18-03-2024, 14:22
(This post was last modified: 18-03-2024, 14:23 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)
I'm inevitably biased because of the Wolves-Cov result, but can anyone remember a better crop of FA Cup quarter-finals? Two stone-cold classics at Molineux and Old Trafford, a third that wasn't far off at Stamford Bridge, and it was only Newcastle who didn't get the memo and decided to roll over.
Ten-man Newcastle coming from 3-1 down to beat Leicester in 1974 might have been the best ever, but the result was declared null and void after the pitch invasion and the other QF ties that year weren't up to much. 1981 had a 3-3 draw between Ipswich and Forest along with a 2-2 draw between Everton and City; 2001 had the famous Wycombe upset at Leicester when they signed a new striker through an ad on Ceefax and he scored the last-gasp winner, along with Spurs beating West Ham 3-2. There were a couple of high-scoring draws in 2007 too.
The only other candidate I can think of is 2008, with three upsets - Portsmouth beating United, Barnsley beating Chelsea, Cardiff beating Boro - and our 5-1 win at Bristol Rovers. But again, hardly an unbiased choice
Ten-man Newcastle coming from 3-1 down to beat Leicester in 1974 might have been the best ever, but the result was declared null and void after the pitch invasion and the other QF ties that year weren't up to much. 1981 had a 3-3 draw between Ipswich and Forest along with a 2-2 draw between Everton and City; 2001 had the famous Wycombe upset at Leicester when they signed a new striker through an ad on Ceefax and he scored the last-gasp winner, along with Spurs beating West Ham 3-2. There were a couple of high-scoring draws in 2007 too.
The only other candidate I can think of is 2008, with three upsets - Portsmouth beating United, Barnsley beating Chelsea, Cardiff beating Boro - and our 5-1 win at Bristol Rovers. But again, hardly an unbiased choice
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