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"For the football anoraks, keep us all posted of your movements as we near the business end of the season. If all goes to plan, I should chalk up a further 20+ matches this month - starting with Fulham v. Tottenham on Sunday" OP, I’m still recovering from the disappointment of Wilson’s late winner against us in January, and the disrupted train on the way home! Praying for three points today to open the gap from the bottom three a little. COYS. | |||
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" OP, I’m still recovering from the disappointment of Wilson’s late winner against us in January, and the disrupted train on the way home! " Thank you for sharing this. It has made my weekend. I would happily take relegation if it meant you lot joined us in the Championship. We’re used to it, your supporters would never live it down. ⚒ | |||
" OP, I’m still recovering from the disappointment of Wilson’s late winner against us in January, and the disrupted train on the way home! Thank you for sharing this. It has made my weekend. I would happily take relegation if it meant you lot joined us in the Championship. We’re used to it, your supporters would never live it down. ⚒" Dr Spurs at your service. Arsenal champions and us relegated…..🫠 | |||
"A positive result either way at Ibrox as good as knocks the loser out of the title race, but a draw would really benefit Hearts." Only Hearts and Motherwell benefit from today 2-0 up at half time for Rangers and cruising Stupid defending at a set piece and it’s 2-1 Then Adair keep on saying, we wait until stoppage time and Celtic are gifted a penalty for what was a dubious handball incident Butland saves, then saves the rebound only for Hatate to score at the 3rd attempt. Questions to be asked of poor defensive mistakes from the hosts If your a Hearts fan, this was a good weekend however, it’s still not over not by a long way As for me, grandson had a 9am kick off in torrential rain. Didn’t help that it was a grass park as well. His home ground has an all weather surface so and old fashioned grass park that resembled a potato patch. Up against one of the oldest teams on the planet in Queens Park, albeit their Under 15’s he had a relatively good game as a keeper, made one mistake in the whole match as he was beaten in a one on one inside the box. Irrelevant in the end as his side walked away with an 8-1 result | |||
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"I may be barking up the wrong tree here and need clarification of this RULE 14 The Penalty Kick When I played football 40 years ago when, you took a penalty and missed you, the penalty taker, were not allowed to follow through with the rebound. This had to be done by a teammate On checking Rule 14 this is confirmed. What is not 100% clear or I’m not reading it right, you hit the penalty and the keeper saves it but it bounces back does that rule still apply. Do you have to wait until someone else plays the ball or is that someone else the keeper who made the save. I always seem to remember when hitting penalties that I couldn’t follow through with the rebound and that had to be a teammate. Call it sour grapes at yesterday’s Old Firm match that yet again whilst Celtic are trailing after the 90 minutes we go into stoppage time and they are awarding a very soft penalty The penalty taker, Reo Hatate takes his shot, Jack Butland saved the penalty, Hatate follows through with the rebound which again Butland saves only for Hatate to take a 3rd bite at the cherry before scoring. Yes the Rangers defenders should have reacted to Butland’s save and rushed in to clear their lines but I was sure the law states Hatate cannot hit the rebound after he missed the initial shot I apologise if I’m wrong, remember I played back in the days of Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter, Chopper Harris etc where leaving stud marks in your opponents legs counted as much as a goal " A penalty taker is not allowed to touch the ball twice , so if ball rebounds of post he can not play the ball but he can if the ball has been touched by the goalkeeper | |||
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"You left out Richard Osman." Everyone’s a critic 🤣. Was so glad to see Harry Wilson off the team sheet last night and fancied our chances. Good time to play you. At the end of the season, we might look back at Fulham’s last two results as being pivotal to our season. | |||
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"They always say it is the hope that kills you. We are nine games away from what would, for me, be the greatest sporting moment in following football for over 55 years. I was to young to appreciate ‘77, if the dream happens this year….." It’s not the hope that kills you…. It’s knowing it’s the hope that kills you, is the hope that kills you!!! Speaking of long memories.. I was once in a 5 a side tourney (all arsenal fans) and we played a team full of orient fans (I refuse to call the Leyton Orient) …. Anyway they beat us 2-1 and after the game one of them shouted “that’s for ‘78!!!” 
