14th May 1981 - The Year of the Cockerel. 40 Years Ago.

[Metalhead]

Cheers for posting that. Was a really good watch. Seems a lot of the gripes we've got now about the club being only in it for the money were a big concern back then too.

Weren't they! I haven't watched it for a bit but was it around the time that Scholar bought the club?

 

[shelfboy68]

Always remember queing up for tickets for the replay on the Saturday night after the first game the queue went all the way down from the corner of Worcester Avenue (Paxton end) down turned right down Park Lane and ended down by the North (Bill Nick in new money) we had a few beers in the Park Hotel (now a Spurs shop) and joined the queue in the early hours of Saturnday morning and were up by the Milford Tavern (not there no more)

Saw every game in the cup run we quite lucky at QPR didin't play well at all. Was up at Hillsborough (always remember an old girl waving of the coaches and handing out sweets asking us to bring the Cup back which seems strange now but I will always remember that) for the Wolves game what happened to the Liverpool supporters could so easily have happened to us we had seats but my mate broke his arm as the coppers penned us in with Police horses charging at us they were barstewards that day they wanted a row causing aggravation in pubs with their heavy handed stupidity (football has changed for the better in that way it was open season on football supporters in those day and the police knew it and often abused it)

Another memory I lived in Tottenham was that all the shops and a lot of the houses were all done up in colours for the cup - The WhItehall Estatate just over the road fom the ground the lowere flats as you go towards White Hart Lane station had bunting and balloons everywhere the Cup back then was really a peoples event

It was a Thursday night went there in a mates car the North Circ was full of Spurs supporters and you hardly saw a City fan all night I would have said it was about 80/20 in our favour. The game I've seen it many times remember getting back to Tottenham and they had the cup out at the top of the old ticket office (shame we never had camera phones).

The other memorable thing is that Tottenham was like a matach day for the next few days the pubs were packed on the Friday lunchtime and all through to the Sunday when the parade was done

Brilliant days I remember the atmosphere around the club at that time and now these days we couldn't win an argument.

 

[Spunkmonkey]

As a 6 year old watching the final (the first game) I said to my parents that I would support whoever won the final. This team have given me a life of frustration!

 

[GMI]

As a 6 year old watching the final (the first game) I said to my parents that I would support whoever won the final. This team have given me a life of frustration!

Same here. I watched this a 7 year old and was the exact moment I became a Spurs fan. Plenty of lows in the last forty years but a fair share of highs, including those not always quantified by silverware. I know we are all a bit down about our club at the moment but, relative to most, we have been consistent and successful. We may throw a strop or two, some on here more than others, but we are attached to the club for good and bad and I wouldn't swap it for anything. I wouldn't swap with Man City or Chelsea and what they have become. I love what our club represents even if is flawed in places.

COYS

 

[ralphs bald spot]

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picture from the parade on the Sunday health and safety had been forgotten on the roof

 

[TheChosenOne]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/3c/a0/a93ca038ca771bec874b73fe1bb22a1c.jpg

picture from the parade on the Sunday health and safety had been forgotten on the roof

Mad times - The police would go garrity these days