1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,440 Someone has written You deserve this moment on my stuff. 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:04,240 Handwritten. Yeah. 3 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:07,880 Wow, this. Reminds me of Martin McCutcheon. 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:13,320 This is my moment. This is my perfect moment. 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,800 Maybe it was her. Things have gone slightly 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,520 downhill for Martin's The Love Actually debacle. 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,600 Bless her, she deserved a shot in Hollywood. 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,200 What? An amazing. 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,960 You just cannot write scripts like this. 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,040 Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Final Countdown, a 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,080 podcast looking back at great finals within the game of 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,640 football. I am Lewis here, my Co host 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,120 Adam, hello there. And we have finally made it to 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,040 2021, the Leicester FA Cup final. 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,280 You're going to be leading us through it. 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,600 Well, be that we thought every year for the last five years was 17 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:51,880 the last. Yeah, exactly. 18 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,040 Those that have been listening along with us will notice that 19 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,240 most of the the kind of cliffhanger drops at the outro. 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,760 Well, join us next week for the True Underdog story. 21 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,360 Turns out, not that week. Next week it'll be. 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,200 No, not that week We. It's a lot later than I thought 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,200 it was. Yeah, some time later. 24 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,960 Like, a lot. And it reminds me, really, that 25 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,320 Leicester stayed in, kind of. Question Mark, we'll talk about 26 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:14,080 that. Yeah, a lot. 27 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,240 Longer than I thought they did. Yeah, I I had rewritten history 28 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,320 in my mind that they won the league, the next year they won 29 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,960 the FA Cup and the year after that they got relegated. 30 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:22,000 Yeah. So yeah, it's crazy. 31 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,920 We do talk about the Leicester mystique, as I've called it. 32 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,400 Oh oh. I am miss. 33 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,600 I'm intrigued into the mystique. Well, I don't know if it goes 34 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,040 any further than just me and you, but there is that thing 35 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,640 that if you had asked me like a few weeks ago, I would have said 36 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,840 pretty much what you just said. Yeah, Won the league, won the 37 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,920 cup, went down. Yeah, that isn't what happened. 38 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,560 No, at all. They were competitive even in 39 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,160 this season. Going into this final, they were 40 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,520 in third position in the league. Really. 41 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,880 That high? Is that under Brendan Rodgers? 42 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,160 Brendan Rodgers? Oh, there we go. 43 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,960 Now, now you've got my my mouse salivating. 44 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,360 Brendan Rodgers So let me salivate you further. 45 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,920 The opposing manager that day was Tommy Tukle. 46 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,680 Oh. England's finest Tommy to give 47 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,680 him the night of now. The World Cup hike has begun. 48 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,560 Absolutely. I'm already on board. 49 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,320 I'm gonna get his face tattooed on my. 50 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,800 Face February, I should add. Yeah, but who's gonna stop him 51 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,240 and Morgan Rogers? Tell me that now. 52 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:14,960 Why not Jude, I'm hamstring gone. 53 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,760 Absolutely right. OK, so we will go to the 2021 FA 54 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:22,000 Cup final, finally an FA Cup final that we are excited about, 55 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 kind of looking forward to. I should add the game wasn't 56 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,840 great for sure. It doesn't matter. 57 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:26,680 The narrative is rich. The. 58 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,840 Narrative's rich and the drama is rich. 59 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,360 And the goal? The goal is an absolutely 60 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,520 thunderbash to. The goal it is, yeah, exactly 61 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,600 that. That's how I describe the movie. 62 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,840 So just to kind of place us because it is still a bit of a 63 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,840 weird time in, in, well, English football, but also in in England 64 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,160 because we're coming off the back of COVID, yes. 65 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,760 So the match was the among the first of the football events 66 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,640 where the return of large crowds. 67 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:50,560 Oh, really? It was. 68 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:51,400 So this was. That long? 69 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,120 Do you remember that stupid thing where they're like, Oh 70 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,440 yeah, we'll pick some events at random that will host some? 71 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,560 And it wasn't a random, it was just who's going to make the 72 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,440 most money. So FA Cup, Wimbledon and then 73 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:08,400 obviously going into Euro 2020. Two, that was 20. 20 No 2021, 74 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,640 that was 2020, Yes, yes, yeah, yeah. 75 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,640 So crowds at football matches, this is crazy. 76 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:16,880 In England had not exceeded 8000 since March 2020. 77 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,520 Wow. Such a long time that. 78 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,720 Is so weird. So this was 20,000. 