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"They always say it is the hope that kills you. We are nine games away from what would, for me, be the greatest sporting moment in following football for over 55 years. I was to young to appreciate ‘77, if the dream happens this year….. It’s not the hope that kills you…. It’s knowing it’s the hope that kills you, is the hope that kills you!!! Speaking of long memories.. I was once in a 5 a side tourney (all arsenal fans) and we played a team full of orient fans (I refuse to call the Leyton Orient) …. Anyway they beat us 2-1 and after the game one of them shouted “that’s for ‘78!!!”
Fa cup semi final grudges…… "I wonder if that's an age thing , because I was annoyed when they were called Orient , they are always Leyton Orient to me | |||
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"Up here we have an afternoon of disgraceful scenes that were long gone from Scottish football At Ibrox Stadium Celtic played 120 mins without having a shot at goal Wave after wave of Rangers attacks and plenty of shots that were more or less all off target Neither keeper had an actual save to make 2 disallowed goals. Celtic for offside, Rangers for handball And then we go to penalties Jack Butland has faced 5 penalties this season and saved all 5, albeit Shankland of Hearts and Hatate of Celtic scored with rebounds. So hopes were high You’d bet your mortgage on Tavernier, Rangers regular penalty taker but, he hit the bar and that started the tension Gassama then put his kick over the bar Celtic win on penalties and then the bedlam began Neither team is allocated away tickets to Old Firm games for a simple reason Today Celtic were allocated 7,500 tickets for one end of the stadium and when the winning penalty hit the net their supporters invaded the park The celebrations and the goading began. Before the stewards or Police could react Hundreds of Union Bears (The Rangers Ultras) invaded the park too. Pyrotechnics were fired at each other and the melee began Disappointing thing for me was after the clear up we had the post match interviews The SFA have condemned the fans and will be holding an enquiry into what happened Danny Rohl of Rangers condemned the aftermath. He did say he didn’t see it as he had ushered his players up the tunnel and was inside Martin O’Neil seemed to stoke the embers with comments like the absence of away supporters kills the atmosphere in the stadium and that is what makes the Old Firm derbies stand out from any other. This is not the first time either O’Neil or his predecessor Neil Lennon has opened his mouth without engaging his brain whenever there is this kind of behaviour at a derby match Nothing has been reported as yet however, I do expect sporadic violence throughout Glasgow as the rest of the evening and night goes on " The animals ran on and attacked Rangers stewards. Polis alba let them . Union bears chased thwm off. Hopegully the last time that filth is allowed at Ibrox. Total scum. | |||
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"Fabio The atmosphere inside the stadium during one of these games is electrifying but toxic as the hatred goes beyond football I’ve attend derby matches throughout the rest of the UK and went for a pint afterwards with both sets of supporters. That doesn’t happen up here, I have friends who are of a mixed marriage and are both living separately until the chaos dies down. If not they have a record of domestic violence during Old Firm games. Theirs is not solitary, I have spoken to other couples who have similar issues on derby day. " I’ve been told pubs in Livingston on the day of old firm games and the fact there were pubs that were for one set of fans or the other just to watch the game on tv is madness , I was in a mixed pub.. but still the fans were watching two different sets of TVs The north London derby in the early to mid 90’s went through that really toxic phase the first cup semi final at Wembley was nuts where there was blood on platforms at various underground stations, the battle at King’s Cross… the rumble at Baker Street The cup semi at old Trafford timed to start so early on the Sunday morning that trains from London wouldn’t get there for kick off so there were fights all over West Yorkshire and greater Manchester the night before I am glad it’s nowhere near as bad now…. It’s on the right side of good old fashioned hate now | |||
"That will be last time either team gets a full away allocation for an old firm… is a shame because I really like it " They should both play with no supporters present for a period, Celtic one game more as their 'fans' this time provoked it.. They won't listen to pleas from the respective clubs to behave if its just a fine etc.. | |||
