tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702800010273076139.post3395917721756721086..comments2024-02-27T07:10:49.074+00:00Comments on The Football Attic: Radio Times: 1971 FA Cup Final previewChris Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14451130702323813966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702800010273076139.post-43613851878992484282012-05-07T10:59:38.235+01:002012-05-07T10:59:38.235+01:00Yes indeed Smart, it was always a fine tradition, ...Yes indeed Smart, it was always a fine tradition, watching the pre-match build up on Cup Final day. ESPN have now taken this to ridiculous levels by building up to the Final from 8am, but that's perhaps trying too hard...<br /><br />I was thinking the same thing - why have a pre-match pitch inspection?!!! To build up your nerves even more, perhaps?!?!<br /><br />Happy times when tradition meant something. Don't get me started on the loss of the 3pm kick-off... :(Chris Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14451130702323813966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702800010273076139.post-88484142834590609222012-05-07T10:31:35.223+01:002012-05-07T10:31:35.223+01:00Those were the days.
We all had a chat about this ...Those were the days.<br />We all had a chat about this in work on Friday, about the days of old, when the BBC were bold. Pre cup final foreplay in the format of waiting for the players to wake up. They teased us with the "what will the players be having for breakfast?" I was still in my pyjamas at this point, deciding what I was having for breakfast too. The sight of the team coaches leaving the hotel, followed all the way down the A12, harrow road, into wembley. Then it was time for the BBC to do what they did best, mess about and make us laugh before such a big event. More titillation, players in suits, out on the pitch, incase they had forgotten what a pitch looks like. It was always a scouser that won the 'wearer of the biggest carnation award', even if a scouser wasn't playing. All that, before the game itself. I was a blubbering mess after all of that. Those were the days, my friend. Unfortunately, they did end.smarthttp://pictorian.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com