40th anniversary of FA Cup Semi Final

[terrymechan]

Devon and Cornwall emptied for that day. Still have all the papers and special editions of the Herald that were printed. Went with my Dad, now gone. Close, but no cigar.

 

[Quintrell Green]

No 'tis from a Cornish boy.
But nearby townspeople used to say about Saltash inhabitants :
'Saltash Rig - wet ass no fish' which means...( from an extract from a book of dialect...)
Saltash luck - Getting a soaking while doing a job. ‘A wet arse and no fish!’ (Saltash anglers fish from the bridge and catch nothing but the tide.)
Frank Butcher and I had some common acquaintances in our mispent youth so I thought a friendly insult was appropriate in terms of his 'Saltash rig ' semi-final experience

Coming from a spitting distance of Cornwall's north coast, the saying 'wet arse and no fish' is very well known to me as well.

 

[Aldershot Exile]

I did Southend but missed the Newport replay.

I DID see every game in the League Cup run though which I think was quite impressive. There was only about 80 of us at Burnley on that cold foggy night.

There were a few more if us dotted around the ground at Burnley keeping very quiet. It was a horrible night - I didn't see the winner being scored as it was too murky.

 

[IJN]

No one saw that goal in. We just heard the rumblings from the Burnleyites. 🤣