Or so I thought.
What was achieved on Saturday 13th May 2006 still ranks far lower in the grand scheme of things, given the FA Cup is not the European Cup, and that West Ham are not AC Milan by any stretch of the imagination. Add that Cardiff is most definitely not Istanbul, no matter how much beer you may have drunk, and that 2-0 down after 30 minutes to a good side is not the same as being 3-0 down at half-time to a superb one, and you have a list of reasons why this could not come close to the events of 12 months ago.
But that said, what a game of football! As one West Ham fan remarked later in the evening, ‘Football was the winner’. Which is of course something you never say if your team has just won. For the record, ‘Football’ hasn’t just been engraved onto the FA Cup on the 125th line – ‘Liverpool Football Club’ has.
6 goals, 8 penalties, 3 penalty saves, and many tired legs later.... all hail the FA Cup Champions!
It may be heart-stopping and not particularly good for our health but there surely isn't a Liverpool fan alive who would have preferred a mundane one-nil win.
