1987 F A Cup Final

[davee59]

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.

[meatismurder]

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.

Still cannot work that one out.

COYS

[DEVONSPUR]

I was there and still haven't got over it!!!


Seemed so simple at the start with Waddle skinning their follicly challenged full back, crossing to Clive and bang but they didn't seem to try that one again!

Pleat probably dreaming about pick ups at Luton Station!!

[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

[danegee]

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

[/quote]

Well a team with flair, with thoroughbred players that ooze class had to play rubbish to lose against a team of average, run of the mill carthorses.
It certainly wasn't because they were a fluent and stylish team who dazzled us with their sk

[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

[/quote]

Well a team with flair, with thoroughbred players that ooze class had to play rubbish to lose against a team of average, run of the mill carthorses.
It certainly wasn't because they were a fluent

[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!!!



Back to the thread and Gary Mabbs own goal was almost as good as Des Walker's against us 4 years later!

Feel sorry for Coventry now.


Could be you lot in 3 years time playing in the OS in the championship before a crowd of 10k but, on the bright side, AC may/will have resolved his injury problems by then!!
BFS will still be at the helm searching for the "West Ham Way"!!!
(its 2nd left after Hoofball Close I hear!!)


Did you like that one Micky?
I just know you're reading this eating one of your pizza deliveries!!

[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 summary, anyone having anything whatsoever useful to contribute to society will find it a cata

[danegee]

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

[danegee]

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

[/quote]

Well a team with flair, with thoroughbred players that ooze class had to play rubbish to lose against a team of average, run of the mill carthorses.
I