What a player Dean Emerson was though

Halifax Town at home in 83. Won 3-0. Hooked.

Dean Emerson was pure quality in his first season with Pools. He only came down to our level because his career was hampered by bad knee injuries.

I really can't remember but I think the goalie was called Guthrie, or maybe Dyson.

We had some great players around that time. Hodge, Emerson and Saville were all a class above where we were, McPhail and McGuckin too. Nicky Southall, still had Olsson and Knobbsy then as well I think? Then we went to shit the season after and nearly went bust.

Before my first full game I remember waiting outside the Millhouse for the gates to open near the end of the matches and we'd go in and watch the last 15 minutes or so

My first full game will probably have been early 1980s with my great grandad (EX Pools goalkeeper). I used to live in Osborne Road and he lived in Ellison Street, we walked down Elwick Road and got the bus along to Millhouse and it cost about 9p for both of us, I'll have been about 6 or 7 and he'll have been in his 70s.

I remember that my mam used to make me sandwhichs for half time, one game we were sat on the wall in the Rink End with our half time refreshments, mine a flask of juice and my grandads a hip flask, when a copper came over asking us to put our flasks away as they could be used as missiles and start a riot

Not forgetting walking from end to end at half time.... And putting a spurt on if you had a chosen spot in mind.
And worst of all when the odd big occasion turned up and all the part timers turned up and upset the established routine.

Am I imagining this or was a Boxer Dog a Rink end regular?

I used to get Mick Spelman's tie-ups. Like EVERY week.

Those big crowds are a damned nuisance...

Know what you mean like - it's amazing how ready to let rip with criticism many of the 'infrequent attenders' are.

Stoic doesn't begin to describe the majority of regulars in the Millhouse at the minute. Plenty of grumbles on the way out if we've got beat but generally hoping for the best during the game.

Plenty of good memories and good players in years gone by.
A few times i would watch a game from all 4 sides of the ground.
I dident like that old wooden Dock Stand like.

Hope our younger generation of fans get the chance to talk about better days in the not to distant future which seems an eternity away at the moment.

You didn't need a watch in them days, you knew there was about 5 minutes until half time when the same people would set off to change ends

Monkeybutt won't have been going then will he?

I remember watching the town end / rink end switch when I started going. Found it fascinating. They put gates in the season after? (1991-1992) and stopped it.

Sat 22nd October 1988. Pools 0-3 Crewe Alexandra. Hooked for life after that.