Following on from the first game at Goodison I also was at this one. Was in The Kippax End with thousands of United supporters and when Robson's goal fired in OMG...pure chaos pandemonium. Loved it, beating the then mighty Liverpool whilst standing in City supporters favourite end at Maine Road. A perfect night all round. Loved those times, wouldn't swap anything now for the great matches I went to in the 70's and 80's; STANDING on The Stretford End, no mobiles, no silent tourists with their souvenir shop goodies sitting on their arses, hard core singing and chanting one hour plus before the game started, cheap admission prices, yes, just 2 FA Cup wins in the 80's and but 1 one the late 70's but hell, I loved those times.
I'm not certain whether it is just being a youth experiencing it for the first time or whether it was because those days were so very different. All I know is they were by far the happiest times of my match going experience despite being treated like cattle by the cops and having pretty piss poor facilities. Every home game was a 440 mile round trip for me aged 12 but walking up the Stretford End was the happiest moments of my match going life and I would travel ANY distance to watch United. The older ones always looked out for the younger ones whether they knew you or not. Something I've always done as an adult. Different times, different values!! GGMU. LUHG.
@@KryptonitetoallBS It'll be a mixture of the novel, and the fact that you could really let off steam at the football then - rather than being treated like children at school, having to sit still and behave.
Absoulatley great times and great passion in those times. Loved all of it. Not quite the same when the seats came in. We will never get those really passionate days again. The 70s and 80s passion we won t never see again. Liverpool fan.
young people from that era en masse is the reason for football being like that. even if you recreated the scene the modern generation couldnt or woukdnt want to be that involved there different now.
My 1st ever match....what a night...only 8 yrs old......thank you dad so much for getting us the tickets......my 2nd match.......wembley v everton....love you dad RIP
Yesterday / Man I agree, also the build up on BBC1 & the kick off at three pm not five!! I remember as a kid watching Saint & Greavsie & the road to Wembley & how they followed the team coaches to Wembley etc. It means nothing now.
@Greenfields 12 - So Robson scored a few more goals whilst Souness was a better passer, tackler, organiser and winner. David Platt must've been better than both of them then, eh. Fucking behave mate.
@Paolo Moss So you conclude your comments with a totally unnecessary and aggressive and patronising comment . Sounds like you inherited the same actions and attitude as the thug and cheat that is Souness . Take a reality and thug check of yourself or are you incapable of that?
Hmmm. You’ll be saying there wasn’t any United in your end for the 77 cup final and 83 milk cup final next. Maybe you will also claim that we didn’t have virtually half of the Liverpool end for the 83 charity shield. You don’t read it in your ‘jackanory anny road novels ‘ coz you like to rewrite history.
I was at this game 9 years old-i cried on the way home (liverpool fan)! Great times, great games, much better than today’s sanitised money making circus
Was starvin. Just bought a pie, took my place back in the kippax, robbo scores , no pie. What goal though, never get bored of watching it and sparkys, mint!!!!!! Great atomasphere.......well worth a pie
mate!! i missed both our goals cos i was chatting a bird up on the beer stand in the kippax. got a free pint and a pie but that was it. The rats got booted all over before the game but did thornton road when they came out
@@questionitall3053 that was an awesome night , United turned round a 2-0 deficit from the first leg, to win 3-0 on the night , and shock a star studded Barcelona that included Maradona.....Robson was a collosus in midfield, unplayable.....
I was there and this remains as one of my all time favourite matches. The strength and determination of Robson taking that ball from the half way line and burying it so beautifully👌 Great atmosphere and a true classic.
I'm a Liverpool fan and although the result didn't go our way on this occasion it's great to see the legends like Dalglish, Hansen, Neal, Grobelaar, etc.... and I am sure it's the same for Man U fans seeing Robson, Hughes, Bailey, etc......
senorsoupe That Liverpool side was a machine. 4 European Cups in 7 years back in the day when fans from rival clubs cheered you on, I know I did - Liverpool together with Forest and Villa. Great times.
I remember being disappointed after this replay. It hurt. It still hurts 35 years later. Still the positive was two and a half days later I decided to catch the train from Abergavenny to Liverpool and see my first actual Liverpool game in the flesh. To all fellow reds You win some you lose some. It’s all part of being a fan. YNWA
Looking back at these games its amazing how the players were so passionate, alive and ready to do anything for the cause......don't see that as much these days. The days when football between great rivals was not hindered by corporate mentality
That was some night. The atmosphere was electric. Liverpool were rightly called a machine back then; they were virtually unstoppable once they got into gear. We often had the edge in individual games, especially cup-ties, but we could never match their consistency in the league. Robbo's goal was top-drawer and Sparky's winner was class too, but Whiteside's winner in the final topped the lot.