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"PL2 action at Boreham Wood on Friday evening - and the best team display I've seem from an Academy/Youth team this season.....but it wasn't Arsenal. Firstly the game with Leicester U21 nearly got postponed. There was an appeal over the p.a. just before kick off "for any qualified match official in the crowd to make themselves known at the players' tunnel". Presumably one of the officials either took ill or picked up an injury in the warm up or just didn't get there. Anyway, somebody was found to handle 4th official duties, and we started ten minutes late. Actually it could be argued Arsenal started some time even later. In short in the opening stages, they couldn't get the ball off Leicester, simply couldn’t get near them. Passing was crisp and accurate, Leicester's pace and movement off the ball was intelligent, and their forward play was razor sharp. And on the basis of what I saw, here's a name for you to note - Riley Carr. Ran the game from the right wing, totally bossed it. The visitors were 0-3 to the good inside 35 minutes. Arsenal did pinch one back just before the break, but that was as good as it got. They had no answer to anything Leicester were doing, and Carr capped his performance with a stupendous 25 yarder into the top corner on the hour. When Leicester added another with around three minutes to go, it was not an unfair reflection of the play. 1-5 FT, and as I say, best team performance I've had the pleasure of seeing from an Academy team this season. So, what's everyone up to later. It's back to The Den for me to see if Millwall can take another step towards wrapping up a play off spot (though it should be noted they are now just a point behind Middlesbrough, and the teams do meet in a couple of weeks). And if Blackburn play as abjectly as they did at Oxford in the week, they should comfortably do so. But we all know what a bonkers division the Championship is. Then it's off to the City Ground for Nottingham Forest v. Fulham on Sunday. As always, if you're headed out somewhere, safe travels and enjoy your game." Never been as disappointed in one of your posts as I was with this one Scout ,,,when you got to the bit about the call for an official I was expecting you to tell us how you stepped up and took the whistle 😊 | |||
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"Still fuming about that terrible Red card decision plus the penalty not given for the foul on Azeez. We didn't start well but 2nd half after the changes made by AN we were much better.Great goal by Cundle and really we should have scored a second before the Red card and the Andrew Kitchen show started. Frustrating but luckily not too much damage done. COYL" Had my "proper" look at the incident on the EFL highlights. It's a yellow, but that's not a red as long as I've got a hole in my arse | |||
"Wonderful goal by Dowman, we left it late last night. But city dropped two more points, so the title feels close... " And he had plenty of work to do, the header to get control of the ball, and then the little knock past the defender to create the space. I first saw him in a Youth Cup tie just over a year ago, and a former manager I know said he was "best 15 year old [at that point] I've seen in years". | |||
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"Praying for the gunners for tomorrow!! Mrs xx " Amen to that! 🙏🏽 | |||
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"Praying for the gunners for tomorrow!! Mrs xx Amen to that! 🙏🏽" Fuck no praying they loose | |||
"Praying for the gunners for tomorrow!! Mrs xx " I hope they loose | |||
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" My first visit there and I have to say that I have rarely come across a non league club more up its own arse. No turnstile payments, so I needed to go to the box office to pay £15 (everyone else in the league is £10-11). " Years since I've been there, used to be a friendly club. Non League clubs need to make it easy to attract visitors, not more difficult | |||
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I'll be travelling down to Liverpool for the Scotland v C'ôte d'Ivoire game at the Hill Dickinson.
Never been to Liverpool before, so I'm looking forward to it.
I'm gonna do the tour of Anfield while and go see Goodison (no yours for that, unfortunately). | |||
"OK......if you fancy a spot of trivia. What unique achievement does Jimmy Greenhoff hold in connection with the F.A. Cup ???" I think they used to give medals to the winners and runners up of the semi finals. He has all 4 medals, winners and losers, for both the final and the semi. | |||
"The SPFL is getting tense now. M'on the Gers!
I'll be travelling down to Liverpool for the Scotland v C'ôte d'Ivoire game at the Hill Dickinson.
Never been to Liverpool before, so I'm looking forward to it.
