Not 100% sure but at the time I remember 1 goal was all we needed.Would it though? It would have made it 2-2 on aggregate. I don't think away goals was in play was it?
I was there, on my dad's shoulders. Free kick from memory, last ( or almost) kick off the game.This is going to sound really random, but there's no accounting for the moments that stick in your mind.
Stan Bowles scoring a very late winner against us in the FA Cup for QPR in 1974. Was at a party listening on the radio and we all had a drunken breakdown. Time has healed things a bit .
He was terrible.Haworth's effott barely made it to the goal.
still too soon...Last season at Norwich as well, 1 v 0 after 90mins and still end up losing
ffs hill, live and let live….What about when you got bummed in Wood End in the 90’s?
Living locally I had the indignity of seeing us play at Oldham, Rochdale and Bury in the same season and go into each game with no hope and losing all three.In terms of footballing moments one that has stayed with me and always made me appreciate when things got better for us was watching rochdale fans laugh at how bad we were and i knew we were going to league 2 .. they were cheering when we had a shot etc , several hundred coventry fans , i sat in total disbelief at what was happening to us
I know robins was manager that day , but he wasnt the cause , and i think thats why i loved the bloke so much as manager because he gave us it all back .
Sad but true
I always bring it up , its always stuck with me , for me our lowest moment
Yes that’s right. Even when we were winning 2-0 at half time I was more concerned with Derby beating Utd.We’d have been relegated anyway that day even if we’d won I am lead to believe as Derby beat Man Utd at Old Trafford
Yeah that day was the worst I have felt when leaving a match. All the Sheff Utd fans were trying to goad us and I just didn’t care.Sheff Utd QF, soon as Foland let that ball under his boot to give a last minute corner away i knew we were doomed... Felt the worst i have ever felt leaving a ground even leaving wembley in the play off final.
Roland was an all time great for us and think only mistake i seen him make.
Nothing will ever eclipse Torp's goal being disallowed, you just don't get such a switch of emotions like that.
Every official in the ground thinks a goal should stand, why does a goon in a studio playing around with lines get to overrule them?Like getting home to the Mrs telling you you’ve won the euromillions and letting you go barmy for a minute, only to say she’s joking, and instead you’ve received a fixed penalty in the post and she’s punched you in the dick and you fallen down the stairs as a result.
It’s because we were put through celebrating the goal. Personally smothering my old man screaming WE’VE DONE IT!! at him.
The flag goes up immediately and we don’t go all through that, we don’t feel as bad. That level of comedown is not healthy!
There’s a part of me that is at least glad that we got to celebrate that goal for as long as we did. It was one of the most special moments I’ll ever have at a game.It’s because we were put through celebrating the goal. Personally smothering my old man screaming WE’VE DONE IT!! at him.
The flag goes up immediately and we don’t go all through that, we don’t feel as bad.
The pompey home riot gets all the headlines around that time, but Man City away was absolute carnage. They broke into our end then waited for us outside, bottles and police horses everywhere.Yup, Sheff U 1/4 final too. Only game I missed in that season's cup run. Listened to the pen shoot out on the radio on the way back to my mate's from Walthamstow dog racing of all places and was just devastated.
Shout out for the Charlton game two seasons later after leading 2-0. Think they were the league below like SU.
Oh and the Man C last min winner in the cup a year later. Though the following riot was a handy distraction from that loss
Never seen anything like it. Didn’t a load of Cov fans invade the Man City family/wheelchair section or something?The pompey home riot gets all the headlines around that time, but Man City away was absolute carnage. They broke into our end then waited for us outside, bottles and police horses everywhere.
Omg I remember Simms seeing the replay during the break and getting all hyped! Great momentThe pompey home riot gets all the headlines around that time, but Man City away was absolute carnage. They broke into our end then waited for us outside, bottles and police horses everywhere.
