Aaron Paul
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Podcast Appearances
Your favourite moments, 1999, Man City going up from the third tier, 2-0 down against Tony Pulis' Gillingham, going into the 90th minute.
Late drama, though, with goals from Kevin Horlock and Paul Dickoff taking it to penalties.
There was a blue moon over the old Wembley that night.
Do you know what, though?
I don't think, I mean, Dikov's goal was great and the celebration was iconic.
Sliding down on his knees and you see the beautiful kits made by Kappa then.
Nicky Weaver's celebration for the penalties.
Was he really?
Yeah, he was my boot boy when I was at Mansfield, young keeper.
Yeah, actually, Man City signed him.
We got beat, I think it was 7-0 in a game against Notts Forest in a pre-season game.
And the City scout was there and he signed him on that because it could have been about 50.
Could have been about 15-0, but Nicky Weaver running her off with the fans.
I mean, he's shown some pace that day, hasn't he?
Old Wembley, of course, had that famous situation where it had the sand pits behind it and you had to cross over the sand pit to get to the dressing room.
But what Weaver does is he hops over and then realises it's quite the distance to fans, so he waits and calls all his colleagues to come and he's waving and calling them over.
But it's an incredible celebration and what a...
What a moment of joy for Man City and Joe Royal after what have been a real difficult couple of seasons for them.
Yes, exactly that.
I mean, for some of the younger listeners to mention Manchester City and Gillingham in the same game is a bit of a strange one.