General_Grievous Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 chatting about junior football this morning and some games will be decided by coin throw this week after postponements at the weekend. Got me thinking about a replay in the 80 where venue for third match was decided by a coin throw in the boardroom after full time at hillsboro, as we left the ground. We lost! Very vague memory of this so it may have been made up but best guess was v Chelsea in Wilko era in League Cup Any one????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Thought this was about O'Connell again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksmore Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Got to laugh at the swear filter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognacbarnowl Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Kinda remember that, or something like it way back in the day. Fecked if I can remember owt else about it though. Must be getting Alka seltzer or whatever they call itat my age FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted March 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, hawksmore said: Got to laugh at the swear filter It's a right load of flipping testicles, isn't it? Edit: Stop editing my words, you cheeky monkey! Edit 2: What a fool this swear filter is. Edit 3: Let me express myself, you absolute wee wee tail. Edit 4: I'm getting very motherfucking annoyed here. Edit 5: Oh. Edited March 18, 2019 by areNOTwhatTHEYseem 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Think it was Everton in the Wilko era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky belly Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: It's a right load of flipping testicles, isn't it? Edit: Stop editing my words, you cheeky monkey! Edit 2: What a fool this swear filter is. Edit 3: Let me express myself, you absolute wee wee tail. Edit 4: I'm getting very motherfucking annoyed here. Edit 5: Oh. Yep, it happens to every Tom, ‘wee pipe’ and Harry that comes on this ‘fizzing’ site 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWL1969 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, vulva said: Think it was Everton in the Wilko era. Definetly this one, was waiting in Goodison for the announcement, cue cheers from the home fans and groans from the away end. I think the op could be right too, Chelsea was a second replay, so I guess we also lost the throw for that. I was sat at home after that one having left in utter dejection after their 4th goal. (A lesson learnt for a 15 year old about leaving early). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General_Grievous Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, OWL1969 said: Definetly this one, was waiting in Goodison for the announcement, cue cheers from the home fans and groans from the away end. I think the op could be right too, Chelsea was a second replay, so I guess we also lost the throw for that. I was sat at home after that one having left in utter dejection after their 4th goal. (A lesson learnt for a 15 year old about leaving early). ah was it that one? rememebr it well for other reasons! other than the remarkable score, an old fella had a heart attack and died in the seat directly behind me. Obviously was terrible for him and his family, but i was just a lad and that happening a couple of feet away was pretty traumatic. me and my dad were totally numb through the second half and left a little before the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General_Grievous Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 Just now, General_Grievous said: ah was it that one? rememebr it well for other reasons! other than the remarkable score, an old fella had a heart attack and died in the seat directly behind me. Obviously was terrible for him and his family, but i was just a lad and that happening a couple of feet away was pretty traumatic. me and my dad were totally numb through the second half and left a little before the end actually came back in after Sterland equalised. Don;t recall a thing about ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWL1969 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, General_Grievous said: actually came back in after Sterland equalised. Don;t recall a thing about ET I had just got in the house as Sterland scored (lived just off Middlewood Road at the time) I wanted to go back down for ET but my mother wouldn't let me due to quote "your not going back on your own, Chelsea fans are animals" a different era back then. Edited March 18, 2019 by OWL1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 This happened for both of the games previously mentioned, after the replay at home to Chelsea in the LC and at Goodison in the FA Cup in 87ish. Bert McGee lost both calls, which made him a useless t0s5er. What's most remarkable about the replays in those days was that with in person ticket office sales only we sold 35k+ tickets for the home replays which were played just 2 days after the previous games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Saw the title and thought this was going to be a thread on how to beat our FFP problem this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Was talking to my manager at work about how they decide the outcome by a flip of coin, wtf.... Imagine buzzing to play and you've lost the match because a coin dictated it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General_Grievous Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 17 hours ago, alanharper said: This happened for both of the games previously mentioned, after the replay at home to Chelsea in the LC and at Goodison in the FA Cup in 87ish. Bert McGee lost both calls, which made him a useless t0s5er. What's most remarkable about the replays in those days was that with in person ticket office sales only we sold 35k+ tickets for the home replays which were played just 2 days after the previous games. good spot! yes, long queues but got the job done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General_Grievous Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Just now, General_Grievous said: good spot! yes, long queues but got the job done and the amount of cash on site in one place was eye watering! Wonder if any clubs got hit at the end of bust ticket sale days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 18 hours ago, alanharper said: This happened for both of the games previously mentioned, after the replay at home to Chelsea in the LC and at Goodison in the FA Cup in 87ish. Bert McGee lost both calls, which made him a useless t0s5er. What's most remarkable about the replays in those days was that with in person ticket office sales only we sold 35k+ tickets for the home replays which were played just 2 days after the previous games. Sure you could POTG as well. I remember getting there early for the 3rd Replay at home to Everton and were already long queues to get in. Just were patient and waited I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Newsome Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 23 hours ago, hawksmore said: Got to laugh at the swear filter Imagine having a swear filter on a football forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Not Jon Newsome said: Imagine having a swear filter on a football forum. fizz that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, matthefish2002 said: Sure you could POTG as well. I remember getting there early for the 3rd Replay at home to Everton and were already long queues to get in. Just were patient and waited I guess. Suppose there was POTG as well but I remember being in our regular ST seats for both games so plenty must have gone and queued for them. With only 2 days notice for the replays we got 36.5k for the Chelsea game and just under 39k for the final Everton game. Amazing that apart from the logistics of ticket sales nobody batted an eyelid at playing 4 games in a week back then. In 1985 we played an FA Cup game on the Saturday, Chelsea away in the LC QF on the Monday, played the replay of that plus extra time on Wednesday and then drew with European Champions Liverpool on the Saturday in front of 48k - all with barely any (if any at all) changes to the team and only 1 substitute! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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