Simms hitting underside of the bar and ball bouncing out in ET of the fa cup semi gets overlooked btw
Never seen anything like it. Didn’t a load of Cov fans invade the Man City family/wheelchair section or something?
This is it, isn't it. If you have to bring it down to studying millimetres between imaginary lines on the ground, then the things that you are looking for don't matter. No advantage has been gained. Football is worse for doing this.Every official in the ground thinks a goal should stand, why does a goon in a studio playing around with lines get to overrule them?
It started up to the right of the Cov fans after the goater goal I think, remember no stewards and two sets of fans charging at each other. Not sure what area of the city fans that was.
Took a while to get under control and then if you think of coronation street, but with missiles and horses, that was the scene after.
I agree with the sentiment of this, and although I get negative reactions for saying that Haji really was offside at Wembley, I’m merely referring to the rules as they are now applied. Whether the rules should be changed, or VAR should be abandoned, is an entirely different debate.This is it, isn't it. If you have to bring it down to studying millimetres between imaginary lines on the ground, then the things that you are looking for don't matter. No advantage has been gained. Football is worse for doing this.
The instant goal line technology would be pointless if the tech wasn’t 100% perfect. It only works because people trust that it is.The most acceptable technical solution I can imagine is if offside decisions can be automated and almost instantaneous (e.g. using those vests they all wear and treating that as the relevant body part?). In that case the main downside of VAR (the delay) would not be an issue. Nobody argues with the automatic goal line calls do they, regardless of how close they are? That’s because it doesn’t actually even matter whether the tech is 100% perfect, the point is that decisions are instant, totally impartial and not subject to conspiracy theories.
Under semi automated VAR that goal stands.I agree with the sentiment of this, and although I get negative reactions for saying that Haji really was offside at Wembley, I’m merely referring to the rules as they are now applied. Whether the rules should be changed, or VAR should be abandoned, is an entirely different debate.
The most acceptable technical solution I can imagine is if offside decisions can be automated and almost instantaneous (e.g. using those vests they all wear and treating that as the relevant body part?). In that case the main downside of VAR (the delay) would not be an issue. Nobody argues with the automatic goal line calls do they, regardless of how close they are? That’s because it doesn’t actually even matter whether the tech is 100% perfect, the point is that decisions are instant, totally impartial and not subject to conspiracy theories.
Your two sentences are contradictory? I agree that trust is everything - with the goal line tech how can anyone even know whether it's 100% perfect? It measures where a moving ball is to within a millimetre or something. Even if happens to only be 98%, if it's exactly the same for both sides and beyond challenge, it's trusted as the instant impartial decision-maker and nobody has to agonise over it.The instant goal line technology would be pointless if the tech wasn’t 100% perfect. It only works because people trust that it is.
Genuine question here - what is the difference with that tech and why would it make Haji onside? I'm not being confrontational, just curious.Under semi automated VAR that goal stands.
No sure, I didn’t think you were being confrontational. The technology is able to process frame rates at a much faster speed than the broadcast cameras used for ‘manual’ VAR, there’s 30 different cameras to analyse the decision from and the relevant players themselves are captured by loads of tiny dots to form the image. The tech also decides the ‘kick point’ though it can be changed by a human.Genuine question here - what is the difference with that tech and why would it make Haji onside? I'm not being confrontational, just curious.
That’s what it says, while then also saying it improves consistency and reliability. Which tells me that the manual way of doing it isn’t as good.Just looked up the semi-automated thing on the FA website. It speeds things up a bit, but makes no difference to the outcome.
Your link says:-No sure, I didn’t think you were being confrontational. The technology is able to process frame rates at a much faster speed than the broadcast cameras used for ‘manual’ VAR, there’s 30 different cameras to analyse the decision from and the relevant players themselves are captured by loads of tiny dots to form the image. The tech also decides the ‘kick point’ though it can be changed by a human.
From what I understand, the gap between Wright and whichever defender it was would now fall below the threshold for triggering the review. Happy to be corrected though.
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