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Re: FA Cup
Originally Posted by Sky Blue
(Post 7289974)
oh you mean Al Jazeera, not Cov!
So what will happen to McCaffrey then? Did we send you down in 77? To be honest we must have done that to many a club over the years, oh the heady days of a Div 1/Premiership relegation scrap... We were the 4th longest serving club in the top league until our demise into obscurity... |
Re: FA Cup
Originally Posted by Sky Blue
(Post 7289974)
Did we send you down in 77? To be honest we must have done that to many a club over the years, oh the heady days of a Div 1/Premiership relegation scrap...
... Perhaps the most infamous incident involving Sunderland and Coventry came in 1977…but the two teams weren’t even playing each other at the time. Coventry were due to play Bristol City at Highfield Road and Sunderland were away at Everton. Jimmy Hill delayed the kickoff at Highfield Road by fifteen minutes as many Bristol supporters were delayed by traffic. With five minutes to go and Coventry holding Bristol to a 2-2 scoreline, word reached them that Sunderland were losing at Everton (they eventually lost 2-0) and the score was displayed on the Coventry scoreboards, so that both sets of players were aware. RTG’s away match reports-meister Herts takes up the story: “When they realised they only needed a draw to both stay up the two teams spent 15 minutes kicking back and forward to each other, condemning Sunderland to relegation with Stoke and Spurs. Coventry finished 19th of 22 and Bristol City 18th. A Football League inquiry was held but Jimmy Hill, who was in a senior postiion at the Football League did not stand to one side while the inquiry was held - instead he made sure he was in a position to interfere the whole way through. Coventry were asked to try not to do it again (yeah, right) but the result stood. “20 years later when we were top-flight relegation rivals once again, this time us at Wimbledon and Coventry at Spurs (if we both got the same result SAFC stayed up but our defeat meant they knew they could stay uip by getting a result) somehow 15,000 SAFC supporters managed to make it down to South London for a 3.00 kick-off while 3,000 Coventry supportes faced such appalling traffic delays in getting to North London (I assume all us SAFC supporters flew to Gatwick otherwise we would have been using the same roads) that their kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes again. Once again we went down.” |
Re: FA Cup
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7289592)
serious get a dodgy card, I've got one, cost me £50 for a years worth of Al Jazeerah channels.
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Re: FA Cup
Originally Posted by Sandboy
(Post 7290192)
not that I'm bitter or owt you understand :D but I cried myself to sleep that night in 1977
Perhaps the most infamous incident involving Sunderland and Coventry came in 1977…but the two teams weren’t even playing each other at the time. Coventry were due to play Bristol City at Highfield Road and Sunderland were away at Everton. Jimmy Hill delayed the kickoff at Highfield Road by fifteen minutes as many Bristol supporters were delayed by traffic. With five minutes to go and Coventry holding Bristol to a 2-2 scoreline, word reached them that Sunderland were losing at Everton (they eventually lost 2-0) and the score was displayed on the Coventry scoreboards, so that both sets of players were aware. RTG’s away match reports-meister Herts takes up the story: “When they realised they only needed a draw to both stay up the two teams spent 15 minutes kicking back and forward to each other, condemning Sunderland to relegation with Stoke and Spurs. Coventry finished 19th of 22 and Bristol City 18th. A Football League inquiry was held but Jimmy Hill, who was in a senior postiion at the Football League did not stand to one side while the inquiry was held - instead he made sure he was in a position to interfere the whole way through. Coventry were asked to try not to do it again (yeah, right) but the result stood. “20 years later when we were top-flight relegation rivals once again, this time us at Wimbledon and Coventry at Spurs (if we both got the same result SAFC stayed up but our defeat meant they knew they could stay uip by getting a result) somehow 15,000 SAFC supporters managed to make it down to South London for a 3.00 kick-off while 3,000 Coventry supportes faced such appalling traffic delays in getting to North London (I assume all us SAFC supporters flew to Gatwick otherwise we would have been using the same roads) that their kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes again. Once again we went down.” Good Old Jimmy H, the guy did wonders at HR, took us into the top flight and Europe... |
Re: FA Cup
Just called the sports bar downtown and they are not showing the Cup Final today – anybody know anywhere showing it?
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Re: FA Cup
I'm meeting some mates at the Locker Room in the Golden Tulip (Al Barsha) as they believe it's on there?!
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Re: FA Cup
Seemingly on Aljazeera +3 and +4, Double Deckers is close to me but nobody answering the phone, ill have a walk down when I get home anyways.
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Re: FA Cup
Well hacked off, for some reason my Al Jazeera card has decided to stop working after only 9 months.
Thieving barstewards! :curse: |
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