elyowl1 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 84/84 team , Unlucky not to be crowned Champions and very nearly 2 Cup Semi Finals as well. Certainly felt robbed vs Liverpool at home. Southampton match list in the vagaries of time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervisor2 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Jack Charltons 1979/80 team…….Curran, King Mellor and the rest Promotion and Boxing Day Massacre all in the same season 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 5 hours ago, Baldrick said: True but Hirsty stepped up at the end of that season and is still our last scorer in a cup final (not including Waddle in the replay ) Only because we had no fit centre halves though, which was our downfall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 14/03/2024 at 23:12, paulrs said: Probably have to say 92/93. Took the core of the excellent 91 cup winning team and added Waddle, Bright, Warhurst, Woods, Anderson, Bart-Williams and Jemson… what a team. Such a travesty they didn’t win one of the cups that year, it would’ve cemented them in Wednesday legend even more. Superbly balanced, great to watch, some huge personalities and international stars and brilliant kits that season too. This all day long. It was a dream team. Just bad luck (and possibly excessive lifestyles) that stopped them being world beaters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I’ve got a lot of love for this one under our Danny. It’s not blessed with much quality but it’s got a lot of boll*cks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 12 hours ago, Supervisor2 said: Jack Charltons 1979/80 team…….Curran, King Mellor and the rest Promotion and Boxing Day Massacre all in the same season Agree 100% that side with the immortal Jeff Johnson would walk this division , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuartwawaw Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 91 as to be mine what a season that was john harkes goal at derby chelsea semi final justa couple , i went to almost every game that season and most were like home games port Vale away needed to win but drew 1-1 remember some Sunday league game getting interrupted by hundreds of wednesdayites and last game Oldham away more fans out side and watched the full game sat on a trailer in the lorry park over looking the away end , priceless memories 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 15/03/2024 at 03:14, Basement Jack said: While the 91-93 sides were probably the best side with a trophy For me the one I remember most fondly was Wilko’s promotion wining side of 83-84 Lyons, Bannister, Varadi, Megson Shelton Sterland Worthington……… Really good team and all in an era when football was more football and less business. Absolutely the same for me. Probably also to do with age at the time, to follow Wednesday in the eighties from late teens to early twenties was a great time. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Favourite Owls Team in the last 50years since i've started following them Home and Away. 1990/91 Big Ron 1983/84 Sgt Wilko 1992/93 Tricky Trev 2011/12 Gary Megson / Dave Jones 2004/05 Paul Strurrock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyQuinnsQuiff Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 14/03/2024 at 23:32, Ponte_Owl85 said: That could be it. It was something along those lines It was all to do with superstition (before Stevie Wonder). We’d worn ‘All White’ in the previous rounds and wanted to play in All White in the final. Everton were happy to go along with that. We lost…..so much for superstition!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 16/03/2024 at 06:35, Django said: I’ve got a lot of love for this one under our Danny. It’s not blessed with much quality but it’s got a lot of boll*cks This has not aged well after Saturdays capitulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 The 1958-9 2nd division championship side. I was only eleven years old and only just hooked on football. I thought it was always going to be like that. Never seen us win any league in the 65 years since, even with eleven years total in the 'pub league '. I feel like I'm supporting Barmston United nowadays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imre Varadi Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 First season under HW in the 80's..we absolutely smashed sides...long ball up to the strikers...none of this stupid tippy tappy sideways poo...15 passes to get to the half way line now..WTF!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOWL Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Slightly of topic but on colours and shirts. Found this in the programme v Blackpool on the 12th October 1988.in the Littlewoods Cup Second Round (2nd leg). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrysgame Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 14/03/2024 at 22:41, Rogers said: 1st 1991-1992. The side that came 3rd in the league. 2nd 1990-1991 - League Cup winners 3rd 1992-93 - Waddle & Co 4th Carlos' team that got to Wembley..Loovens & Co. Played well as a team and scored some crackers on the way. 5th Wilko mid 80s team. Chapman, Shelton, & Co. Held their own after promotion Agree with your 1st and 2nd, however I would have to go with the 83/84 team,best season ever and meant would see us in the First Division for the first time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentowl Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 On 14/03/2024 at 23:32, Ponte_Owl85 said: That could be it. It was something along those lines I remember them wearing the white kit at at least one home cup tie in the early 70s. Chelsea maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since 1971 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 13 minutes ago, Kentowl said: I remember them wearing the white kit at at least one home cup tie in the early 70s. Chelsea maybe? 1973 v Cheslea at home in the cup. We wore plain white shirts, blue shorts and white socks. Chelsea wore their away kit of that time, red shirts, white shorts and green socks. Yes, terrible. There was an FA rule around that time that if there was a kit clash both teams changed. It wasn't strictly enforced as sometimes the away kits clashed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Whilst I loved the des walker, Roland Nielsen, David Hirst, Chris waddle era etc…. my best team was season one under Carlos after years of watching tripe we were transformed into an exciting attacking team taking the game to every one beating Arsenal at Hillsborough convincingly and getting the recognition from other fans I can’t remember ever being so behind and proud of the team the optimism for the future was through the roof. then chansiri slowly ripped the infrastructure apart the recruitment panel, mandaric left then that CEO then we quickly fell apart and started seeing the chansiri stewardship that first season though, wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Wednesday Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1991 all the way for me (even though the 92 and 93 sides were stronger) First up, let's be brutally honest, most of us on this site ain't gonna live to see us win a major trophy again. Then, apart from Dalian (RIP), who we made very good money on at the time, the rest of the squad stayed loyal after relegation. I mean, Roland Nilsson playing 2nd tier football is just ridiculous. The team had great blend of 'old school' Wednesday stalwarts: Madden, Shirtliff, Worthington, Turner. Classy veterans: McCall, Mackenzie, Viv. Trevor Francis (RIP), would come on for the last 10 mins of a game and comfortably be the best player in the division. Plus Kingy, Hirst, Palmer, Pressman knocking on the England 'B' door. Nigel Pearson: Rock solid skipper. Sheri and Palmer, the best 'good cop/bad cop' midfield duo in the country. Paul Williams: the most criminally underrated player in SWFC history. John Harkes: some mullated dude signed from a pi55-poor US league for about £100k, should've been sh*e - was actually mint. Danny Wilson: people roll their eyes when they think of his spell as manager, but remember the cojones of the guy in that side. A proper little midfield terrier. Hirsty: Don't need to explain any further... Above all, though, it was Big Ron that made that whole setup special, magical even. He just elevated us a club, made us feel 'famous'. There simply wasn't another manager in England you'd have swapped him for. THAT'S why it hurt so much when he went to Villa. Our reaction was actually the highest compliment we could have paid him. Oh, and finally, both our kits were absolute beauts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William 1867 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1966 cup final team for me. Shame Allen Brown left as I’m sure he would have taken us to better things in the following years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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