FAC Quarter Finals (3 Viewers)

[skybluelee]

In 140 years we've only ever reached this far on 7 occasions. That seems really low for a club of this size especially when you consider you only need 3 wins to get there if you are playing in the top two leagues.

Can anybody on here lay claim to having attended all of the last 6 of these (the first one was 1909/10!)?

We won't get a much better chance than this season of making it 8.

 

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[Sbarcher]

I went to all 6 but memory is a little hazy on the 1st one.

 

[hamertime]

In 140 years we've only ever reached this far on 6 occasions. That seems really low for a club of this size especially when you consider you only need 3 wins to get there if you are playing in the top two leagues.

Can anybody on here lay claim to having attended all of the last 5 of these (the first one was 1909/10!)?

We won't get a much better chance than this season of making it 7.

It crazy, especially when you look at a club like West Brom who have played in 10 FA Cup finals.

 

[alexccfc99]

Was the year we played Chelsea at the Ricoh the 1/4 finals?

 

[hamertime]

One of the reasons we haven’t is because we are always trying to balance the books(line chairman’s pockets) and selling our best players in the season.

Also, we rest our best players in the cup games, i.e. Sheffield Wednesday away. The problem is the fans as most on here are happy for us to sell O’Hare, and were are happy for him to be on the bench on Friday.

Football is about winning things and going for it, our fan base is obsessed with building for the next season and selling players. Basically kicking the can down the road as we lack bollocks to go for something.

Until that changes, we will continue like we have for the rest of our history.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Was the year we played Chelsea at the Ricoh the 1/4 finals?

Yep, 2009. They won the tournament that year

 

[PVA]

Was the year we played Chelsea at the Ricoh the 1/4 finals?

Yes it was.

Hell of a team Chelsea had out that day

Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Mikel (Essien 65), Ballack, Malouda, Drogba (Di Santo 80), Kalou (Quaresma 46).

 

[alexccfc99]

Yes it was.

Hell of a team Chelsea had out that day

Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Mikel (Essien 65), Ballack, Malouda, Drogba (Di Santo 80), Kalou (Quaresma 46).

We didn't even lay a glove from what I remember, Drogba bullied us

 

[skybluecam]

Yes it was.

Hell of a team Chelsea had out that day

Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Mikel (Essien 65), Ballack, Malouda, Drogba (Di Santo 80), Kalou (Quaresma 46).

10/11 of those players started either the 2008 or 2012 champions league finals. On reflection 2-0 was a good result!

 

[alexccfc99]

Yep, 2009. They won the tournament that year

Fastest ever FA Cup final goal before last season in that final

 

[SkyblueDad]

10/11 of those players started either the 2008 or 2012 champions league finals. On reflection 2-0 was a good result!

10/11 of those players started either the 2008 or 2012 champions league finals. On reflection 2-0 was a good result!

We had one chance against the run of play at 0-1 when John Terry slipped letting us in on a one on one can’t remember who it was but he managed to put his shot in the back of the stand.

 

[alexccfc99]

Yes it was.

Hell of a team Chelsea had out that day

Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Mikel (Essien 65), Ballack, Malouda, Drogba (Di Santo 80), Kalou (Quaresma 46).

Quaresma that is a name I had forgotten all about

 

[baldy]

We had one chance against the run of play at 0-1 when John Terry slipped letting us in on a one on one can’t remember who it was but he managed to put his shot in the back of the stand.

2.20 Leon Best

 

[SonofErnie]

Chelsea barely got out of first gear and did the minimum required to win the match. A Chelsea team playing at full potential would have put 5 or 6 past us

 

[hamertime]

Chelsea barely got out of first gear and did the minimum required to win the match. A Chelsea team playing at full potential would have put 5 or 6 past us

There’s the spirit, like they did at Middlesbrough away? Wouldn’t want to be in the trenches with you pal.

 

[Levship20]

We didn't even lay a glove from what I remember, Drogba bullied us

And Alex, he was some unit

 

[lord_garrincha]

The Sheffield Utd one was an upsetting one.

From memory... after the Man U game, our performances away from home were superb (Liverpool, Bolton, Villa, Southampton, Palace). Just couldn't finish... Sadly Dave Holdsworth could!

 

[SkyblueDad]

There’s the spirit, like they did at Middlesbrough away? Wouldn’t want to be in the trenches with you pal.

If you are talking that Chelsea team they would have been a match for todays Man City

 

[hamertime]

If you are talking that Chelsea team they would have been a match for todays Man City

What I’m sayinganyone on their day can cause an upset. Problem is a lot of Coventry fans are pessimistic and weak.

