CORRECT ALL SEASON ROBBO HAD BLASTED CHANCES LIKE THAT THEN LOST HIS BOTTLE! SMITH DID SCORE
I think the reality is Robinson bottled it rather than Smith wasted it.
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I think the reality is Robinson bottled it rather than Smith wasted it.
Smith was not expecting the ball. You can see that if you look when he gets it. He has to juggle his feet and legs several times to control it before shooting. Smith expected Robinson to shoot and to be there if the rebound came his way.
jezzer
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Gordon was a class player, period. His passing was superb at times and he had a real proper footballing brain. Nuff said about the fa cup final, read my monicle below!
Cheeky Monkey
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Totally agree Uncle, the ASMS thing has been blown out of proportion and into the stuff of legend by that tasty soundbite, without "And Smith must score" the incident would have been more easily forgotten me thinks.
Cheeky Monkey
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Albion legend though 
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Excellent and ironically 26 years 364 days since the fateful incident.
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It wasn't Coleman it was this man
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Send it on to Gordon he'll love it.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I BACKED Smith at 16/1 to be FIRST goal scorer so he will ALWAYS have a place in MY heart
It is an interesting retrospective view.
I remember Gordon Smith not being a particular crowd favourite and he had a period when the crowd turned against him.
I think he was out of the team for a while too.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
The hat trick at Coventry was another top moment as well for Gordon Smith, in the first few months of the 80/81 season he looked top class but went downhill after that and never delivered what he promised to do.
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Fine tale, he was a very good player for us, it's a shame outside of those who watched him regularly he will only ever be known for one thing.
If we're doing 83 stories, somebody reminded me the other day of one of the greatest betrayals in Albion history, the Bamber Cup final ticket fiasco, plus supplied a few details I didn't know.
This won't be new to some, but for those who don't know (and how would you ever get away with this now as a chairman) he sold 7,500 tickets of the Brighton final allocation, the lower tier behind the goal at the old Wembley, to the Mr Big of touting in the country at the time, Stan Flashman.
Apparently the face value was around £35-40 apiece, Bamber sold them for about £75, and the tout then resold them for about £200 per ticket to mainly United fans, clearly visible at certain times during the game. Flashman has since claimed it was the best deal he ever did.
I am sure the late Mr Bamber did many good things for our club, but this wasn't one of them.
If we're doing 83 stories, somebody reminded me the other day of one of the greatest betrayals in Albion history, the Bamber Cup final ticket fiasco, plus supplied a few details I didn't know.
This won't be new to some, but for those who don't know (and how would you ever get away with this now as a chairman) he sold 7,500 tickets of the Brighton final allocation, the lower tier behind the goal at the old Wembley, to the Mr Big of touting in the country at the time, Stan Flashman.
Apparently the face value was around £35-40 apiece, Bamber sold them for about £75, and the tout then resold them for about £200 per ticket to mainly United fans, clearly visible at certain times during the game. Flashman has since claimed it was the best deal he ever did.
I am sure the late Mr Bamber did many good things for our club, but this wasn't one of them.
Common practice I am afraid.
I think players, managers and chairman were all at it that year, allegedly ;-)
Monsieur Le Plonk
Lethargy in motion
Having watched it on Video, smith shoudl have burried it, and (from general opinion) he woudl ahve in almost any other game. Its not somthing to hate him for though...
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I'm afraid I cannot confirm the accuracy in that. He missed a lot of easier ones on a fairly regular basis. Fond memories nevertheless.
Cheshire Cat
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I can still hear the echo from 27 years ago
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Robinson was a greedy bastard and only he will know why he didn't shoot instead of laying it off to Smith.
The crowd didn't like him because he wasn't a headless chicken, and also because he had a brain. He was an old fashioned attacking midfield player, similar to Trevor Brooking in style.
I also had a fiver on him at 16/1 for the cup final first scorer and the winnings were a weeks wages in those days.
He certainly wasn't a Chris Cattlin type of player, and I saw him play his last match (and score) in a 3-0 win at the Baseball Ground against Derby.
We sold him to Manchester City for a paltry £45,000 and he was their top scorer and brought them promotion.
Gordon Smith a Trevor Brooking type player !!!
Not sure about that, he was decently quick and a forward wasn't he ?
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