We just didn't turn up for that 1990 quarter final at Oldham that night. It was a pathetic display (I deliberately didn't use the word performance because we didn't perform whatsoever). The car load of us who travelled left before the end, which was very rare for us.
At Anfield in 1992 we put in a good performance but the ref P.Don gave every decision to Liverpool and gave us f*ck all. That should have been our year with second division Portsmouth and second division Sunderland waiting for us in the semi and the final.
Yeah I ignored that one due to it being Liverpool and them having the hex over us for most of the 90s. 1996 was just bad timing with the league cup final being much later in the season in those times.
Just amuses me every January we get people flipping their nut on here when we lose in the third round yet in the 80s and 90s when we were pretty good and it was generally easier to reach the final than it is now we were nowhere.
The MON years were maybe missed opportunities aswell but then we kept on getting Man. United in the third round which didn't really help.
One other that sticks in my mind was Coventry at home in 1998. They really should've beaten us 5-0, we were that bad and Bosnich was that good on the day. After that game Coventry lost to Sheffield United on penalties in the quarters.
That was the end really for Sir Brian although he stayed on for two more league games after which we also lost.