Central News tonight

[Lucky Eddie]

Didn't pickles the dog find the cup?

I thought we'd lost but then found it?

[The Man With A Stick]

That was the World Cup.  We lost the FA Cup (more times than they've ever won it) and it never resurfaced.

[Legion]

We also lost the European Cup for a short while.

[OCD]

Let's hope there's a few nervous security guards come Saturday night.

[olaftab]

No way we are losing the one on Sunday!
During the victory parade that is!!

[Lucky Eddie]

Ta muchly; thanks for jogging my memory.

How briefly did we lose the European Cup and does that story involve the Scot Arms?

[Legion]

Here you go

[Lucky Eddie]

Cheers

[Madferret62]

FA cup was melted down- fact

[Matt Collins]

The fact that a couple of players took the European cup to a pub for a piss up and lost it just seems incredulous

The chances of that not being leaked to the press now, or of the players not being castigated for reckless behaviour, or of two players mixing with fans and playing darts, must be minimal.

[Des Little]

Who won the darts match?

[Dr Butler]

the coppers playing a game to see who "wins" the European Cup......lol

would love to see their photo's as well..

UTV
The Doc

[Rotterdam]

Years ago (15?) I played for a decent non-League team in Herts, currently Southern Conf. We won a cup at the end of the season and a about six of us stole it and 'took it for a drink'. By about 10pm we were playing 'catch' with it. The inevitable happened and it was dropped. We took it clubbing and I awoke about 10am'ish with a bad neck; I'd slept on the cup.
We later found out it was almost 100 years old and now had a bent arm and a slightly skew stem. We returned it to the club and legged it...luckily it was never mentioned.
We were presented it again at a dinner about two months later, myself and the other berks involved said nothing.

[E I Adio]

It's hard to believe now, but it's true that they casually lugged the cup around various pubs and clubs. I had some photos taken holding it with Gary Shaw and Gordon Cowans on either side. It was just a small Social Club in Handsworth Wood.

[dave.woodhall]

After the Tony Barton memorial dinner we carried the League Cup from the ICC to the Copthorne. I got asked to take it back to Villa Park and it was in my house all afternoon.