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TheBrownBottle

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27 minutes ago, Nobody said:

Did I hear correctly that Luton Town were in a League Cup final in 1988 (or something similar)? Seems crazy that they've been in a major final in my life time like. 

They won it.  Danny Wilson header vs Arsenal

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Jonas

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1 hour ago, Nobody said:

Did I hear correctly that Luton Town were in a League Cup final in 1988 (or something similar)? Seems crazy that they've been in a major final in my life time like. 

Back to back 1988 winners, 1989 runners up.

you think that's crazy check out who won the FA Cup that year (Wimbledon - who beat Luton in the semi) and who lost the 1990 league cup final (Oldham).

 

 

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Jonas

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11 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:


A year after he released Mary’s Prayer - some 12 months for him. 

Excellent craic that.

Was legit in the charts at the time of the cup final winner.

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TomYam

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20 minutes ago, Jonas said:

Back to back 1988 winners, 1989 runners up.

you think that's crazy check out who won the FA Cup that year (Wimbledon - who beat Luton in the semi) and who lost the 1990 league cup final (Oldham).

Thank God Sky saved football from such competitiveness.

 

 

 

 

...and Cov won the FA Cup in 1987, of course.

I had backed Cov that year as I felt the team was developing excitingly after a decade of final day relegation scraps (Ogrizovic, Kilkline, Gynn, Magrath, Regis, Bennett). A manificent day when they won their first major trophy. Sadly, just a few years later they returned to final day relegation scraps.

Really hope they beat Luton (despite the Ashley link).

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Nobody

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10 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Owns the stadium, tried to buy the club but lost out

 

No doubt his tat will be plastered all over

Completely forgot about that, come on Luton! 

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SEMTEX

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I know one shouldn't judge these teams from our ivory tower, but either Luton or Coventry in the Premmo? Both seem like an absolute certainty to go down next year.

 

obviously I know nothing of their abilities/current financial backing, but I shall judge anyway.

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13 minutes ago, SEMTEX said:

I know one shouldn't judge these teams from our ivory tower, but either Luton or Coventry in the Premmo? Both seem like an absolute certainty to go down next year.

 

obviously I know nothing of their abilities/current financial backing, but I shall judge anyway.

 

Coventry's future is still insecure with regard to having a home. I believe Ashley finally agreed to a 5 year tenancy at the Ricoh. Who knows after that? They've had a new (American) owner for only about 4 months, having finally rid themselves of the vampiric SISU that have preyed on them for 25 years or so. 

 

It'd be truly astonishing if they make it back to the PL. Heartwarming stuff. It would seem an impossible task to stay a second season if they do get promoted. However, those parachute payments would be transformative. The club's very future has been in doubt for a long time and now they have a real chance to normalise and prosper off the pitch as well as on it.

Mark Robbins has been heroic to the Sky Blues's cause. 

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Conjo

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Growing up in the 90's Coventry belongs in the PL for me. Bring back Steve Ogrizovic, Gary McAllister, Peter Ndlovu, Paul Telfer, Julian Darby, John Salako and Dion Dublin

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Geordie Ahmed

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1 hour ago, SEMTEX said:

I know one shouldn't judge these teams from our ivory tower, but either Luton or Coventry in the Premmo? Both seem like an absolute certainty to go down next year.

 

obviously I know nothing of their abilities/current financial backing, but I shall judge anyway.

Scott Parker thought Bournemouth were a certainty to get relegated yet here we are 

 

Although I agree whoever gets promoted is probably favourite for the drop but we've seen each season it's difficult to call

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Ben

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3 hours ago, SEMTEX said:

I know one shouldn't judge these teams from our ivory tower, but either Luton or Coventry in the Premmo? Both seem like an absolute certainty to go down next year.

 

obviously I know nothing of their abilities/current financial backing, but I shall judge anyway.

They both must be skint, Luton play football in a stadium that was shit in the 80's and Coventry done even own theirs, they rent off fat Hitler.

 

If I was either I would bank half the TV money, bring in a few older premier league pros for a season and set themselves up for the future.

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Village Idiot

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On 14/05/2023 at 21:56, 54 said:

@Village Idiot How big of a deal is it that you're winning the title at Espanyol? Is it as big as if we where to win the title at the Stadium of Light? 

 

Or is it not that fierce a rivalry, and winning the title at Madrid would be a much more sought after feat.

 

Did you see the pitch invasion? Of course it was. Probably most of our more, ahem, global fans won't care, but at the local level it is very much alive. We all have friends, family, or workmates that are Espanyol fans, and football banter is an indelible part of those relationships. That said, it's not helped by the fact Espanyol have been so historically shit for decades now. When I was a kid they were always an upper midtable team with top6 aspirations and that made the rivalry much more competitive. But they are still very capable of playing spoiler (the Tamudazo!) and they are always pumped up for that.

 

Rivalry with Real Madrid has always been higher though, even when I was young. Espanyol do have an issue that many of their newer fans are actually local Real Madrid fans that have Espanyol as their second team (old school Espanyol fans don't give a fuck about RM). I think that may hurt the club in the long term.

 

 

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brummie

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10 hours ago, Nobody said:

Did I hear correctly that Luton Town were in a League Cup final in 1988 (or something similar)? Seems crazy that they've been in a major final in my life time like. 

 

And the year before, Coventry won the FA Cup in one of the most entertaining (for a neutral) cup finals ever.

 

 

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The College Dropout

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11 hours ago, Skeletor said:

Real Madrid playing like an old dog that needs to be put down. They need a lot of work in the summer to replace all the old fogeys. 

They looked better with Camavinga in midfield. Tchoumeni will need to step up next season.

 

Benzema will be the hardest to replace.

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