Matchday Memories: On This Day 1992 – See Oldham K.O.’d Cold By Bold Sky Blues

On this day (5th September) in 1992 the Sky Blues were well into their Premier League season under ‘Cov Kid’ former player turned manager Bobby Gould (now a CCFPA member).  Phil Neal, the Gouldfather’s Assistant (who would go on to take over the gaffer’s chair from Bobby the following season) became part of the England set up this season.

Kevin Gallacher

More than eleven thousand fans were present at Boundary Park to see the Sky Blues take on Oldham Athletic in their seventh league game of the season. There was some confidence in the Sky Blue camp because they had already won their previous three away games at Tottenham Hotspur, Wimbledon and Sheffield Wednesday and their fourth successive away win by 1-0 today in Lancashire was to equal a club record.

Robert in the Sky Blue

The solitary and winning Sky Blue goal which can be viewed below (courtesy of former CCFPA committee member Dean Nelson) came from  Kevin Gallacher, his first of the season, on 56 minutes from a sweet volley following a nod on from  Robert Rosario (now Kevin’s fellow CCFPA member). Robert was lucky, however, to stay on the pitch after an altercation with the ‘Latics Richard Jobson (and was later subbed) but the win was thoroughly deserved. The Sky Blue fans among the 11,254 crowd went home very happy!

Click on the image to see Kevin’s goal again:-

The Sky Blues’ team this day (CCFPA members underlined) was:-

Steve Ogrizovic, Brian Borrows, Kenny Sansom, Peter Atherton, Andy Pearce, Lloyd McGrath, Peter Ndlovu, Lee Hurst, Robert Rosario (sub. Phil Babb), Kevin Gallacher (sub. Terry Fleming) and John Williams.

Sky Blues Peter in the 1990s

Joe Royle‘s Oldham XI lined up:-

Jon Hallworth, Steve Redmond, Neil Pointon, Nick Henry (sub. Neil Adams), Richard Jobson, Ian Marshall, Gunnar Halle (sub. Roger Palmer), Ian Olney, Graeme Sharp, Mike Milligan (c) and Paul Bernard  Referee: D.Allison

The Sky Blues completed the double over the ‘Latics beating them 3-0 at Highfield Road in January with a Kevin Gallacher brace and another from our ‘Bulawayo Bullet’ Peter Ndlovu (who later became this Association’s 300th member)!

CCFC 1992-93

The Sky Blues finished the Premier League season in fifteenth spot with Oldham Athletic just escaping relegation with the same points as the relegated Crystal Palace but a better goal difference. Middlesbrough and bottom club Nottingham Forest were also Division Two bound.

At the other end of the table Manchester United were deserved Champions being fully ten points clear of also-ran runners up Aston Villa!

Thanks to CCFPA’s Mike Young for sourcing the images.