Quote from: Cambridge Claret on January 05, 2015, 01:02:45 PMI remember many of the above but for me two stick in the brain:West Ham 1 Villa 0 FA Cup Quarter Final 1980. It was going to be our year. We had held them brilliantly for 90 minutes. Then Ken McNaught handled? and Stewart scored from the spot. Unbelievable.Sheffield United 2 Villa 1. 14th Feb 1976. I had started college in Sheffield the previous year and had seen the Blades thrashed several times including 5-1 at Villa Park. They had 4 points only by February and were bottom by a street. Villa go there, play abysmally and who should score the winner but Chris Guthrie, who must have been the most inept centre forward ever to grace the top division. Beyond humiliation. Here a link to the West Ham game if you bear to watch it. Ray Stewart never missed penalties so it was all over when McNaught stuck his hand up.http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=west+ham+aston+villa+fa+cup+quarter+final&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=4461386D613264737D474461386D613264737D47
I remember many of the above but for me two stick in the brain:West Ham 1 Villa 0 FA Cup Quarter Final 1980. It was going to be our year. We had held them brilliantly for 90 minutes. Then Ken McNaught handled? and Stewart scored from the spot. Unbelievable.Sheffield United 2 Villa 1. 14th Feb 1976. I had started college in Sheffield the previous year and had seen the Blades thrashed several times including 5-1 at Villa Park. They had 4 points only by February and were bottom by a street. Villa go there, play abysmally and who should score the winner but Chris Guthrie, who must have been the most inept centre forward ever to grace the top division. Beyond humiliation.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on January 07, 2015, 04:20:07 PMIt was Mountfield. He didn't play again that season. The only game Platt didn't play was the last game of the season.He did, and he was still knackered, as he was outstripped by Robert Rosario for Norwich's equalizer in the penultimate game.
It was Mountfield. He didn't play again that season. The only game Platt didn't play was the last game of the season.
Wednesday 9 Jan 1991 Fa cup 3Rd replay v Wimbledon at Plough LaneLost 1-0 and they scored in the 120th minute.Absolutely lashed it down in the open end and never been so wet or miserable on a homeward coach journey.
Quote from: AlexAlexCropley on January 10, 2015, 10:41:18 AMWednesday 9 Jan 1991 Fa cup 3Rd replay v Wimbledon at Plough LaneLost 1-0 and they scored in the 120th minute.Absolutely lashed it down in the open end and never been so wet or miserable on a homeward coach journey.Then under BFR they did us down there on penalties. I think Vinny Jones scored the winning pen. I was was tempted to let his tyres down when I passed his sponsored car in the car park after the game. White BMW.
Quote from: Damo70 on January 10, 2015, 02:55:37 PMQuote from: AlexAlexCropley on January 10, 2015, 10:41:18 AMWednesday 9 Jan 1991 Fa cup 3Rd replay v Wimbledon at Plough LaneLost 1-0 and they scored in the 120th minute.Absolutely lashed it down in the open end and never been so wet or miserable on a homeward coach journey.Then under BFR they did us down there on penalties. I think Vinny Jones scored the winning pen. I was was tempted to let his tyres down when I passed his sponsored car in the car park after the game. White BMW.Was that the fog game, where you couldn't see past the half way line? A depressing night that was.
Pretty sure the fog game was February 93 ,F.A cup 4th round replay. Lost the penalty shootout after a dismal 0-0 draw. Couldn't see the Sainsbury's end at all.
Quote from: JD on January 12, 2015, 07:45:34 AMQuote from: Damo70 on January 10, 2015, 02:55:37 PMQuote from: AlexAlexCropley on January 10, 2015, 10:41:18 AMWednesday 9 Jan 1991 Fa cup 3Rd replay v Wimbledon at Plough LaneLost 1-0 and they scored in the 120th minute.Absolutely lashed it down in the open end and never been so wet or miserable on a homeward coach journey.Then under BFR they did us down there on penalties. I think Vinny Jones scored the winning pen. I was was tempted to let his tyres down when I passed his sponsored car in the car park after the game. White BMW.Was that the fog game, where you couldn't see past the half way line? A depressing night that was.I had forgotten the fog but I think you are right.
1-0 to Leicester away in 1970 which virtually condemned us to the Third Division.We should have taken the lead as Pat McMahon's shot flew past Shilton into the goal ,hitting the stanchion,rebounding out and the ref and his officials not awarding a goal.'Honest'Shilton said he would have told the ref if he had have asked him.Leicester had another incident like that and changed their goal nets.A defeat made more bitter by my motorbike breaking down on the journey home.Also 'gut wrenching' was the seemingly decisive defeat at home to Ipswich in 81,fortunately the sentiment wasn't shared by Ron Saunders.