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Re: Most dejected you've felt at a Boro game

By ChudsToday 12:18Today at 12:18:04In response to Most dejected you've felt at a Boro game

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That was indeed a horrible night. But on the plus side, we knew it was the end of Gary Smith, so there was hope things could soon improve.

For me, for a while it was Carlisle at Stoke in the Conf playoff final, as I genuinely cried that day, as did many others, and was still young so it really hurt. Ut definitely now is Sheffield United away in the second leg of the L1 playoffs. I knew that was the end of that special period, I couldn't handle seeing Mark Roberts in tears on his own in front of the away end, which was made so much worse by hugging his mum and nan (I actually miss them as much as I miss him, they were the absolute loveliest people, who had so much pride in him and who both genuinely adored our fans and how much we all welcomed them and Mark into our club and hearts) as they were both sobbing. It was utterly devastating. And the end of that season was totally ruined by their fans, who are the reason I still hate that club. We couldn't have that moment of thanking our squad for what they gave us and the ride we had been on, despite knowing a number of them would be off that summer and not play for us again.

Edit: Not sure whether I said it on here, but I certainly did on X. The image of Pidge on Wednesday night, wading through the opposition fans to get to the away end, refusing to let anybody prevent him doing so, and standing alone in front of the away end applauding, close to tears, with a sea of away fans goading us just yards behind him. It was almost a carbon copy of Robbo at Sheffield United. We compare the two of them a lot, and that was just the cherry on the comparison cake. Two absolute legends, who lead the club on and off the pitch with such class, prefessionalism and inspiration, who drive players forward and make everybody better. My favourite two players ever.

Edit 2: I really wasn't that upset on Wednesday so that didn't come close to Sheffield Utd. Partly because I never believed we could actually go up this season (going into the second leg, I mean, I felt we had a chance during the season) but did back then, and partly because the nature of how it played out gave us an hour to accept it before FT, whereas Sheffield United won it late on so was much more of a dagger into the heart.

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