FA cup giant-killers

Harlow is the biggest embarrassment
because unlike the Newport game I don't remember us fielding a weak team thanks to Puel. Wycombe was bad but we would have faced Liverpool in the semis and no way would a Taylor team have beaten them.
 
Gnasher65 said:
That harlow one was the worst for me. going into school and having the piss ripped out of you. Still hurts.
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Was at both games against them. To give it some context, at the time Harlow were playing at the same level as Quorn, Anstey, Shepshed and Loughborough students do now step 4. !!
 
Popside said:
I was itk in them days but didn’t realise they were that level,just knew none league and thought we’d sail past em🙁 good knowledge malc👍
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Radio Leicester did a predict the score for the Harlow home game.
Most were going for us scoring about 6,7 or 8.
Someone rang in and said just 2-0 to Leicester.
I thought what a twat we'll hammer them.😂

It finished 1-1😯

That was the most diabolical thing about the Harlow tie.
Once in a blue moon the minnows play out of their skins and get an unlikely result, but rarely do they succeed when the 2nd game comes along.
It truly was probably the most embarrassing result in our history.
Credit to Harlow though who then gave Watford a decent go in round 4, if memory serves they lost 4-2
 
Brauny said:
Radio Leicester did a predict the score for the Harlow home game.
Most were going for us scoring about 6,7 or 8.
Someone rang in and said just 2-0 to Leicester.
I thought what a twat we'll hammer them.😂

It finished 1-1😯

That was the most diabolical thing about the Harlow tie.
Once in a blue moon the minnows play out of their skins and get an unlikely result, but rarely do they succeed when the 2nd game comes along.
It truly was probably the most embarrassing result in our history.
Credit to Harlow though who then gave Watford a decent go in round 4, if memory serves they lost 4-2
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Yep they got late or last minute equaliser , I was in east stand next to their fans who went wild , missed replay, cash needed for Luton notts and others and work was dodgy at time , and yep they got beat as you say at Watford 4.2 or 4.3 was it. Tongue in cheek we concentrated on league 😉 not a saying we used then a Braun’s ? 🤭 the cup was massive.
 
Bristol Rovers was my personal *favourite*. Players looked as happy to be playing in the incessant sleet as we were standing exposed to it.
 
sarflondonfox said:
Bristol Rovers was my personal *favourite*. Players looked as happy to be playing in the incessant sleet as we were standing exposed to it.
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1986 at the old Eastville ground..forgot about that one lost 3-1, supermarket there now. Was working in the area soon after, the owner of the guest house was, as luck would have it..a Rovers st holder !! Took some flack.
 
Gnasher65 said:
That harlow one was the worst for me. going into school and having the piss ripped out of you. Still hurts.
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That was my first thought too.

My memory is that the 1st game was one of the most one sided I can remember and that they scored a late goal (a fluke was my memory but all goals were a fluke against us at that time was my thinking) - I was only 8 so my memory might be playing tricks with me.

Losing the reply still hurts as you say
 
sixthswan said:
In that 1979/80 Isthmian League - Premier Division, Wycombe finished 10th and Harlow 11th.
Another close call was Leatherhead, who finished 18th.
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Yet another close call was back in 2000 against Hereford United, lucky to get a 0-0 at Edgar st and scraped through 2-1 at Filbo..
Prem v conference.
 
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