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Which old match still annoys you?
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Mine are two England games that we should of and could of won.
Euro 96 semi final against Germany when Gascoigne's toe should have been an inch longer and France 98 against Argentina, I have nothing against Becks for that red card and thought he was treated abominably by the press afterwards (Remember the headline "10 Lions and 1 stupid boy") he was blamed for that loss when actually we should have been blaming the referee. We were the better team in that match and I don't care what anyone says Sol Campbell's goal should never have been disallowed.
Euro 96 semi final against Germany when Gascoigne's toe should have been an inch longer and France 98 against Argentina, I have nothing against Becks for that red card and thought he was treated abominably by the press afterwards (Remember the headline "10 Lions and 1 stupid boy") he was blamed for that loss when actually we should have been blaming the referee. We were the better team in that match and I don't care what anyone says Sol Campbell's goal should never have been disallowed.
As an Arsenal fan, that FA Cup game when Fergie played Rafael and Fabio as wingbacks and a United team full of reserve/pub players beat Arsenal 2-0. 
Honestly, I think I had moved on from all our past matches.
However, I still can't believe we didn't go through next round in that 2009/2010 season against Bayern.
I also might be the only one, but we might be able to change the score if we didn't play Chicha and put more midfielder with Rooney as lone striker against Barcelona in 2010/2011 final.
And last thing obviously that Porstmouth game in 2007/2008, we had crazy amount of chances in that game and couldn't do it, should had won treble if it's not because Porstmouth's luck.
However, I still can't believe we didn't go through next round in that 2009/2010 season against Bayern.
I also might be the only one, but we might be able to change the score if we didn't play Chicha and put more midfielder with Rooney as lone striker against Barcelona in 2010/2011 final.
And last thing obviously that Porstmouth game in 2007/2008, we had crazy amount of chances in that game and couldn't do it, should had won treble if it's not because Porstmouth's luck.
Game that I lost any faith in Berbatov being a great player for us.
I think if there was a poll, most would agree on that match against Real where Nani was sent off without rhyme or reason. The ref was clearly motivated and prior to that Real were shaking like a leaf in a storm. We would have been the clear winners that night and favorites for the trophy thereafter. It was bad send off for SAF in Europe. But then cnut Catcher nor his corrupt bosses cared about it.
Its always CL games for me. SAF deserved more than 2 CLs in his career. Watching an average Real Madrid team hoover them up in recent years make it even worse.
These stick in the memory as particularly painful:
Real Madrid - Nani sending off - SAFs last chance at the CL stolen from him.
Porto - Howard last minute blunder and a BS offside cost us the easiest CL we could ever have had. Jose beat Lyon, Deportivo and Monaco to win it and start the "special one" era. Fcking joke.
Semi final v Dortmund 1997 - We were miles better than them but missed a hatful of chances and got knocked out 2-0 on aggregate. They won the final 3-1
Edit: How did I forget Bayern? Absolute joke of a red card. We were walking that one.
These stick in the memory as particularly painful:
Real Madrid - Nani sending off - SAFs last chance at the CL stolen from him.
Porto - Howard last minute blunder and a BS offside cost us the easiest CL we could ever have had. Jose beat Lyon, Deportivo and Monaco to win it and start the "special one" era. Fcking joke.
Semi final v Dortmund 1997 - We were miles better than them but missed a hatful of chances and got knocked out 2-0 on aggregate. They won the final 3-1
Edit: How did I forget Bayern? Absolute joke of a red card. We were walking that one.
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Portsmouth 07/08
4-4 against Everton
The game against West Ham where winning would have guaranteed top 4
The FA cup semi against Everton (Berbatov missed penalty)
05 FA cup against Arse made me a fan so I can't be too mad at that
4-4 against Everton
The game against West Ham where winning would have guaranteed top 4
The FA cup semi against Everton (Berbatov missed penalty)
05 FA cup against Arse made me a fan so I can't be too mad at that
FA Cup final against Arsenal in 2004-2005. End result was tragic. You'll rarely see such a tragic display in a game. Crushed them.
