5 hours ago, erskblue said:

They got relegated that season too. Reaching the FA Cup Final and also  relegation!

Boro 97 as well I think.

41 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

Boro 97 as well I think.

Cheers , had forgotten about Boro in 97.

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Edited September 21, 20205 yr by erskblue

Part of the 61,316 crowd at Stamford Bridge for the 1929 FA Cup 3rd Round match between Chelsea and Everton.

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Birchenall !...v Arsenal

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And against Arsenal

On 20/09/2020 at 04:54, bluehaze said:

Now this is something I didn't know if the replay at Old Trafford was a draw the second replay would have been at Highfield Rd.

 

That's an interesting choice of venue. I always thought Coventry's ground was a bit on the small side. If memory serves, wasn't it the first all-seater in England?

On 20/09/2020 at 09:37, erskblue said:

They got relegated that season too. Reaching the FA Cup Final and also  relegation!

Happened to Leicester too in 1969. City beat them at Wembley. Frank O'Farrell was Leicester's manager at the time.

2 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

That's an interesting choice of venue. I always thought Coventry's ground was a bit on the small side. If memory serves, wasn't it the first all-seater in England?

I think a cup tie between Arsenal and the dippers was played at Coventry after 3 replays 

6 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

Happened to Leicester too in 1969. City beat them at Wembley. Frank O'Farrell was Leicester's manager at the time.

Never knew that. Cheers🍺

4 hours ago, Richard P said:

I think a cup tie between Arsenal and the dippers was played at Coventry after 3 replays 

Yeah 1979/80.

11 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

That's an interesting choice of venue. I always thought Coventry's ground was a bit on the small side. If memory serves, wasn't it the first all-seater in England?

It was Jimmy Hill did a lot for football he got the maximum wage abolished as well. It held about 35,000 then so no big corporate ponces the fans would have got about 17,000 each I think which for a second replay would have been about right. City when they played Spurs in the 81 replay only bought just over half that they brought on the Saturday. As I was typing this I looked on Wikipedia and Jimmy Hill did a lot more than I thought.

Hill had a reputation as a moderniser and all-round innovator in football: as well as helping to get rid of the players' maximum wage, he commissioned the first English all-seater stadium at Highfield Road, lifted a ban on media interviews, introduced the first electronic scoreboard in 1964, the first colour matchday programme and in 1965 Coventry were the first club to show a live match via CCTV on four giant screens.^[24] He has been credited with the introduction of the three points for a win system, pioneered by The Football Association in 1981.^[25] He was also credited with the idea of using a panel of football pundits for the 1970 World Cup.^[25]

11 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

 

Double post.

Edited September 22, 20205 yr by bluehaze

Posted before but I love this picture. Looks like John Hollins in the background.

13 hours ago, Richard P said:

I think a cup tie between Arsenal and the dippers was played at Coventry after 3 replays 

We had three semi-finals against Leeds in 1965 and again in 1970. The third replay was held at the City Ground in 65 and Burnden Park in 1970. Bremner scored the winner in both games.

3 hours ago, bluehaze said:

It was Jimmy Hill did a lot for football he got the maximum wage abolished as well. It held about 35,000 then so no big corporate ponces the fans would have got about 17,000 each I think which for a second replay would have been about right. City when they played Spurs in the 81 replay only bought just over half that they brought on the Saturday. As I was typing this I looked on Wikipedia and Jimmy Hill did a lot more than I thought.

Hill had a reputation as a moderniser and all-round innovator in football: as well as helping to get rid of the players' maximum wage, he commissioned the first English all-seater stadium at Highfield Road, lifted a ban on media interviews, introduced the first electronic scoreboard in 1964, the first colour matchday programme and in 1965 Coventry were the first club to show a live match via CCTV on four giant screens.^[24] He has been credited with the introduction of the three points for a win system, pioneered by The Football Association in 1981.^[25] He was also credited with the idea of using a panel of football pundits for the 1970 World Cup.^[25]

He used to get up peoples' noses though with his sanctimonious twaddle. One time, after a Manchester derby, he accused George Best of deliberately injuring Glynn Pardoe, who suffered a broken leg. In the studio, Hill goaded Malcolm Allison trying to get him to say that the foul was deliberate, but Allison, to his credit, would not take the bait.

3 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

He used to get up peoples' noses though with his sanctimonious twaddle. One time, after a Manchester derby, he accused George Best of deliberately injuring Glynn Pardoe, who suffered a broken leg. In the studio, Hill goaded Malcolm Allison trying to get him to say that the foul was deliberate, but Allison, to his credit, would not take the bait.

Oh he was an utter twat no doubt about that

 

4 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

He used to get up peoples' noses though with his sanctimonious twaddle. One time, after a Manchester derby, he accused George Best of deliberately injuring Glynn Pardoe, who suffered a broken leg. In the studio, Hill goaded Malcolm Allison trying to get him to say that the foul was deliberate, but Allison, to his credit, would not take the bait.

I recall seeing a banner at the England v Scotland Home International in the Scotland end > which was the whole of Wembley > with the words 

´ jimmy hill is a puff `  > that creased me up no end 

1 hour ago, ddrblue said:

I recall seeing a banner at the England v Scotland Home International in the Scotland end > which was the whole of Wembley > with the words 

´ jimmy hill is a puff `  > that creased me up no end 

LOL. I remember one game at Hampden which England won 1-0. The panel in the box was Hill, Allison (again) and someone else. You could see the pitch through the large window behind them. Some Scottish supporters clocked them and all you could see was beer cans hitting the plate glass and the pundits flinching.

9 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

LOL. I remember one game at Hampden which England won 1-0. The panel in the box was Hill, Allison (again) and someone else. You could see the pitch through the large window behind them. Some Scottish supporters clocked them and all you could see was beer cans hitting the plate glass and the pundits flinching.

And they were the friendly ones...😀

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Peter Bonetti gathers a cross under pressure from Jimmy Greaves John Hollins, Ron Harris and Clyde Best also in the pic.
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