Happy Anniversary

[The Year Of The Fox]

4 years ago today.

 

Better days

 

Where were you? 
 

Where did you watch?

 

For me, not being a STH, I found a mate who looked like me, but didn’t want to go to the game. 🤣

 

He lent me his ID, I booked a Covid test under his name, and I used his ticket and ID for the game 

 

6k of us, with the lads I’d been all over Europe and Britain following City away with for years. The first game back after Covid. I’ve never heard 6k fans make that much noise when that goal went in. I was right behind it, cue absolute ecstasy

 

At full time my mate absolutely floored me in our celebrations and I cracked a rib or two 😂

 

My old boss, who’d become more like a second dad over the years was able to make it too, after being incredibly poorly and missing the entire PL title winning season. He’d been to all the Cup Finals in his life before this too.

 

‘The missing piece’ ✔️ 

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16Ho8m5Ki8/?mibextid=wwXIfr
 

[goose2010]

Couldnt get a ticket, so me and a few mates sat in my garden had a BBQ and set the telly up outside. We watched it on Iplayer as the cables were long enough  but obviously a few in the street were watching it on BBC - we heard the cheer for the goal and the VAR decision before they happened! the VAR one was so confusing as it looked find from the first angle! 

 

Cracking day though jsut a massive shame it happened during Covid! 

[Fox92]

I was lucky enough to be there at Wembley. One of the greatest days but I'd love us to get there for a full capacity Wembley.

 

To win a trophy, a major trophy, shouldn't be sniffed at. It's so difficult. Cup competitions should be priorities season after season. 

[Fox92]

Must also say about Tielemans. Perhaps things ended sour here but he's forever a legend for that goal.

[Bert]

I was there. Right behind the goal. Unbelievable noise, atmosphere, scenes. Funnily enough, I seen Tielemans last night at the co-op car park in Barrow. 

[broadstone fox]

I was there also with my boy. First game back after covid. Must have got last few tickets left. Amazing day. 

[StanSP]

Couldn't get a ticket so watched with my parents at theirs. 

 

Great celebrations with my dad. He never thought he'd see us win the FA Cup, let alone the league! Was nice to have that moment with him. 

[cityfanlee23]

Things really were looking up at that time, we had sadly thrown away champions league football but we had played well the vast majority of that season (again) and it just felt like we needed only a couple of pieces of the puzzle to really click and put a genuine challenge for top 4 again, little did we know Brendan was about to assemble one of the worst back to back transfer seasons I've ever seen, bringing in Daka and Soumare (who to be fair were highly rated) and Lookman (who was worth every penny of the £15-20m we should have spent on him), alongside Bertrand and Vestergaard on stupid wages, followed by Wout Faes, Harry Souttar, Victor Kristiansen and Tete the following season, completely blowing the profits we made from Chilwell/Fofana, and to top it off letting Kasper go and not replacing him. 

We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in those two windows through a mixture of Covid, giving Brendan way too much power, and the stupid contracts that the club offered them, lumbering us with them for years. 

[HighPeakFox]

9 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Things really were looking up at that time, we had sadly thrown away champions league football but we had played well the vast majority of that season (again) and it just felt like we needed only a couple of pieces of the puzzle to really click and put a genuine challenge for top 4 again, little did we know Brendan was about to assemble one of the worst back to back transfer seasons I've ever seen, bringing in Daka and Soumare (who to be fair were highly rated) and Lookman (who was worth every penny of the £15-20m we should have spent on him), alongside Bertrand and Vestergaard on stupid wages, followed by Wout Faes, Harry Souttar, Victor Kristiansen and Tete the following season, completely blowing the profits we made from Chilwell/Fofana, and to top it off letting Kasper go and not replacing him. 

We snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in those two windows through a mixture of Covid, giving Brendan way too much power, and the stupid contracts that the club offered them, lumbering us with them for years. 

Am I right in remembering that the league season was not yet over when we played the cup final? 

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Am I right in remembering that the league season was not yet over when we played the cup final? 

Yep, we had Chelsea a few days later in the league then threw it away vs Spurs at home. 

 

I remember Chelsea league game being straight after because they were up in arms about Amartey throwing the Chelsea pennant in the dressing room and dancing around it. Then Pereira and Rudiger having a bit of handbags late in the game. 

[Spudulike]

The official attendance was 20,000. Looked far more on the TV.

 

I wasn't able to go being in the vulnerable category. Will always be a regret but at least I'm still alive.

 

Went to the UCL decider the week after. What a miserable day that was other than the trophy parade. Closest that I've ever been to the FA Cup.

[The Year Of The Fox]

34 minutes ago, Bert said:

I was there. Right behind the goal. Unbelievable noise, atmosphere, scenes. Funnily enough, I seen Tielemans last night at the co-op car park in Barrow. 

His kid still goes to nursery there with my mates kid

[SystonFox]

7 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Yep, we had Chelsea a few days later in the league then threw it away vs Spurs at home. 

 

I remember Chelsea league game being straight after because they were up in arms about Amartey throwing the Chelsea pennant in the dressing room and dancing around it. Then Pereira and Rudiger having a bit of handbags late in the game. 

was the league game where Perez missed a relatively late chance as well? Where he should score and if he does we would've made CL football irrelevant of the spurs result. I mean the spurs game was just car crash TV as well and should never really be spoken about

[bovril]

Great day. I got a ticket with a friend who worked for Brent Council. I was on a zoom call with her just after the semi final and mentioned that I'd heard about tickets to the cup final for Brent employees. She said she really fancied it, but didn't know anyone who wanted to go, unless I knew someone.....?

