Memories of the 1996 playoff final between Notts and Bradford

[Joe Jones]

26 May is the anniversary of when Notts went to Wembley to take on Bradford in the playoff final and sadly were denied promotion in a 2-0 defeat.

Dan Hamilton opened the scoring for the Bantams just eight minutes in and, despite a Magpies fightback, Mark Stallard struck after the break to send the Yorkshire side up.

What memories do you have of the day? Let PON know!

[Chris]

I recall being very disappointed with the game, my Grandfather took me and I remember it quite well despite being young. Our fans seemed very up for the occasion but the outcome was quite poor. I wasn't impressed with Bradford at all.

 

[DangerousSausage]

I don't remember much of a fightback at all. We barely even got going and Bradford fully deserved the win. Even the atmosphere from the Notts fans was strangely subdued - as if no-one really believed we were going to do it.

[Fozzy]

We stumbled into that final, as Murphy had sold all of our best players and replaced them with very average ones, especially in midfield.
I think apathy had set in with most supporters and all I remember were around 11k notts fans outnumbered by over 25k Bradford fans and a game that we were dominated in.
It was a rubbish game, followed by over 20 years of rubbish since, bar 2, or 3 seasons.


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[Chris]

I should note, Bradford scored some great crafted goals but considering how woeful we was - they should have done better truth be said.

[Magic magpie]

I don’t remember much about this .. probably cause I have blocked it out.