No reason to post this other than pure enjoyment

[Silver Sean]

Happy Friday afternoon. Or morning/midnight if you're one of those strange colonial types.

 

[gkmacca]

Great play. Thank goodness someone invented coaching so that it's possible to play like that again.

 

[the count]

@Silver Sean Did you always hate Arsenal or is it just since they invented football with the arrival of Wenger?

 

[tombrown]

Remember that match - McMahon got a call up to England on the back of the first goal. I had forgotten how bad his hair was though.

Great nostalgia - No shirt names, players 1-11, with 12 & 14 as subs, tight shorts (mmmmmm), swaying packed Kop and bad hair. What more could you ask for?

 

[cloggypop]

Muzzies. We were much better when half the team had them.

 

[gkmacca]

It was a pity that McMahon ended up getting drawn into that ridiculous 'hard man' battle with Peter Reid. Just when he could have pushed himself on to a higher level he seemed to get distracted by a pointless rivalry with the much less-talented simian sod across the park.

 

[Silver Sean]

@Silver Sean Did you always hate Arsenal or is it just since they invented football with the arrival of Wenger?

I was brought up to hate them. My old man was a scouser, hated cockneys, especially Arsenal ones. But yes, my utter hatred was cemented with the media love in of Wenger and their ridiculous fans shouting 'hoof' when they practically invented bypassing the midfield under George Graham.

 

[Silver Sean]

Great play. Thank goodness someone invented coaching so that it's possible to play like that again.

That bit from MacMahon is still one of the finest pieces of midfield play I've ever seen.

 

[Hansern]

Love that goal

 

[SummerOnions]

Another fucking Arsenal thread

 

[gkmacca]

Throw those pound coins. Throw 'em HARD!!!

 

[Judge Jules]

WHAT a player Beardo was. Cutting him loose when we did was a bad mistake.

 

[#roadred]

Aldridge always seemed to know where to be to sneak a tap in, I wish he could have a word with our 2 wandering Italians.

 

[Comical Aly]

Enjoyed that, thanks.

Quite a lot of scoring threat in that team - Aldo, Beardsley, Barnes on their own was impressive enough and Whelan, McMahon, Houghton could chip in too.

I guess it was a lot more free flowing in those days compared to the chess match that football has now turned into thanks to Rafael Benetiz.

 

[mark1975]

Don't want to jump on Sean's thread, but I forgot how "World Class" Beardo could be, he's very Suarez like here in the 5-0 demolition of Forrest, same year:

 

[RedStar]

WHAT a player Beardo was. Cutting him loose when we did was a bad mistake.

Yeah its a shame as he was a very classy player, criminally underrated, but getting rid of him was symptomatic of a club that was losing its way

 

[Frogfish]

Enjoyed that, loved Beardo, gutted when he was sold, .. but you know that Hanson and Lawrenson two world-class CBs, would be absolutely grilled on here for that defending 😉