Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 3 hours ago, The Journalist said: Now we can all turn our attentions properly towards Wednesday, I have a genuine question for you all to ponder - would victory over Manchester United constitute one of the biggest one-off results in Bristol City's history? Now, I'm not suggesting it'd be the biggest - that's surely impossible to quantify. I'm not even saying I think it'd be one of the biggest. I'm just asking the question, with this context behind it... We've never won a major trophy We've only ever reached the semi-finals of a major trophy twice We've never won a play-off final We've not played in the top flight for 37 years Manchester United, the EFL Cup holders, are one of the biggest, richest and most successful clubs in the world How would victory compare against other wins you might consider our biggest ever? Can you name, say, five more significant one-off victories in Bristol City's history? Considering not only the impact on the pitch but the potential impact off it? This isn't a debate about whether the league or the cup is more important to us - this is a question loaded against 123 years of history which has seen us achieve, in the grander scheme of things, very little. Over to you... We've been in semi final of major final three times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 25 minutes ago, Juan Kerr said: We've been in semi final of major final three times? Fa Cup final v Manchester . Spurs and Forest in the League cup . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Just now, Major Isewater said: Fa Cup final v Manchester . Spurs and Forest in the League cup . Yuppedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 12 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Fa Cup final v Manchester . Spurs and Forest in the League cup . 12 minutes ago, Juan Kerr said: Yuppedy. Yep. Let’s be honest our history is one of complete underachievement . Nine years of top flight Football and one F.A cup final . Would be brilliant to add to those nine years soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Beating Liverpool and Coventry in 77 highlights for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I notice a thread in their forum entitled 'will our rivalry with City ever match the one with Liverpool'. Some way to go before that I would have thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 2 hours ago, chinapig said: IIRC they were unbeaten in the League when we won the cup tie. I believe you are correct and, IIRC, they lost their next League match (or one very shortly after) - to Stoke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Juan Kerr said: We've been in semi final of major final three times? 4 times, actually. FA Cup twice, League Cup twice. Only once were we victorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Fa Cup final v Manchester . Spurs and Forest in the League cup . Don't forget 1920, beaten in FA Cup semi 2-1 by Huddersfield. City, due to injuries, played effectively with 9 men for a lot of the game and were unlucky to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 43 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: I believe you are correct and, IIRC, they lost their next League match (or one very shortly after) - to Stoke? Yes, they were unbeaten as I stated in my post 4 hours ago and they lost their unbeaten league record the Saturday after losing to us, as you quite rightly state at Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 12 minutes ago, handsofclay said: 4 times, actually. FA Cup twice, League Cup twice. Only once were we victorious. Forgot about 1920. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onehowie Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Definitely the 6th round FA cup tie AWAY to Leeds in 1974. We were a lowly 2nd division side beating probably the best team in Europe....they were 32 games unbeaten until they met us. I was there amongst the 3000 city fans there that Tuesday afternoon....my most memorable game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bristolcity Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 1 hour ago, onehowie said: Definitely the 6th round FA cup tie AWAY to Leeds in 1974. We were a lowly 2nd division side beating probably the best team in Europe....they were 32 games unbeaten until they met us. I was there amongst the 3000 city fans there that Tuesday afternoon....my most memorable game. Yes that was one hell of a win, I wish I can say I was there, but instead I was on the top of a ladder when I heard the result, and nearly fell off!! Leeds were indeed at the pinnacle, and I suppose it has to be up there as perhaps our best win. It was an afternoon kick off mid-week for some reason, but can't remember why...can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Portsmouth to get us promoted Coventry to keep us there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 I wanna win on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 9 hours ago, The Journalist said: Ah, I stand corrected - I foolishly failed to count the 1909 semi-final and was unaware of 1920. I'm a wee bit too young to recall that one. I wouldn't say it's a paltry difference, as it obviously means we've won four quarter-finals before and so this occasion isn't quite as rare as I gave credit for originally! Was the opposition we faced in those last-eight fixtures as formidable as Wednesday, though? Just to add, too, that I'm not trying to prove or disprove that beating Manchester United would be a massive result, it's a genuine question. Don't worry, I wasn't trying to criticise. After all the first two were a hundred years ago +/- half a dozen. And four quarter final wins in 120 years is paltry. Should we win, it would be a massive result, although at present, I'd take three points at QPR over beating Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onehowie Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, 1bristolcity said: Yes that was one hell of a win, I wish I can say I was there, but instead I was on the top of a ladder when I heard the result, and nearly fell off!! Leeds were indeed at the pinnacle, and I suppose it has to be up there as perhaps our best win. It was an afternoon kick off mid-week for some reason, but can't remember why...can you? It was a 13.30 kick off due to the three day week meaning a ban on floodlights... The Three-Day Week was one of several measures introduced in the United Kingdom by the Conservative Government to conserve electricity, the generation of which was severely restricted owing to industrial action by coal miners. The effect was that from 1 January until 7 March 1974 (also the same month the 1973-74 oil crisis ended[1]) commercial users of electricity were limited to three specified consecutive days' consumption each week and prohibited from working longer hours on those days. Services deemed essential (e.g. hospitals, supermarkets and newspaper prints) were exempt.