79 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,240 They were allowed at Wembley this day. 80 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,040 But yeah, that's I I was quite shocked to think no more than 81 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,040 8000 people for over a year. Yeah, yeah. 82 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,000 It's funny how you kind of block these things out and forget it 83 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,920 all together. But anyway, that was the kind of 84 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,240 setting, the fact that there was only 20,000 in there. 85 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,160 How the game ended is really you watch it on the highlights and 86 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,360 you're like, it doesn't sound like 20,000 people, it sounds 87 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,240 like 80,000. People oh really good. 88 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,600 I'm because I was about to say it's cruel really that Leicester 89 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,680 get to. Yeah, there was that final. 90 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,720 They win it and they don't have a packed house. 91 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,480 But by the sounds of it, that didn't matter because. 92 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,560 Well, from a noise point of view, but I suppose they might 93 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,080 have just pumped up the volume call. 94 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,720 I know, but it even the players and the manager talk about how 95 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,880 important it is. But then in a way, it was a 96 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,120 return to the people for football. 97 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,280 Yeah, in in a strange way, because this was kind of like, 98 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,480 well, the doors going to open now, new season that will be 99 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,320 full. And they pretty much knew that 100 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,240 it would be full crowds the following August. 101 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,800 So it was kind of like football has finally been given back 102 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,320 properly without the tests and the masks and the limitations, 103 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,160 all the rest of it. But we'll come back to that. 104 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,280 Chelsea might made the final for the fourth time in five years. 105 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,440 That is crazy. I haven't realised that. 106 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,800 Wow. No, we've obviously spoken about 107 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,960 Chelsea, that it doesn't matter necessarily who's in charge. 108 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,720 They always seem to stumble their way towards silverware in 109 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,200 some form or another. But four out of five years, that 110 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,200 is a real affinity for the for the cup. 111 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,360 Yeah, I mean, they it didn't. I mean, this is different 112 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,560 managers, kind of different teams and yet they still, you 113 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,600 know, turned up in finals again and again and again. 114 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,720 And it's not just we'll talk about it in a second, but it's 115 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,520 not just the last five years. It is also like kind of since 116 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:59,120 the Hulit Viali era era, Chelsea was such a good cup team. 117 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,200 Like they were always there and thereabouts got to a lot of 118 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,160 finals, League Cup finals, obviously Champions League. 119 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,280 It is amazing how that club just completely transforms from the 120 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,480 late 90s. Yeah, I mean, even now we look 121 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,960 back to last season, which again, nobody's taking it that 122 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,400 seriously, but the Club World Cup, they go up against the 123 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,280 Paris and Roman team that battered into my land 5 nil and 124 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:21,240 about a month later they're the ones walking away with the 125 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,200 trophy. It's like this doesn't make 126 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:22,920 sense. Oh of Chelsea. 127 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,160 Donald Trump walked away with the trophy. 128 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:24,720 That's. True. 129 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,920 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hanging up in his office along 130 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,000 with his massive gold dildo or whatever he's got. 131 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,080 Allegedly, yeah. I don't want to know, yeah, to 132 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,520 be very Bollywood to me, but I don't want to know what's on his 133 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,360 trophy cabinet. No, I don't think we do want to 134 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,600 know that. So yeah, they having made four 135 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,880 out of the last five, they'd only won one of those four. 136 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,440 It's worth remembering. So they were a cup final team, 137 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,920 but not necessarily a cup winning team. 138 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,120 Yeah, they beat Man United in the 2018 final, one nil. 139 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,600 Tommy Tucas, I mentioned was the manager. 140 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,120 Chelsea, just to refresh your memory. 141 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,080 Chelsea had players like Tammy Abrahams. 142 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,320 Yes, Mason Mount. Because this is following on 143 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,680 from Lampard, isn't it? So Lampard had blooded the young 144 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:03,840 players because of the transfer ban. 145 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:05,560 Yeah, now too cool was taking them to the top. 146 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,960 Yeah, interesting. Interestingly, none of the four 147 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,840 players I'm going to mention here are still there. 148 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:13,120 So Abraham's Mount Haverts and Timo Werner. 149 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,800 Werner. Yeah, Werner, yeah, yeah. 150 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,960 So that was kind of the makeup of the Chelsea. 