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| First County Visit: | Saturday 23rd January 1999 |
| Competition: | FA Cup – (Round 4) |
| Result: | Sheffield Wednesday 2 – 0 Stockport County |
| Attendance: | 20,984 |
| Away Trip: | 93 |
| Away Day: | 400 |
| County Line-up | 1 Carlo Nash; 2 Sean Connelly; 3 Tony Dinning (12 Jim Gannon); 4 Paul Cook; 5 Mike Flynn; 6 Martin McIntosh; 7 Waynne Phillips (13 Rob Matthews); 8 Derek McInnes; 9 Brett Angell; 10 Ian Moore; 11 Colin Woodthorpe; (Subs not used: 14 Ian Gray; 15 Kevin Cooper 16 Aaron Wilbraham) |
| Manager: | Gary Megson |
| County Visits: | 5 |
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Reflections on Hillsborough to be published in due course
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The Main Stand at Hillsborough – a magnificent structure.
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The Kop – a huge covered stand. On my first visit, (back in 1962 with my Dad), this was an uncovered terrace, holding 18,000 – an impressive sight when full
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The wonders of You Tube!! A Pathe newsreel of the very first time I visited Hillsborough. The FA Cup Semi Final in 1962. A trip with my Dad which I can vividly recall to this day. It poured down, we went on the train from Guide Bridge to Wadsley Bridge .. my first experience of a big crowd. (Click on the image to view)
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The North Stand, erroneously claimed by many to be the first cantilever stand – that honour of course goes to the Old Showground
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The West Stand, commonly know as the Leppings Lane End – we were always located in there in the upper tier
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Peter Tyldesley talks about refereeing the first game at Hillsborough after the disaster
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Mark interviewed Peter for a piece on Tameside Radio. Here’s a short extract from it in which Peter reflects on taking charge of the first game held at Hillsborough after the disaster in 1989. It’s a poignant recollection.
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VISITS
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| Day | Date | Competition | Tier / Round | Opponents | Res | F | A | Crowd | Away Day |
| Sat | 23/01/99 (Highlights) | FA Cup | Round 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | L | 0 | 2 | 20,984 | 400 |
| Sat | 09/12/00 (Highlights) | Nationwide Football League – Division 1 | Tier 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | W | 4 | 2 | 16,337 | 435 |
| Sat | 24/11/01 (Highlights) | Nationwide Football League – Division 1 | Tier 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | L | 0 | 5 | 17,365 | 456 |
| Sat | 13/09/03 | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 | Tier 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | D | 2 | 2 | 22,535 | 488 |
| Sat | 23/04/05 | Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 | Tier 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | D | 0 | 0 | 22,331 | 529 |
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ON MY JOURNEY WITH COUNTY AROUND 180 GROUNDS
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Previously – SELHURST PARK Next stop – REEBOK STADIUM
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