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What a great goal and a unbelievable way to end an unbelievable game. Did Sunderland also miss a penalty during the game when one of our stewards put off the penalty taker??
Anyone on here go to Nottingham Forest second leg of the playoffs. What an experience. The noise from the Forest fans was deafening, never heard noise like it at a game maybe something to do with the acoustics, I don’t know, but we were drowned out. At half time thought Forest had got it and then second half the magic started. The Forest fans’ noise level dropped and we were just in dreamland. Remember after the game there was a lad in the Forest end (upper tier) to the right of our stand with a black jacket on, he unzipped his jacket to reveal a Blackpool shirt, the crowd starting cheering. He was then chased by Forest fans, hope he got out ok. When we walked back to the car Forest fans were stood outside pubs just applauding us as we went past. Very surreal. Made us chuckle when every car in the car park had leaflet on windscreen advertising coaches from Nottingham to Wembley. What a night!
Great memories of one of the great nights. Forest and their fans were super confident & when Earnshaw scored early on, it looked like the writing was on the wall. If Carlsberg made play-off semi-finals ........
It's getting on for 49 years since West Ham were sent tumbling out of the FA Cup by Blackpool, on a cold January day.
Bobby Moore, Jimmy Greaves and Brian Dear were all suspended by a furious Ron Greenwood as a result of a pre-match drink-up at Jack London's Blackpool club the night before West Ham were thrashed 4-0 by the Seasiders, bottom of the First Division and on their way to relegation.
Sadly not much has changed in the intervening 40 years since when West Ham have lost no less than THIRTY times to lower league opposition in the two domestic Cups - most recently to League One's Oxford United last night.
So join us now as we take a look back at each and every occasion on which the Hammers have been humiliated by lower league opposition in the last forty years, which we kick off with that defeat at Blackpool (who whilst not technically lower league opposition, qualify for inclusion on the loose premise that they started all this in the modern era)...
1971: Blackpool 4 West Ham Utd 0 (FA Cup)
Moore, Greaves and Best go out on the piss the night before the game. Young Tony Green takes advantage and scores two in the opening half. West Ham capitulate after the break as Craven and Mowbray add further goals. 'Pool manager Stokoe will win the Cup within three years as manager of Sunderland.
"No wonder they say this boy is worth £100,000"
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Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
Blackpool vs Man City FA Cup R4 - 30th January 1988 the game with the infamous last minute scrambled City goal but the earlier Seasiders effort and @FootyLimbs in the South Stand ain't that bad either. pic.twitter.com/zNois5Nwfc
— It's Not Orange, It's Tangerine!🍊 (@_INOIT) October 3, 2019
Learning to read clusters is not something your eyes do naturally. It takes constant practice.
Blackpool vs Carlisle United - Division 4 - Sat 2nd April 1991 - 5,368. Six goal thriller. Goals from Bamber 2, Horner, Groves, Rodwell and Richards. We won 14 home league games on the bounce that season. pic.twitter.com/ffqZhk1lDR
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When we walked back to the car Forest fans were stood outside pubs just applauding us as we went past. Very surreal. Made us chuckle when every car in the car park had leaflet on windscreen advertising coaches from Nottingham to Wembley. What a night!