151 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,960 Obviously they had other superstars as well, but that was 152 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,760 kind of like, I thought it was interesting that four players 153 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,920 that started the final that affected the final aren't there 154 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,240 anymore. And it's interesting, obviously 155 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,720 habits has been a successor Arsenal but has been an injury 156 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,360 hit. Tammy Abrams has finally come 157 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,040 back to England after a rare. Sting, like last week, wasn't 158 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:33,440 it? Yeah, yeah. 159 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,120 Yeah, literally signed for Villa to kind of compete with Olly 160 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,560 Watkins. So an interesting one 161 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,640 potentially from an England point of view. 162 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,600 If Abraham can actually start games and jump ahead of Watkins, 163 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,520 well, why not? There's that third striker is 164 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,000 not. I think you're forgetting 165 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,680 Dominic Kavit Lewin, right? I'm not forgetting Dominic Kavit 166 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,880 Lewin, And Kavit Lewin is not forgetting his hamstrings. 167 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,720 He is 1 topoke away from being out for another. 168 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,920 Year, I'll bet. Danny Welbeck. 169 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,080 Wait, get Wells on the plane. That man Wells, he's good for 170 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,080 the squad. You know, he's good to have 171 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,040 around the squad. I mean, Henderson can go around 172 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,000 with their Zimmer frames. It'll be great, Chelsea boasted. 173 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,280 Sorry, just to back up the route to the final for Chelsea before 174 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,160 we move on through to the final had been largely untroubled. 175 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,480 Again, we find this is crazy. Like Chelsea are a big cup team 176 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,840 and they're a heavyweight, no doubt, but listen to this. 177 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,880 Morecambe, Luton, Barnsley, which was the only away game 178 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,280 really I have, and then Sheffield United. 179 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,360 Yeah, you, you. That is a dream. 180 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,160 I mean, they're in the semis with that. 181 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:36,040 Is it possible that maybe me and you not even misremembered but 182 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,040 have assumed that you know in the history of the cup 183 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,200 competition that the big teams will meet in the quarter finals, 184 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,160 semi finals? Because it seems to be for the 185 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,120 last six that we've covered, we've kind of gone well. 186 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,080 It's quite an easy run. Maybe it's just rare that. 187 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,600 Actually, big teams. Like meet each other in the 188 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,800 quarters of the semis maybe? Or maybe big teams went further 189 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,960 a giant kills more common now. Yeah, maybe, yeah, I don't know, 190 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,720 but it's strange because we keep on saying the same thing. 191 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,360 So I'm like actually, is it the exception that you'd get a 192 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,960 Liverpool Chelsea quarter final when they're Man United Chelsea 193 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,120 semi? Like I don't know, I. 194 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,960 Don't know. Yeah, it's really, it's an 195 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,920 interesting one. My my head tells me. 196 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,320 Yeah, you're right. Like in the back in the day, the 197 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,320 heavyweights met earlier, Yeah, but I mean, the heavyweights met 198 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,360 in the semis. Chelsea got Man City. 199 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,160 Right, OK. Who were league leaders at the 200 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,680 time and went on to win the league. 201 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,560 So, yeah, they were kind of, you know, revving up again under 202 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,880 Pep, having lost the title, the league season 4 with Liverpool 203 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,120 in the the kind of empty stadium title. 204 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,840 But Man City, we're back again to knock Liverpool off the 205 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,840 perch. But they couldn't knock Chelsea 206 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,600 off the perch. Chelsea played a very Tommy too 207 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:46,960 cool kind of careful formation, got the goal, saw it out and 208 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,160 beat Pep one nil at Wembley. They were very methodical, Which 209 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,960 again, just to drag it towards England because why not go on? 210 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,080 It's the kind of football that will help you win tournaments. 211 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,360 Like obviously, you know, Chelsea don't win this spoiler, 212 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,040 but he's got a good record in cups. 213 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,840 And I do think that actually you don't want necessarily somebody. 214 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:05,920 Who goes? You want tournament football, 215 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,520 mate? Yeah, For all the idiots that 216 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,720 criticize Southgate, that's that's what we had. 217 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,680 We had a tournament manager Like his record speaks for itself. 218 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:14,040 Exactly. Yeah, League manager, he's not 219 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,680 as good. Yeah, but a tournament manager? 220 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,440 Exactly what can? You fault him on? 221 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,760 Yeah, exactly, exactly, exactly. Other than a Harry Kane 222 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,600 ballooning a penalty over against France, it was almost 223 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,240 faultless and we didn't win it anyway. 224 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,640 Shut up, haters. Chelsea. 225 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:31,640 They boasted an incredible record in the FA Cup, as we 226 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,760 mentioned, having won 7 finals since 1997. 227 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,200 Facing them at a Wembley, however, were a side who hadn't 228 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,440 reached the finals since 1969. Wow. 229 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,680 And they appeared in four previous finals and never won 230 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,200 it. I knew they'd never won it but 231 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,000 I'm surprised to hear they got to 4 finals. 