fleckneymike Posted 27 February 2015 Posted 27 February 2015 It was a great day Michael. And you're right. Just a year ago... It was different being a City fan back then, the begrudging respect you'd get off fans of the 'big teams' was brilliant. No snearing, no patronising, just a healthy regard for what we could potentially do to them.
Collibosher70 Posted 27 February 2015 Posted 27 February 2015 Blackburn..Swindon..Derby..palace..Middlesbrough..Spurs..tranmere....we owned Wembley...happy days (well some of them)
english77 Posted 27 February 2015 Posted 27 February 2015 I drove over from Paris for that hell of a day
NeilLCFC Posted 27 February 2015 Posted 27 February 2015 Probably the last time we scored from a set-piece aswell. Hahaha! That really tickled me!
Guest bss9401 Posted 27 February 2015 Posted 27 February 2015 Let's also remember that it was the only time we ever won a major final at Wembley. It was a good, hard fought, typical cup final and Tranmere were no mugs. My favourite Wembley win was against the sheep but this easily had the most prestige. It's easy to play the heavy favourites card when criticising but Leicester were favourites v Man Utd in 1963 and we lost!! What is important is that we won the League Cup at Wembley Stadium.
Dan Posted 28 February 2015 Posted 28 February 2015 I was there aged 6. Couldn't see a thing but not many 21 year olds have seen (well) their club lift a trophy at Wembley, including those who support a certain two clubs a bit further up the country, and I'm proud of that.
North East Fox Posted 28 February 2015 Posted 28 February 2015 Yeah - I'm 31 and live in Newcastle and when me and my mates talk about best football memories etc my response every time is "I've seen my team win 2 trophies" Usually it's met with a begrudging respect
North East Fox Posted 28 February 2015 Posted 28 February 2015 Also hesky's equaliser against Boro is the most euphoric moment I've had of my life - absolute scenes!!
Fox92 Posted 28 February 2015 Author Posted 28 February 2015 Let's also remember that it was the only time we ever won a major final at Wembley. It was a good, hard fought, typical cup final and Tranmere were no mugs. My favourite Wembley win was against the sheep but this easily had the most prestige. It's easy to play the heavy favourites card when criticising but Leicester were favourites v Man Utd in 1963 and we lost!! What is important is that we won the League Cup at Wembley Stadium. I don't know how anybody can criticise a cup (and league) win really. Both teams have done the same to get to the final and Tranmere deserve respect for that, especially considering they weren't a top flight team. Middlesbrough had the money and the big names in '96 but I'm guessing they wouldn't treat us as "only Leicester".
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