Seaford Half Marathon - 5th June 2005

[El Gordo]

How many times had my own team destroyed the dreams of other, more deserving teams with the last kick of the game?

Oh God, it's all coming back to me.

1996. The year QPR got relegated from the Premiership. A couple of games from the end of the season. QPR v Man Utd at Loftus Road. QPR winning 1-0 in a crucial game.

90 minutes comes and goes. The crowd are whistling.

1, 2, 3 minutes of stoppage time pass. The crowd are getting hysterical. Blow the bloody whistle!!

This was the the days before the electronic board displaying how many minutes were left.

4 minutes, 5 minutes. What the hell's going on?!! There were no significant injuries or stoppages in the second half.

6, 7 minutes tick by. We are getting uncontrollable. This is outrageous! Stop the bloody game!!

8 minutes. 9 minutes!

NINE MINUTES! Eric Cantona thumps a speculative shot from 20 yards. It skids off Ray Wilkins into the QPR net for an undeserved equaliser.

Before we can fish the ball out of the net, the referee decides that he is now safe to blow the full time whistle.

Man Utd win the league, QPR are relegated.