232 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,960 That is an impressive record for a club. 233 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,800 So 100, 137 years, 4 finals, lost them all. 234 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,840 So five years just to set the scene, five years after that 235 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,120 incredible league title, which is probably the most incredible 236 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,640 thing I've ever seen in team sport. 237 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,080 In team sport, yeah, I agree. Leicester City walked out at 238 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,600 Wembley. If you live under a rock or just 239 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,400 discovered the game of football, Leicester City against all odds 240 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,160 won the Premier League title in 2016. 241 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:23,320 A modern day football miracle. They have blown their rivals 242 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,720 away. They have blown us all away in 243 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:32,080 truth. Premier League champions 2016 244 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:41,040 The amazing Leicester City. 500 to one odds they had. 245 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,720 They had avoided relegation the season before by about two 246 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,480 points, but this should not have. 247 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:46,440 Happened. It was nuts. 248 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:48,920 So going into the final as the only. 249 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,320 This is interesting as the only prior league champions of 250 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,320 champions of England not to win the FA Cup. 251 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,080 Oh, clever. Yeah, interesting. 252 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,240 So the only top division champions of of any time to have 253 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:01,560 never won the FA Cup. Nice. 254 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,880 So they were looking to banish that among the 137 years without 255 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,440 success. And also, I guess in a way to 256 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,200 Brendan Rodgers to kind of say we haven't lost everything that 257 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,040 got built, which I think was a it became a bit of a like, you 258 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,360 know, we typical English press. We celebrated Leicester for 259 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,800 about a second and then it was all kind of like, you know, they 260 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,040 can't keep it going. Them got the depth I think the 261 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,840 following season with Leicester because they were in the 262 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,280 Champions. League, the wheels start to come 263 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,640 off well that. Became their focus and they 264 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,960 didn't have the squad for that side campaign. 265 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,360 But there is this kind of weird Leicester mystique, as I call 266 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,480 it, where they fell off a Cliff, which isn't true. 267 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,560 So they finished 12th the following season, but they had 268 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:43,400 the Champions League and they did all right in the Champions 269 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,480 League they had, yeah, they did Knights. 270 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,440 They didn't just kind of disappear. 271 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:50,200 They then finished 9th twice in a row and then fifth twice in a 272 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,520 row. How long were they like this is 273 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,480 astounding me. I genuinely thought they were in 274 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,560 the Prem for like Four Seasons, so they were. 275 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,560 Still were top runner in the Premier League. 276 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,360 They finished. They were third on the day of 277 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:01,840 this final. It's one of the rare occasions 278 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:05,880 where the FA Cup was before the Premier League finished, but 279 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,520 they were third this day. Chelsea were fourth. 280 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,560 It actually happened that Chelsea finished third and 281 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:13,000 Lester finished fifth with two weeks later when the Premier 282 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,360 League finished, but ultimately they were third with two weeks 283 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,280 of the Premier League season to go. 284 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:20,440 They didn't get relegated until 2023. 285 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,440 Oh my God. Like. 286 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,640 Like I I would have bet my mortgage it was before. 2020 287 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:26,840 Absolutely. Absolutely. 288 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,720 So it's strange things coming. It's the Mandela Effect in real 289 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,160 in real. Time, it's crazy. 290 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,240 Years. So Leicester actually were a top 291 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,280 level Premier League side for 5-6 years after they won the 292 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:39,240 title. Amazing. 293 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,120 So kudos to them because I didn't give them that credit. 294 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,160 I thought it was Ranieri flipped in FA Cup somewhere after that 295 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,760 and then disappeared. That's not actually how it 296 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,840 happens. Brendan Rodgers had come in, 297 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,000 he'd seen a more difficult cup run. 298 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,120 He was the manager at Leicester now by this point, Stoke, 299 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,760 Brentford, Brighton, Man United, Southampton. 300 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:01,520 Oh nice battery Man United. I enjoy. 301 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:03,800 That yeah, that was yeah, that was a good in the quarter finals 302 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,920 actually to kind of to get rid of our whole. 303 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,440 The heavyweights don't meet only Stoke and Brentford were not in 304 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,880 the top division of that, but both would have been or would 305 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,880 have been or would be in the recent past. 306 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,720 So that's probably one of the highest level cup runs I think 307 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:19,440 we've. Seen certainly in recent memory. 