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Old 17-04-2007, 20:43   #27
Phil Whalley
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Re: Best moments of the season

Agree with all of the above. The late winners at home to Wycombe and at Barnet were also good moments, but something that sticks in my head is something more personal, before the Watford League Cup tie. I work close enough to Watford to be able to catch a bus to the ground, and when I first moved down south we were in the Unibond First Division, so the idea of watching Stanley at Watford was almost inconceivable. We were playing at the same level as the local side Northwood FC and getting roughly the same gates of a few hundred or so. Anyway, having caught the bus from work, as we approached Watford town centre I saw a couple of lads in Stanley shirts walking along the road, on their way to a pub no doubt, and this momentary sight served to emphasise again just how far we had come in such a short space of time, to be playing a Premiership club – and having beaten ex-European champions to earn the right to do so. The sight of those two lads in their Stanley shirts gave me a great sense of pride and it’s a moment that I cherish.
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