This day 1997 - That goal summed up our season

[Erimus74]

And Festa's goal :(

 

[Jedi boro]

Great goal - still no idea why it didn’t count

 

[Erimus74]

Chelsea starting lineup:
GoalkeeperFrode Grodås
DefenderSteve Clarke
Defender/Centre backFrank Leboeuf
Defender/Centre backFrank Sinclair
Defender/MidfielderDan Petrescu
Defender/Left backScott Minto
MidfielderRoberto Di Matteo
MidfielderEddie Newton
MidfielderDennis Wise
ForwardMark Hughes
ForwardGianfranco Zola
Boro starting lineup:
GoalkeeperBen Roberts
DefenderGianluca Festa
DefenderCurtis Fleming
DefenderNigel Pearson
Defender/MidfielderClayton Blackmore
MidfielderEmerson
MidfielderJuninho
MidfielderRobbie Mustoe
MidfielderPhil Stamp
Midfielder/ForwardCraig Hignett
ForwardFabrizio Ravanelli
Substitutions:
Gianluca Vialli for Gianfranco Zola89
Substitutions:
Mikkel Beck for Fabrizio Ravanelli
Steve Vickers for Robbie Mustoe
Vladimir Kinder for Craig Hignett
Cards:
Roberto Di Matteo Y
Frank Leboeuf Y
Eddie Newton Y
Cards:
Gianluca Festa Y
On the bench:
GoalkeeperKevin Hitchcock
DefenderAndy Myers
ForwardGianluca Vialli
On the bench:
DefenderVladimir Kinder
DefenderSteve Vickers
ForwardMikkel Beck

Comments:
Roberto Di Matteo's opening goal was timed at 42 seconds to become the quickest ever goal in a Wembley FA Cup Final. Louis Saha of Everton broke the record 12 years later in the 2009 Final, after just 25 seconds, ironically against Chelsea.

 

[Erimus74]

Great goal - still no idea why it didn’t count

Never watched it since

 

[Carlos Fandango]

The white sock

 

[Zoophonic]

Never watched it since

Me neither. The day didn't feel right somehow. Maybe because we had been through so much and we had been relegated.

 

[Erimus74]

The white sock
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It certainly would have stood today with VAR

 

[Borobarmy]

Never watched it since

I’m the same . Can’t even think of that season without PAIN ! Just got late to top of steps to take my seat and just see it loop over and I just turned round and back to the bar .

 

[atypical_boro]

It was offside to be fair, just.

 

[stjohn]

The irony was that we reached our first FA Cup final and it didn't really mean anything following the
events of the previous weekend! Massive anti climax after waiting so many years to get there!

 

[Nzedred]

It was offside to be fair, just.

There's a photo, just up there^ that says otherwise.

 

[Funky_Chicken]

Conservative MP and Chelsea fan David Mellor thought we were singing sieg heil an giving it the nazi salute when we were singing three points - stupid twit

 

[atypical_boro]

There's a photo, just up there^ that says otherwise.

Hmm, never seen the white sock before. Can sort of understand how the lino never spotted it though.