This one still hurts. Fecking cnuty Kakir
Aside from all the obvious ones Burnley 2016 should be mentioned, like somone put Juju on the goal. 38 shots and 0-0.
This. A zillion times this. Mourinho made a name with trophy. I think scholes goal was disallowed too.
Real Madrid at Old Trafford, 2000. We did so well in the first leg, holding them to a goalless draw. Then Keane scored an own goal in the return leg and Redondo turned into prime Messi for fifteen minutes. Becks and Scholes staged a late comeback but it was never going to be enough.
Still annoys me to this day as I feel we'd have gone on to go all the way and retain the European Cup.
Still annoys me to this day as I feel we'd have gone on to go all the way and retain the European Cup.
Arsenal in the FA cup finals - we should have won but lost it on penalties.
Against Jose's Porto
Against Bayern - that wasn't a red for Rafael.
Against Real - Nani shouldn't have been sent off and we could have won the finals that year for the perfect send off to Sir Alex career.
Against Jose's Porto
Against Bayern - that wasn't a red for Rafael.
Against Real - Nani shouldn't have been sent off and we could have won the finals that year for the perfect send off to Sir Alex career.
Surley the Bayer 2 2 game? Instead of a super final against Real the public gets Bayer f... Leverkusen on the biggest stage. Forlan chipping the keeper just for some defender to clean it of the line.
Borussia Dortmund in 1997 two super annoying 1-0
Monaco the following year, lost on away goals
Leverkusen 2002, losing on away goals
Losing to Milan in 2007 (they were resting all starting 11, whereas we had a threadbare squad - and we kept shooting ourselves in the foot)
SKIP to 3:06
And losing to Wigan or tying Everton 4-4 in 2012
Monaco the following year, lost on away goals
Leverkusen 2002, losing on away goals
Losing to Milan in 2007 (they were resting all starting 11, whereas we had a threadbare squad - and we kept shooting ourselves in the foot)
SKIP to 3:06
And losing to Wigan or tying Everton 4-4 in 2012
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First thing that came to my mind was the 0-5 to Chelsea. The cnut Wise's face still gets my blood just thinking about.
There sure are other matches for different reasons.
There sure are other matches for different reasons.
Yeah, that's a good shout. It really got to me. That Lars Ricken goal too, before he just disappeared into nothingness
I still can't believe how well that game wentAs an Arsenal fan, that FA Cup game when Fergie played Rafael and Fabio as wingbacks and a United team full of reserve/pub players beat Arsenal 2-0.
I'm annoyed that my location isn't currently Bangkok like yours...
He well and truly played Nicky Butt that day.
Arsenal won the league that year. We could have ruined 'the invincible run' with a win that day.
Then come, mate. Thanks (or no thanks) to the damn virus, the ticket must be plenty cheap right now.
Theres been quite a few but the 1979 cup final still rankles with me. A lad I went to school with was an Arsenal fan and me and him did not go on. On top of that our form teacher was Arsenal too.
We'd brought it back to 2-2, extra time was looming and I'm sure we'd have won it. Just keep the ball and wait for the whistle.
Then that wonderful, magical player Brady got the ball.....
That was a long week to endure.
We'd brought it back to 2-2, extra time was looming and I'm sure we'd have won it. Just keep the ball and wait for the whistle.
Then that wonderful, magical player Brady got the ball.....
That was a long week to endure.
Quite a few of my most annoying games have been posted, so I'm gonna go with the FA Cup semi final loss to City. They went on to face Stoke in the final and win their first trophy in many many years. Those feckers actually had a parade for it and all (with the infamous "RIP Fergie" from Tevez).
Outside of a Berbatov chance, we were just absolutely pants.
Outside of a Berbatov chance, we were just absolutely pants.
