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Win over Peru with a Rondón pen puts Venezuela in a good position to qualify for the WC, which they've never been to. Wor SR walks away emotional unable to answer the question when asked what getting to a WC would mean.

I would include Rangers and Celtic. But like matty said what a 'big club' is is very subjective. I couldn't define it exactly, but based on the mix in my head I'd probably have those 10. Everton just missing out on Villa due to the last couple of years.

Aruba won away at Cambodia that’s got to be an upset.

Can't remember what but think we did get a song for us too just before or after YNWA. Think it was Local Hero then too.

Wheyy spotted myself again. Need to file these away for looking back on the best day of my life.

But loads of us were looking at the ref and he seems to start celebrating before anyone in shot, which is a quite a lot of people…?

Did we ever get an answer to how he knew about the full time whistle before anyone else here? https://www.instagram.com/share/p/BAVhmNXznK I need to know. He must’ve heard something in his ear? But from who?

Hopefully they’ll open it up - i imagine they will and it’s just the aready-registered get priority. If not, someone from here can probably sort you spares. Possibly me though can’t commit right now.

I hope they open the Town Moor event to people who didn't register an interest too. I registered but I won't go, I'll go to bus instead. My dad also registered just in case he decides he wants to, but prob won't. Imagine a lot registered but won't go.

Didn't someone whack the Fairs Cup off the Kenton Bankfoot bridge when the bus went under it last time we did one of these with a trophy.

You know the 'don't you know pump it up' song they played sometime after FT that we were singing along to, and now's a bit of a thing- does that have some history with us? I'd never heard it before (as far as I remember).

Got his own hat too

He's also accused of trying to destroy a political opponent and his family at the behest of MBS. He's clearly tied up with the regime to be at that level. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/01/16/yasir-al-rumayyan-lawsuit/

Dwight Gayle played a crucial role in getting us promoted back to the PL where we remain. Done a lot more for us than Bruce regardless of some bad connection in a cup game we had fuck all chance of anyway under Bruce

The W stands for ‘What a nice man’.

Looking forward to this! My first toon women’s game. (Went to Chicago Red Stars once, my only other women’s match)

Another good clip of first goal celebration by Brazilian journalist https://www.instagram.com/share/BAMBRo12U2

Spurs away in year we came 4th was also the game where I started to think we might be the real deal Everton win just after Leeds was monumental in survival. Trippier over the wall

The can't be too many managers that have been so monumentally significant at two clubs. What he did at Bournemouth absolutely transformed the club, a massive figure in their history. Then for us to be the first manager to win a cup in over half a century.

Think I dislike him more than Pardew. They both sucked up to Ashley, but nobody talked us down like Bruce. He wanted the club down at his level.

Also teary Graeme Jones at the end

Jade Thirwall was there too. Was Brian Johnson? Thinking he maybe lives abroad

Match cam should be up for best short doc at the Oscars next year. Love Bruno leading the Gordon chant at the end. Spotted myself jumping about for the first. Don't think I've ever caught myself on video in a celebration, dead happy.

We had six English players start this, plus two more off the bench. I'm thinking it's probably been a while since that many started? And won? edit: Bradford 2013 last team in final with that many starters. Lost obviously. edit: Leicester in 1997 were the last winners to start with 6 or more English players. Same as us they had 6 starters (and also 2 off bench like us). That's a good stat.

Buzzing for Burn. Hope he scores a hat-trick, gets subbed then England lose 4-3.