FA Cup semi final replay 1980 West Ham

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

from my dim and distant memory West Ham only had that segment in the corner,feel free anyone to correct me,bit similar to the Spurs semi,gut wrenching,heartbreaking night and school the next morning

Iirc we sold our tickets ,wham never ,so we got more in terrace opposite the cameras ,where it kicked off.

 

[goldfinchmule]

My recollection is we had the Gelderd end the west stand and the south stand officialy, i was in the Gelderd trapped behind a barrier for most of the game worst crush ive ever been in.

 

[Ducans elbow]

I was there some fights that night, it was like the Leeds fans had organized a few places so they could scrap with us and the WH fans.

 

[T LEAFE]

from my dim and distant memory West Ham only had that segment in the corner,feel free anyone to correct me,bit similar to the Spurs semi,gut wrenching,heartbreaking night and school the next morning

Read my post earlier Dario and you were lucky ...going back to London on the Hammers soccer special train was the worst of my life
Im still emotionally scarred

 

[Kendal]

I was there, the walk to and from Leeds station

Heartbreaking game and your right the walk to the car park was horrendous

 

[tommytowne]

Do you have to rub lemon juice in this particular paper cut? 11 year old me has never gotten over this match.

Me too. Seeing Lampards header floating goalwards made time stood still.

 

[tommytowne]

from my dim and distant memory West Ham only had that segment in the corner,feel free anyone to correct me,bit similar to the Spurs semi,gut wrenching,heartbreaking night and school the next morning

I know that in the corner where their fans were closest to us in our end, a couple of Blues had tickets amongst them. They must have been spotted because in the blink of an eyelid they were getting the proverbial kicked out of them. West Yorkshire police just stood and watched.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Me too. Seeing Lampards header floating goalwards made time stood still.

Was going wide too I'm sure until it hit that bloody divot

 

[tommytowne]

Was going wide too I'm sure until it hit that bloody divot

As I've said many times father and son both royally rogered us in the Cup.

 

[StreetEndBlue]

Slightly off topic but still FA Cup semi finals but anyone know the reason why our 1986 semi against Sheff Wed was switched from Old Trafford to Villa Park at the 11th hour? When the venues were originally announced we were supposed to have been playing in Manchester but it was moved.

 

[James Patrick]

Slightly off topic but still FA Cup semi finals but anyone know the reason why our 1986 semi against Sheff Wed was switched from Old Trafford to Villa Park at the 11th hour? When the venues were originally announced we were supposed to have been playing in Manchester but it was moved.

Don't recall that tbh but Man City were home to Arsenal that day so would've thought that would be a factor.

 

[Khalekan]

My abiding memory of that game is Big Bob climbing up on the railings to celebrate after he equalised

 

[Tom Hughes]

My abiding memory of that game is Big Bob climbing up on the railings to celebrate after he equalised

I was still celebrating when they scored the winner.... and like many others, didn't even notice for a moment. Felt worse because it was like we were cursed at the time. Hadn't seen us win anything live up to that point, and really thought it was going to be our turn.... especially when so few of their fans turned out at Elland Rd. Abiding memory was that deafening roar when we scored!

Horrible journey home...... long walk, then the police horses on those ramps down to the platform causing mayhem in the queues. Ancient trains taking forever to get back to Liverpool... no lighting on ours. Walked for miles out of town before getting a taxi, because we were skint.

 

[Khalekan]

I was still celebrating when they scored the winner.... and like many others, didn't even notice for a moment. Felt worse because it was like we were cursed at the time. Hadn't seen us win anything live up to that point, and really thought it was going to be our turn.... especially when so few of their fans turned out at Elland Rd. Abiding memory was that deafening roar when we scored!

Horrible journey home...... long walk, then the police horses on those ramps down to the platform causing mayhem in the queues. Ancient trains taking forever to get back to Liverpool... no lighting on ours. Walked for miles out of town before getting a taxi, because we were skint.

Wow.

That sounds like a nightmare

I hope you made it to the Leeds semi final v Spurs in ‘95.

A completely different experience

 

[Brightonblue]

First game to make my 10year old self cry
Had to hold it in till home though
Was stuck to the radio at a youth centre with a load of reds.
Gutted