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Hang on ! I know my memory aint what it used to be :banghead:

So it was the league cup replay in 1991 ?

What score was the first game ?

Think I'm losing it lol. oops:

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I don't think you ever had it ;) :p:

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There wasn't a replay. We lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday.

For the Cup Winners, Cup final, if I remember right, he had just come back into the side and played with a bandage on his leg. That might be what that link meant.

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:PP:

I do remember the game (honest) lol. The goal anyway. In off the foot of the post (was it John Sheridan ?)

What confused me was russ' post mentioning a replay, when I was sure there wasn't one for the league cup game.

I remember also, Sealey had a bandage on his leg, strange how the site I linked to apparently has it wrong and yet nobody has picked up on it (or failed to mention it to the site)

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yeah and when we fail to qualify the NOTW will be kicking themselves, or do they want us to fail?

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I remember a few years ago (when Bobby Robson was manager) Nigel Clarke was in a posse of reporters flying on the same plane as Robson to a match. He was caught on camera saying if Robson got the wrong result "robson will fry" :rolleyes:

There are some reporters that do wish the best for the england team, there are however a certain section that thrive on the national team failing. Remember the Graham Taylor documentary ? True Taylor was out of his depth, but did he deserve some of the headlines he got. And I think most football supporters remember the treatment John Barnes received from the boo boy's at wembley. This was a direct result of the headlines he got from the "gutter press".

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Actually Gaz it was more recent than that,I decided to have a look too and I have found another keeper utd got on loan and that was Andy Goram, back in 2001
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1235194.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/1232453.stm

Maybe there are more than I first thought.

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Cool, didn't list him on the site I used, maybe because it was only a short term loan.

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To be honest given the talent that we have available for the England team, even a monkey sitting on the bench eating bananas would have taken us to the World Cup. Yes Sven has had a good record being in charge but I definately think thats down to the team more than his management skills.

As for Euro 2008, england are in one of the easiest groups. If they dont qualify it wont be the NOTW fault, it will be down to the players

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That talent was available to keegan the previous manager but he chose to use batty and co instead. So its ok to credit sven for using youngsters and building a new team when things are conveniant but then to say any manager can do well with these players, sorry but its not quite that simple, a bad manager can quite easily lose games with the same players.

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Not that I expected us to qualify but have you seen who we've got...? :(

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Tough draw indeedy !

Toshack seemed suprisingly upbeat about the draw though :shrug:

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Crikey, Arsenal out of the FA Cup losing against Bolton......... oops:

Hope there's no suprises for the Reds tomorrow :tu:

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Seems your wish has come true Russ :)