I'm gonna do the tour of Anfield while and go see Goodison (no yours for that, unfortunately)."Was at goodison years ago for the dave watson testimonial. Was running battles all day. | |||
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"Well, hopefully there'll be none of that. I'm just hoping for a nice wander in anew place and to watch some good footy "Hope youre not wanting the sfa team to win? | |||
"OK......if you fancy a spot of trivia. What unique achievement does Jimmy Greenhoff hold in connection with the F.A. Cup ??? I think they used to give medals to the winners and runners up of the semi finals. He has all 4 medals, winners and losers, for both the final and the semi. " Good call ! Didn't expect someone to home in on it so quickly. The FULL answer is between 1970 and 1974 there was a 3rd/4th place play off match. It stemmed from the days in the 1950's & 60's when people travelled down to the Cup Final the day before by train. To lay on a Friday evening game to keep folk occupied, there used to be an England v. Young England game (effectively a trial match) either at Stamford Bridge or Highbury. However gates tailed off towards the end of the 1960's and the 3rd place match replaced it in 1970 (though only the first two were Friday nighters in London). In the early 1970's Greenhoff was in the Stoke side that lost successive semi-finals to Arsenal. In 1971 Stoke beat Everton in the 3rd place match (would you believe in front of around 5000 at Selhurst Park ? No wonder it never caught on). The 1972 match took place on the weekend prior to the new season. Birmingham & Stoke drew 0-0 at St. Andrews with Birmingham then winning the first penalty shoot out in the competition's history. Of course in 1977 Greenhoff was credited with the winning goal when Lou Macari's shot deflected off his chest to beat Ray Clemence. Then in 1979 Jimmy was in the team which lost to Arsenal. So....Jimmy Greenhoff is the ONLY player with a winners medal, a runners-up medal, and both 3rd place and 4th place tankards | |||
"The SPFL is getting tense now. M'on the Gers!
I'll be travelling down to Liverpool for the Scotland v C'ôte d'Ivoire game at the Hill Dickinson.
M been to Liverpool before, so I'm looking forward to it.
I'm gonna do the tour of Anfield while and go see Goodison (no yours for that, unfortunately)."New Everton stadium is magnificent. Saw Fulham there in November, also saw Youth Cup tie there last month, and did stadium tour too. Only problem is getting away from it quickly, the only real way in & out is Sandhills Station on Merseyrail. It's great that Goodison is still in use though how long it will be viable to keep two grounds like that operational is another matter. Tour guides at the HDS said the other week that there no immediate plans to close it and it will stay open for women's and some major youth matches. Personally, I think they'll just give it a few years until everyone is used to the new one before closing it. Derby kept the Baseball Ground on for around five years after the move to Pride Park. When I was up in the North West around six weeks ago I did check EFC's website. They do list Goodison tours as an item, but none live at present. I guess it's maybe something they'll do in the summer only. | |||
" Was at goodison years ago for the dave watson testimonial. Was running battles all day. " I've got a Rangers player issue shirt from that match (white Nike one which gradually shades black towards the bottom) in my collection. It's numbered 18, wasn't worn in the match but was thought to be swapped between a substitute on each side Picked it up on ebay many moons ago from a bloke in the North West who "....believed it game from a game played on Merseyside ". A bit of quick research would have pinpointed it to Dave Watson's Testimonial in July 1997. | |||
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"Here's another on for you. What last happened in the F.A. Cup Final in 1970 ? (And it's nothing to do with the replay, or being settled in Manchester)." Ah , I know this , it was the last time the referee didn't bother taking his whistle to the game and just let them get on with it ( I've seen the highlights ) , ps enjoyed the Jimmy Greenhoff trivia ,, pps looking forward to the real 1970 FA Cup Final answer | |||
"The SPFL is getting tense now. M'on the Gers!
I'll be travelling down to Liverpool for the Scotland v C'ôte d'Ivoire game at the Hill Dickinson.
M been to Liverpool before, so I'm looking forward to it.
I'm gonna do the tour of Anfield while and go see Goodison (no yours for that, unfortunately).
New Everton stadium is magnificent. Saw Fulham there in November, also saw Youth Cup tie there last month, and did stadium tour too. Only problem is getting away from it quickly, the only real way in & out is Sandhills Station on Merseyrail.