308 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,640 Yeah, in terms of like almost every club is kind of Premier 309 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:27,880 League within living memory. So yeah, to to beat May Knight 310 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,320 in the quarter finals and then a high flying, ironically high 311 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,280 flying Southampton, who were going for I think their second 312 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,720 final in their history. So on the day of the final, 313 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,200 Leicester were, as I said, actually one place ahead of 314 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,680 Chelsea in the league. They had Casper Schmeichel. 315 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,200 Where's Morgan for Farner? Jamie Vardy was still there, of 316 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,760 course. Albrighton would have still 317 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:49,800 been. Around Albrighton was still 318 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,120 there, came on as a sub, yeah, but also a young James Madison, 319 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,440 Yes, and a certain Yuri Tillemans in midfield. 320 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,000 Now we're talking, which we'll come back to. 321 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:01,520 Gary Lineker, A lifelong Leicester fan, presented 322 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,560 coverage on BBC One where 9 million people watch the game. 323 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,560 Great. Making it the most watched game 324 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,600 of the season. Yes. 325 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,680 That's what we're talking about. Which I think was a little bit 326 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:13,160 Covidy, true a little bit, you know, less people were going to 327 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:18,120 games, but also probably the the Leicester effect, the neutrals 328 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,520 were interested getting involved as a possibility that a team 329 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:23,800 would never won the cup, could win the cup. 330 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,560 And then finally, before we get into the mats, Sean, Sean Sean 331 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,480 Massey Ellis, yes, acting as assistant, VAR became the first 332 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,520 female referee involved in an FA Cup final in its history. 333 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,400 Amazing. IN2021140 years into the 334 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,240 competition I. Mean, yeah, probably shouldn't 335 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,800 have taken that long, but nevertheless. 336 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,880 At least it's happening. Yeah, there we go. 337 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,600 So congratulations to Sean. But we go and head into the FA 338 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,160 Cup final of 2021. Is Gas going on? 339 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,880 Have a crack. He is, you know, Oh, I think 340 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:02,760 brilliant. That is Schoolboy's own stuff. 341 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:08,080 So Chelsea started the match in as the dominant side, and maybe 342 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,320 you would expect that as probably the strongest squad and 343 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,000 definitely the more aggressive manager in Tommy too. 344 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,040 Cool. So they came out firing a little 345 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,000 bit. Rudiger, who was at Chelsea at 346 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,120 the time, which I just can't think of him without thinking of 347 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,840 that strange run he did. Do you remember that? 348 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,840 That became a meme where he runs upright. 349 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:25,480 No. Yeah. 350 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,000 We're gonna have to check. You got to look at Rudiger run. 351 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,680 You got runs like that. Like the get out meme, whether 352 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,960 he's running towards. The but it's like during a 353 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,480 match, it's like like he's chasing the ball down. 354 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,440 It's like he's taking the piss. That's what it is. 355 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,720 Yeah, that's so good. Really strange. 356 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,520 Anyway, he had weirdly the first attempt to go 15 minute shot 357 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:50,160 from 430 yards speculative, but ultimately went close to 358 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,000 Schmichael's left hand post Marcus Alonzo had a scoring 359 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,360 opportunity cleared by Tillermans before Mount strike 360 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,840 from the edge of the Leicester penalty area took a deflection 361 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,480 from Ffana going just wide of the Leicester City goal as the 362 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,600 Chelsea bombard continued into kind of 25th, 30th minute. 363 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,800 Leicester came back into it through. 364 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,800 You might need to help me here. Timothy Castagna. 365 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,040 Castagna, yeah, look at that, sent in the low cross and of 366 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,160 course Jamie Vardy, fresh from his late, it's red ball struck 367 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,840 towards the Chelsea goal but the ball was blocked by Reese James 368 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,720 and missed the target. Chances for Verna Tillermans for 369 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,560 Fana couldn't change the honours. 370 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,560 And I'm Fast forward in the first half for a very good 371 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,360 reason. Honours were even as the half 372 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,320 ended. Ultimately, despite all those 373 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,440 chances I just mentioned, neither team had registered a 374 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,000 shot on target in 45. Minutes. 375 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,760 No way, just everything getting blocked. 376 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:41,520 That's. Crazy. 377 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,000 So kind of kind of it like the the first half highlights are 378 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,240 like, oh, there's a lot going on here. 379 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,920 But then the commentator says that and I'm like, Oh yeah. 380 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,160 Yeah, they haven't actually. Shot like a lot of noise, a lot 381 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,480 of kind of possibility, but just wide or yeah, just wide or you 382 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,440 know, just missing or sky the shot or whatnot. 