Agree that West Ham in 1980 was a big disappointment, especially as those fateful words - our name is on the Cup - was being banded around. However, as I've argued before, in some ways it may have been for the best that we didn't win it as we could start the following season as an unfancied, unregarded and largely unknown quantity, and without the inconvenience of midweek European football. The quarter final Cup exit that book-ended the other end of those glory years was in someways more disappointing, as we knew what the team was capable of and the performance at Highbury was dire. The one though that I'm still the most disappointed about was against Liverpool in 1992. That Liverpool side was mediocre - as their struggle to overcome Portsmouth in the semi-final showed - and then they got to play a second division Sunderland in the final. I know we've lost in two finals since, but that really was the year.
Quote from: TopDeck113 on June 18, 2017, 12:07:48 PMAgree that West Ham in 1980 was a big disappointment, especially as those fateful words - our name is on the Cup - was being banded around. However, as I've argued before, in some ways it may have been for the best that we didn't win it as we could start the following season as an unfancied, unregarded and largely unknown quantity, and without the inconvenience of midweek European football. The quarter final Cup exit that book-ended the other end of those glory years was in someways more disappointing, as we knew what the team was capable of and the performance at Highbury was dire. The one though that I'm still the most disappointed about was against Liverpool in 1992. That Liverpool side was mediocre - as their struggle to overcome Portsmouth in the semi-final showed - and then they got to play a second division Sunderland in the final. I know we've lost in two finals since, but that really was the year. We were talking about it only on Friday night. That was the year.