Blues Legends and FA Cup at Portman Road for 78 Day
Thursday, 19th Apr 2018 11:39

Sunday 6th May, when the Blues face Middlesbrough at home in their final Championship fixture of the season, has been designated 78 Day to celebrate Town winning the FA Cup 40 years ago to the day.

Several of the team which beat Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley that day, including Paul Mariner, John Wark, Mick Mills, Kevin Beattie and goalscorer Roger Osborne will be at the game holding a signing session in the FanZone prior to the match and on the pitch at half-time.

The FA Cup will also be at Portman Road and fans can have a photo taken with the trophy. The match kicks-off at 12.30pm with the FanZone open from 9am.

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Radlett_blue added 13:27 - Apr 19 Therefore it seems appropriate that Mick is no longer manager, given his disdain for the FA Cup.
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blueboy1981 added 13:36 - Apr 19 Good - fond memories for some of us. At last we put some relevance on the FA Cup again. Another step in the right direction.
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Pendejo added 14:26 - Apr 19 Not so bothered about the silverware being there... until such time as we win it again [let's be positive!] Looking forward to seeing those dashing young men who won the trophy and singing their praises. SBR there in spirit I'm sure.
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Ferguson added 14:36 - Apr 19

I've hardly posted this season, so here goes.
That day in May was the greatest day of my life. Pride in the club and the town, passion on the pitch and in the terraces, and terrific football. We played 12 players who gave everything to win and win in style. They played Arsenal off the park and their players and their supporters knew it. You looked around, and it was as if the Blue and White Army was 100 rows deep and a thousand rows wide We must have let loose thousands of balloons. We sang for an hour before kick-off, through the game and afterwards. Bobby Robson's from one side Blue and White Army from the other side rang for hours around our end of Wembley; mixed with tears of sheer happiness and pride. And we had the greatest football manager of his generation leading us.....
Get the owner and directors secretaries cleaners you name it on the terraces in blue and white shirts and scarves. Get the new manager and his team in for that last home game to see the cup with our blue and white ribbons on it where they belong. Get the young uns on the pitch. Give the McCarthy boys and loan players something to look at and think I need to be part of this.
Sing your hearts out and get OUR club back again. The Pride of Anglia then, now and always.

Bad_Boy_Mark added 14:54 - Apr 19 Ferguson my friend, now that is post of the year! Reading your post took me right back to watching the game as a little boy! I was much too young to go on my own - none of my folks were interested in football - but I celebrated so much when we scored, I remember my Mum telling me off for making too much noise a great number of times! TWTD
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Northstandveteran added 15:56 - Apr 19 I was 3 years old. And people have accused me of being a glory hunter! ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚
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rfretwell added 16:31 - Apr 19 Great post Ferguson. I'll add that id I could ever have become a Town legend I would do it like Roger Osborne did at Wembley Tha great day. And ti be carried off ivercome with emotion.
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