martin satchell
I flew back from australia w my mate rick.we started off on a45 cfe champagne eggs and bacon.minibus to wembley.seething mass of sky blue at our end.ecstatic just to be standing there.delirious by the end.floated up m1 to be greeted by every person in cov as though we had won the cup for them that night ouside belgrade theatre-thought i was in rio..ballistic.next day all over again by council house.a fairytale never to be forgotten
David Sandy
I was only 2 and a half at the time and this is my earliest memory. I remember sitting on my Dad's shoulder's in crowded Greyfriars Green where the voctory bus with our proud players on board showing the FA cup. I still remember the cheers of the crowds even though I was only 2 and a half.
ronnie Totti
its nice to relive the pass....But we need to get our gloves on and try to make this club bigger again... We as a club should'n be Looking back we should be lookin ahead and making our club great and be in the top flight...And let our local lads get wearing our club tops instead off wearing man united and chelsea etc.. we need get people in the stadium and cheering our club!
jack simms
this is the best FA cup final in history
Martin Smith
I remember this day like it was yesterday. Classic moment " Look at John Sillet the're level after 9 minutes" Great moments and it was and still is one of the classic fairytale stories of David beating Goliath. " David Pleat is numbed by what has just happened" This Cup Final gave me such excitement and well done to the management team at Coventry. Everyone looked at them and said basically don't turn up for the Final it was a foregone conclusion. What a mis quote! Houchen what a finish! I have this on DVD and relive it now and again. From a Leicester fan!!!
Dean Nelson (deanocity3 on you tube)
From the 60's as a young kidwatching in black and white crying when sunderland beat leeds in 1973 always dreaming of being there with the city but losing at wolves in 1974 still hurts,but those two visits to hillsborough in'87 made those dreams come true.16th may 1987 was and always will be a sky blue heaven
Ken Jones
After queueing all the way from the Rocket on Warwick Rd.over Stoney Rd. Bridge to the Station,we were horrified to find that there were problems at Willenhall and we had to go to Nuneaton to pick up a Diesel Engine.Clock Watching all the way, running from Wembley Central to the Stadium just got in with about 3 minutes to spare - no stroll up Wembley Way.Had hardly settled when we went 1 down (Clive Allen), but when Benno scored to equalise more disaster for me- I had only just started wearing glasses for distance and in the celebration of the goal the glasses were knocked off and disappeared amongst all the Sky Blue fans jumping up and down.Believe it or not they were retrieved from about four rows down - the gods in Sky Blue Heaven were on my side and the rest is history what a fantastic day to be followed by the great atmosphere the following day watching the lads on the open bus touring the city.Houchen - What a goal -captured in that photograph on my wall.
Rachael Smith
I was 6 and I remember the song "Go for it Go for it City... Sky Blues Shooting to Win." I remember the crowd and cheering but I had no clue why the city seemed so happy - All I remember thinking was how much fun it was. Shame the city cant repeat those days!! Ironic that I saw the FA Cup in the Spurs ground years later but hey! Who's complaining - Coventry's still named on it! ha ha
GT
It was a really odd year, myself and 7 mates all bought season tickets BEFORE the quarter finals, which guaranteed us tickets for the final. I know it is old hat now, but we all new we were going to win the cup that year, no matter who we played.We all went to London the night before and there were Sky Blues fans everywhere. The whole of London wanted us to beat Spurs and the atmosphere was magical.One memory from the final was City fans singing "We're gonna score in a minute" we have never sung it before or since, again giving credence to the "Our names on the cup" theory!
Andrew Smith
i will never forget it i stayin south africa but was born in coventry so there wernt so many cov fans there at that time the game put coventry on the map and i was proud to say i was from coventry this will be the day i will never forget proud to be a sky blues fan
David Johnson
Memories which will only happen like this once in a lifetime.I remember as a 22 year old, painting my face white and sky blue.The man in a Sky Blue suit in Wembley Way.Oggy stumbling down the steps after collecting his medal, watch that on any video, it is brilliant.The evening in Coventry, being driven around the city centre on my late friends car bonnet.Oh, and before i forget,the best FA Cup final goal ever!
