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Post by SuttonUnitedFCtv on Jan 7, 2019 21:59:00 GMT
I believe Coventry came into the match on the back of a 5-0 win vs Sheffield Wednesday. They finished the season in 7th which I think might be their highest ever league finish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_LeagueI don't think any other side has come close to emulating the achievement of Sutton United that day beating a full strength side who I think were 4th at the time in the old division 1, spanning 94 places with a true team of part timers. It will never be done again. Not beating a full stregth team - no - because all the big teams take the piss in the FA Cup. But even a top 6 2nd string side will be far too strong for any part time club. Just about doable is 1st/2nd string lower premiership side by a top National side on a very good day. I don't think our performance vs Arsenal gets enough credit just 2-0 and we created chances. |
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Post by markf on Jan 7, 2019 22:02:41 GMT
Seems I was wrong on this one. A quick search shows Liverpool beating Workington in the 3rd Round 1-0 in 1952. Maybe it was a dream I had or a past life in another dimension.  Think Liverpool may have lost at Worcester City when they was a div 2 club |
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Post by VCLXI on Jan 7, 2019 22:07:08 GMT
Ah, thank you. That's who I was thinking of and got it wrong!
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Post by billy on Jan 7, 2019 22:25:23 GMT
Not beating a full stregth team - no - because all the big teams take the piss in the FA Cup. But even a top 6 2nd string side will be far too strong for any part time club. Just about doable is 1st/2nd string lower premiership side by a top National side on a very good day. I don't think our performance vs Arsenal gets enough credit just 2-0 and we created chances. An unbelievable performance.Shame the "pie" incident detracted from it. |
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Post by billy on Jan 7, 2019 22:27:12 GMT
I believe Coventry came into the match on the back of a 5-0 win vs Sheffield Wednesday. They finished the season in 7th which I think might be their highest ever league finish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_LeagueI don't think any other side has come close to emulating the achievement of Sutton United that day beating a full strength side who I think were 4th at the time in the old division 1, spanning 94 places with a true team of part timers. It will never be done again. [/b] Coventry also won at Old Trafford not long after the Sutton game. |
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Post by VCLXI on Jan 7, 2019 22:31:06 GMT
But even a top 6 2nd string side will be far too strong for any part time club. Just about doable is 1st/2nd string lower premiership side by a top National side on a very good day. I don't think our performance vs Arsenal gets enough credit just 2-0 and we created chances. An unbelievable performance.Shame the "pie" incident detracted from it. Wow. I'm stunned Billy. You're actually praising the club! |
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Post by guildrover on Jan 7, 2019 23:33:55 GMT
You shouldn't be stunned (I know you're not really). I personally see Billy as playing Devils Advocate on here and why not?
Most football clubs forums only see it one way and are biased (naturally) so it is healthy for someone to stir the pot a bit and form an argument from a different view point otherwise this place just becomes a sort of echo chamber.
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Post by trev on Jan 7, 2019 23:47:54 GMT
If you give a hundred monkeys a typewriter, sooner or later one of them will type something coherent.
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Post by brisfitboy on Jan 8, 2019 2:31:38 GMT
If you give a hundred monkeys a typewriter, sooner or later one of them will type something coherent. Who, the monkey or the typewriter? |
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Post by Del on Jan 8, 2019 7:19:17 GMT
What' a typewriter ?  |
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Post by sallycat on Jan 8, 2019 9:47:35 GMT
You shouldn't be stunned (I know you're not really). I personally see Billy as playing Devils Advocate on here and why not? Most football clubs forums only see it one way and are biased (naturally) so it is healthy for someone to stir the pot a bit and form an argument from a different view point otherwise this place just becomes a sort of echo chamber. Mainly because he's often very rude about it. I agree completely with your second paragraph but we have plenty of differing opinions on here! |
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Post by amberchoc on Jan 8, 2019 10:59:31 GMT
You shouldn't be stunned (I know you're not really). I personally see Billy as playing Devils Advocate on here and why not? Most football clubs forums only see it one way and are biased (naturally) so it is healthy for someone to stir the pot a bit and form an argument from a different view point otherwise this place just becomes a sort of echo chamber. . I agree completely with your second paragraph but we have plenty of differing opinions on here! And blimey, are certain people rude back at Billy! I’ve always taken his, shall we say, “controversial” posts more as naïve than rude. |
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Post by amberchoc on Jan 8, 2019 11:10:57 GMT
If you give a hundred monkeys a typewriter, sooner or later one of them will type something coherent. To be….or not to be….that is the…..gazoinernplat! (I bet nobody knows what that’s from?!) |
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Post by Andy K on Jan 8, 2019 11:23:29 GMT
If you give a hundred monkeys a typewriter, sooner or later one of them will type something coherent. To be….or not to be….that is the…..gazoinernplat! (I bet nobody knows what that’s from?!) I didn't know Bob Newhart was still alive! |
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Post by amberchoc on Jan 8, 2019 11:38:29 GMT
To be….or not to be….that is the…..gazoinernplat! (I bet nobody knows what that’s from?!) I didn't know Bob Newhart was still alive! One point for Hufflepuff!
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