383 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,360 Wow. So nil NIL going into halftime I 384 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,840 guess. The game's taken the the rhythm 385 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,520 that you would expect in terms of Chelsea having the majority 386 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,119 of possession, being on the front foot, Leicester looking to 387 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:10,640 counter attacks. They're a big counter attacking 388 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,119 team back then. It's kind of going to plan and I 389 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,160 I quite like the fact that obviously at this point they 390 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,880 were third and 4th in the league and now after 45 minutes they 391 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:19,520 can't be separated like it kind of. 392 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,280 It's nice to come that way, didn't? 393 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,400 Kind of steamroll the other. Yeah, and it was it initially 394 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,440 from reading and watching about the highlights, it did seem 395 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,920 like, oh, it's going to be Chelsea's day all day. 396 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,160 But Leicester, I mean, when that Leicester team, when they had 397 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,360 Vardy, they were always in the game, absolutely always. 398 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,120 Yeah, I know Vardy. We obviously he's big, he's a 399 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:41,720 bigger than life character and he we can poke fun in a good way 400 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:43,760 at Vardy. He was quality, he was quality. 401 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,720 He he truly is a Premier League great. 402 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,800 When you think about clinical strikers, he's right up. 403 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,600 Basically won the league. For less, yeah, he's unplayable. 404 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,400 Contributors, but he was superb that season. 405 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,480 He scored like 11 games in a row. 406 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,040 Yeah, you. Got that Nest Stories record, 407 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,000 didn't he? Yeah, absolutely amazing stuff. 408 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,400 And yeah, so it's funny to kind of poke fun a little bit at 409 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,360 Vardy's character, but ultimately, what a player he 410 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,320 he's been. And the fact he's carried on 411 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,280 like, again, his Red Bull, his Skittles, vodka, the stuff that 412 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,000 he's let slip and his packet of crisps. 413 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,840 And he's basically a bag of right angles. 414 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,200 And yeah, yeah, at 40 years old, he's in it Italian seriat, 415 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,720 scoring goals, incriminating, like fair play to the bloke. 416 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,720 Like what a career he's he's done every bit of juice from it. 417 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,800 Yeah, he brought a lot of joy. He was decent for England in a 418 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,440 bad time for England as well. So yeah, fair play to Jeremy 419 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,800 Vardy. He was, but he ultimately, he 420 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,680 always kept Lester in the game. And I'm not, I'm not being 421 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,120 funny. We've spoken about Welbeck. 422 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:37,760 We've spoken about Tammy Irvine. Get. 423 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,600 Back get. Back on the plane. 424 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,800 Come on Vardy, one last one last go. 425 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,760 Come on one last time round, the merry go round. 426 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:46,760 Vardy and Rudy upfront, yes, let's do it. 427 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,200 Was that big man, little man combination? 428 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,960 Very big man. Skinny man, round man. 429 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:57,240 So in the second-half Leicester came out with far more energy 430 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,120 and dominated possession, but ultimately it was Chelsea who 431 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:05,080 had the first chances. Kante for Chelsea. 432 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,720 Yes, absolutely. It would have been weird. 433 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,440 Yeah, obviously Kante was a big part, if not, you know, a very 434 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,200 central part to Leicester winning the league. 435 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:14,360 It was the three of them, wasn't it? 436 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:16,440 Not to take away from Wes Morgan, who's and other people 437 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,040 in that Leicester team, but it was Kante, it was Mahrez and it 438 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:19,960 was Vardy. It was that. 439 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,520 Three. It was that kind. 440 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,160 Of triangle that basically carried them to the league 441 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,040 title. So he had taken his he'd done 442 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,280 what Vardy didn't do. I'm not blaming him at all, but 443 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,720 he obviously took his big money move and went to Chelsea. 444 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,760 Vardy didn't go to Arsenal when he could have and stayed put at 445 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,920 at Leicester. So yeah, Kante was, I mean, he's 446 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,200 influential wherever he is. So he was influential for 447 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,680 Chelsea and very much so on this day. 448 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,960 So his cross put it on a plate for Marcus Alonso. 449 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,880 But Schmeichel saved his weak header, which I thought was 450 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,440 interesting. Like that's not my description. 451 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,800 It was a weak header. So the Leicester keeper was 452 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,520 called on again shortly. This is kind of setting the 453 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,600 scene a little bit for Casper Schmeichel's day in the sun. 454 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,960 Like he was amazing this day. And people will say or 455 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,160 Tillerman's goal won it. Yeah, No, it didn't. 456 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,760 But yeah. Without That's interesting. 