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FA Cup Semi Final No8

Wellspurs

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2001 Arsenal (Old Trafford) Lost 1-2 Doherty Early goal winning, Campbell injured?..7 hours to get home

2010 Portsmouth (Wembley) Lost 0-2 (aet)
New Wembley pitch Daws getting his foot stuck in new turf.

2012 Chelsea (Wembley) Lost 1 - 5 Bale
A goal didn't cross the line.. we would have been better off with a pen and goalie sent off instead of Bale goal

2017 Chelsea (Wembley) Lost 2-4 Kane,Alli
Too recent, too raw...Matic screamer

What memories do others have of these games and which were the hardest to take and move on from


I went to these
 

RichieS

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Dec 23, 2004
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Nobody can say we're not due a bit of luck in one of these Semis:

Handball by Charvet(?) for Newcastle in '99 at 0-0. Not given.
Goal by Crouch to equalise against Portsmouth in '10. Wrongly disallowed.
Phantom goal given to Chelsea in '12.
No controversy last year but Chelsea were freakishly clinical with their shooting that day. Created about 1 clear chance and scored 4 goals.

We'll probably get something dubious go in our favour at last only for VAR to intervene!

Time to leave one of these games feeling happy for once. Was at the semis in 2012 and 2017, and at the EFL Cup final in 2015. Seen us lose to Chelsea on all 3 occasions, so at least something will be different about tomorrow!

COYS
Not controversial, but it was extremely annoying watching Moses punting the ball past Son and then running into him from about 10 yards away to get a penalty.
 

southlondonyiddo

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Nov 8, 2004
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Not controversial, but it was extremely annoying watching Moses punting the ball past Son and then running into him from about 10 yards away to get a penalty.

From memory it was a forwards tackle and Son went to ground. Cast iron penalty given away by a non defender
 

Gassin's finest

C'est diabolique
May 12, 2010
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Was at the Old Trafford one... Was genuinely angered at the way we lost that. Sol fooking Campbell handball after Nikos Dabizas had gotten away with the very same thing... Then that Shearer thunderbastard from out of nowhere.

Even worse was being stuck on a slow ass transpennine express train full of inebriated Geordies throwing beer around and pissing in between the carriages.

Misery.
 

RichieS

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From memory it was a forwards tackle and Son went to ground. Cast iron penalty given away by a non defender
Agree that it was a penalty. I just always find it frustrating that attacking players can just knock the ball past a defender (or more usually a goalkeeper), run into them and get a penalty without any regard for whether they were ever going to reach the ball.
 

gavspur

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Jun 24, 2004
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I’ve seen all our semi-finals since ‘93 on telly at home. And we’ve lost them all.

So, in the name of Spurs, I think we will all demand you give me your ticket for the game, and you can go back and watch us win, at home on your sofa.

If you don’t do this, you are not a true Spurs fan, you’re just a selfish person
Ok so like a lot of Tottenham supporters Saturday will be my eighth visit to an FA Cup Semi FInal and obviously we are all hoping for a change of fortune from the previous 7:

1993 Arsenal (Wembley) Lost 0-1
1995 Everton (Elland Road) Lost 1-4 Klinsmann (p)

1999 Newcastle United (Old Trafford) Lost 0-2 (aet)

2001 Arsenal (Old Trafford) Lost 1-2 Doherty

2010 Portsmouth (Wembley) Lost 0-2 (aet)

2012 Chelsea (Wembley) Lost 1 - 5 Bale

2017 Chelsea (Wembley) Lost 2-4 Kane,Alli

What memories do others have of these games and which were the hardest to take and move on from

I’ll start off with 93' and 95’

Firstly the Scum at Wembley 2 years after beating them in the Gazza free kick semi
From memory a terrible game that Donkey Adams won late on with a header at the back post from a corner
Can still hear all the Arsenal supporters chanting Hee-Haw on the way out!

My worst memory of the semis by far was Everton 95' at Elland Road

Terrible journey to a shit ground which we had one stand (the main stand on the side) and Everton had the other 3 stands wtf!!

To cut a long story short we were absolutely shocking especially at the back due to Stuart Nethercott playing and after losing 1-4 that was the longest and quietest journey back from a game that I can remember

As far as I can see there is no such thing as your name being on the Cup it’s all about the day and the performance

We need to be up for this Saturday from minute one and let’s put this record to bed for once and for all

COYS

who likes upsetting everyone else’s day out to a semi-final.

#givemeyourticket

Yep, I even #’d it, so it’s current and up to date and down with the kids and stuff.

It’s all your fault, selfish!!
 

Gbspurs

Gatekeeper for debates, King of the plonkers
Jan 27, 2011
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Where did it all go wrong.

First games I went to this season were Dortmund, Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and life was great but my last of Juve, Man City and today have sucked balls. Just when I thought we were making progress at Wembley.
 

Axl Rose

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It’s strange, this time last year I was so gutted at the Chelsea loss and the Juventus loss was devastating but this time I’m almost numb because I just didn’t expect us to win, even though I think we’re the better team. We just don’t seem to have ‘it’ when it comes to the big occasion and I don’t know what it’s going to take for things to change.
 

SugarRay

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It’s strange, this time last year I was so gutted at the Chelsea loss and the Juventus loss was devastating but this time I’m almost numb because I just didn’t expect us to win, even though I think we’re the better team. We just don’t seem to have ‘it’ when it comes to the big occasion and I don’t know what it’s going to take for things to change.

This. Enjoyed the occasion and dared to dream after going one up. They equalised and the whole place dropped, well, our end and the boys on the pitch. Spursy alive and well
 

hutchiniho

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Mar 19, 2006
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Same again next year lads?

One thing that's been missed in the whole 8 semi final defeats in a row debacle is that we haven't even got to the semi final stage in the other 19 seasons, since 91.

we had a pretty easy run through this year. What a brilliant chance we blew yesterday!

Still gutted :-(
 

thecook

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Jan 17, 2009
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It's so long since we got to the cup final that I think we're the reaason Chas & Dave had to split up.
 
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