FA Cup replays scrapped

[the other bob wilson]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

Was the Brentford game postponed? I remember it as a midweek game. I remember that Stoke game too. The only time I ever went to the Victoria Ground. We went 1-0 up at the opposite end and we didn't even release we'd scored until the players started celebrating. Kevin Bartlett missed a golden opportunity to level it at the end as I recall.

Looking at the date, it looks like a midweek match, but I honestly can’t remember anything about the match. Think the game at Stoke could well be on You Tube.

[Mr Soul '68]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

Didn't Swansea play Crystal Palace 3 or 4 times once, one of which was at Ninian Park (classed as a neutral ground ), with the game marred by a stabbing after the final whistle?

Yes, it happened on Ninian Park Road, a few doors down from where my aunty lived at the time. I think the person concerned died, sadly.

[az city]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

Was the Brentford game postponed? I remember it as a midweek game. I remember that Stoke game too. The only time I ever went to the Victoria Ground. We went 1-0 up at the opposite end and we didn't even release we'd scored until the players started celebrating. Kevin Bartlett missed a golden opportunity to level it at the end as I recall.

I think I went to that game on the train from London with Peggy et al. The train had maybe half a carriage of Cardiff fans and the rest were Stokies. Peggy drank a bottle of creme de menthe, went into one of the Stoke carriages and offered the entirety of the assembled Stokies out there and then on his own. I was petrified. Incredibly, the Stokies all pretended to be fixated by the passing bucolic midlands scenery.**

**I am in no way condoning hooliganism in posting this, just relaying something that will be with me to the end of days.

[splott parker]

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Yes, it happened on Ninian Park Road, a few doors down from where my aunty lived at the time. I think the person concerned died, sadly.

I believe the murderer topped himself in nick. Sure I heard that somewhere.

[Mr Soul '68]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

I believe the murderer topped himself in nick. Sure I heard that somewhere.

Yes, I think you are right Bob, that seems to ring a bell

[splott parker]

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Yes, I think you are right Bob, that seems to ring a bell

Cheers David:xmasthumbup:

[NYCBlue]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

I think I went to that game on the train from London with Peggy et al. The train had maybe half a carriage of Cardiff fans and the rest were Stokies. Peggy drank a bottle of creme de menthe, went into one of the Stoke carriages and offered the entirety of the assembled Stokies out there and then on his own. I was petrified. Incredibly, the Stokies all pretended to be fixated by the passing bucolic midlands scenery.**

**I am in no way condoning hooliganism in posting this, just relaying something that will be with me to the end of days.

I get it. It's just who we were at the time. I'm not condoning it either. But we were good at it though.

[Michael Morris]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

Does anyone remember sometime in the 80s when Liverpool played Arsenal over and over in League Cup replays? Also, didn't we play Millwall 3 or 4 times in the FA Cup in the late 80s? There was a replay in the game before that too. (I remember everyone on the Bob Bank quietly chanting "Millwall" towards the end of the game because we knew we were playing them. I remember that day, if you fancied a day trip to London you were ****ed. It was the football special directly to New Cross or nothing. That was the only time I ever went to the Den. What a dump.

Millwall away now is a good trip.

Less than 2 hours on a fancy train from Cardiff to Paddington. Lunch in a London boozer and then a train from London Bridge to South Bermondsey where there is a rat run from the platform to the away end.

[Citizen's Nephew]

Re: FA Cup replays scrapped

Millwall away now is a good trip.

Less than 2 hours on a fancy train from Cardiff to Paddington. Lunch in a London boozer and then a train from London Bridge to South Bermondsey where there is a rat run from the platform to the away end.

It's sheer luxury these days. Those London Pad trains are great. Much better than the junk we traveled up to Brum in!