457 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,720 So, like you say, I remember the Tillerman's goal. 458 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,000 I don't I hadn't remembered the Schermeichel, but now that you 459 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,440 said it, I'm like, does he get man of the match? 460 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,520 I. Think he might do. 461 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,720 Think he gets man of the match Brendan Rodgers quote, which 462 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,280 we'll talk about later. Basically, credit Schmichel with 463 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,160 winning them in the cup. Yeah, like you say, it isn't the 464 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,600 glitzy headline, but it is the reason that Leicester were able 465 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,720 to win it by a goal. What's reminiscent of Neville 466 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,360 Seifel 1995 mate? Are you bringing that up? 467 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,240 No, to be fair, it is. Yeah, To be fair, I can't argue 468 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,280 with that. But I mean, you're talking about 469 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,280 some great say, You're talking about Shemichael, you're talking 470 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,120 about Neville Southall, and you're talking about little 471 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,240 Shemichael. Little Shemichael, turn that to 472 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,880 his face. Yeah, so the Leicester keeper 473 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,880 was called on again shortly after as as the La Pequeta. 474 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,200 Yes, pull a Queta. There you go. 475 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,360 Yeah. When I said it, I'm like, that 476 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:54,480 was wrong. I said it again. 477 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:55,960 I'm like, that was right. Yeah, you were. 478 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,480 You were close. As pull a queta. 479 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,840 Yeah, that's pull a Queta, his shot increasing the pressure 480 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,480 against a yeah, up against it. That's the goal. 481 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,800 And then completely against run of play. 482 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,280 Really right, because Chelsea were they had the big MO. 483 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:16,000 Yeah, there we go. And she she yeah, so they're the 484 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,120 big MO and they were really kind of like it's only a matter of 485 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:21,720 time, surely, like it seemed like the the bigger squad was 486 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,600 going to come, you know, with the changes coming on fruition. 487 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,200 It's going to be a goal here and then suddenly out of nowhere 488 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,400 that's to kind of get the ball in the middle of the park and 489 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,680 then it's just loads of room. Is that right? 490 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:32,920 It's really weird. Yeah. 491 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,080 So Luke Thomas wins the ball, plays it into Yuri Tillerman's 492 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,280 about 30 yards out, and he he moves with the ball unchallenged 493 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,480 for about 10 yards. To his right set himself. 494 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,520 Yeah, really weird. And then Rudiger, I think it is 495 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,760 kind of comes out towards him, but not particularly with any 496 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,120 urgency. Might as well go, go on then. 497 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,560 I I. Was about to say, I wonder if 498 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,120 part of it was like, go on then try your luck from 30 yards. 499 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,280 Yeah, but Oh my God, does he? Try. 500 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,520 It's an amazing strike. It's so beautiful. 501 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,200 It is a thing of class. If you don't know what goal 502 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,360 we're talking about here, just treat yourself. 503 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,440 Put your feet up. Stick it up on the TV. 504 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,560 Don't watch it on your phone. Put it up on your TV. 505 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,600 Get your smart like Apple TV. Take in every angle. 506 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,240 Absolutely. It is just. 507 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,480 Especially the one Alan. Partridge, he's got a foot. 508 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,040 Like a traction engine. Lining one arm. 509 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:25,120 What a goal, What a brilliant goal by your retailers and the 510 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,800 Leicester City fans go absolutely. 511 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,120 Party. It's a lovely little bit of 512 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:33,360 bend, but not too much. He hits, it's sweet as you like. 513 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:37,720 And the the angle behind him is absolutely brilliant because it 514 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,200 just shows how much the keeper had no chance. 515 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,160 It was, it was so good. Absolutely outrageous. 516 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,000 I mean, Rogers kind of alludes to this, but it it harped back 517 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,160 to when people would talk about, you know, a goal worthy of 518 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,280 Wembley. Yeah, yeah. 519 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,120 When goals that won Wembley cup finals were kind of like 520 00:22:56,120 --> 00:23:00,600 special, this was one of them. So yeah, it was it was a 521 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,000 brilliant goal. And the Leicester fans went 522 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,920 absolutely mental and Leicester had the goal they needed and in 523 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,960 some ways it's kind of hearts about five years. 524 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,800 But it is how Leicester kind of won that title as they would get 525 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,600 the goal and then they would not kind of like just park the bus, 526 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,440 but it was quite difficult to break them down. 527 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,560 So Wes Morgan and Johnny Evans at the back were kind of like, 528 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,000 you know, absolutely solid. Obviously Kaspers Michael was 529 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:27,080 Chelsea came back into it as you would expect. 530 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,320 They made their Subs Tommy Tukle played his cards. 