[Albion] You wait 31 years for an FA Cup quarter-final to come along...

[Bozza]

On 8th March 1986 Glenn Cockerill waltzed through the Albion defence to score as Southampton went on to beat Albion 2-0 at the Goldstone in the FA Cup quarter-final.

No one in that day's bumper crowd of 25,069 would have guessed how long it would take before Albion reached that stage of the world's greatest cup competition again.

31 seasons came and went. During that time Albion were knocked out of the first round seven times, the second round three times, the third and fourth rounds nine times each and the fifth round on three occasions.

Albion dropped through the leagues, lost our beloved Goldstone, nearly didn't exist, went to Gillingham, returned to Sussex in temporary lodgings and, finally, found a place to call home again.

And then, in 2018, Albion reached the FA Cup quarter-final. The following season we went one further and reached our first semi-final since that incredible day at Highbury in 1983.

Today, we compete in the FA Cup quarter-final for the fourth time in eight years.

From 1901 to 2017 we reached this stage twice.

Whether you were at the Goldstone in 1986 or not, enjoy today - these really are the very best of times to be an Albion fan!

UTA

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Mmmmmm.....yyyy....nah.

I prefer the present

 

[drew]

Was there in 86, remember realising it was all over when Derek Ferguson was named in the line up!!!

 

[Bodian]

Seems like a good opportunity to recall the biggest surge on the North Stand I can recall.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Was there in 86, remember realising it was all over when Derek Ferguson was named in the line up!!!

Mick Ferguson

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Seems like a good opportunity to recall the biggest surge on the North Stand I can recall.

That was my first ever game. I was 14 years old standing near the top of the North stand with my mates, don't ask me how but when the celebrations had calmed down I found myself nearer the bottom of the North stand without my mates...

 

[drew]

Mick Ferguson

Age is no friend of the memory! Thanks.

 

[Nottseagull]

I travelled down for the game having been there I think four or five days previously for the Peterborough replay. Was in the North Stand right behind Peter Shilton.
(Shilton wasn't actually on the terrace...)

 

[vegster]

Can't wait.. .just hope the result is not down to a dodgy decision or stupid foul.

 

[METALMICKY]

Was there in 86, remember realising it was all over when Derek Ferguson was named in the line up!!!

You mean Mick! lanky streak of piss whose best period was at Coventry

 

[Eeyore]

The '83 quarter final, I remember watching the referee go to the linesman and I was having kittens. The '86 one, Albion were never in the hunt. Southampton won that in second gear.

It occurs to me that if I was the same age as I am now in 1983, I would have been born in 1927.

 

[kevo]

I think there's probably quite a lot of us on here who have been to all the FA Cup Quarter-Finals our beloved club has ever played in. Today does mean I have to update my NSC signature, though. Dammit.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

How many people are praying for a Palarse semi-final... make sure to bring all your old coins.....

 

[A mex eyecan]

Mick Ferguson

yup, and he was just as useless as his namesakes electrical audio equipment and they didn’t work very well either.

 

[kevo]

How many people are praying for a Palarse semi-final... make sure to bring all your old coins.....

A Palace FINAL. Imagine that.

 

[drew]

You mean Mick! lanky streak of piss whose best period was at Coventry

See posts 5 and 7!

 

[The Wookiee]

I travelled down for the game having been there I think four or five days previously for the Peterborough replay. Was in the North Stand right behind Peter Shilton.
(Shilton wasn't actually on the terrace...)

“Tina, Tina, Tina”

 

[METALMICKY]

See posts 5 and 7!

Sorry as slow as he was!

 

[A mex eyecan]

“Tina, Tina, Tina”

I’d forgotten that. I was right behind his goal about 5 or 6 back from the front. Was quite a laugh.

 

[drew]

Sorry as slow as he was!

Not possible!!!