
John McCormick writes: I hitched the 120 miles home on the Friday, saw an average game, then hitched back down to Uni on the Monday (or it could have been the Sunday) as usual. It was as uneventful a weekend as I remember and I picked up no air of anticipation from the crowd, nor any indication that the club was on the verge of something special.
Pete Sixsmith was living a lot nearer to Roker Park than me, however, and was no doubt more tuned in to the eventsĀ and the atmosphere surrounding the club. He seems to think there was a bit more going on, and maybe he was right…