FA Cup Semi 1993

[Roygbiv]

Weird question I know but does anyone have any idea what time the all Sheffield FA Cup semi final kicked off in '93?

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I ersaed that memory.

 

[OO 21]

He does ^^^

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

and the grand national was a void

 

[Bladesince61]

I think it was around lunchtime. I remember the Grand National being on the coach radio when we were stuck in the Wembley car park. I've no interest in racing but I think there were so many false starts or something it never actually took place.

 

[KeyffSmyff]

We got out in time to get into a bookies to watch the Grand national that never was.

 

[KeyffSmyff]

Ahh all with the same memories.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Life can't get much better. And then Deacon Blue come back and deliver this, am I in heaven

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Blades & Deacon Blue

 

[Bert]

The day after was the Bert birthday. Bert stayed at the Waldorf and was sat in the bar not in the best humour on his birthday.
A customer started abusing the Asian bar man, racial abuse, the lot. Bert tolerated him for five minutes then walked over and threatened to knock his teeth down his throat.
Ten minutes later he started up again, just as Bert rose to his feet the police turned up and threw the arsehole out.
Turned out he was a Viscount. The bar staff sent over two free drinks to Bert's table.

Bert has no idea what time that match started.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The day after was the Bert birthday. Bert stayed at the Waldorf and was sat in the bar not in the best humour on his birthday.
A customer started abusing the Asian bar man, racial abuse, the lot. Bert tolerated him for five minutes then walked over and threatened to knock his teeth down his throat.
Ten minutes later he started up again, just as Bert rose to his feet the police turned up and threw the arsehole out.
Turned out he was a Viscount. The bar staff sent over two free drinks to Bert's table.

Bert has no idea what time that match started.

You are nuts

 

[Large Mendonca]

Dunno - i was several sheets to the wind

 

[Roygbiv]

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Legend. I was only young but for some reason I thought it was later, I just remember my uncle being that pissed that he woke up later that night asking when the replay was because he couldn't remember Brights winner.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

The day after was the Bert birthday. Bert stayed at the Waldorf and was sat in the bar not in the best humour on his birthday.
A customer started abusing the Asian bar man, racial abuse, the lot. Bert tolerated him for five minutes then walked over and threatened to knock his teeth down his throat.
Ten minutes later he started up again, just as Bert rose to his feet the police turned up and threw the arsehole out.
Turned out he was a Viscount.

Orange or Mint?

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

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Arrr much?

 

[Barney Rubble]

I was manager of a betting shop back then. The match was originally due to being played on Sunday, at Old Trafford I think. Everyone in Sheffield wanted the match moved to the Saturday at Wembley apart from me, as you couldn't take Grand National Day off. Was listening to the match on the radio and we were hanging on as it went into stoppage time and I was dreaming of going to the replay. And then the fucker commentating said 'Of course, unlike the other rounds, the semi-final of the competition goes to extra time before a replay'...

Then the National being cancelled, meant every bastard wanted paying out, took forever to sort out. Total clusterfuck of a day.

 

[Cheets]

I was manager of a betting shop back then. The match was originally due to being played on Sunday, at Old Trafford I think. Everyone in Sheffield wanted the match moved to the Saturday at Wembley apart from me, as you couldn't take Grand National Day off. Was listening to the match on the radio and we were hanging on as it went into stoppage time and I was dreaming of going to the replay. And then the fucker commentating said 'Of course, unlike the other rounds, the semi-final of the competition goes to extra time before a replay'...

Then the National being cancelled, meant every bastard wanted paying out, took forever to sort out. Total clusterfuck of a day.

It was originally due to be played at Elland Road, not Old Trafford. We played L**ds in midweek a few days later at the Lane. The L**ds fans were giving us stick at losing the semi so we responded with "Elland Road: wank, wank, wank"

 

[Bert]

Orange or Mint?

He was wearing a Penguin suit.

 

[jt64]

Programmes four quid

 

[JohnDenver]

Orange or Mint?

Are we talking about Bert ’s Club, or his Viscount?

 

[Karlos]

4 of us drove down in the car set off now at midnight .slept in car till 6 am at toddington I think it was services on the M1. Got some breakfast drove to the ground got there about 8 am and parked on the second row. Great game of footy amongst blades in the car park that morning!
Straight out after the match saw tricky fucking dicky with his pig mates and back up to the local for 8pm.
(Was it Esha Ness in the GN that year .the winner that never was?)

 

[3-GBlade]

If we had played at Old Trafford as intended I still think we would have beaten em, but never mind.
They were certainly the better team on the day ( and I was sober enough to drive home, so I sortta remember it )

Main thing I recall is hammering the rented Orion past a cop car at about 95 on the M1 and, no doubt on seeing our still proud red n white scarves streaming from the window, the coppers gave me a thumbs up and sortta laughed*

*in a way that suggested the speed limit really was 70 and to get down there soonish.......

 

[bornablade]

1.00pm I think Roy.

First

 

[Silent Blade]

If we had played at Old Trafford as intended I still think we would have beaten em, but never mind.
They were certainly the better team on the day ( and I was sober enough to drive home, so I sortta remember it )

Main thing I recall is hammering the rented Orion past a cop car at about 95 on the M1 and, no doubt on seeing our still proud red n white scarves streaming from the window, the coppers gave me a thumbs up and sortta laughed*

*in a way that suggested the speed limit really was 70 and to get down there soonish.......

Elland Road, not Old Trafford

 

[Sheffsteel]

If we had played at Old Trafford as intended I still think we would have beaten em, but never mind.
They were certainly the better team on the day ( and I was sober enough to drive home, so I sortta remember it )

Old Trafford had a capacity in them days of 55K.

However our semi was scheduled to be played at Elland Road, Leeds, which had a capacity of 34K.

The other semi final Arsenal v Spurs was due to be played at Wembley, which had a capacity of 80K.

I know this because i was involved in collecting signatures for the petition to demand that the FA change the venue from Leeds to London.

 

[Digs blade]

Went down on the train. Remember spewing my guts up in some London pub early doors cus was pissed. Match was a bit of a blur. Loads of blades lads grouped back up at top of Wembley way after match

 

[Paulus]

I was sat on one of those god awful benches, just about level with where that tosser Waddle hit it from, dreadful day worse night.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Went down on the train. Remember spewing my guts up in some London pub early doors cus was pissed. Match was a bit of a blur. Loads of blades lads grouped back up at top of Wembley way after match

One hell of a group

 

[sitwell]

Orange or Mint?

Vissscount or Vyecount ?