Add Luton to the mix and it’s a full house.That and the 3-2 vs the rags probably my worst two memories of Maine Rd and that includes Liverpool relegation match. Wasn’t at Luton match.
Nope. We beat Barnsley in 5th round 2-0 at home. QPR was 4th round . Beat Reading 4-0 away in 3rd round replayYep. The QPR away was brilliant, my first away trip to "that Lundun". Proper patched up team from us too, I seem to remember Ranson playing (?) Awful pitch where the ball kept on stopping dead in our area and Les Ferdinand being thwarted by Coton x lots.
The least said about the Spurs match the better. Remember being totally gutted by it :(
Nope. We beat Barnsley in 5th round 2-0 at home. QPR was 4th round . Beat Reading 4-0 away in 3rd round replayWe could see Hansen, Lynam an Jimmy Hill from the Kippax in their studio in the newly opened (and disappointin small) Platt Lane. Hansen got a good reception as he had backed us to win the cup, as did Lynam just because he was Des. Hill got the usual wanker chant. You could see the other 2 laughing. Apart from the amazing start from Sherin that was the highlight. So gutted.
watched it back later on video. Jimmy Hill saying that the invasion was more evidence that stadiums should be all seaters. The invasion came from the seats, they had the big fences up on the Kippax then.
We had a good side, did this follow the win away at QPR? Best away day for me.
I was 15. Was in the kippax with mates from school. When the horses came on and just stood there and nothing seemed to happen for a few minutes I thought it would get called off so me and a mate left. Was walking back to the Bus stop when we went in to a corner shop and it was on the TV and the match was back on. Saw the penalty miss and the end in the shop.I was only 12 and my Dad made us leave when the pitch invasion started - seem to think we stopped somewhere on the way back to the car that had TV’s in the window - was there such a place near Maine road? my memory isn’t great , and by then the horses were on the pitch
Great read that mateIts painful days like these that makes our current success so much sweeter , the Rags ,Dippers , Goons have never experienced the hardship some of our supporters have, their loyalty hasnt been tested like ours , a barren spell for them is ending the season outside the top four and not making a cup final for a couple of seasons.
Its games like this that makes you more resilient our support just got stronger and stronger the lower we sank , my lad was with me 12 years old and in tears on the Kippax after the Spurs game and he could have easily gone with the crowd and supported the Rags but he stood with me on the Kippax for the next near 20 years and the ecstacy and joy of 2012 and Aguero was something money couldnt buy.
Same here. 30 years ago. Jesus.For some reason I was in the Main Stand for this one.
Mark Hughe never got us past the 3rd and 4th round in his two years then got sacked brfore we went out in the 5th under bobbyIt 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...