| 45 years ago 17:06 - Apr 15 with 1584 views | flykickingbybgunn |
Much is said about fixture congestion. KMcK is very keen to avoid it.
45 years ago in 1981 these weeks were busy for Town
4th April WBA League away (lost 3-1)
8th April Cologne UEFA Cup Semi home (won 1-0)
11th April Man C FA Cup Semi (lost 1-0)
14th April Villa League away (won 2-1) ( Villa won the league that year and Town doubled them and beat them in the FA Cup)
18th April Arsenal League home (lost 2-1)
20th April Norwich League away (lost 1-0)
22nd April Cologne UEFA Semi away (won 1-0)
25th April Man C League home (won 1-0)
All played with a 15 man first team squad.
That team and Bobby Robson were something else. [Post edited 15 Apr 17:32]
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| 45 years ago on 07:15 - Apr 16 with 140 views | CopfordBlue |
| 45 years ago on 17:36 - Apr 15 by flykickingbybgunn |
Yes 66 games 24 of which were cup games. Villa who won the title were not in UEFA Cup and went out of the FA Cup (to us) in the 3rd round. |
That third round fa cup win against Villa at Portman Road almost certainly cost us the title. Inconceivable back then that a team wouldn’t give it their all in every competition. Beating them (1-0, Mariner, close range in front of the north stand, can still picture it) mattered. It was a big win at the time. |  |
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| 45 years ago on 08:51 - Apr 16 with 117 views | TrumptonBlue |
| 45 years ago on 17:31 - Apr 15 by DJR |
Villa played 46 games, 20 less than us. |
And used only 14 players. |  | | |
| 45 years ago on 09:00 - Apr 16 with 94 views | DJR |
As it says on SBR, we finished outside the top six between 1974 and 1982 only once, and that was in 1978 when we won the FA Cup.
Over that period, I think only Liverpool were more consistent than us, and whilst squads were much smaller than today, I always felt that Liverpool's over that period was better than ours which meant they had better resources to call on when injuries and absences came along. With a better overall squad, I think we might well have one the First Division maybe more than once over that period. [Post edited 16 Apr 9:44]
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