THIRD round day and another reminder of the symmetry of seasons. A year ago to something around the day, Liverpool FC were paired with Exeter City, also of the Football League’s nether regions. It remains an eternal shame that this once great cup competition, and its...
Neil Atkinson hosts an FA Cup show with Mo Stewart, John Gibbons and Mike Nevin about The Magic Of The Cup! They are joined by Blake Hall to let us know about Plymouth Argyle, Juliet Jacques to talk about Southampton’s visit to Norwich and Joel Clyne to discuss...
Gareth Roberts was joined by Ben Johnson, Dan Austin, Neil Atkinson, Karl Coppack and Dave Segar to re-live the second 45 minutes of Liverpool’s 1986 FA Cup final win Everton. Link to game is below, it’s already at the point where you need to press play,...
THIRTY ONE years ago today. The 1985 FA Cup semi-final. Probably the most raw, intense atmosphere and drama I have ever experienced. I doubt it will ever be beaten. I’m not sure I even want it surpassed for it belongs in a different age when, pre-Heysel and...
MONDAY, March 17, 1986, Watford v Liverpool – FA Cup 6th Round Replay. “My son Mike and his mate Macca badgered me all weekend about the driving to the replay. The fact that they would have to bunk off school hadn’t even entered their heads! Before I knew...
I PRESSED the tab button. That’s all I did. Then the field exit button. And everything disappeared. All of it. The whole sodding thing. And I hadn’t saved anything. Hour-and-a-half’s work. And it was great. You’re obviously going to have to...
THERE are moments when we doubt Wembley. Like when they needlessly play semi-finals there. Like when we sense the smugness in its association with a national side we feel little affinity with. In these moments, Wembley, you seem so very far away. Then there’s the...
SO here we are again. Stuffy faceless blokes in suits wanting to rewrite the game we love with moves that seem to benefit the few and ignore the many. This talk of scrapping FA Cup replays, consigning cup weekends to the bin with rounds played midweek instead and...
ROB GUTMANN is joined by John Gibbons and Gareth Roberts to pick the bones out of Liverpool’s FA Cup 4th round exit at West Ham, and to consider where the club’s season goes from here. From being in four competitions just a fortnight ago, Liverpool FC’s campaign now...
HEARTBREAKING. And I didn’t expect to be writing that tonight. Absolutely heartbreaking to see that happen to these lads after the performance they put in. Liverpool deserved the lot insofar as either side did. Liverpool deserved to go to Blackburn; deserved to...
