Blimey. We're in a final. It still doesn't seem quite right to see the words "West Ham" and "Final" in the same sentence. Back in the dawn of time when I first supported West Ham I saw the team win the FA Cup at Wembley in 1975 and 1980 and watched on TV as they lost the 1976 Cup Winners' Cup Final to Anderlecht. We also lost the League Cup Final to Liverpool in 1981, after a replay. And then nothing bar the 2006 FA Cup Final when Steven Bloody Gerrard scored that scorcher in added time and WHU lost on penalties. So that's one final in 42 years. Leicester, Watford, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Stoke, Wigan, Swansea, Bradford City, Birmingham and Fulham had all got to finals more recently than the Hammers until Thursday night. Now let's go out to Prague and win it. Irons!
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Spookily similar history to yours but I also saw the 64, 65 finals on tele. COYI!
Yes, back in the Seventies I thought we'd be in finals every other year...
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