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kimilseung May 7th 2013 6:25 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 10696236)
A perfectly respectable position, is seventh :nod:
I just grasped the significance. Wimbledon were a power-house back in '88, they beat a team only a hair breadth better.

SultanOfSwing May 7th 2013 6:29 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 10696684)
I just grasped the significance. Wimbledon were a power-house back in '88, they beat a team only a hair breadth better.
Yeah. It wasn't anywhere near the same kind of thing as if they'd been a D2 team (the 1988 D2, as it was).

kimilseung May 7th 2013 6:39 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 10696695)
Yeah. It wasn't anywhere near the same kind of thing as if they'd been a D2 team (the 1988 D2, as it was).
It shows how hard it is to shake off a reputation. People still thought of the Dons as if they were still in the Isthmian League.

SultanOfSwing May 7th 2013 6:43 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 10696723)
It shows how hard it is to shake off a reputation. People still thought of the Dons as if they were still in the Isthmian League.
Right, even though they were a top flight side for 20 years (give or take).

Not that I liked that they won the FA Cup in '88, of course ...

kimilseung May 7th 2013 6:47 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 10696737)
Right, even though they were a top flight side for 20 years (give or take).

Not that I liked that they won the FA Cup in '88, of course ...
Living in London at the time, I was with the Wimbledon fans (in reality i was 50/50 in their end), three league game tokens got you a final ticket.

SultanOfSwing May 7th 2013 6:54 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 10696745)
Living in London at the time, I was with the Wimbledon fans (in reality i was 50/50 in their end), three league game tokens got you a final ticket.
I wasn't so lucky as to be at the game, I just watched it round at my granny's house. I was also 9 at the time, so a trip to Wembley wasn't exactly on the cards as it was!

MarylandNed May 8th 2013 2:39 am
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Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 10695069)
Seventh in the top flight league, they were that year.
Yeah that's easy to say now in hindsight but I remember it well. Liverpool were league champions and heavy odds-on favourites to win that FA Cup final. You could still get long odds on Wimbledon even in the final. Not many people gave them much chance. In terms of FA Cup final shocks in my lifetime, it probably only ranks behind Sunderland in 1973, Southampton in 1976 and West Ham in 1980 (which is one I forgot to mention originally).

sir_eccles May 8th 2013 4:55 am
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Talking of Liverpool. Saw this on the internet:

"Maggie Thatcher dies and now Alex Ferguson retires. Police are searching for a Liverpool fan with a lamp and one wish left"

civilservant May 8th 2013 4:55 am
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:D

MarylandNed May 8th 2013 9:21 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 10698493)
Talking of Liverpool. Saw this on the internet:

"Maggie Thatcher dies and now Alex Ferguson retires. Police are searching for a Liverpool fan with a lamp and one wish left"
Ha ha! :rofl:

Manc May 10th 2013 12:03 pm
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Still rate the Coventry v Spurs as my favourite FA Cup final

lizzyq May 11th 2013 6:10 am
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and it is all over for another year

civilservant May 11th 2013 6:11 am
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That was a really good game...

scrubbedexpat099 May 11th 2013 7:05 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by Manc (Post 10702941)
Still rate the Coventry v Spurs as my favourite FA Cup final
Me too.

Orangepants May 11th 2013 7:10 am
Re: FA Cup Final
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 10703721)
That was a really good game...
Think my OH must be crying into his beer now.. fortunately I'm not there to hear the cursing and wipe away the tears..


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