dicksie3
8:19 Wed Jul 29
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If this was CHARLTON ATHLETIC, and I supported them, I'd say that it was my most favourite game ever wever...
But this is not CHARLTON ATHLETIC... We are West Ham United and we haven't won a trophy in 35 years which is a fucking joke for a club with our level of support plus some of the fine players we've had in that period (of course, there's been some shit at times as well)...
We blew our chance of this ending our trophy drought and I found this day bitterly disappointing... Of course, Liverpool were favourites but we were no mugs ourselves and we fucked-up a 2-0 lead...
We also had 30 minutes of extra-time to defeat a side who were dead on their feet after an exhausting season where they played many, many more games than us - and we failed to do so...
Big opportunity blown that day... Bitterly disappointing...
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mallard
8:09 Wed Jul 29
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Infidel 6:37 Wed Jul 29
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Totally agree - that substitution was a ridiculous one.
I however think that three missed penalties was unacceptable at that level
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ChesterRd
7:59 Wed Jul 29
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I was there and have tried to put it out of my head ever since. Will never watch the game again.
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bruuuno
7:55 Wed Jul 29
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Dunno about you lot but I always knew we'd lose
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holyhandgrenade
7:47 Wed Jul 29
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Very proud, an incredible day to be West Ham there.
Was there with my missus (ex now), best mate and his Dad. Was pinching ourselves when we went two nil up, just could not comprehend what was going on. Were we really two nil up in the FA Cup final?
That very moment when Gerrard lined up to fire THAT fucking shot I was showing a text (look it up kids, it's what we used to do before BBM, whatsapp and all that) from a Liverpool mate of mine which said "Well done, your boys deserve the win". Yes that exact moment.
Like many on here, I'm not sure I'll ever bring myself to watch that game again. Happy with the memories to stay like that, memories. Did catch a glimpse of a passenger watching it on a flight last year, I had to look away very quickly
Hoping we all have another memory like this in our lifetimes. With a slightly happier ending of course :-)
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1chop
7:45 Wed Jul 29
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Along the same lines as infidel, Pardew left ginge on the bench and put of Teddy and Dailly when we were defending the lead.
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one iron
7:18 Wed Jul 29
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Ive never been more prouder to be an hammer then i was that day. only palermo comes close.
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BRANDED
7:02 Wed Jul 29
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Me. Fucking brilliant day till the very end.
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DaillyShaggedMyWife
7:00 Wed Jul 29
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I was in the top tier, behind the goal Konchesky crossed/scored in. I was right in line with the line of Gerrard's strike, knew it was in the moment he struck it, it seemed to go in in slow motion. Heartbreaking. Knew the game was lost from that moment even though the scores were level.
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Grumpster
6:57 Wed Jul 29
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I actually watched it back the next day and probably LOL'd more than ever before at the biased commentary and analysis.
Not a hammer in sight, all ex-scouse cunts and it was embarrassing.
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chajonbubble
6:56 Wed Jul 29
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A great day out, up until the Gerrard equaliser after which I just remember being dazed. I managed to avoid seeing that go again for years until I went to a Millennium stadium tour a couple of years ago and it was in a montage of highlights in a big screen. What a cunt that was.
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wanstead_hammer
6:52 Wed Jul 29
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Was there as well but like most of us, still ain't watched it since.
Bloody Scouse gits!
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Far Cough
6:46 Wed Jul 29
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I don't think sitting on a yellow card would have mattered in the second half of the final match of the season but yes, I broadly agree with that
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Infidel
6:37 Wed Jul 29
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I was there with my son.
I recognise that people have different views about why we lost but here's mine FWIW.
With 77 minutes on the clock Pardew took off Fletcher and replaced him with Christian Dailly.
Fletcher had done an excellent job of snapping at Gerrard's heels all match. Yes, Gerrard had scored but from a loose ball in the box. Outside the area, where he is deadly, Fletch was all over him.
Dailly is one of the worst players ever to have worn our colours. He is also a close personal friend of Pardew's.
The substitution was, in my opinion, not a footballing decision.
It was a sentimental decision.
Pardew rewarded a pal who was close to the end of his playing career with a chance to play in a Cup Final.
After the match Pardew told the press he had asked NRC to take over Fletcher's job of marshalling Gerrard - but why make such a massive change and pull a player out of position when it was working so well up to that point?
And what could a player as slow, cumbersome and technically incompetent as Dailly bring to the final 13 minutes? It's like going down to 10 men.
The rest is history. Gerrard got the extra yard and the extra second he needed because there was nobody there to close him down. Fletcher would have been on top of him if he had stayed on the pitch.
I am absolutely convinced to this day we would have won the game 3-2 if Pardew had not made that substitution.
I wouldn't mind if it had been a genuine footballing decision - if Fletch had been tired or injured, say, or sitting on a yellow card (he wasn't). But taking off a fit young player who is playing well and replacing him with a carthorse because he's your drinking buddy?
I will never, ever forgive him.
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Lewisham_Hammer
2:46 Wed Jul 29
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I always tell people it was the best and worst day of my life. In hindsight I'd say more the best.
I have a particular hate of Liverpool and their fans so to have beaten them that day would have been immense, my hate was increased after that game mainly because of the London accented Liverpool fans behind us in the queue for a train back to London said "well it was always gonna happen wasn't it, they never stood a chance" made my fucking blood boil, deluded cunts!
I also still remember a grown man in his 40's on his hands and knee's (literally) begging me to sell him my £25 ticket for £250. There is nothing in this world that would have made me part with that ticket.
One of the best atmosphere's at a game I think I've ever known, the Millennium stadium shits all over Wembley for me.
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penners28
2:40 Wed Jul 29
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they split the town up for every cup final there. the whole set up pisses over wembley
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overbyyer
2:37 Wed Jul 29
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Yes I know that, but we had the bigger pubs in the busier end of the city.
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Eggbert Nobacon
2:33 Wed Jul 29
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that's becuase the old bill segregated it and they were all in another area
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overbyyer
2:33 Wed Jul 29
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Didnt have a ticket so watched it in Walkabout.
West Ham took over Cardiff city centre that day - never, ever let a scouser tell you otherwise.
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The Stoat
2:32 Wed Jul 29
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I did but couldn't get a ticket so watched it in the pub with several thousand others
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Big Dave
2:29 Wed Jul 29
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Carragher is a fucking cunt.
That is my lasting memory of the game.
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