Thick snow again in the Southern
Pennines and I could tell you all about sitting in the Boot and
Slipper last night surrounded by Sheffield United fans, at least not
supporters of Southern football. The Yorkshire Blonde was excellent
at £2.50 a pint (that's a beer by the way, they don't measure their
women in fluid units up 'ere), Spurs won, and I got home safely in
the 4x4.
But what better tiime to remind you older fans of the useless cups that were invented to keep teams happy at the start of the season or when we couldn't play in Europe because of bans. Some were designed at the busiest times of the season with two legs and all manner of distractions.
Remember the Watney Cup founded in 1970? I daren't mention Watney's Red barrel and Yorkshire Blonde in the same breath; these are two beverages that could not be further apart in brewing, still it shows how important Red Barrel was back then, as it sponsored a competition for two teams that had scored most goals in their division from each of the four divisions, in the previous season. This was a knock out with the final played on one of the teams' own ground. This led to the first ever penalty shoot out in the semi-final between Hull and Man Utd.
George Best was the first ever penalty taker and Denis Law first to miss, but so did the Hull goalkeeper to decide the final, he shot wide. United went on the lose to Derby in the final, 4-1. Colchester United won it in 1971, Bristol Rovers in '72 and Stoke in the final year.
So, do you remember the Anglo-Scottish
Cup, The Anglo-Italian, Full Members and the Dubonnet Cup?
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