Do you remember?

[Jamo Martinez]

Looked up a detail earlier for a post on the debut thread and got caught up on a stats/results site (the way you do). Saw something curious which I had absolutely no recollection or knowledge of. At the end of the 70-71 season, to round off a crap season in crap fashion, we played Stoke in a 3rd/4th place playoff match for the losing FA cup semifinalists. Lost 3-2 (Whittle and Ball).
I'm sure a few will remember this. A few others may have succeeded in forgetting it and will now hate me for reminding them

Any other curiosities you recall from yesteryear? Could be anything.

 

[bluestevon]

I thought this was going to be a link to a very good Pulp song


Dissapointed.com

 

[Groucho]

What was that British Championship thing? English winners v Scottish winners.

 

[summerisle]

What was that British Championship thing? English winners v Scottish winners.

Was that the Anglo-Scottish cup ? Texaco.

 

[Groucho]

Was that the Anglo-Scottish cup ? Texaco.

Yeah something like that.

 

[summerisle]

 

[davids]

http://www.11v11.com/matches/football-league-v-italian-league-08-november-1961-248217/

 

[oldblue]

I seem to remember a tournament possibly in late eighties that I think involved teams who hadn't got into Europe from first division and teams from second division but not all of them. Games were two legs. There was one when we'd beaten a team below us away by a few and second leg was attended by about three thousand of the true hardcore. Think we drew.
I was with my uncle. That bit is a definite.
Is that the kind of vivid and poignant memories you want?

 

[summerisle]

I seem to remember a tournament possibly in late eighties that I think involved teams who hadn't got into Europe from first division and teams from second division but not all of them. Games were two legs. There was one when we'd beaten a team below us away by a few and second leg was attended by about three thousand of the true hardcore. Think we drew.
I was with my uncle. That bit is a definite.
Is that the kind of vivid and poignant memories you want?

That was organised because of the murders in Heysel and the consequent ban.
Edit : Known as the Full Members' Cup, Simod Cup, Zenith Data Systems Cup. All a waste of time.

 

[oldblue]

That was organised because of the murders in Heysel and the consequent ban.

That makes sense. I only remember that one game because of a crowd of family and friends who went only two of us turned up to that one. Obviously it was doing a good job replacing the glamour of Europe

 

[Robertor]

The 21st night of September?

 

[oldblue]

That was organised because of the murders in Heysel and the consequent ban.

Does that mean all of the top league were in it then?

 

[bigjonny]

I seem to remember a tournament possibly in late eighties that I think involved teams who hadn't got into Europe from first division and teams from second division but not all of them. Games were two legs. There was one when we'd beaten a team below us away by a few and second leg was attended by about three thousand of the true hardcore. Think we drew.
I was with my uncle. That bit is a definite.
Is that the kind of vivid and poignant memories you want?

The Screen-Sport Super cup, we lost the 2-legged final to Liverpool, I think.

 

[summerisle]

Does that mean all of the top league were in it then?

Top 6 went into the Football League Super Cup for one year. See Howard's response
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Cup_(English_football)

Then there was three meaningless comps.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Members_Cup

 

[bigjonny]

I think we've lost in the final of The Screen-sport super, Simod and Zenith Data systems cups.