Paul Davies
I was 14 years old and i remember my Grandad getting us a ticket through the old Sky Blues Pools whilst my Dad queued for the other one. When we got to the ground and took our place, there was a couple who decided to snog for the first 10 mins of the game until someone accidently smacked the guy on the back of the head with a handful of handmade confetti. Soon stopped them!!! The whole day got a bit too much for me before extra time and my father caught me just as i was about to drop on to the step behind me..recovered quickly to see the rest of the match and get back in time to the Eastern Green Social Club to watch it on Match of The Day...
neville barnard
all ways good to see the underdog win chelsea fan
anonymous
brilliant
JO
I remember it as though it really was only yesterday. The train queue at Coventry, the walk from Wembley Station up Wembley Way. The atmosphere was truly fantastic. Into the stadium and it took your breath away. There we were, standing infront of the "Dave Bennett" flag, everything too much to take in. The first goal and the sickness feeling, the equaliser it all clouded into one. Extra time, the sickness was back, hands shaking nails bitten and then, heavens above, up popped Garry Mabbutt to bring the stadium alight. Killer lifting the cup and then tears of disbelief - we'd actually done it, beaten the favourites. The best day ever in my Coventry City life. The train journey home, the flags in Stoke Aldermoore, people lined the track and you felt as though it was you who'd won the trophy. Walking home from the station, probably more like floating, the whole City was alive. Sunday morning outside the Council House, the truth actually hit us, WE'D WON THE FA CUP and how proud. Thank you George, John and the whole squad for a truly memorable day.
WAYNE VILLIERS
Just think our name will forever be in history as FA cup winners and with the way in which the premiership is heading it will always be the big money clubs that wins from now on
Malcolm Dunn
Fantastic memories including the banner which read ' Dave Bennett has laid on more balls than Joan Collins ' being carried up Wembley Way !
J Darling
What a great time. I can still here the chants of "Are you watching Jimmy Greaves" ringing in my ears.
The best thing to happen to the city.
Lets hope we can reproduce that sort of civic pride sooner rather than later.
Dave Adams
Absolutely magical! I smiled for weeks and weeks. It still gives me goosepimples just looking at pictures of the game or hearing 'Abide with me' every year since. For some reason it was on TV on New Years Day (must have been 88) and I watched it again with tears of joy!
Liam Coton
What a game and rightly remebered by many not just city or spurs fans as one of the best if not the best cup final. It had everything, one down in a minute level 20 minutes later down 2-1 on the stroke of half time. Then the goal of all goals 2-2 we have got to win this after that. Lloyd everyones little hero crosses and mabbutt deflects we`re up in the air come on ref blow that whistle and then it goes what a day. Still a pleasure to watch and enjoy.
Simon Kimbrell
What a year! My (late)grandad queued for hours to make sure my (late) dad, mum, sister and myself could go. We had our Sky Blues on tour t-shirts, blue hair and flags and parked at a friends house in Harrow and walked to Wembley with ever growing numbers of Sky Blues fans. Even when Clive Allen scored there were no thoughts of "oh dear, here we go", it was as if 40,000+ people were kicking every ball and tackling every Tottenham player. When the Lloyd stuck the third goal in(cleverly angled off Mabbutt's knee)it was magic, it was a feeling like no other...one of the best day's of my life..
martin woolley
It was a dream come true when my late father in law rang to tell me he had won 2 tickets in a competition organised by granada who sponsored coventry that year.When Clive Allen scored I thought"well at least we got to the final" but when Benno equalised i realised the dream was still on.At the end I had tears in my eyes,but when i looked around i discovered i wasn't the only one.The journey home up the motorway on the coach was
unbeleivable.As we got into warwickshire people were out on the bridges waving flags and banners.Thank you john, george and the lads for wonderful memories.
Elaine Robinson
I remember the road to wembley like it was yesterday, me, my brother and my boyfriend (now ex-husband) travelled down on the many trains being put on, the queue was right around the roads almost at King Henry VIII school, the match itself seemed to go so fast, it's like a blur, when Oggy came out of goal and Spurs nearly scored I nearly died, when the final whistle blew it felt like a dream, it just didn't seem real, little old Coventry actually achieving something like this, and the critics said we wouldn't win.
