1987 F A Cup Final

[frogiron]

How did Spurs manage to lose at Wembley to such an average side as that Coventry team?

A Tottenham side which contained such class acts as Hoddle,Waddle, Ardiles, Clive Allen etc should have battered the team of average players they faced.

Morning Davee and Dev -

This could be for the following reasons:

1: Coventry were a fluent and stylish team who dazzled you with their skill, winning by virtue of their superior tactical nouse and continental flair.

2: The alignment of planets was all wrong for North London, due to a confluence between Mars and Venus setting up an Aquarian perturbation.

3: You were rubbish.

I'm plumping for No.3

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Well a team with flair, with thoroughbred players that ooze class had to play rubbish to lose against a t

[DEVONSPUR]

How old are you Froggy?????

I ask as I haven't heard the expression "plumping" since I was at school as a 12 yr old and it had a different meaning then!!!!



Mind you living in Stevenage is like living in the 70's!!!

Afternoon Dev.

I'm very old. Old enough to remember when you had players with proper hairlines like Gilzean.

Plump is a perfectly nice English word - although I suppose in your neck of the woods there is little use for such a thing.

Stevenage was, and is, a verdant beacon for polite society, nestling in the Hertfordshire countryside my friend.

It has produced many of our nation's great people - a veritable breeding ground for the brilliant, successful and urbane.

It offers a warm welcome for those of us with a profound appreciation of the arts, as well as being a hub for the scientific community.

In summary, anyone having anything whatsoever usefu

[frogiron]

How old are you Froggy?????

I ask as I haven't heard the expression "plumping" since I was at school as a 12 yr old and it had a different meaning then!!!!



Mind you living in Stevenage is like living in the 70's!!!

Afternoon Dev.

I'm very old. Old enough to remember when you had players with proper hairlines like Gilzean.

Plump is a perfectly nice English word - although I suppose in your neck of the woods there is little use for such a thing.

Stevenage was, and is, a verdant beacon for polite society, nestling in the Hertfordshire countryside my friend.

It has produced many of our nation's great people - a veritable breeding ground for the brilliant, successful and urbane.

It offers a warm welcome for those of us with a profound appreciation of the arts, as well as being a hub for the scientific community.

In s

[DEVONSPUR]

She did have extremely wide parameters as I recall!!