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Post by SuttonUnitedFCtv on Jan 6, 2019 22:28:22 GMT
SUFCtv:
MEMORIES Coventry 30 yrs on Tony Rains / Matt Hanlan / Trevor Roffey :
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Post by SuttonUnitedFCtv on Jan 6, 2019 22:30:35 GMT
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Post by Andy K on Jan 7, 2019 9:23:54 GMT
Here's a playlist of videos I recorded from the TV on that day in history, including the Match of the Day highlights and various local and national news reports. Apologies for the sound quality, I did upload these rather a long time ago and the technology wasn't as smooth as it is now! www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7vfcZZskfFsrsD4T_m3w0anR-bWoC_GtEnjoy! |
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Post by billy on Jan 7, 2019 12:07:46 GMT
Tony Rains is right.I'm not sure if it's just Luton Town who have achieved the same feat since Sutton ,but it's hardly on a par.
Luton have spent the vast majority of their time in the football league,spending several seasons in the top flight themselves.They were FA Cup finalists in 1959 losing to Nottingham Forest, won the League Cup in 1988 beating Arsenal, and were runners up (again to Forest) the following year.
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Post by Andy K on Jan 7, 2019 12:22:28 GMT
Luton were only a Conference team because of a quite unprecedented 30 point deduction. If they didn't get that they would have been 15th in League 2. But that was the crazy season where the FA were deducting points like they were going out of fashion. Darlington were deducted 10, so finished in 12th (when they would have been in the play offs), Rotherham 17 points (finished in 14th, again would have been in the play offs) and Bournemouth 17 points (who ended up 21st)
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Post by Amber Aleman on Jan 7, 2019 12:39:44 GMT
Lincoln City were, of course, non-League when they knocked out Premier League Burnley two seasons ago. I don't think they'd suffered any points deduction in the season they were relegated (for the second time) from the Football League. But, like Luton, they were a full-time side, so their achievement can't quite rank alongside ours.
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Post by Stewart on Jan 7, 2019 12:45:04 GMT
Lincoln City were, of course, non-League when they knocked out Premier League Burnley two seasons ago. I don't think they'd suffered any points deduction in the season they were relegated (for the second time) from the Football League. But, like Luton, they were a full-time side, so their achievement can't quite rank alongside ours. I assume we played Coventry's 1st eleven? How many did Burnley play v Lincoln? |
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Post by billy on Jan 7, 2019 12:59:02 GMT
Eight of the Coventry team at GGL had taken part in their FA Cup Final win over Spurs.
Lincoln City,like Luton Town,have spent most of their existence in The Football League.I'm sure i remember Paul Doswell in a TV (BBC ?) interview,pointing out that Lincoln were not a "bona fide" non league team.
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Post by sallycat on Jan 7, 2019 14:22:22 GMT
In the current format of the FA Cup, there's only one other non-league side (and thanks to Andy for pointing this out because I'd forgotten them) that has knocked out a top-flight side and have never been in the Football League, and that's Altrincham who beat Birmingham City in 1985. But Birmingham were really not doing very well at all that season, and Altricham really should have been a FL side. In the late 70s and early 80s when there was no automatic promotion/relegation to and from the FL, Altrincham only failed to get in on a number of occasions because clubs decided to re-elect the side who'd finished bottom of the Football League instead of voting to promote the non-league champions, and on one occasion because the representatives of two clubs who'd promised to vote for them failed to be in the correct room at the right time, missed the vote and Altrincham lost out on election to the League by one vote. I bet they were fuming. Anyway, I know I'm biased but I still think ours is the best achievement  |
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Post by amberchoc on Jan 7, 2019 14:47:16 GMT
Team line-ups and player ratings, as shown on my newspaper cutting from the time:
Sutton United
Trevor Roffey 7
Robyn Jones 9
Tony Rains (capt) 9
Nigel Golley 9
Vernon Pratt 9
Paul Rogers 8
Micky Stephens 8
Phil Dawson 9
Lenny Dennis 7
Paul McKinnon 9
Matt Hanlan 9
Coventry City
Steve Ogrizovic 6
Brian Borrows 5
David Phillips 6
Steve Sedgley 6
Brian Kilcline (capt) 5
Trevor Peake 5
David Bennett 8
David Speedie 5
Cyrille Regis (withdrawn) 5
Lloyd McGrath 5
David Smith 5
Substitute:
Keith Houchen 7
In view of the fact that the 30th anniversary is today, I shall delve into my selection of beers this evening.....perhaps McEwan's Champion (7.3% abv!).
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Post by billy on Jan 7, 2019 14:56:50 GMT
Steve Ogrizovic was a giant killer himself.He was in the Shropshire team that beat Yorkshire in the Natwest Trophy in 1984,taking the wicket of Martyn Moxon.
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Post by billy on Jan 7, 2019 15:00:37 GMT
And scored a goal here (around4 minutes in)
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Post by Del on Jan 7, 2019 15:00:55 GMT
They kept quoting us as being amateur but we weren't really as everyone got paid.
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Post by ADMIN on Jan 7, 2019 15:47:10 GMT
Amazing day! I also think I am right in saying that in the 2nd half we did not give away a single free kick!
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Post by Stewart on Jan 7, 2019 16:13:21 GMT
Amazing day! I also think I am right in saying that in the 2nd half we did not give away a single free kick! Ahh the secret to winning games! |
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