It's great that Goodison is still in use though how long it will be viable to keep two grounds like that operational is another matter. Tour guides at the HDS said the other week that there no immediate plans to close it and it will stay open for women's and some major youth matches. Personally, I think they'll just give it a few years until everyone is used to the new one before closing it. Derby kept the Baseball Ground on for around five years after the move to Pride Park.
When I was up in the North West around six weeks ago I did check EFC's website. They do list Goodison tours as an item, but none live at present. I guess it's maybe something they'll do in the summer only. "I did get dead excited about the idea of doing the tour Anfield and Goodison on the same day that I go to a game at the Hill Dickinson, but I saw that there's no tours on at Goodison just now, and none available at Hill Dickinson the day of or after the game. 
I'm still gonna go a wander past Goodison, though.
I'd love to see all the Archibald Leitch stadiums that are still remaining. | |||
"Well, hopefully there'll be none of that. I'm just hoping for a nice wander in anew place and to watch some good footy
Hope youre not wanting the sfa team to win? "I do, indeed. I dinnae care about the SFA thing. That was donks ago. I was all three games in Germany, but getting to the U.S. is just too expensive. I'll wait for the Euros being between the UK and Ireland | |||
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"I'm guessing any non "Gooners" are ordering the popcorn waiting to kick back and see the extent to which Arsenal completely tank and bottle it in the following weeks. "It's the only thing Tottenham fans will have to cheer about.  | |||
" I'd love to see all the Archibald Leitch stadiums that are still remaining." So little of his work left now. I'm fortunate enough to see a piece of his work every couple of weeks. The Stevenage Road stand (& The Cottage in the corner) at Fulham were built in 1905 and are his oldest surviving structures. Both Grade II listed buildings so only essential maintenance work can be carried out. His stand at Crystal Palace is earmarked to come down soon. There are a couple of bits and pieces left at Fratton Park, two sides at Goodison, and as you're obviously well aware the main stand at Ibrox. There is a superb book (I have a copy) written by Simon Inglis & published by English Heritage back in 2005 entitled "Engineering Archie", detailing his work, but VERY hard to find now. | |||
"I'm guessing any non "Gooners" are ordering the popcorn waiting to kick back and see the extent to which Arsenal completely tank and bottle it in the following weeks. "They won't blow the title. City can't afford to drop a point and even then it would need Arsenal to lose another game or draw a couple elsewhere. If they come away from City having avoided defeat it'll be all over | |||
"I'm guessing any non "Gooners" are ordering the popcorn waiting to kick back and see the extent to which Arsenal completely tank and bottle it in the following weeks.
They won't blow the title. City can't afford to drop a point and even then it would need Arsenal to lose another game or draw a couple elsewhere. If they come away from City having avoided defeat it'll be all over"I hope that you're right but I doubt they'll wind it up quickly they've too much previous history of "wobbling" to believe they'd put it to bed quickly, happy to be proved wrong. | |||
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" I'd love to see all the Archibald Leitch stadiums that are still remaining. So little of his work left now. I'm fortunate enough to see a piece of his work every couple of weeks. The Stevenage Road stand (& The Cottage in the corner) at Fulham were built in 1905 and are his oldest surviving structures. Both Grade II listed buildings so only essential maintenance work can be carried out. His stand at Crystal Palace is earmarked to come down soon. There are a couple of bits and pieces left at Fratton Park, two sides at Goodison, and as you're obviously well aware the main stand at Ibrox. There is a superb book (I have a copy) written by Simon Inglis & published by English Heritage back in 2005 entitled "Engineering Archie", detailing his work, but VERY hard to find now." I didn't know about that book. I'm gonna go on a hunt now | |||
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" I'd love to see all the Archibald Leitch stadiums that are still remaining. So little of his work left now. I'm fortunate enough to see a piece of his work every couple of weeks. The Stevenage Road stand (& The Cottage in the corner) at Fulham were built in 1905 and are his oldest surviving structures. Both Grade II listed buildings so only essential maintenance work can be carried out. His stand at Crystal Palace is earmarked to come down soon. There are a couple of bits and pieces left at Fratton Park, two sides at Goodison, and as you're obviously well aware the main stand at Ibrox. There is a superb book (I have a copy) written by Simon Inglis & published by English Heritage back in 2005 entitled "Engineering Archie", detailing his work, but VERY hard to find now." Found a copy on Amazon. Thanks again | |||
" Found a copy on Amazon. Thanks again "If you don't mind me asking, what's it going for these days ? I know in the past it's been up for close to three figures. Fortunately, my copy was a Christmas present from my parents when it came out. Whatever you've paid for it, it's worth every penny. | |||
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"Does anyone here know much about ground hopping groups?" Not so much about groups as such but quite often bump into ground hoppers when I am at a game , their enthusiasm and commitment far outweighs mine , | |||
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" Found a copy on Amazon. Thanks again
If you don't mind me asking, what's it going for these days ?
