The greatest away game in my time as a Blues supporter.
We tore a very good team apart, I left the ground thinking it could happen, we could be a top division club by the end of the season.
I was never to think that again.
I overheard a Derby supporter outside saying: "I wish we'd spent a million on that Otto." Rikki had, of course, scored a brilliant goal. A volley made in heaven.
Sadly, a certain Karen Brady was watching the results as well and decided to offer Fat Fry a job and two weeks later that was that.
Spud took over and six months later we had won only seven more games and finished 15th.
Still the most exciting team in my 42 years as a Blue was to break up and the rest is history.
I can't find a full report but for all those that were there the memories of that great game will always remain.
Remember the score, who got the goals, and look at that league table. So close but.......
| Sat 27-Nov | Derby County | A | D1 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | Hunt JonesG Otto | 12 | 14,458 |
(The second biggest crowd that saw us all season only beaten by the 15plus thousand who saw us beat Sunderland away 2-0 the week before!)
| Endsleigh League Division One 1993/1994 | Historical league standings at 27th Nov 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pld | Home | Away | Overall | Pts | GS | ||||||||||||||||||
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 35 | 24 | ||||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 31 | ||||
| 3 | Southend United | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 33 | 34 | ||||
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 30 | 31 | ||||
| 5 | Leicester City | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 30 | 27 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Derby County | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol City | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Portsmouth | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | Stoke City | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Luton Town | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | Notts. County | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Birmingham City | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Oxford United | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Sunderland | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | Barnsley | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | Peterborough United | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 15 | ||||