Recall this replay vividly. I was almost 25 years old & living in North Wales (a 'hot bed' of liverpool support) in the local village pub with equal support for both sides. When that equaliser flew in from 'captain marvel' the place erupted, beer everywhere ! ~ On a more poignant note, the footage is devoid of overpaid foreign 'prima donna's', with zero VAR, no 'taking the knee' & hardly any cheating & 'diving'. I've more or less detached myself from top-flight football these days owing to all of this rubbish ~ What great day's they were though !
I see people today talking about Foden/Rashford/Smith Rowe at Arsenal being the best English footballer in decades. Have you people even seen Bryan Robson? He was head and shoulders above the rest in his day and he'd still be there now. He was that good.
I was at both games as a Liverpool fan they were immense matches. I was a distraught 15yr old after this game but you win some and loose some. By the way what a player Robson was. He was utds Gerard at the time.
Those were the days when the FA Cup actually meant something. Unlike today, where's it's seen as a hindrance by the bigger clubs and teams would rather concentrate on finishing fourth in the league.It's a second rated competition. In 85, it meant a lot to Man United and Liverpool.
Agreed, loved them carrying Robbo off on their shoulders you'd get jailed for assault these days if tried it-players just mercenaries these days crazy money
Even the League Cup meant something. Champions League was created to satisfy the Euro Super League meglomaniacs. It then diluted the whole of European Football. European Cup was the champion of CHAMPIONS. You could rightfully state that you were the best in Europe because you beat any league winner in Europe. Now, you could be 4th and win....potentially. Diluted and sterile.
Oh what memories this video brings. I was there, behind the goalpost where all three goals were scored. I have watched my fair share of football matches but I can tell you. The noise that night was something I've never experienced. Tremendous atmosphere, tremendous game.
This is when the FA Cup really meant something...I miss those midweek semi final replays under the lights on neutral club grounds...it meant everything to players and fans alike to reach Wembley,..it’s no exaggeration to say the cup back then was taken as seriously as the champions league is in the modern era..it was the trophy to win..look at the fans at the end on the pitch..that’s what footy is about, just doesn’t have the same emotions now..
@@glenjarnold wasn't that Everton and Sheffield Wednesday? In 1988, Everton and Sheffield Wednesday met in the FA Cup, where Everton triumphed 5-0 in the 3rd replay game, as well as their 2 league games.
@@glenjarnold I have a feeling that Liverpool and Arsenal played each other 7 times in the 1979-80 season. 1979 Charity Shield 2 League matches Arsenal won their FA Cup semi final in the 3rd replay
we celebrated longer and harder in those days, what a night, straight out of the ground and watched the match again in the Orion in withington great days, mediocre team, world class captain marvel!
Bryan Robson was an absolutely outstanding player and captain during his 13 years as a Man.Utd. player. My god,if he was playing today, I estimate that his market value would be £70-75 million, with his weekly wage being about £270-300k per week
The guy put his body on the line every game. Poogba is a disgrace. Everything wrong with football and footballers these days. Has never done a thing in his career (shut up about the world cup 2018, he never played that good) and yet he is a multi multi millionaire. Wrong wrong wrong
What a great atmosphere. It just isn't the same these days. I didn't grow up with this. We moved from England when I was a kid and just didn't get to see or be a part of this.So great!
This was when the FA cup meant a lot, it's the league and Champs league now, I remember these games as a man u fan they were brilliant, Liverpool were a fantastic side in those days, the rivalry was brilliant, as it is today, they both have fantastic history between them,
Totally agree. Just not the same now, too many foreign players who don't really understand the rivalry between the two Cities..The British and local lads knew alright..and passionately so! We miss them good old thunder games from the 70's and 80's between Utd and Liverpool. Back then Liverpool were the benchmark in the league in terms of winning it.. Utd were a great cup team and just didn't have that strength in depth and maybe that little bit of luck you need to win a league title..still a very good side though and marvelously lead by Captain Marvel himself, Bryan Robson.. As good a central midfielder and driving force as there's ever been. Mark sparky Hughes, a bull of a centre forward and classy too, with a deft touch. Stormin Norman Whiteside, when he was a boy, he was a man..what a young talent he was at just 17yrs of age..great forward..Paul McGrath at centre back, an absolute rolls royce of a player, he had it all. Strength, speed and acceleration. His distribution was just as good too. Aerial ability and also chipped in with the odd goal from set pieces. He could also play in midfield too, he was that good a footballer..sold to Aston Villa and had a great career there too. Gordon Strachan, the jinking little scot, Frank Stapleton who was also a very good centre forward, aerial ability to match..a good pro Two full backs Micky Duxbury, mr consistency himself and as steady as they come..Arthur Albiston, again another tenacious and consistent left back, both good distributors too. Not like todays unfortunately. Gary Bailey in goal, got a few England caps and was quite a safe pair of hands..did we ever forgive him for the 79 final misshap at the end of the game..i think we did. Great memories and great atmosphere's too at these neutral venues and then onto the mecca and final of the old Wembley stadium. It meant everything back then to get to the Cup final and go on and win it. Such a shame manager's and the so called powers that be don't see it that way. Gone but not forgotten those great days from yester year in the FA cup
Utd fan here, remember watching this as a 15 year old. Proper football before Murdoch's abominable Sky got a hold of everything. That was some Liverpool team, they won trophy after trophy, even more impressive when you consider that they had Krusty the Clown as their keeper. Mind you, Bailey wasn't much better.
