We'll be back in 84!

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Can anyone else remember standing in the North Stand on the 7th May 1983 as we lost to Man City to seal our relegation, whilst Fozzie ran round trying to get sent off so that his suspension wouldn't cause him to miss the cup final, belting out "we'll be back in 84"? I had forgotten all about it but it keeps coming to mind lately! Hopefully we were only wrong by 34 years!

 

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BangaloreGull said:

Can anyone else remember standing in the North Stand on the 7th May 1983 as we lost to Man City to seal our relegation, whilst Fozzie ran round trying to get sent off so that his suspension wouldn't cause him to miss the cup final, belting out "we'll be back in 84"? I had forgotten all about it but it keeps coming to mind lately! Hopefully we were only wrong by 34 years!

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Yes I do!

 

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Same chant was sung at the FA Cup Final replay.

 

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BangaloreGull said:

Can anyone else remember standing in the North Stand on the 7th May 1983 as we lost to Man City to seal our relegation, whilst Fozzie ran round trying to get sent off so that his suspension wouldn't cause him to miss the cup final, belting out "we'll be back in 84"? I had forgotten all about it but it keeps coming to mind lately! Hopefully we were only wrong by 34 years!

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Yes I was there , kicked off with the city fans if I remember

 

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tigertim68 said:

Yes I was there , kicked off with the city fans if I remember

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man city fan in the west stand with the bell

 

Moshe Gariani

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We sang "We'll be back" to the tune of "Here we go" on the Saturday at Wembley too...

We were right.

 

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I was there but don't think Foster could have done anything about missing the cup final by then. Red cards didn't automatically mean suspensions in the next match in those days. He had to get a second booking in the Notts County away match to avoid missing the final, but the referee wouldn't oblige.

 

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It's amazing to think the club has played in the FA Cup Final more recently than the top flight.

 

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Not Andy Naylor said:

I was there but don't think Foster could have done anything about missing the cup final by then. Red cards didn't automatically mean suspensions in the next match in those days. He had to get a second booking in the Notts County away match to avoid missing the final, but the referee wouldn't oblige.

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Even though at one point he actually caught the ball!

 

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tigertim68 said:

Yes I was there , kicked off with the city fans if I remember

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Sackville junction.... quite spicy....

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Not Andy Naylor said:

I was there but don't think Foster could have done anything about missing the cup final by then. Red cards didn't automatically mean suspensions in the next match in those days. He had to get a second booking in the Notts County away match to avoid missing the final, but the referee wouldn't oblige.

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You might be right, I seem to remember debate at the time, but he was certainly trying.

 

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Brighton Lines said:

Same chant was sung at the FA Cup Final replay.

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Yes, had forgotten that. We that was closer if we just meant Wembley rather than FA Cup final.

 

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peterward said:

man city fan in the west stand with the bell

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Mary if I remember correctly.

 

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Haven't times changed ,staying in the premier league would shirley be priority now

 

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Remember it all so well.

 

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carlzeiss said:

Haven't times changed ,staying in the premier league would shirley be priority now

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Getting there is surely the first step

 

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Brighton Lines said:

Same chant was sung at the FA Cup Final replay.

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Remember singing that after the game. As a then 17 year old I genuinely believed it as well

 

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heathgate said:

Sackville junction.... quite spicy....

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Remember seeing a lot of Man City fans being guided away from the Brighton lot. They looked a tad nervous.

 

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peterward said:

man city fan in the west stand with the bell

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a Woman.
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Remember a bunch of City fans in the West Stand (Lower standing area) singing "We hope you win the cup".......!!!