RR Tales From The Crypt: Sunderland 7-0 Oxford, 1998

[RTG]

After a tough week, A Love Supreme editor Chris Thompson remembers better times. It's been difficult to escape the mention of 8-0 this week. What could have feasibly just been another football match prolonged itself by snowballing into something much more, a debate centred on the consumer-brand relationship, prompted of course by Vito Mannone...

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[genericus]

did the Oxford fans get a refund?

 

[Zaragoza]

My mate rang from Greece the next day & wouldn't believe me when I told him the score. I enjoyed Alex Rae's goal in particular against Oxford.

 

[Tin Soldier]

Can't forget it my 40th that day, cheerleaders for me outside the Harbour View and onto that match for a 7-0 win !!!!

 

[redandwhiterob]

If Johnston chip went in would have been up there with greatest goal ever at the SOL

 

[super sleeves]

If Johnston chip went in would have been up there with greatest goal ever at the SOL

Was tremendous that.
Used to love Alex Rae me, underrated by many

 

[Zaragoza]

did the Oxford fans get a refund?

Yes. He did.

 

[Maximus]

did the Oxford fans get a refund?

Aye mate both of them.

 

[Timsafc]

Peroxide Micky Gray scored a free kick & played right back!

 

[Jimmy Salami]

Would have taken 7 nil as opposed to 8 nil mind you.

 

[Albay3037]

Was my first home game, I blame them for deceiving me into making me believe we could win like that all the time

 

[Larza]

My Dad is always moaning , finding faults with Sunderland - on the way back to the car after the 7-0 win he has criticising our style of play! I just though WTF!

As you can imagine he was delighted last weekend

 

[fab t]

I lived in Banbury at the time and I listened to the match on bbc radio Oxford and the commentator was crying as the seventh went in.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I was there and missed every goal.

 

[Vinny the Mackem]

Was this game not the very first pay per view for football in the UK?

 

[Patch Lafayette]

Halcyon days, were a train at that time. Remember the boxing day game at home v Bradford when we hammered them but only won 2 0. Highly likely that I'm getting my seasons mixed up however.

Was this game not the very first pay per view for football in the UK?

That was an away game at the manor ground. We drew 0 0 IIRC

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

RR finally gets it's match report out there

@the streaker

 

[Cosmos Rocks]

Nice article and a canny day. Makes me feel old though!

 

[Goat Hoof]

happy days. also remember it well, sat at my kitchen table in a pokey apartment in Kiev listening to the world service on short wave. and aye, makes me feel old too.