I know in the past it's been up for close to three figures.
Fortunately, my copy was a Christmas present from my parents when it came out.
Whatever you've paid for it, it's worth every penny."The one on Amazon was £25, but there was one of eBay that was £45-ish. | |||
"No takers in what hasn't happened in the F.A. Cup Final since 1970 then ? Suppose I better give you the answer. As anyone who can remember it or has seen footage will tell you, Chelsea & Leeds spent four hours kicking the shit out of each other. And with good reason too ! It was the last time the Final was contested by two teams who hadn't previously won the Cup. On the subject of not having won the Cup.....can you name the TWELVE teams who have appeared in the Final but not won it. (Up until five years ago list was 14, but Leicester & Crystal Palace have come off it)" Off the top of my head I’ll have a guess at a few. Fulham,Burnley, Milwall, Stoke, Hull, Watford, Brighton, Luton, Blackburn and QPR? Not too sure about the really early days but I’m sure I’ve seen these teams in a final when I watched back some old matches. Can’t remember if lost the matches they were in but I have a feeling they may have | |||
"No takers in what hasn't happened in the F.A. Cup Final since 1970 then ? Suppose I better give you the answer. As anyone who can remember it or has seen footage will tell you, Chelsea & Leeds spent four hours kicking the shit out of each other. And with good reason too ! It was the last time the Final was contested by two teams who hadn't previously won the Cup. On the subject of not having won the Cup.....can you name the TWELVE teams who have appeared in the Final but not won it. (Up until five years ago list was 14, but Leicester & Crystal Palace have come off it)" . I believe the 1970 FA cup final and replay were played in April to help England have better preparation for the 1970 World Cup. All other finals have been played in May | |||
" Off the top of my head I’ll have a guess at a few. Fulham,Burnley, Milwall, Stoke, Hull, Watford, Brighton, Luton, Blackburn and QPR? " Burnley won it in 1947 and Blackburn have actually won it six times (though not since 1928). The other eight are all correct. The remaining four are.... Queen's Park (as in the Scottish club, lost two finals to Blackburn in the 1880s). Bristol City (lost to Man Utd in 1909). Birmingham (1931 & 1956) Middlesbrough (1997) | |||
" I believe the 1970 FA cup final and replay were played in April to help England have better preparation for the 1970 World Cup. All other finals have been played in May " There were plenty of occasions, mainly prior to the 1950's when the Final was played on the last Saturday in April. The 1969 Final was also played on April 26th to accommodate the early start for Season 1969-70. And of course, the 2023 Final was played on June 3rd after the mid season break for that World Cup. It wasn't until 1954 that the Final was a "stand alone" event on the last day of the season. Prior to that, there were regularly League games on the same day. But the televising of the 1953 Final was a success and changed everything. Indeed, it led to something unique happening the following season. The Football League had already planned the schedule for 1953-54 well in advance, and the last day's fixtures would have coincided with the F.A. Cup Final (May 1st). So they pulled the whole fixture list for that day forward and they became the first set of matches, played in the midweek before the original start date of the season - thus 1953-54 is the only season which kicked off with a full set of midweek fixtures rather than a Saturday start. Moving on to the Football League Cup.... What was unique about the 1975 Final (Aston Villa v. Norwich) ? | |||
" Off the top of my head I’ll have a guess at a few. Fulham,Burnley, Milwall, Stoke, Hull, Watford, Brighton, Luton, Blackburn and QPR? Burnley won it in 1947 and Blackburn have actually won it six times (though not since 1928). The other eight are all correct. The remaining four are.... Queen's Park (as in the Scottish club, lost two finals to Blackburn in the 1880s). Bristol City (lost to Man Utd in 1909). Birmingham (1931 & 1956) Middlesbrough (1997)" What am I talking about ??? Burnley won it in 1914, not 1947 !!! Idiot ! | |||