West Ham won the FA Cup as a division two team beating Arsenal. Wigan were already relegated when they beat Man City in the final. Even Sheffield Wednesday won the league cup while in division two.

We have too many company man fans who want to sell our best players for the club to get more money. Like this season hordes of cretins on here want O’Hare to be sold for peanuts under the belief it will all go back into the team for next season.

 

[skybluegod]

We didn't even lay a glove from what I remember, Drogba bullied us

Scott Dan and Ben turner has a shocker as well. Don't mind being out played but simple long balls caught them out time and again as seen in the YouTube clip!

 

[SonofErnie]

There’s the spirit, like they did at Middlesbrough away? Wouldn’t want to be in the trenches with you pal.

That’s an observation from watching that game, not a prediction of what would happen if we played Chelsea now.

 

[baldy]

There’s the spirit, like they did at Middlesbrough away? Wouldn’t want to be in the trenches with you pal.

Ermmm he was referring to a match which was 15 years ago & our performance that day

 

[hamertime]

Ermmm he was referring to a match which was 15 years ago & our performance that day

Sorry pal

 

[Bertola]

Scott Dan and Ben turner has a shocker as well. Don't mind being out played but simple long balls caught them out time and again as seen in the YouTube clip!

Drogba was an absolute beast that day (he was most days tbf). He bullied the both of them

 

[SBAndy]

Genuinely how many of our side then would get into the team we have now? Shows how much football’s moved on, Dann had an easy pass back to the keeper for Drogba’s goal.

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

Wolves 73, big let down, massive turn out on the South Bank and very clockwork orange trying to get in and out safely. Wolves were a very good side though, we just didn’t turn up.

 

[baldy]

Genuinely how many of our side then would get into the team we have now? Shows how much football’s moved on, Dann had an easy pass back to the keeper for Drogba’s goal.

Well Julian Gray's still here isn't he?

 

[skybluegod]

Drogba was an absolute beast that day (he was most days tbf). He bullied the both of them

I agree. But they still both miss basic headers and get caught under the ball. It's poor defending.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

Wolves 73, big let down, massive turn out on the South Bank and very clockwork orange trying to get in and out safely. Wolves were a very good side though, we just didn’t turn up.

Think that’s the first one I remember.Bobby Parker was a good footballing centre back. But he should have still cut Richards in half that day.

 

[skybluelee]

It crazy, especially when you look at a club like West Brom who have played in 10 FA Cup finals.

Looked up similar sized clubs historically, Leicester and Southampton, and they've been to 18 and 21 QFS (or beyond) respectively. 6 is mental.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Looked up similar sized clubs historically, Leicester and Southampton, and they've been to 18 and 21 QFS (or beyond) respectively. 6 is mental.

Both been in the top flight for a fair bit longer haven’t they?

 

[Happy_Martian]

In 140 years we've only ever reached this far on 6 occasions. That seems really low for a club of this size especially when you consider you only need 3 wins to get there if you are playing in the top two leagues.

And what size is that ? How many times have Norwich, Southampton, Birmingham or Stoke been this far in comparison ?

As fans we like to big ourselves up. But we weren't that good or that big. We struggled for decades in the top flight, breaking into the top 10 once, I think. Says something that we go out in the 3rd Round against non-league opposition more times than I'd like. Success in the past couple of seasons isn't a reflection of where we were, pre SiSu.

Plus, on the entertainment side, getting this far makes it more enjoyable for the fanbase, achieving something we haven't conquered that frequently.

 

[Il Pirata]

2.20 Leon Best

That's some dreadful defending on their first goal, even for League 2 level. Always pissed me off how they got that gimme.

 

[skybluelee]

And what size is that ? How many times have Norwich, Southampton, Birmingham or Stoke been this far in comparison ?

As fans we like to big ourselves up. But we weren't that good or that big. We struggled for decades in the top flight, breaking into the top 10 once, I think. Says something that we go out in the 3rd Round against non-league opposition more times than I'd like. Success in the past couple of seasons isn't a reflection of where we were, pre SiSu.

Plus, on the entertainment side, getting this far makes it more enjoyable for the fanbase, achieving something we haven't conquered that frequently.

Norwich 6
Birmingham 19
Stoke 16
Southampton 21
Leicester 18

Nothing to do with 'bigging us up'. For a medium/large-ish club 7 is a pretty low number for 140-odd years, as is Norwich's.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

The 1/4 finals I remember were
West Brom 82
Sheff Wed 87
Sheff Utd 97
Chelsea 09
And before my time Man U 63
Are there anymore
Not counting my chickens as we've got a lot of hard work to do to get there