FA Cup Finals

[80sChav]

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Stop going off topic now................................

Actually I've very little interest in the cup finals these days I couldn't even tell you who was in last season's final, but I could name everyone from 1979 to 1992.

Indeed! More so as youcan guess generaly it will invole one of the big 4 a (or bifg 5 again now Man City are into mega money) and may-be one from Aston Villa
, Everton or Tottenham occasionaly and very occasionaly a Championship Team! It's always the same old teams and same old games!

Sorry if it appears i'm off topic a tad again in regards to the thread, but i've often thought (though it will never happe) why not make the Community (Charity Shield) a contest bewtween the FA Cup Winners and Leauge Cup Winners, to make it more fun like when Leeds beat Liverpool 4-3 in 1992!! That was an all time classic, but I know the Man Us of this world will only ever want it as the Champions v FA Cup Winners sadly!

[branny]

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Yes, Branny and the reason you're not talking about Fa Cup Finals of the 70s to 90s is because you didn't win any during this time
Arsenal, however, won 4 Fa Cup Finals during these decades

Be careful. I remember thinking 6 years without a trophy is a long time after we lost the 81 cup final. It's amazing how quickly that became 34........and we've not been to the Emirates yet! (Have you seen our away form lately?)

[HG]

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Stop going off topic now................................

Actually I've very little interest in the cup finals these days I couldn't even tell you who was in last season's final, but I could name everyone from 1979 to 1992.

[kazboot]

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Yes, Branny and the reason you're not talking about Fa Cup Finals of the 70s to 90s is because you didn't win any during this time
Arsenal, however, won 4 Fa Cup Finals during these decades

[branny]

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I quite enjoyed last seasons. (Don's tin hat and awaits tongue lashing off Herr Grunwald because it's nowt to do with 70's, 80's or 90's). Then again i'm enjoying most games this season. CTID.

[80sChav]

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Yeah there was some "Classics" indeed ... Coventry 3 Tottenham 2 in 1987, that was great as was the orginal Wimbledon before they become MK Franchise beating Liverpoool 1-0 in 1988, what a fairytale that was!!, though I was too young to fully appreciate it. I remember too the Liverpool V Sunderland Final of 1992 being good also and truly willing on Sunderland to win as they had gone so far that Season! To think if it'd not been for Liverpool (though I don't begrudge them their glory or hate them as people seem to hate Man Utd today ... me included sadly) that the 1992 final very very nearly was an all 2nd Division Final for the first tme in Years. It was only either penalties or a reply that somehow Portsmouth lost out to Liverpool on that Season!!!

[darren]

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My first FA Cup final was 1977 (the reason i'm a UTD supporter), especially getting one over on that lot (didn't happen much in the 70's 'n' 80's mind), it did come back to haunt us in the 1983 milk cup final though.

UTD supporter good lad.
first utd cup final i remember was man utd beating crystal palace 1-0 in 1990.

[spuggybridge]

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My first FA Cup final was 1977 (the reason i'm a UTD supporter), especially getting one over on that lot (didn't happen much in the 70's 'n' 80's mind), it did come back to haunt us in the 1983 milk cup final though.

[Grosh62]

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The Best thing about ANY FA Cup Final in the 70s was 'Cup Final It's A Knockout' with Stuart Hall(Genius) and Eddie Waring(From my Home Town and as think as hell)
With fans from both Final Teams competing to get the upper hand in the psyching each other out stakes. It had little to no bearing on the eventual winners of the Football match but it was excellent fun on a Cup Final morning build up.... that and Cup Final Mastermind.

[stockportyears]

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!976 Southampton v Man Utd. Used to enjoy it more in those days because there were more shocks. It has a certain inevitability about it these days. Another exciting Man U v Chelsea final this year probably.

First one I remember too. On TV, Ed Stewart was outside the stadium with a group of young Southampton fans. He said 'who's your favourite player, Mike Channon?'. They all shouted 'YEAH' except one puzzled lad at the front, who, when Ed inquired, whispered 'Gordon Hill'. Ed quickly pointed him in the direction of the United group he was going to talk to next, while all the Southampton kids laughed at him contemptously. And rightly so.

[Grosh62]

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1970 Chelsea beat Leeds Utd after a replay at Old Trafford. I cried as a Child and my older sister asked for permission to swear. Gary Sprake let a nightmare goal in at Wembley from Peter Houseman.
Leeds were so good but they came up short so often because of Sprake. If they'd had a goalkeeper of the caliber of Gordon Banks or Schmeichel, Leeds would have re-written the History books.

[zip55]

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1965 when Liverpool beat my beloved Leeds 2-1 in extra time.

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The first one i remember was 1984 when Everton beat Watford, my fave was the one about 1989 when Liverpool beat Everton 3-2?
There was also a brilliant semi final late 80s/early 90s with Liverpool and Crystal Palce and i think Palace won that one 4-3.

[Jacqueline]

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My earliest memory of watching the F.A.Cup (in fact I think it's my ONLY memory!) was in 1973 when Sunderland beat Leeds United and Ian Porterfield scored the (first? only?) goal. I remember it because my extended family gathered to watch it at our house and we had a sweep and I won. I can't remember how much I got but it seemed a lot at the time.

[ratboy]

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My earliest memory of a cup final was Spurs v Man City, 1981.

I bet they do not dine out on the 9-0 drubbing they got at Old Trafford, still the record score for the Premiership.

The only consolation for us that season was that we beat Man Utd 3-2 in our home fixture...