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That 12 years has flown by and as a City fan what a 12 years it has been.
If someone had said to me in the nineties, I'd see us in an F A Cup final ,a League Cup final and two promotions to the top flight I'd have suggested they stopped drinking. Wales at the Euros too, although it's always City first for me. I wonder what the next 12 years have in store?
Still can't forgive Jones for his appalling team selections on that day.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth went in the other direction. They might be on their way back up, but who knows.
Nice piece and I agree, it's been a hugely successful decade or so for the Bluebirds.
Two wishes:
- that Vincent Tan's commercial activities get ever stronger in the next decade (remember that Charlton's new owner is worth 22 billion and Fulham's 7 billion, whilst Vinnie's fortune has slipped to below 1 billion)
- and that the quality of football in the next decade can improve on what's been on offer in the last.
Whatever, I'll always be Blue.
Wow, 12 years ago, hard to believe that.
I always remember a local chap who I knew was from Portsmouth originally and who never, ever, mentioned Pompey (or football in general come to that) until they beat City in the FA Cup Final. Oh boy, did he milk the opportunity to have a dig knowing that I was a die hard City fan! Strangely enough he hasn't mentioned Pompey or football for a few years now, I wonder why that might be?
If we had managed to hold onto Kasper Schmeichel and Ramsey had started it could have been a very different outcome. I've only watched it once. Have no desire to do again.
What a great day that was!
It will always be a mystery why Ramsey didn't start. McPhail and Rae was not the greatest of pairings, mainly due to Rae being an average midfielder at Championship level. When Ramsey came on, Jones took Whittingham off. From what I remember, he played Whitts out on the right to accomodate Ledley on the left. Daft.
I watched the match in a bar in Estartit. There was so little interest in the match I was the only one there.
it was handball...pure and simple.
if it was the opposition you'd say it was handball...which it was