There is nearly always a surprise result in the FA Cup so Rovers might have done us a favour by providing the surprise tonight.
Hopefully no more surprise results tomorrow night

I really don't think anyone at Burnley will be taking anything for granted tonight but the Leicester/Rovers result should be a timely reminder of what can happen if they do!

Was it that much of a surprise?

Last night Rovers were 10/3 to win. Tonight Fleetwood are 12/1

I picked this equine quote up from the BBC FA Cup feed:

“ let's get some reaction to Tuesday's night's FA Cup ties, starting with a hoarse Blackburn supporter...”

Winstonswhite wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:19 am

Was it that much of a surprise?

Last night Rovers were 10/3 to win. Tonight Fleetwood are 12/1

Rovers were 13/2 with Bet365

MT03ALG wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:42 pm

Hopefully no more surprise results tomorrow night

I’d be happy if Sheffield took out Tottenham.

Congrats to B'tard Rovers. A brilliant achievement. 2 East Lancashire sides in the 6th round is a fantastic achievement.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:53 am

Congrats to B'tard Rovers. A brilliant achievement. 2 East Lancashire sides in the 6th round is a fantastic achievement.

Wow! steady on Ian we haven't yet secured our 6th round place, let's not tempt fate and risk jinxing it.

Excellent result for them.

Look forward to them giving us a guard of honour near the end of April

It is always good for teams that are still in it if premier league sides get knocked out

Course, we have to make sure we don't suffer the same fate tonight

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:53 am

Congrats to B'tard Rovers. A brilliant achievement. 2 East Lancashire sides in the 6th round is a fantastic achievement.

HUSH
I've not really got over the Wombles yet.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:28 am

HUSH
I've not really got over the Wombles yet.

One name in football I will never, ever, forget. Dickie Guy.

The most amazing goalkeeping performance I have ever seen, bar none.

A better result for them was the Luton Millwall draw

Great that they're still plugging away in the cup, hopefully it distracts them from their charge for the title.

houseboy wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:40 am

One name in football I will never, ever, forget. Dickie Guy.

The most amazing goalkeeping performance I have ever seen, bar none.

Stuff of nightmares, wasn't it.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:08 pm

Stuff of nightmares, wasn't it.

49 years ago....remember it like it was last week

turfytopper wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:14 pm

49 years ago....remember it like it was last week

If there was anything that i don't want to remember that was it .

Always recall a fan at the end jumped off the wall in BL stand and went over on his leg , poor chat just hobbled on the pitch .

turfytopper wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:14 pm

49 years ago....remember it like it was last week

Surely only 48? don't make us that can remember feel older.As well as Wimbledon we have been on the recieving end of a few cup shocks over the years.Lincoln the obvious one along with Bury Port Vale Telford Blackpool Darlington Scunthorpe and Cheltenham I'm sure there is a few more

Credit where its due, Rovers played really well last night. Tenacious in the tackle, quick on the break, should have scored more. Leicester looked dreadful, perhaps they are nowadays?

Duffer_ wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:13 am

Rovers were 13/2 with Bet365

Sorry I saw the 10/3 on a mates screenshot but that was to qualify. Fleetwood 8/1 to qualify tonight.

burnleybonzo wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:43 pm

Credit where its due, Rovers played really well last night. Tenacious in the tackle, quick on the break, should have scored more. Leicester looked dreadful, perhaps they are nowadays?

Blackburn played very good football and deserved the win

Hoping they get a similar win when they play Sheff Utd on Sat

Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:19 pm

Surely only 48? don't make us that can remember feel older.As well as Wimbledon we have been on the recieving end of a few cup shocks over the years.Lincoln the obvious one along with Bury Port Vale Telford Blackpool Darlington Scunthorpe and Cheltenham I'm sure there is a few more

Yep you are dead right...of course 49 years ago we were at Hillsborough and my young self had a major disappointment in life. Looking back it just prepared me for my life ahead (watching The Clarets).

Wimbledon was 1975 - I still think Newcastle was harder to take, but both were tough. Worse was to follow.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:53 am

Congrats to B'tard Rovers. A brilliant achievement. 2 East Lancashire sides in the 6th round is a fantastic achievement.

To be fair, this quote is accurate whichever out of us and Fleetwood win tonight

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:28 am

HUSH
I've not really got over the Wombles yet.

That was one of my worst ever experiences at a football match.
They battered us.

Falcon wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:52 pm

To be fair, this quote is accurate whichever out of us and Fleetwood win tonight

How?

Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:57 pm

That was one of my worst ever experiences at a football match.
They battered us.

Think we battered them but couldnt score?
Their keeper had a half decent game.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:51 pm

Think we battered them but couldnt score?
Their keeper had a half decent game.

Hey Buxton, love the slightly understated ‘half decent’. The game was played mostly in their half but old Dickie was equal to everything. He did pretty much the same again at Leeds in the next round but they only drew there, unfortunately losing the replay. I remember being so shocked I wasn’t even angry, they were a Southern Premier League side away to a (then I think) top six First Division (PL) side. We had a good side and we really should have battered them.

houseboy wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:17 pm

Hey Buxton, love the slightly understated ‘half decent’. The game was played mostly in their half but old Dickie was equal to everything. He did pretty much the same again at Leeds in the next round but they only drew there, unfortunately losing the replay. I remember being so shocked I wasn’t even angry, they were a Southern Premier League side away to a (then I think) top six First Division (PL) side. We had a good side and we really should have battered them.

Half decent is all he gets. (I'm still trying to get over it)
Ok. He was brilliant.
Was it a Fletch header he somehow kept out, low down in the Beehole End?

I was really gutted they didn't get past Leeds. Dickies pen save gave them the replay. Was it at Chelsea,?
Truth being, Wimbledon are a real life football fairy tale, when they went from non league to winning the cup in not much over a decade after beating us.
It's just a crying shame they're now just a franchise, long past their roots, and the people that once followed them.
A bit of an insight into what professional footy is now.

box_of_frogs wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 6:50 pm

How?

Fleetwood also being in Lancashire and all

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:25 am

Half decent is all he gets. (I'm still trying to get over it)
Ok. He was brilliant.
Was it a Fletch header he somehow kept out, low down in the Beehole End?

I was really gutted they didn't get past Leeds. Dickies pen save gave them the replay. Was it at Chelsea,?
Truth being, Wimbledon are a real life football fairy tale, when they went from non league to winning the cup in not much over a decade after beating us.
It's just a crying shame they're now just a franchise, long past their roots, and the people that once followed them.
A bit of an insight into what professional footy is now.

On the subject of the Wimbledon match in '75, I was in an east London pub about 20 years ago and got introduced to an older bloke because I was a Burnley fan. He immediately brought the match up, waxing lyrical about it. I said: 'Did you go?' He said: 'Did I go? Did I go? I was playing.

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:36 pm

On the subject of the Wimbledon match in '75, I was in an east London pub about 20 years ago and got introduced to an older bloke because I was a Burnley fan. He immediately brought the match up, waxing lyrical about it. I said: 'Did you go?' He said: 'Did I go? Did I go? I was playing.

Go on. Who?

Falcon wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:16 pm

Fleetwood also being in Lancashire and all

Pretty sure it’s not in East Lancashire……

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:36 pm

I said: 'Did you go?' He said: 'Did I go? Did I go? I was playing.

Reminds me of when BBC bumped into Tommy Lawrence in Liverpool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_PUbQGA4U