Rio went in goal that game too didn’t he ? After Kuschak got sent off! Ronaldo got denied the most blatant penalty ever, early in the game. Would have been another treble that year.
Fellaini the cnut with a volley out of no where
. Little did we know he’d be our player 2 seasons later!1. FA Cup Final 2005 v Arsenal - By far and away the most annoying loss, absolute bastard of a match. Thoroughly outplayed those cnuts but just couldn't find the net. Rooney hitting the post, RVN header being cleared off the line, Ronaldo destroying Lauren time and time again in that match but still couldn't score. After all that it went to penalties, and it just had to be that prick Vieira to score the winning penalty. Urgh, that still makes me sick.
We've lost more important matches but that loss always stung me the most, probably because of my age and how much that rivalry meant to me.
2. 2nd leg CL QF 09/10 v Bayern - That whole week was a nightmare, Rooney fecked his ankle in dying seconds in the 1st leg and I just remember being so anxious as to what would happen to us without him in both PL/CL. Not only did he start but we absolutely destroyed Bayern and were cruising 3-0 before Carrick absolutely shit himself and allowed Olic to pull one back. That match soured me on Carrick big time, he cemented himself as a giant pussy in my eyes. Rafael red card never annoyed me because he was a thick footballer, was always a ticking time bomb v European referees.
The entire KO groups were drawn early back then and winner of Utd/Bayern had to play Lyon in the SF. A CL Final was just there for the taking and we blew it big time. Probably the most pissed I've been after any loss in last 10 years.
3. FA Cup QF 07/08 v Portsmouth - Another sickening loss which cost us a treble. feck Howard Webb for not giving that penalty on Ronaldo when Distin took him out. Once again Carrick shit himself and messed up an easy chance to score into an open net.
4. 4-4 v Everton 11/12 - Probably the only worthwhile achievement of David Moyes at OT, the bastard. We thought the game was won when Rooney put us 4-2 up and gave against cheapest of two goals to throw away 3 points. Knew we had choked the league after that match.
Seeing a lot many go with Real Madrid 2nd leg in 12/13, for some reason that doesn't annoy me as much. My immediate reaction to Nani foul was red, and it wasn't a surprise that a European referee gave that. How we played after that was utterly disgraceful though, completely shat ourselves despite holding a one goal advantage.
We've lost more important matches but that loss always stung me the most, probably because of my age and how much that rivalry meant to me.
2. 2nd leg CL QF 09/10 v Bayern - That whole week was a nightmare, Rooney fecked his ankle in dying seconds in the 1st leg and I just remember being so anxious as to what would happen to us without him in both PL/CL. Not only did he start but we absolutely destroyed Bayern and were cruising 3-0 before Carrick absolutely shit himself and allowed Olic to pull one back. That match soured me on Carrick big time, he cemented himself as a giant pussy in my eyes. Rafael red card never annoyed me because he was a thick footballer, was always a ticking time bomb v European referees.
The entire KO groups were drawn early back then and winner of Utd/Bayern had to play Lyon in the SF. A CL Final was just there for the taking and we blew it big time. Probably the most pissed I've been after any loss in last 10 years.
3. FA Cup QF 07/08 v Portsmouth - Another sickening loss which cost us a treble. feck Howard Webb for not giving that penalty on Ronaldo when Distin took him out. Once again Carrick shit himself and messed up an easy chance to score into an open net.
4. 4-4 v Everton 11/12 - Probably the only worthwhile achievement of David Moyes at OT, the bastard. We thought the game was won when Rooney put us 4-2 up and gave against cheapest of two goals to throw away 3 points. Knew we had choked the league after that match.
Seeing a lot many go with Real Madrid 2nd leg in 12/13, for some reason that doesn't annoy me as much. My immediate reaction to Nani foul was red, and it wasn't a surprise that a European referee gave that. How we played after that was utterly disgraceful though, completely shat ourselves despite holding a one goal advantage.
