1995 FA Cup Final - Everton vs Manchester United

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The Esk said:
Amazing day, I was only 32 at the time, witnessing the 10th trophy of my lifetime as a blue - little did I know it would be the last over 21 years later.

However it won't be the last I ever witness.
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Very confident esk , watched it with a lad who has only got into football in his teens , had picked Everton a couple of years previous. Celebrated thinking it was the start of great things.
For me , I always look back and think I never really celebrated the glory years like I should , almost took them for granted as there would be more to come. United fans could well go through that experience thinking glory is a given thing . I know now if I'm lucky to see a winning season l'll celebrate in right royal style.
 

ijjysmith said:
As mentioned elsewhere I've been scouring YouTube all night watching old footy clips and found this.

The entire 1995 FA Cup Final Grandstand. Enjoy.



(It is nearly 5 hours long!)
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@4:51:50s

Family friend (And top top blue) 'Homer' with his lad on his shoulders. If I'm not mistaken, there's a few on here knew him too! He was at ours the Thursday before and promised me eldest brother a ticket; we didn't see him again until seeing him on the Telly! The curses that he copped for from almost the entire family lol

Sadly, he's no longer with us, but never forgotten.

As for the day itself, I can only remember the goal and seeing him from almost the entire afternoon - can't remember what else happened, apart from cursing Graham Stuart for a millisecond for costing me £70 when he hit the bar....Cursing didn't last long :dance:;)lol

The Esk said:
However it won't be the last I ever witness.
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Well said! That's the spirit!
 

Didn't go to this, probably cos my dad wanted to get in the sort of state he wouldn't want his 10 year old seeing.
Fair dos imo.
He did tell me a cool little story about pulling in to a garage on the way back and spying a car load of Mancs so one of the lads ripped a pic of Rideout out the paper and stuck it to their windscreen.
Played old man.
 
watched it whilst at University, got wasted and was crying at the end

also Amokachi not trying to score from the half way line right at the end (4:24:40 and onwards) was and remains a massive annoyance
 
Big Nev was outstanding in that match.

I was putting the finishing touches to my masters thesis that weekend, before presenting it on the Monday.

Went to that in great spirits. There was a 3-person panel, my supervisor, another professor, and an external professor. I had never met the latter but as I was called in, he was bragging to the others about the result. Needless to say, we got on, and I passed.
 
ijjysmith said:
As mentioned elsewhere I've been scouring YouTube all night watching old footy clips and found this.

The entire 1995 FA Cup Final Grandstand. Enjoy.



(It is nearly 5 hours long!)
Click to expand...


Still got it on VHS somewhere.

FYI - for you youngsters, VHS was amazing, none of this cloud rusbbish or downloading. These were the days of Cup Final songs, Apple was fruit first and a failing company second, Des Lynam was saturday football
 
Difference was back then that no matter how poor we were, you always felt it wouldn't be long before we could return to picking up trophies. Even fighting relegation we never lost that big club feel. A new manager, a few good signings, and we'd be back challenging at the top. We have arguably had far better teams in the two decades since yet there is now a feeling that we may never ever get to the top again and that we are a smaller club performing well to be where we are. Hopefully Koeman and Moshiri can bring back that hopeful feeling that we are not far away and that another day like that in 95 is not a one off or a beginning of a decline but the opening of the trophy floodgates.
 

Must have been 9, watched it in my uncles, had the shirt on with my first name on the back. To this day don't know why my Granddad went with first name. Weird cat.
 
I was studying ( getting pissed and loafing about) at Warwick University at the time. Watched it with some Coventry City fans in the boozer.
They were all rooting for the toffee's. One of those rare day's when you just know that you are going to win.

I would have swapped this though, for all the times that the RS have turned us over in finals.
 
Was desperate for a ticket for this but really struggling badly. Frankly I had given up all hope.
Was working late shift the day before the game and called in my local after work. One of the regulars (a bloke I didn't know particularly well, and a koppite as it happens) stood in front of me with a huge grin on his face. Frankly he was getting on my nerves as he wouldn't tell me why he looked so smug.
I was on the verge of giving him a crack as I thought he was taking the p... at the fact I didn't have a ticket.
After about 15 minutes of me moodily growling at him to wipe the grin off his face, he reached into his pocket and handed me an envelope.
Not one but TWO tickets !
Now I'm as straight as they come, but I would have happily slipped him one there and then in the packed pub. In fact, I think he spent the rest of the night trying to stop me kissing him.
To cut a long story short, I rolled home about 2AM and woke my (10 year old) son up, waving the tickets and singing. (Also woke the rest of the house; The wife wasn't happy)
We even managed to book coach tickets. Me and my lad absolutely knackered but deliriously happy, both slept most of the way home despite the fact the coach was 'bouncing'
I have moved house (twice) since then, but still bump into the bloke two or three times a year. He used to be a salesman and had won the tickets for most sales that month. Still love the bloke and always make sure to buy his ale.
 

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