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ITV - FA Cup Final 1979

  • 09-05-2020 05:46PM
    #1
    LuasSimon
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    Interesting Soccer games been shown each Saturday by ITV, today the 1979 FA cup final between Arsenal & Manchester United.
    Two clear differences to today's premier league neither for the good if im asked .
    1. All players get up and keep going no matter what way they were tackled or fouled , far more manly than todays lot of divers.
    2. Theres a lot of Irish in this game ie Brady , Stapleton , o'Leary , Jennings etc and practically all other players on the field are from England, Scotland, wales or the island of Ireland compared to todays league of nations cobbled together to the highest bidder.


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  • #2
    The Tetrarch
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    Yes, the GAA is a real man's game.


  • #3
    Church on Tuesday
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    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Interesting Soccer games been shown each Saturday by ITV, today the 1979 FA cup final between Arsenal & Manchester United.
    Two clear differences to today's premier league neither for the good if im asked .
    1. All players get up and keep going no matter what way they were tackled or fouled , far more manly than todays lot of divers.
    2. Theres a lot of Irish in this game ie Brady , Stapleton , o'Leary , Jennings etc and practically all other players on the field are from England, Scotland, wales or the island of Ireland compared to todays league of nations cobbled together to the highest bidder.

    Dirty talented foreigners coming over stealing other well paid footballers jobs in a open free market, how dare they.


  • #4
    Odhinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,960 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    LuasSimon wrote: »
    Interesting Soccer games been shown each Saturday by ITV, today the 1979 FA cup final between Arsenal & Manchester United.
    Two clear differences to today's premier league neither for the good if im asked .
    1. All players get up and keep going no matter what way they were tackled or fouled , far more manly than todays lot of divers.
    2. Theres a lot of Irish in this game ie Brady , Stapleton , o'Leary , Jennings etc and practically all other players on the field are from England, Scotland, wales or the island of Ireland compared to todays league of nations cobbled together to the highest bidder.




    Unfortunately diving has been underpenalised in the "modern game", and there should be far firmer and consistent rules and enforcement to deal with it.


  • #5
    SEPT 23 1989
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    A better time



  • #6
    Mad_maxx
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    the first FA cup final ( back when it meant something ) i remember and watched was 1987 , totenham v coventry city

    probably hasnt been a better final since


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  • #7
    andekwarhola
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    irish players no longer regularly feature in top english teams because the football development and professional structures here are starved of money due to Irish people supporting English teams which is a bit ironic when most hardcore Ireland national team fans are plastic 'mancs' and 'scousers'.


  • #8
    Joe_ Public
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    A better time


    Rip Norman.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    Yes, the GAA is a real man's game.

    Hasn’t been for years either, it just turned later than soccer.


  • #10
    Mad_maxx
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    andekwarhola wrote: »
    irish players no longer regularly feature in top english teams because the football development and professional structures here are starved of money due to Irish people supporting English teams which is a bit ironic when most hardcore Ireland national team fans are plastic 'mancs' and 'scousers'.

    we no longer feature because the competition for places with a top flight team stretches global nowadays


  • #11
    andekwarhola
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    we no longer feature because the competition for places with a top flight team stretches global nowadays

    Yet countries with similar or close populations to us produce more top level players than us.


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  • #12
    ChelseaRentBoy
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    A better time


    Good times indeed.


  • #13
    Odhinn
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BWAL7ADsi0


  • #14
    Zaph
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    A better time


    Dirty fecker that Franny Lee, attacking poor innocent Norman Hunter's fist like that. :pac:


  • #15
    Itssoeasy
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    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    A better time


    I remember a quote from paddy crerand of man united who said in that time if someone hit you and you didn't respond in kind then you'd lost face.


  • #16
    NIMAN
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    One of my earliest memories of watching live football and the fa cup final was this game.

    It had a fantastic ending. A classic.


  • #17
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,939 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    And to get back to the topic of the 1979 fa cup final known was the five minute final because arsenal were 2-0 and lou macarai and Gordon McQueen scored for United and then Alan Sutherland got the winner by getting his left foot to a cross.

    I can remember even the finals of the 1990s in the old Wembley there was just a big time feel to it and it was the last game of the season.


  • #18
    Baggly
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    Mod

    Tread being moved to the soccer forum. If the mods there reopen please be aware of local rules in that forum.


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