was in platt lane stand id been to kippax when we played the bitters but this night was fucking evil the mickeys got caned bloody violence too.. we.d had it at goodison 1st game so payback i remember a scouser getting a pie in his face right close up then the pie flinger decked him pure madness...
It's interesting to speculate how long he would have stayed at United if he hadn't been injured. Given how long the best keepers usually last, he could have been there until the mid-90s. Likewise with Whiteside, who might just have been one of the team's senior pros in the treble season had he stayed fit.
Robbo!!! One member of the famous drinking brigade at the Bowden Arms in Hale, Cheshire (which incl. McGrath, Whiteside and Moses) but whilst a skinful of beer affected their game the following day it never affected Robbo's! He always gave 100% sober or under the influence.
United ONLY had to beat the 2 best teams in the land to win the Cup in '85! Some great players in that team - McGrath, Robson, Hughes, Strachan, Whiteside.
Paul we shelled you three times that season plus beat you in the charity shield a few months later,you got lucky with a freak goal and a tired double winning team in extra time,as for the 10 men it rejuvenated your team ,up to that point we were cruising,if a replay would of occurred we would have twatted Utd and you know it .
Good every blade of grass player. Could - and maybe should - have played Libero. Dalglish had a poor game and when he had a poor game they generally lost.
He may have made Dalglish look run of the mill in this game but both were top, top, top players. Sometimes, it is forgotten by most, just how good Dalglish was....and I was a Man United fan in those days as a kid. Robbo was my favourite though, followed by Hughes.
fantastic game,was lucky enough to get last minute tickets wiv me mates due to going to every game on the old tokens.one of those memories that will stay with you forever along with the arsenal semi 2 years earlier which was an even better day!
Watched it live on Irish TV (RTÉ). One of the great games from the 1980s with Irish players to the fore. Robson was immense. Wish we could have a clone of Robbo at the moment.
I remember being a baggies apprentice and thought i was good,then one day we played a game against the baggies reserves which included Bryan Robson,and that day i learnt what the difference was from being good to being great,and what a great player he really was,he was just head and shoulders above anything i had ever seen,the gap between good and great is miles
I am very jealous I would have loved to have been on the same pitch as him! A guy who used to play pro in Netherlands made a guest appearance for my team a couple of years ago, apparently he once made the Dutch national squad but never got capped and when he played for us he banged in 9 goals without breaking a sweat! Every pass he played was inch perfect and first touch was far better than anything I have ever seen close up! Just made me understand the gulf between pro and amateur that little bit more!
Horrible season for us Reds, but we came back and won the double the following year and continued our dominance for the rest of the decade. Utd were certainly our bogey team back then though. Cracking goal by Robson in fairness.
Seriously? Yeah, beating Grebelaar may not have beenmuch of an achievement but Premiership goalies just stand transfixed to the spot, turning their head to watch the ball go past them into the net. They are truly crap, all of them.
As a Liverpool fan, I always thought that United had a hold over us in the league and fa cup matches during the late 70s until the early 2000s. I always remember captain marvel (Robson) and Paul mcgrath always upped their game against the pool.✔️ #lfcuid 💪 Epic battles though ✔️
Liverpool finished empty-handed this 1985 season and I always felt that the loss of Graeme Souness during the previous summer had left a massive hole in our midfield. Jan Molby went on to become a great player for the club, but he wasn't a replacement for Souness at all - and when you went into battle with United, you needed a Graeme Souness in your team. Many people have commented on the fantastic atmosphere at this game, but I can tell you that it was nothing short of toxic. There was also murder outside the ground after the match. Atmospheres were better during this era, but this was one rivalry that had simply gone too far. I was opposite the cameras and saw shirts and scarves set on fire - not to mention coins and golf balls being thrown. There's nothing wrong with competitive rivalry, but the 1985 season was a real low-point for me.
I agree with you completely. I was at the first game in the Street End and it was the most poisonous atmosphere imaginable. I remember getting hit on the shoulder by a coin. The season ended with Heysel and I couldn't face football again after what I saw there. You're right about Souness as well. If he had been in the team that season then Everton may still have finished champions but it would have been a lot closer.