Remember..March 1981.PAUL POWER!

johnnytapia said:
My favourite cup run bar none. Can recall every goal, every scorer, from every round.
And just how small the Norwich keeper was.
And that the game didn’t restart after Bobby Mac’s goal.
Can’t remember a fucking carrot from last season’s run.
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Yep it was a cup run that I can recall every scorer too.
Also,I was buzzing all through that cup run because we kept a clean sheet every match....up until the Everton Quarter final game when Peter Eastoe opened the scoring.
I was City daft at the time and thought ,in my teenage brain,that because no one had scored against us in the cup we were the best team in the land and all the world ; )
 
Platt Lane 59 said:
Watched the game on the side of the pitch, so not behind the goal with the City fans.
I thought Paul Power's equaliser seemed to take ages to creep over the line ?
A great day, when the FA Cup really did matter...
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I was in the side paddock too and yes it did take forever to bounce it's way into the net.
Ratcliffe was sent off in front of us for headbutting Tommy Hutchison and as he walked past us I climbed up the fence giving him the v's and then thinking "shit my parents could see this on MOTD" so climbed down, but the bastards had put vandal grease at the top of the fence and my hands were covered in the shit.
Fortunately, my two fingers did not make their way onto MOTD!
 
Blue Feather said:
I think it was 6-0 ;-0 (wilkins debut I think !)
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Yes it was Ipswich 6 utd Nil. Id got confused...Gary Bailey the utd keeper saved 3 penalties that day ...so it could have been 9-0...That's how good a team Ipswich Town were back in the day...
A point I thought was worth noting when doing the OP.

Incidentally..the date of this 6nil match coincided with the death of 'Dixie ' Dean ,the legendary Everton and England centre forward/ Goal Machine..one of the Greatest players ever to play football in the history of the game.

6-0 The match
60 goals the season
Quite fitting in a way.....

Edit: and I don't think Wilkins played..
 
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Went to every cup game that season, Everton away was special, me and my mates went to Victoria Station, we had about 7 specials that day, we sat in the bar in the station until the last one was due to leave, (dutch courage) arriving at Lime Street the busses were lined up waiting for us as normal in those days, when we got off the busses near Goodison, no problem going or getting in the ground, we were behind the goal, piss poor view, City had that shit stand behind the goals the paddock down the side up the the half way, and the top tier of the main stand so we had over 10,000 out of a total of 50,000 plus, great game great atmosphere, after the game went back to the busses back to Lime Street no issue, got off the bus up the road from the station and there were hundreds of lads between us and the station, they all turned out to be Blues, incredible didn't see any issues, but what a great day.
 
percypawpaw said:
Went to every cup game that season, Everton away was special, me and my mates went to Victoria Station, we had about 7 specials that day, we sat in the bar in the station until the last one was due to leave, (dutch courage) arriving at Lime Street the busses were lined up waiting for us as normal in those days, when we got off the busses near Goodison, no problem going or getting in the ground, we were behind the goal, piss poor view, City had that shit stand behind the goals the paddock down the side up the the half way, and the top tier of the main stand so we had over 10,000 out of a total of 50,000 plus, great game great atmosphere, after the game went back to the busses back to Lime Street no issue, got off the bus up the road from the station and there were hundreds of lads between us and the station, they all turned out to be Blues, incredible didn't see any issues, but what a great day.
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Great post
It's funny how plenty of blues ,inc me ,regard this game as " special" and a " great day" with a "great atmosphere"
Yet one miserable poster on here didn't think it was a game to remember!!
Each to their own I suppose.;)
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
2nd leg League Cup 1980/81 at Stoke, Corrigan went off at half time. Tommy kept a clean sheet too!
Won the 1st leg 3-0 and drew 1-1 at Stoke
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That one escaped me..
Incidentally,and a bit off topic....did you know Keith Macrae used to play outfield,on occasion ,as well as keep goal for Motherwell FC iirc,before we signed him !
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Forgot all about that!!
Fully paid up member of the City outfield players who have stepped in between the sticks when needed....Nigel Gleghorn,Niall Quinn......Steve Redmond? Iirc
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And don't forget Matt Gray, who went in goal when Harry Dowd got injured and had to go up front (and scored!) when City played Bury in 64 and Colin Bell made his League debut (for Bury) and scored against us.
 
Big Swifty said:
And don't forget Matt Gray, who went in goal when Harry Dowd got injured and had to go up front (and scored!) when City played Bury in 64 and Colin Bell made his League debut (for Bury) and scored against us.
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Mike Doyle went in nets at Leicester and also a home game at Maine Road - can’t recall the opposition
 
Great memories. My last season as a kippax season ticket holder before I went off to Uni in Wales. Watched all the games home and away with my dad during this cup run to wembley. Goodison was mental but the scenes at Villa park will stay with me forever. Paul Power again. Could not get back for the final replay though so had to watch that on the telly.

 
normskih said:
Of that era, that match was best night match I ever went to. I remember it well now, even to the fact that my Dad went to Maine Road to get a spare ticket for my friend to come with us. It was a fantastic atmosphere.
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Official gate 52k. Maine Rd packed to the rafters.
And only 2 mins of video footage exist ....tragic.
 
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