Evra hit the post which would have made it 5-2, we conceded immediately after that and it became 4-3.
Yeah you're right, I've never watched that game back. Just remember that Rooney put us 4-2 up.
Besides, as bad as these losses may be. At least, we've never had the misfortune of losing a CL Final like Bayern did, that too twice
That shit would wreck me emotionally for life
4-4 against Everton immediately came to mind, when I saw the thread title. Two up at home in the second half, and we couldn't close it out. Lost us the league.
A few still linger in my mind:
Man Utd 0-1 Fenerbahce in 1996. A flukey deflection from Elvir Bolic and our 40 year unbeaten home record in Europe ends. We then lost to Juventus at home the next week.
1995 FA Cup Final v Everton. I was a newish supporter and I was so sure we were going to win. The first time I’ve felt let down by my team. Definitely not the last time though.
2011 European Cup Final. We had a great team and we were made to look amateurish by Barcelona. Their dominance in that game really got to me. The worst bit was seeing SAF wringing his hands on the bench, totally unable to change how the match was going.
Man Utd 0-1 Fenerbahce in 1996. A flukey deflection from Elvir Bolic and our 40 year unbeaten home record in Europe ends. We then lost to Juventus at home the next week.
1995 FA Cup Final v Everton. I was a newish supporter and I was so sure we were going to win. The first time I’ve felt let down by my team. Definitely not the last time though.
2011 European Cup Final. We had a great team and we were made to look amateurish by Barcelona. Their dominance in that game really got to me. The worst bit was seeing SAF wringing his hands on the bench, totally unable to change how the match was going.
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Just teasing myself now looking at flight prices...£450ish.
It'll be Youtube vids of bangkok streets at night next
Nothing quite like watching Utd in a bar over there. Cheap pool. Inexpensive beers. A multitude of food choice within metres. All sorts to help one recover from any poor United result.
You're not the only one who has regrets about that final.
I can't remember what he said word for word, but Sir Alex basically wrote in his autobiography that he feels he would have got something from that final had he gone for more 'negative' tactics, an extra midfielder and not stuck to the attacking way United would normally try to play.
1989 FA Cup 6th Round. Lost 1-0 at home to Notts Forest. Garry bloody Parker.
My dad had promised to take me to Wembley that year if we got there.
To make it worse, the Scousers won it in the end.
I blame Ralph Milne.
My dad had promised to take me to Wembley that year if we got there.
To make it worse, the Scousers won it in the end.
I blame Ralph Milne.
6-1 City at home. Lost the league on GD, could have had another title.
We won the league by 18 points that season so that one turned out alright
I have a quite personal one: Chelsea away in 2008. It was sandwiched between the Barcelona semi-finals and we didn't play well but still, 2-1 down in the final minutes and both Shevchenko and Ashley Cole (I think) cleared the ball off the line once. Had any of those gone in, the draw would have meant we would have clinched the title against West Ham at Old Trafford the following week - and I was at that game.
So basically, I could have witnessed a title celebration at Old Trafford if not for Andrei fecking Shevchenko who did feck all else during his Chelsea career.
Agree with all the matches that been mentioned here. Gives you some real horrible memories and “what could have beens”.
All the big ones have been said, so i'll put them in order
1. Everton 4-4
2. Portsmouth FA Cup
3. Arsenal FA Cup Final
4. Real Madrid- Nani Red
5. West Ham 95
For a non-United one... England vs. Croatia from 2018 still bothers me. England were the worst team on the day, but that Croatian side were beatable. Also Argentina in 98... without the Becks red we'd have won that game.
1. Everton 4-4
2. Portsmouth FA Cup
3. Arsenal FA Cup Final
4. Real Madrid- Nani Red
5. West Ham 95
For a non-United one... England vs. Croatia from 2018 still bothers me. England were the worst team on the day, but that Croatian side were beatable. Also Argentina in 98... without the Becks red we'd have won that game.