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"No takers in what hasn't happened in the F.A. Cup Final since 1970 then ? Suppose I better give you the answer. As anyone who can remember it or has seen footage will tell you, Chelsea & Leeds spent four hours kicking the shit out of each other. And with good reason too ! It was the last time the Final was contested by two teams who hadn't previously won the Cup. On the subject of not having won the Cup.....can you name the TWELVE teams who have appeared in the Final but not won it. (Up until five years ago list was 14, but Leicester & Crystal Palace have come off it)" Ah so I was right about it being a battle then ,, half a point to me ,,was hoping for Scunthorpe V Rochdale but didn't make it and doubt I will get anywhere at weekend , looking forward to the World Cup Qualifying play off games Thursday night on BBC | |||
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"Is it Patrick Viera..?" Correct. 1998 at old Wembley, and three wins at Cardiff with Arsenal, and 2011 with Manchester City at New Wembley | |||
"The League Cup , Aston Villa V Norwich , neither team were in 1st Division ,, it was also a match between the first two winners of The League Cup ,, if anyone can name the runners up in the first 2 league cups they really know their stuff " Yes, only major final at Wembley between two Second Division clubs. Incidentally the losing semi-finalists were Manchester United - also in Div 2 that season, and promoted with Villa and Norwich that year - and Chester from Div 4. Villa manager Ron Saunders was also leading a different team out in third successive League Cup Final, Norwich in 1973, Man City in 1974. Rotherham and Rochdale. The '62 Final was also between two non-Div 1 teams, but the Final was a two-legged event, it didn't move to Wembley until 1967. The only fourth tier team to get to a Wembley Final were Bradford in 2013. | |||
"Thought I'd drop in and give a shout out to my local team who I've supported now for almost 40 years. What has happened at the club in the last five years is still a punch me moment, to think we are fighting for a Championship play off place after all those years of shit owners, court battles and non league. A lot of us thought this season would be only about survival and retaining a Championship place for next season...yet we could still have a go at another promotion! Though I think that is way too fast for us, the off the field stuff has not accelerated as fast as on the pitch. " I visited the Racecourse three times with Hayes in the Conference (won twice as well !) and found Wrexham a friendly club (and when I was up in the North West six weeks ago managed to get a ticket for the Ipswuch Cup tie, got one through the visitors). I'm sure the 'old school fans' like yourself have got your heads screwed on, but I just hope all the new fans you'll inevitably attract appreciate and understand where the club has spent much of the last two decades | |||
"The League Cup , Aston Villa V Norwich , neither team were in 1st Division ,, it was also a match between the first two winners of The League Cup ,, if anyone can name the runners up in the first 2 league cups they really know their stuff Yes, only major final at Wembley between two Second Division clubs. Incidentally the losing semi-finalists were Manchester United - also in Div 2 that season, and promoted with Villa and Norwich that year - and Chester from Div 4. Villa manager Ron Saunders was also leading a different team out in third successive League Cup Final, Norwich in 1973, Man City in 1974. Rotherham and Rochdale. The '62 Final was also between two non-Div 1 teams, but the Final was a two-legged event, it didn't move to Wembley until 1967. The only fourth tier team to get to a Wembley Final were ippiiBradford in 2013." Flippin'eck just when I thought I being clever about the finalists, Scout comes up with info that the 2 beaten semi final teams were also not top flight. I didn't know that or probably did but forgot it now ,, felt sorry for Wales enjoyed the game horrible way to lose , while watching their penalties was listening to Ireland penalties at same time and with the Northies also going out ,,not a good night ,, | |||
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