bringbackrattles
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Don't know but it would have been good if Ernie Hunt and Willie Carr had a window round. Willie could flick a squeegee up off the ground to Ernie up the ladders,a great double act !
Don't know but it would have been good if Ernie Hunt and Willie Carr had a window round. Willie could flick a squeegee up off the ground to Ernie up the ladders,a great double act !Think EM went into football management. sure he managed Bournemouth in his time .
Wasn't Earnie Hunt a fellow window cleaner in his retired days from football ?
Just checked out Ernie Hunt after his career ended,and yes you're spot on he ran a pub and was a window cleaner too. Jeff Astle the ex West Brom legend was also a window cleaner and had a good business.Think EM went into football management. sure he managed Bournemouth in his time .
Wasn't Earnie Hunt a fellow window cleaner in his retired days from football ?
Just checked out Ernie Hunt after his career ended,and yes you're spot on he ran a pub and was a window cleaner too. Jeff Astle the ex West Brom legend was also a window cleaner and had a good business.Think EM went into football management. sure he managed Bournemouth in his time .
Wasn't Earnie Hunt a fellow window cleaner in his retired days from football ?
I missed one tie and paid fifty quid for mine so you did well.I was living and working in London that year. I missed every single round of the F.A. Cup. Then I simply walked into one of Keith Prowse' ticket agents down there and bought a ticket within 5 minutes. Cost me £60 which was 3 times the face value . Worth every penny. I was one of the lucky ones.
I HATE YOU !I was living and working in London that year. I missed every single round of the F.A. Cup. Then I simply walked into one of Keith Prowse' ticket agents down there and bought a ticket within 5 minutes. Cost me £60 which was 3 times the face value . Worth every penny. I was one of the lucky ones.
5 Hail Mary's , 4 Our Fathers , 3 Acts of contrition , 2 Stations of the cross 1 Rosary and you're cleansed my friend !What a fantastic photo and reminds me of one of the best days in my life.
Living in Brackley then me and a Spurs mate drove down really early as neither had tickets and we thought we would struggle to get some so went early, I think we were in London at nine in the morning.
Anyway parked at Uxbridge and tubed it in. The first station we got off on,can't remember which one, we approached two blokes asking for advice on likely places to get tickets and low and behold they had some for sale, being two via email country bumpkins the thought they would be counterfeit didn't cross our minds, so we bought two.
The problem being was that we were in London with tickets sorted but six hours to kill before kick off.
In hindsight we should have done a bit of sightseeing but no we found an open drinking hole and we drank solidly for six hours, I had totally forgot I gad me car and was due to driving back up the M40.
I left me mate at 2-30 and got into the stadium and had the greatest time. After the match somehow I got back to Uxbridge and found my mate had been refused entry into Wembley as the police were checking for dodgy tickets only in the Spurs end, so he had to watch the match in a local greasy spoon cafe, he had the worst day possible.
I'm ashamed to confess that after drinking all that time I drove us back home up the motorway, god knows how many times I would have been over the drink driving limit. I could drink a bit back then so it would have been quite a lot over.
I am looking back ashamed of myself for doing that but I was just so over the moon I lost all my mental reasoning and just got in the car.
God that's the first time I've unburdened myself with what I did that day, it's quite liberating. I never drove over the limit again so disgusted I was with myself.
Both Sheffield and Stoke were " very tight " on the terraces. When the gates opened at the end of the Stoke game there was also a line of police on horses on the adjacent roadway who were not letting any one through. I remember being pushed towards the huge horses by the crush behind. Two years before the Hillsborough disaster so everyone, police and fans thought everything would be alright. I sat in the main stand at Hilsborough for the semi final and remember loads of Leeds fans were plucked out of the Leppings Lane terrace into the stand above. It must have been a crush in there that day too.Yes , was packed .very much like Sheff Wed in the quarters .
Coming back on the train , the city centre that night ,the trophy parade the next day- stuff dreams are made of . amazing atmosphere.1987 was a great year for me as my first son was born in February of that year, hence I missed Man Utd away! After the semi final loads of cars in Coventry were going around with sky blue ribbons tied to their aerials. Surprisingly there were quite a few in Brum as well. A lot of car horn honking and waving when you met someone with ribbon on their car. On the day of the game my wife had decorated the front of our house with sky blue ribbons and scarves. About 10 doors up another house was done up the same. I never even knew they were City fans till then. I set off for the game waving bye bye to my 5 month old son also decked out in sky blue.
After the game my mates and myself came out of the station and couldnt believe what was going on. It seemed the whole of Coventry had come out. There were cars everywhere, horns blaring, people standing up with their upper body through the sun roof. it was like being in Rome or Milan. The City centre was packed with people celebrating the win. It was fantastic. Just shows the impact a football team can have on a City.
