3-0 v Arsenal 2009/10 - other QFs listed 2 were LC also.
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30 years ago today. Spurs in the FA cup
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urban genie
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But this thread is about the FA Cup which is why I quieried the Hughes QF bit3-0 v Arsenal 2009/10 - other QFs listed 2 were LC also.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Just listen to the pre-match atmosphere coming from the Kippax, but not only! You can't do that at the Etihad because it's bludgeoned out of you by a deafening p.a. system that's filling your ears with crap that you haven't chosen and — in my case — clearly don't want to hear.
So, so sad the way modern football has become an ill-conceived “entertainments event”. We created the entertainment in those days…
So, so sad the way modern football has become an ill-conceived “entertainments event”. We created the entertainment in those days…
M18CTID
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Had to do a double take as I had no idea that Sheffield United had spanked them 6-0 the game before. Or maybe I did but I've long since forgotten which is unlike me as my memory is usually pretty good. Knowing that just makes that result against us feel a million times worse!It was the beginning of the end. Spurs lost 6-0 to Sheffield United the game before, without Neil Ruddock it looked as though they couldn't defend, but had already beat us twice 1-0 at our place.
I think it was our first QF as a top flight club since 1981 (2 in 87/88 under Machin) and every one since went the same way, Ipswich, West Ham, Blackburn, Spurs, until Hughes broke the spell.
Over 28 years for a QF win (bar FMC)? Sparky always a legend thereafter...
M18CTID
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Yep. Although I didn't witness much of it myself, there was some serious fun and games at that Barnsley game too. I think they brought around the same as Spurs - 7000-ish - but unlike the Tottenham game they only had part of the North Stand plus the away section of the Kippax.Nope. We beat Barnsley in 5th round 2-0 at home. QPR was 4th round . Beat Reading 4-0 away in 3rd round replay
The QPR game is still one of my all-time favourite away days. We had loads in their end and the scenes after both our goals were mental with City fans on the pitch, etc. It's weird looking back now but there wasn't as much optimism around that QPR game as there was a couple of rounds later against Spurs. QPR hadn't lost a home FA Cup tie for something like 13 years and it was touch and go whether Les Ferdinand would be fit but when he was announced in the starting line-up I feared the worst.
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I was in the QPR end for that 4th round game, in the upper tier up the side. You could pay on the day in there and there were hundreds of City fans all going mad when we scored. As well as the usual away end we had the paddock up the side too. I remember walking back up the road outside the ground singing "We're on the march" which is one of the great all time celebratory songs. Can't remember who's army it was off the top of my head. Horton?Yep. Although I didn't witness much of it myself, there was some serious fun and games at that Barnsley game too. I think they brought around the same as Spurs - 7000-ish - but unlike the Tottenham game they only had part of the North Stand plus the away section of the Kippax.
The QPR game is still one of my all-time favourite away days. We had loads in their end and the scenes after both our goals were mental with City fans on the pitch, etc. It's weird looking back now but there wasn't as much optimism around that QPR game as there was a couple of rounds later against Spurs. QPR hadn't lost a home FA Cup tie for something like 13 years and it was touch and go whether Les Ferdinand would be fit but when he was announced in the starting line-up I feared the worst.
I was in the QPR end for that 4th round game, in the upper tier up the side. You could pay on the day in there and there were hundreds of City fans all going mad when we scored. As well as the usual away end we had the paddock up the side too. I remember walking back up the road outside the ground singing "We're on the march" which is one of the great all time celebratory songs. Can't remember who's army it was off the top of my head. Horton?
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I ran on that day, just a kid, quickly ran back to the Kippax when my senses kicked in after about ten seconds!
I was 11 and absolutely convinced we would win that day. The curse of brutal Quarter Finals hung around for years.
Obviously I’m biased but I still blame that one Spurs fan for running on the pitch for how our fans responded. Grim, embarrassing day.
Lovely goal from Phelan though.
Obviously I’m biased but I still blame that one Spurs fan for running on the pitch for how our fans responded. Grim, embarrassing day.
Lovely goal from Phelan though.
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I was in the home part of the single tier stand opposite you. We bought tickets off a tout, who assured us it was the away section, despite evidence to the contrary on the tickets themselves. Naive gets.I was in the QPR end for that 4th round game, in the upper tier up the side. You could pay on the day in there and there were hundreds of City fans all going mad when we scored. As well as the usual away end we had the paddock up the side too. I remember walking back up the road outside the ground singing "We're on the march" which is one of the great all time celebratory songs. Can't remember who's army it was off the top of my head. Horton?
Brilliant occasion, one of my favourite aways.