 

Went down and met her and some other friends in central London for a few drinks. I think we still couldn't sit inside so we loitered outside the pub in quite unseasonably cold weather if I remember. We were wearing the rosettes my Mum made us. She'd been to the final in 61 and 63, and was at home with my niece, who was watching her very first FA Cup final and incredibly excited about it all.

 

The game from 63 minutes onwards is a bit of a blur but I remember feeling physically quite sick towards the end and then just the wave of relief at the end. I was knackered. My girlfriend, who doesn't really like football that much, said she hadn't moved from her seat for the last 20 minutes, apart from to reach for another cigarette. I remember a report in the French press I think that said something like not the greatest game of all time, but there was an incredible frisson about final third. So much tension, atmosphere and drama.

 

My friend still has the rosette on her mantelpiece back in Brazil. 

[Stadt]

Could have gone but I was completely put off by the draconian covid bullshit (the club coach fiasco was still one of the worst things they've ever done).

 

It was a nightmare trying to book a pub to get a big group of us together, everywhere you'd usually think of was booked up entirely. We stumbled upon the Owl & Pussycat, they had plenty of tables available when booking but they got nervous on the day, had to convince them that the takings would be worth it, eventually they relented and let more turn up. We even went for something to eat and to watch the West Brom game to scout it out beforehand.

 

When the Tielemans goal flew in it was pandemonium, a patio heater got smashed to bits in the melee  

[bovril]

34 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Couldn't get a ticket so watched with my parents at theirs. 

 

Great celebrations with my dad. He never thought he'd see us win the FA Cup, let alone the league! Was nice to have that moment with him. 

I think most of us grew up with the stories of the 4 final defeats, especially the ones in the 1960s. I think for my Mum it probably meant a little more than when we won the league. 

[urban.spaceman]

Watched it at home with my dad. We weren’t together for the title win but for every single other trophy we’ve won we’ve been together and often in attendance (including play-off wins). 

 

I have honestly never seen him so animated. When that goal went in I remember jumping up and screaming, nearly tripping over my flip flops and falling into the TV. Dad was jumping up and down and just screaming ****ING HELL at the top of his lungs. Neither of us sat down for the rest of the match. I literally couldn’t.

 

In the lead up to the final whistle we were stood up, cornering the telly and anxious as ****. When it finally blew, I remember just two things - me stood still (didn’t want to break my ankles or the telly) screaming with joy into the scarf I’ve had since my first ever game. But my dad, in his late 60s, running around the ****ing house, jumping up and down and screaming at the top of his lungs like a 10 year old. 

 

Almost tearing up with joy just thinking about it now. Just an utterly unforgettable moment.

 

How do you even begin to describe that feeling to non-football/sports fans? Or Spurs fans?

 

I’d give anything for us to do it again but it wouldn’t be the same as it was our first FA Cup and just meant so much more. 

[Foxdiamond]

Love this thread. I was at home watching with my wife. Incredible nerves. Winning the league was fantastic but like a lot of Leicester fans the FA Cup was the monkey on our back. I remember the finals in 63 and 69 and every year getting knocked out. That goal was the most euphoric moment. Then the nerves got even worse. "Don't lose it now lads" Wife  was genuinely worried about my heart rate at this stage. The sinking feeling as Chelsea appear to score. Look again offside! The final whistle tears, joy and relief. My daughter calls (she was 6 months pregnant) "Dad Dad we've won" Kasper collects the cup and the lid flies off. How I love Maroon. The goal was a thing of beauty to rank with the best cup final goals. Did anyone who did go see yourself on the tv later? Great scenes young and old.

[GrobyLCFC31]

Was luckily enough to be in Wembley- people forget how heavy odds on Chelsea were to win, we were 3/1 to win in 90 minutes- £20 on that just added to the day! 
 

Just seemed to be written; Wembley Way was full of Leicester, didn’t hear their fans all game (probably preparing for UCL final) and even when Ch*lwell scored I still had the feeling that something was wrong with the goal! 

 

Stood next to and celebrated with my dad and then visited my now late grandad the next day to show him pictures/videos and give him the programme I’d l brought him 

 

A day I’ll never forget! 

Edited 15 May 2025 by GrobyLCFC31

[Mapperleyfox]

I'd snapped my Achilles two weeks earlier and luckily got a ticket for the match. Had to train it down to Wembley in a massive boot. What a day, nearly snapped it  again when the goal went in.

 

Despite the premier league win, probably the single best day I've had supporting us. Phoned my Dad straight after who was at the 1969 final. Priceless. No one can ever take it away from us.

[Dan]

Went to the game. Was brilliant but it was all a bit surreal too, felt so weird that our first game in 14 months was a cup final.

 

Was obviously a total travesty that the ground wasn't full and a shame how many had to miss it when they didn't need to.

[The Horse's Mouth]

Absolutely mental it’s only 4 years ago  

[ClaphamFox]

Age shall not wither this clip, nor the years condemn:
 

 

[CosbehFox]

More emotional than the League on so many levels for me. 

 

Having to do a Covid test in some rough estate community centre in Birmingham. Ended up pre-match drinking four cans on Wembley High Street just sucking it all up. 

 

Remember after the game how many saying it wasn't a great football match but unbelievable enjoying it was having a non-big six club win it and the fans in jubliation. 

Edited 15 May 2025 by CosbehFox

[Stuntman_Mike]

I was lucky enough to be there. 

 

Had alot to drink pre game to settle the nerves. 

 

Most likely the first and last time I will cry when a goal is scored, let alone the final result and trophy lift.