So many chances and then the goalie concedes a red & penalty.
That Portsmouth game in 2008 was bonkers
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If Romero's our back up we don't lose that. Funnily enough, losing that probably worked out okay for us. A replay would've screwed us with the fixture pile up & then if we got through that another FA cup semi final with a tight title race & also the CL semi final to negotiate would've made it really tough.
Easy to blame the goalie but Portsmouth should have been put away before this
I swear to you this one never left my mind. I remember it like it was yesterday. This damn game was the treble....
I think that's the first time since that game was live I've rewatched it, when that Carrick chance didn't go in you just know it's not going to be your day
It also just goes to show what a monumental achievement the 98/99 season was and how you need everything to go for you
It also just goes to show what a monumental achievement the 98/99 season was and how you need everything to go for you
That game still gives me nightmares especially thinking back when we could have repeated the 99 treble all over again. How we never scored and won that game, I will never know.
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I nearly cried out of frustration.
I remember feeling that way too. It was the game that stopped the treble 100%
I knew it was a terrible game, but I'd managed to erase the specifics from my mind.
That was a horrible watch. There hasn't been a jammier 0-1 win.
That was a horrible watch. There hasn't been a jammier 0-1 win.
Dont worry lads,the 1999 team looked after those treble dreams 
I recalled that penalty incident being an obvious push in the back and that not giving it was a shocking decision. Upon rewatching it now I'm like "eh, fair enough I suppose".
It was nice to see wes brown in his pomp though
Baros goes down so easily too. Most strikers would of course, but he almost takes the next step then decides to throw himself down.
Happens, we're also a bit lucky John Terry slipped. Overall happy with how things turned out.I swear to you this one never left my mind. I remember it like it was yesterday. This damn game was the treble....
Most one-sided 1-0 defeat you’re likely to see. Not sure that’s a red card either.
This was my first game at OT (had seen us play once before at Portman Road in 02). You can imagine how I felt after this. Cursed.
Our sub keeper wasn't last man so why the red?
Rooney's angry lunge early on was mean.
Rooney's angry lunge early on was mean.
Man I really hated that Portsmouth team. Seem to be remember they were a bit of a bogey side for us away from home also.
To be fair to Portsmouth, those were their glory days. They almost beat Milan at Uefa Cup later that year.
It's not like we had a tough time against them, Ronaldo almost always scored against them, but on that one day, they played the game of their lives.
It's not like we had a tough time against them, Ronaldo almost always scored against them, but on that one day, they played the game of their lives.
Ref had a shocker so did our attack.. crazy have and still fecking bothers me...
A lot...
A lot...
There was one game against them at the beggining of 2007-08 season where Ronaldo was sent off and a fight almost broke out, anyone remembers that ?
That's a fair point. I'd always thought 'we were that bullshit game v Portsmouth away from a treble' as we'd probably have seen off Cardiff, but thinking of the potential spanner a replay and even that final could have thrown in the works it isn't that simple, and a PL/CL double worked out just fine.
Few, if any, games have annoyed me more.
EDIT: Jesus. I’ve just watched it back for the first time in years and it’s worse than I remembered.
EDIT: Jesus. I’ve just watched it back for the first time in years and it’s worse than I remembered.
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Fecking Tevez, missed two sitters in Champions League Final as well, he had no excuse hitting it straight to Johnson. Open goal!
This should have been another Treble, fecking referee..
This should have been another Treble, fecking referee..
Again
We should have been 3-0 up half time in Russia, plus chelsea were luckier with freak lampard equalizer. Game should really have been dead and buried. Fecking Tevez.
Yes. I remember the red card, but not the final result (did we lose or draw)?
The beginning of that season was annoying. Rooney broke his metatarsals first match day I think.
Imagine if we scored that goal chance Rooney started
I know the exact chance you're talking about.Imagine if we scored that goal chance Rooney started
If that had gone in, that would've been the go to goal/highlight in videos showcasing the Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez partnership!
Referee: Martin Atkinson, say no more. Guy has something against us, always has, always will.
A disgusting game. Right up there with my all time least favourite games. My blood still boils over it.
Impossible to say really. If we’d won this game everything after would have played out differently. Ronaldo might have got injured and we lose the CL final. You just never know.
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Also the difference in our attack then to now. Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez and Nani Vs. Rashford, Martial, James... Greenwood in europa
Rashford is the only one who would get a start
Also the difference in our attack then to now. Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez and Nani Vs. Rashford, Martial, James... Greenwood in europa
Rashford is the only one who would get a start
If you want to define the term "smash and grab" in the context of football, this game is the perfect example of it.
That should never have been a red card
There's no law in football that instructs the referee to send a player off if he's the last man. It's about denying the opposition a goalscoring chance, which Kuszczak clearly did.
Aye. We would have probably won the FA Cup as there were mostly lower league team left, If my memory serves me, but it still would have been extra two matches. And we won the league, beat Barca and then Chelsea by very little.
We could have won 5-0 but we were quite poor for a lot of this game as I remember. Hargreaves was taking 50 touches to play a pass and we only really stepped it up in the second half at which point we were snatching at things.
Most of our home games against Portsmouth level opposition that season, we were flying out of the blocks and winning the game in the first 20 minutes.
Most of our home games against Portsmouth level opposition that season, we were flying out of the blocks and winning the game in the first 20 minutes.
Surprised Fergie had made all his subs by that point, was only 70th minute or something?
Edit: Didn't realise VDS had gone off injured so you wouldn't have had a keeper anyway. Carrick not forcing the ball over the line is incredible. Certainly Pompey's name on the trophy that year as they were very lucky to beat Preston in the previous round.
Edit: Didn't realise VDS had gone off injured so you wouldn't have had a keeper anyway. Carrick not forcing the ball over the line is incredible. Certainly Pompey's name on the trophy that year as they were very lucky to beat Preston in the previous round.
Proof, if ever proof was needed, that Martin Atkinson is a complete and utter cnut. Penalty, yes, but never a red card in a million years.