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Just I've made a concerted effort to tone down my responses to postings and be decidely less agressive, I see others have taken it upon themselves to slate each others teams. As I said before, I thought it was just me. Like Le Boss once said, we all think we have the best wife at home.

Totally agree Atila that shouldn't slate other teams off and that is the rule I also follow, however there is always a natural urge to put United back in their box ;-)


Just ordered my United v Liverpool ticket - if there are any Mancs driving up I will be on best behaviour if I can have a lift!?

matthew123 Wrote:


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> Just ordered my United v Liverpool ticket - if

> there are any Mancs driving up I will be on best

> behaviour if I can have a lift!?



Matt - if you stand outside your local Chinese restaurant, you will probably get a lift to Old Trafford from there.

It's the League Cup Final on Sunday, and it reminded me of a time when the League Cup was similar in prestige to the FA Cup. Of course both Cups have fallen somewhat in the public imagination as the Champions League and Premiership have both got stronger and stronger.


So, what is everyone's favourite / most memorable League Cup Final?


For me it's a close call between 1982 (Spurs) and 1983 (Man Utd) when both times I listened on the Radio as Liverpool came from behind to win in extra time. If I'm to plump for one it'd be 1982 versus Spurs, who believe it or not had a fantastic team, and were Liverpool's closest rivals for silverware. That was a game when young bucks Ronnie Whelan and Ian Rush really made their mark with their Wembley goals.

2005 FA Cup final against Man U, we were rubbish but Paddy Vieira scored a pen with his last kick as an Arsenal player and the faces of the Man U supporters behind the goal was a picture to behold.


The Charlie George Final and THAT celebration


The Final against Chelsea, and the goal that ONLY Ray Parlour scored


The 5 minute final against Man U.................so many memories

Too many finals to remember. My first league cup final against Aston Villa at the old Wembley in '71 was pretty good although we didn't play that well but Martin Chivers scored two fantastic goals and that made it pretty special. 2-1 against Chelsea in '67 in the FA Cup and last year's 2-1 win against Chelsea again was great.

81' and 82' were brilliant. We had a fantastic team then, Hoddle, Ardiles, Villa, Perryman, Archibald and Crooks. Great times.

I'm going to Wembley on Sunday and of course if we beat Man Utd it will be right up there with the best of them.

Don't really enjoy finals, far too nerve racking, but as a Utd fan it would have to be winning against Palace in '90. Fergies' first trophy and the rest is history as they say.


As a neutral I thought last years final was good value with Spurs coming from behind to beat Chavski 2-1.


I seem to remember a few really unfashionable teams getting their mitts on the trophy - Leicester, Oxford? Where are they now?


I think the prestige of the trophy suffers with the dubious sponsorship, I mean what is going on with the Rumbelows Cup?!

I think by the time Leicester won it, it was on it's way down. It used to be right up there with the FA Cup until Arsenal and United starting undermining it with reserve teams. When Oxford won it, in I think 1985, that was a pretty big deal but not anymore! Although I'm sure Spurs will have an open top bus around North London if they win it ;-)

matthew123 Wrote:

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> I think by the time Leicester won it, it was on

> it's way down. It used to be right up there with

> the FA Cup until Arsenal and United starting

> undermining it with reserve teams.


It's amazing how everything can be blamed on United!

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