Someone told me recently that they were on a train coming back from the final and passed a cemetery just coming into Coventry. Amid all of the revellry someone stood up pointed at the cemetery and started singing "Too soon, you went and died too soon......"( to the tune of Blue Moon). Just shows how much it meant.
The next day was fantastic too. I went with my wife and baby son for the bus tour of the City. To have 250000 people in the City out of a population of 300K again shows how much it meant.
My son is 30 next month and comes to the games with me with one of his brothers. They are still waiting for a glimmer of success.
Remember it all like yesterday.
Then I remember that I was 18 when the run started and 19 by the time of the final. And now I am planning my retirementWhere have all the years gone :shifty:
Was like an ice rink HR that day . 12000 hardy souls there that day .
On another note, 28 years ago today we lost at Sutton. A game I was unfortunate to be at. Cocky and confident.
Cos we had Micky O' Gynn playing for us ? :facepalm:I was stood right behind a bloke constantly waving a big Irish flag all match, so kept having my view blocked. He was an irritating fucker and if he wasn't absolutely massive himself I would have told him to put the bugger down and watch the footie.
Was anyone else near this bloke, I'd love to know why he waved an Irish flag all game
I was stood right behind a bloke constantly waving a big Irish flag all match, so kept having my view blocked. He was an irritating fucker and if he wasn't absolutely massive himself I would have told him to put the bugger down and watch the footie.
Was anyone else near this bloke, I'd love to know why he waved an Irish flag all game
We got beer stolen off us by the police as we were going onto the M6 at Walsgrave for the QF in Sheffield :arghh: They were stopping all vans. We had the choice. Volunteer our beer or the driver got arrested. So they took about 5 cases off us.You're lucky. I was 21 and only remember snatches of things on that final day (such as queuing for the train, the steps on the terraces being really massive, hugging a man next to me when we won, feeling sick and thinking we would lose about 6-0 when Clive Allen scored. Walking past a pub with tons of Spurs fans sitting on a wall taunting us as we went past) and the same with the games throughout the cup run. I remember our coach being stopped outside Sheffield for both the QF and the SF and the police confiscating everybody's alcohol.
We had our beer stolen in Cov city center on the Saturday night, had to walk miles Out of the city centerWe got beer stolen off us by the police as we were going onto the M6 at Walsgrave for the QF in Sheffield :arghh: They were stopping all vans. We had the choice. Volunteer our beer or the driver got arrested. So they took about 5 cases off us.
We had seats made out of wood. They were hollow inside. And we had lots of cases of beer inside them :smug: There wasn't much foot room so that is why they were hidden in there :smuggrin:
Wasn't me! Apparently 1/6 of the population of Coventry is Irish or of Irish descent.
Isn't every town/city in the world the same, it seems it to meWasn't me! Apparently 1/6 of the population of Coventry is Irish or of Irish descent.
It's the not being allowed contraception I believe.Isn't every town/city in the world the same, it seems it to me
Remember it all like yesterday.
Then I remember that I was 18 when the run started and 19 by the time of the final. And now I am planning my retirementWhere have all the years gone :shifty:
I was 18 brother 21 best weekend of my life, traveled to Cov Friday morning and met mates,Talking of booze. I was 21 at the time of our finest hour [In the cup anyway] didn't really drink before games . now , sadly , it takes 8 pints , 2 crack pipes and an anadin to watch CCFC these days :arghh:
Coventry is special !Isn't every town/city in the world the same, it seems it to me
Is getting later and later thoughEarly retirement...good work ***claps hands***
I was 18 brother 21 best weekend of my life, traveled to Cov Friday morning and met mates,
Train to London Friday afternoon and monumental "piss up" round west end Friday night.
To the game on Saturday *YES* back to Coventry and the rest is history.
Will always be eternally grateful that, we did it in the right fashion, when I was at an age too
Make the most of it, when the FA cup was still the FA cup, and Wembley was still Wembley.
It was the biggest day on the football calendar "Bar None" and then:I feel a bit like that. In 70 years time will people look back and say "well it was only the FA Cup". Changes are devaluing history. Just listening to 5 Live where someone complained that Bournemouth had made 11 changes for their cup tie and was suggesting they be docked points for devaluing the FA Cup. Robbie Savage shows his great regard for FA Cup traditions by telling the guy that it was up to the manager, his squad, he can do what he likes as the league is the priority. As long as this mindset prevails the Cup will continue to diminish in importance.
Just another game nowadays, remember when the losing teams players were inconsolableAbsolutely...the fa cup meant so much to all...fans, clubs and the nation as a whole. Today it is premier league and Europe for the top clubs...nothing else matters. When we won the cup players would have given their right arm to play at Wembley ...today I'm not so sure
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