Monday 17th March has been cancelled !

FORDAKIDZ

Been whatsaping some friends from Newcastle, apparently the rest of the country has to get up for work tomorrow but Geordies have a dispensation !

Was a great gane.

kapowblamz

As a Liverpool fan i want to congratulate the Geordies. They were the far better team and could have scored 4 or 5. Well deserved.

madprof

Same, we can't turn up 10 mins to and expect to win every game! Well done to Eddie Howe for the way he set them up

MISTY4ME

......any excuse for St. Patricks Day on the Lash GUINNESS

Tikay10

What a fuss over winning the Milk Cup.


Meh.

TheEdge949

Tikay10 said:

What a fuss over winning the Milk Cup.


Meh.

Seriously. March 4th 1972.

WBWY. UTMP. CTID.

Tikay10

TheEdge949 said:

Tikay10 said:

What a fuss over winning the Milk Cup.


Meh.

Seriously. March 4th 1972.

WBWY. UTMP. CTID.

stokefc

Essexphil

I was 9 years old. And, like most 9 year olds, football really mattered.

2 things to mention:-

1. The League Cup has never really mattered. Didn't then, any more than it does now. That said, if it's the only Trophy you have ever won, it matters (also true for Newcastle 2024/Spurs 2008)
2. There was 1 Stoke player I used to love watching back then. No, not Banks-George Eastham

TheEdge949

I was there that day, aged 8 and a half, and yes I'd queued all night for my ticket, with my Dad. The queue started after the home game against Ipswich and we trudged back to Penkhull at about 10am tickets in our possession.

Remember travelling down on a coach from the local boozer with Dad, 2 Uncles, 2 Grandfathers and a Cousin but came back with an Uncle and my Cousin on a train as everyone from our coach was heading into London on the lash.

Stoke were, apparently the first team to win the League Cup whos fans were not at the Tunnel "Lucky" End

Also Stokes epic 4 game semi final against West Ham was the stuff of legends, yet few outside of the 4 clubs involved can name the side that Chelsea beat to get to the final.

Want a clue.... ask @Essexphil

When you're a "Big Club", it's easy to dismiss this as a meaningless trophy. When it's the only "major" you've won in 150 years it takes on a special meaning. It was massive then, it's still massive to us now.

stokefc

Also when George scored the 2nd it was the loudest noise ever recorded at Wembley, or so I was told

Essexphil

Got me thinking, there.

I was at the next year's Final. Spurs v Norwich. Looking back, not a great game. But the 10-year-old me loved it.

1 of the beauties of football is that no-one ever really knows what the future will bring for their club. Important to remember the good times, because the barren run may just be starting.

From Newcastle waiting 56 years for a trophy. To Man City playing in the 3rd division. To Man Utd looking like, at best, a mid-table side.

madprof

The other way to look at the significance of winning the MIlk/littewoods/carabao/whatever cup is

For most teams, you can only win 3 trophies; your respective league, the FA and league cup and for a relatively rich,successful few? Maybe a European trophy SO

Yes it is a significant win for any team! Well done to Newcastle, Stoke and my favourite memory?

Don Rogers( Swindon) v Arsenal in 1969!

madprof

https://youtu.be/46wnpBh4u84