[2] Television companies were required to cease broadcasting at 10:30 p.m. during the crisis to conserve electricity,[3][4] although the restrictions were dropped after a general election was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Portsmouth to get us promoted Coventry to keep us there Portsmouth game was massive with 27,000 packed into Ashton Gate. The Coventry game near 10,000 there. Great times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 9 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said: Without question it would be one of the biggest one-off results. Beating a footballing superpower for a place in the semi finals would be right up there in our history. I think some people on here are afraid to admit how big it could be for fear of seeming “tinpot”, but there’s no point pretending it wouldn’t be massive. Our history is not exactly peppered with notable scalps. I appreciate the arguments saying yesterday’s win was more important, but we’ll only know how important if it proves to be the difference between promotion or not. If we win the league by 15 points it will have been an irrelevance! I was thinking earlier, considering how few of these big draws we get, we have a pretty decent record in causing an upset in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Believesham Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 I highly doubt Manchester United will come with a full strength first team. And even if they did, as they played on Sunday, anything other than a loss for city would be decryed because ‘the players were tired’ Great opportunity to put one of the biggest clubs in the world out of a knockout competition, and one of the greatest managers but I don’t think it comes close to securing top flight football for the first time post war - the Portsmouth game gets my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 After the Portsmouth game in 1976 I would put the 6-0 win at Bradford next followed by the title winning game against Coventry, albeit was only a draw. The only title winning side in my lifetime and I'm no spring chicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 14 hours ago, Ciderhead433 said: Beating Liverpool and Coventry in 77 highlights for me We drew 2-2 at Coventry in '77! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 I don't feel a Quarter Final of the League Cup is too big a deal, even against Man U. If it was the same stage of the FA cup, then it would be huge. I've said it previously, but within the context of this season, the game against Wolves on the 30th is a bigger match - in my opinion. Anyway, I reckon we'll win 2-1, so let's see if the Semi Final tops this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Simpson Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 As big results go, surely the 2-2 with coventry in 77 gave us 3 more seasons in the top flight. What would that be worth in present day terms £? Also estimates of 15-20,000 away fans for a league game, have we ever come anywhere near that size of following before or since? This was my first ever away game, obviousley hooked for life. I am usually a pessimist but just have a sneaky feeling we are going to win on Wednesday, scary times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT1970 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 We’ve been in two Semi finals in my lifetime, albeit I was just 4 days old when we played Spurs! I have the program from it though, thanks to my ol man who was there, no doubt getting some respite from his new born son! I was at the Florist semi final.. got drenched in the open end. I was also at Anfield, Leicester away, Chelsea at home, Bolton at Wembley etc. If we lose on Wednesday it will be a memorable night. If we win, it will go down as one of thee greatest games in our history to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 If we win it'll be on a par with Anfield in 1994. Not necessarily as important as some other games in our history but certainly memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, MT1970 said: We’ve been in two Semi finals in my lifetime, albeit I was just 4 days old when we played Spurs! I have the program from it though, thanks to my ol man who was there, no doubt getting some respite from his new born son! I was at the Florist semi final.. got drenched in the open end. I was also at Anfield, Leicester away, Chelsea at home, Bolton at Wembley etc. If we lose on Wednesday it will be a memorable night. If we win, it will go down as one of thee greatest games in our history to date. 4 days old and you missed watching City in a League Cup semi final? Lightweight. I've been to the home and away legs of both League Cup semi-final matches that City has played and I want to extend that record. Roll on Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT1970 Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 There have been far more important games for us over the years, but many of which aren't memorable - And it is those memorable games that get us hooked on watching in the hope that some day we will experience it again. You could say that the recent league games or the next QPR game are more important than the Man Utd game, but in reality they are no where near it in terms of creating an experience that will live long in the memory and potentially get new fans hooked on it for life. I can recall the players that played in the Bolton Freight Rover game or the Chelsea game, or the Liverpool game much more easily than i can any other teams I have watched since then.. If we were to beat Manure on Wednesday, then a new generation of fans as well as the old will no doubt recall in years to come that night. If we lose, it will become a hazy memory for me, like the FA cup losses to Sven's Man City, or to Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bristolcity Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 11 hours ago, onehowie said: It was a 13.30 kick off due to the three day week meaning a ban on floodlights... The Three-Day Week was one of several measures introduced in the United Kingdom by the Conservative Government to conserve electricity, the generation of which was severely restricted owing to industrial action by coal miners. The effect was that from 1 January until 7 March 1974 (also the same month the 1973-74 oil crisis ended[1]) commercial users of electricity were limited to three specified consecutive days' consumption each week and prohibited from working longer hours on those days. Services deemed essential (e.g. hospitals, supermarkets and newspaper prints) were exempt.[2] Television companies were required to cease broadcasting at 10:30 p.m. during the crisis to conserve electricity,[3][4] although the restrictions were dropped after a general election was called. Ahh yes that was it, actually worked for SWEB at the time, got a brick thrown through the Bedminster showroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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