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1982 FA Cup final and replay - were you there? Help needed
at 13:11 20 May 2014

I lived in Sudbury Hill at the time and I remember getting my first QPR shirt (with the Guinness logo) on the morning of the match. I proudly wore it on the no.92 bus but got off at Sudbury Town and walked the rest of the way due to traffic (and to show off the shirt). I had been on a high since the semi-final at Highbury where I watched from the North Bank. I left my voice there as well due to excess singing.

The Clive Allen injury early on in the Final was the game-changer for me. When Spurs scored I recall several fans patrolled the terrace urging us to sing. (By the way, Spurs seemed to have a much bigger allocation than us but my memory may be playing tricks.) The Terry Fenwick equalised and the R's end went beserk. Such moments sustain you through the dross we sometimes have to sit through! We played better in the Replay but we did miss the suspended Roeder. I walked home after the final whistle but I couldn't tell you much more than that - I was in a world of my own. Re ticketing, God knows how I got into the Final but for the Replay I joined a humungous queue down the South Africa Rd. Now I live in Sunderland I am darned happy we now have on-line ticketing services!

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