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Cup Final Week - Favourite Finals

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Mikey_Fitzgerald

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Which cup finals have been your favourite's

Obviously I imagine '66 and '95 to rate quite highly on the list

I think the '66 FA Cup Final is one of the best there's ever been. You've got a really good Everton side pulling off a miraculous comeback, you've got some lovely goals and you've got the infamous scene of the fan running onto the pitch and getting tackled by a policeman! Great Stuff!

'95 is not as good a footballing exhibition but it is still a very dramatic match and features a gutsy and defiant Everton performance. Compare it with the horrid 1-0 match the following year form United and Liverpool and its like night and day.

Other finals that I really enjoy would be
1953 Final. Stanley Matthews finally wins a cup medal as Blackpool beat Bolton in a 4-3 thriller

1964 Final. West Ham beat Preston 3-2 in the last minute of second half stoppage time

1973 Final: Sunderland shock everyone by beating Leeds 1-0. Bob Stokoe runs onto the pitch his coat flapping in the wind. Iconic image and a good match to boot.

1977 Final: United and Liverpool have an excellent match that see's United just edge a 2-1 win.

1983 Final: Brighton come from 2-1 down to force Man United into extra time. Brighton almost win it in the last minute of extra time.

1989 Final: Everton and Liverpool have a Wembley classic. Fans chant "Merseyside". Everton come from behind twice but eventually lose 3-2 after giving Liverpool a real fight.

1990 Final: Crystal Palace almost beat Man United after a 2 goal brace from Ian Wright. United eventually claw it back to 3-3 and end up winning the dour replay

1997 Final: Roberto Di Matteo scores the fastest goal in cup final history (A record that would last for 12 years before it was beaten by a certain Louis Saha). Chelsea go on to demolish a feeble Middlesbrough side, making a certain Everton fan from Stockport very happy seeing as the Boro team in question denied Stockport County a place in the League Cup Final of that same year.
 

Apart from the obvious everton ones (84 first ever trophy I remember & 95 still probably the best day of my life ) I loved the Coventry 3-2 spurs game was it 1987 ?
 
Aside from the obvious, I think the Spurs vs City final was great & the '76 Southampton vs United final, was a classic day for the underdog, probably still rates as the biggest cup upset of all time - given that it came in the Final.

On a side note, I think this year could see the systematic downgrading of the competition complete, as it gets a 5.15 KO time & could well see Wigan rest a host of their players for the League game at Arsenal on the Tuesday following.
 

1996 - the pre-RAWK high point of that club making itself look ridiculous

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sheeds said:
Apart from the obvious everton ones (84 first ever trophy I remember & 95 still probably the best day of my life ) I loved the Coventry 3-2 spurs game was it 1987 ?
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It is yeah

I've actually got that on DVD. Only ever seen highlights before.

Just watching the 1971 final at the moment where Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 A.E.T.

Think I'll watch '87 next as a matter of fact (y)
 
can't say i've enjoyed many tbh. Remember chelsea boro well because of the early goal, i enjoyed that. seeing everton vs chelsea made me proud but it was a fairly poor final as i think most have been because they're usually contested by a boring team like chelsea who don't seem that arsed about it.

suppose the liverpool west ham one might have been a good watch but i didn't see it gladly
 
The 2006 final would have been great if it didn't involve them winning, apart from that one they have all been rubbish and Chelsea dominated recently. There hasn't been a good final at new wembley.
 

toffeejack said:
can't say i've enjoyed many tbh. Remember chelsea boro well because of the early goal, i enjoyed that. seeing everton vs chelsea made me proud but it was a fairly poor final as i think most have been because they're usually contested by a boring team like chelsea who don't seem that arsed about it.

suppose the liverpool west ham one might have been a good watch but i didn't see it gladly
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I only saw snippets of the '06 final as I was working at the time. Thank God, I don't think I could have stood sitting through all of the "Steven Gerrard Final" *Gags*
 
Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
It is yeah

I've actually got that on DVD. Only ever seen highlights before.

Just watching the 1971 final at the moment where Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 A.E.T.

Think I'll watch '87 next as a matter of fact (y)
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Make sure you keep an eye on the ref at the final whistle Mickey. Classic moment.
 

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