Floyd's cup of sh*t

[bre]

OK, time for your thinking caps to be put on.

Which was the FA cup game in the 70's that you had to go to the league game against York City (I'm fairly sure it was York) and were given a voucher as you entered the turnstiles that gave the an oppertunity to buy a ticket for the game against ?????

I might be confusing myself but I think it was Southampton and I seem to recall that it was a draw.

Any old farts like myself out there but with better memories (or better resources and the time to check)?

Cheers

The only 1 I can recall was at home to Barrow in Jan 1972. Everyone who went to that got a voucher for FAC4 v Arsenal later that month. Our average home league attendance for the season (up to the Barrow game) was 5367.

11632 turned up for the Barrow. The Arsenal game attracted 25576 and the next home game after that was a 0-0 v Workington, watched by 7707. Two home games later only 3973 bothered to turn up for the visit of Northampton.

Times have certainly changed.

Strap - you are spot on. Arsenal was my second choice for the FAC game. The Tilehurst End was so crowded for the Barrow game that my dad put me amd my brother onto the concrete block that held the SW corner floodlight. A steward then told us to get down until a policeman told him to leave us alone as it was obvious that we couldn't see anything otherwise.

Watched the Arsenal game from stand B - all terracing had been sold out.

Ahh remember many a game sat on that concrete back in the mid eighties when i were a young lad

[Farnborough Royal]

My first FA Cup memory with RFC was the game against Welling in 99? 1-0 IIRC

[Memories Of India]

91/92 saw the emergence of that trusty old friend the crap cup draw as we battled through 2 rounds (including an extraordinarily frightening in every way 3-3 draw at Slough, my first experience of following Reading away) only to draw Bolton at Burnden Park.

Sandwiched in-between Slough and Bolton was a replay win against Peterborough. We drew 0-0 at London Road, in a game that is still one of the best goalless draws that I can recall watching. They went up at the end of that season to the second tier (it was called division two back in the day) and the 2-1 win against them at EP in the replay was one of our best performances that season.

[Im Spartacus]

I have to say I give a hearty cheer whenever York or Bury get knocked out in the early rounds, with the exception of the latter this year.

[Andy]

good post. our lack of FA Cup form really has been strange in my Reading football life-time.

the scary thing is i've been to quite a few of those games.

i remember the first game at grimsby - proper spiteful home following. slightly dodgy getting back to the car. I'd be interested to know if any of you were there, but i remember 250 at most with us being very lucky to get a draw. I'm sure they hit the cross bar three times in the sapce of 10 seconds as they layed seige in the 2nd half.

also went to slough and more recently that game in 99 at Halifax. Very wet and our keeper - Howie (?) getting proper stick from the away end.

He then saves a penalty near the end. Instant hero staus.

Happy times!

[bobby m's syrup]

My first game was a second round cup tie against Brentford in Dec 65. We won 5-0. My dad took me 'under the clock' and it was like entering a new world. I have been hooked ever since, but can't remember many 'proud' Cup tie occasions.

[handbags_harris]

Yet another chapter in the FA Cup expoits of RFC today!!

[Fluff]

I was there at Grimsby. If irecall correctly didn't some of the Grimsby stewards offer every Reading fan outside for a fight.

[Mad Dog's Ghost]

Respect to Elman. 1955! How's Florida treating you? The Cardiff game Alad refers to was a classic. They brought about 3,000 and the crowd was well over 11k, which was excellent for a midweek game. Went on so late they had to delay train at Reading station to take them home.

The Arsenal game in 86 (?) was my favourite. Okay, we lost 3 1 but Jerry Williams destroyed Kenny Sansom.

Sadly I also witnessed the Bishop Stortford home defeat.

[Fluff]

I think it was vice vare

[Fluff]

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