During commentary, I said “this side always score” and so they did for a 41st match in succession. Cue pandemonium from us in the commentary box and another pitch invasion, this time from those in red on the far side of the ground.
And then it is a blur – pure ecstasy. This time we knew there was no time left for Rochdale. They kick-off and the referee blows for full-time. Just jubilation, no-one quite able to believe what they had just witnessed.
But take a moment to think about the emotions of the Rochdale manager Jim McNulty.
For a few seconds he thought the referee had blown for full-time meaning his side were champions, whereas in fact he was awarding City a goal.
He walked on to the pitch with his arms in the air, only to slowly realise what had happened, and those hands were suddenly on his head in disbelief and disappointment as he stood motionless.
It was only when we got back in the car to head home, over two-and-a-half-hours after the final whistle, that I got to listen back to the commentary on Sports Report.
I had no idea what I had said in those moments. You cannot plan for things like this.
Since then my phone has not stopped pinging. As one of my cousins said to me, “If the teenage David with his pocket radio could see this. Just brilliant.”
To get to do this job with my mate and radio summariser Iain Dunn, with these players and our club, just magic.
I was at Old Trafford in 1995 when City beat Manchester United in the League Cup, at Goodison Park a year later when we knocked Everton out of the same competition over two legs, and at each of York’s six Wembley appearances – but nothing matches the drama I witnessed at the Crown Oil Arena on Saturday.
It is a day I, and everyone associated with York City Football Club, will never forget.
In fact, we may as well cancel football now. How will Saturday ever be beaten?