531 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,200 And if Tillamans, as I as I mentioned, if Tillamans is 532 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,720 remembered for the goal, the real hero is Kaspers Michael. 533 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,200 So this kind of 20 minute period after they went in front is 534 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,400 probably the best performance by goalkeeper at Wembley maybe 535 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,600 ever. Certainly from the you know, the 536 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,440 the things I've seen, but also the write ups is all about 537 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,240 Kaspis Michael. He made a vital save from Chill 538 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,640 Wales Gold Band, had a brilliant save again, a really great one 539 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,520 to watch on slow MO because you're like is it going in? 540 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,120 Yes, it's definitely going in. Is he anywhere in shock? 541 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,400 I love. That it's crazy and then it's 542 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,200 from nowhere. End of stage, right? 543 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,640 Just leaving. Yeah, and it's the slow MO's 544 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,320 brilliant. It's really clever because it's 545 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,720 almost like it doesn't happen like this because it happens 546 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,240 quickly, but it's almost like you can see his eyes go towards 547 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,880 the ball and then make a decision to save it. 548 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:19,960 It's just nuts. It's really cool. 549 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,160 So just tipping the ball around the post and then with only 550 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,080 minutes remaining remaining, Mason Mount hits a great shot 551 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,120 his left foot from the edge of the box and Castro's Michael 552 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,840 dies full length to his left and tips it round the post. 553 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,600 It was a pretty breathless end to a really tense second-half 554 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,680 and you could feel the Leicester fans, Brendan Rodgers, like just 555 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,400 the nervousness of can they get it done? 556 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,280 But the biggest moment was to come and I'd forgotten all about 557 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,240 this and I watched this game and I'd forgotten this. 558 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,320 In the final minute of the game, Silver passed to Chilwell, who 559 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,440 took a shot. It was blocked, cleared away. 560 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,960 As it was cleared off the line, it deflected back off of 561 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,000 Chilwell and into the Leicester net in the last minute of the 562 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,320 cup final. Remember now actually you saying 563 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,160 that, that's conjured it. Up Yeah, yeah, so the Chelsea 564 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,680 fans go mad and watching it, it's like, oh, it's a goal. 565 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,880 Yeah, like there's no you know, kind of it's back in the day 566 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,440 when VAR was like in it's more infant stage. 567 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,680 So there was the less of that feeling of I don't I won't 568 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,400 believe it's a goal until yeah. So kind of like the the 569 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,480 celebrations like Rhys James going mad. 570 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,640 She was going mad like Tommy Tuko's celebrating it. 571 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:30,040 It's full on for about it feels like 45 seconds to a minute. 572 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,640 Wow. And then suddenly it cuts to the 573 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,120 ref and he's like, you know, earpiece or the rest of it and 574 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:38,920 it's being looked at and it's really weird because like how 575 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,520 long did it take for them to go? Oh, no, no, we need to have a 576 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,880 look at this. So it it's really dramatic. 577 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,440 VAR ultimately deems that Chillwell was in an offside 578 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,720 position in the build up cruel. So they had to kind of, maybe 579 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,440 it's why it took them so long. They had to kind of check back a 580 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,480 little bit, which was also controversial because I didn't 581 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,960 mention. But in Tillerman's goal, the 582 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,960 build up to that, Chelsea were adamant that there was a 583 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,960 handball and there's a good argument there was, but VAR 584 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,320 didn't catch that. And but in this they did catch 585 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,480 it. It took a while but Leicester 586 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,640 fans and the players and the management went absolutely mad. 587 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,720 The goal was disallowed, it was like 30 seconds to go and 588 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,600 Leicester held on. Leicester fans love VAR Look at 589 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,320 him celebrating, he's a fraction of sign. 590 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:24,800 It's a correct decision and the referee blows the whistle. 591 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:30,760 Leicester City with a triumph for the ages after 137 years of 592 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,760 crime and four welly high bricks in the FA Cup final. 593 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,080 Leicester City, the boxes, the fantastic boxes on the day have 594 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,840 won the FA Cup at last. So despite there only being 595 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,640 around 2520 thousand fans in the stadium, the noise was 596 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,680 deafening. As I mentioned, it didn't sound 597 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,560 like Wembley was half empty. Leicester held on to win the FA 598 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,200 Cup for the first time in it's 137 year history. 599 00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:59,840 Perfect. With that we go to extra time. 600 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:07,080 Well, you have just witnessed 90 of the most ripping minutes of 601 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,440 European football you will ever, ever see. 602 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,520 The good news is there's more to come. 603 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,080 So Brendan Rodgers ultimately was giddy. 604 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,720 Yeah, as he should be, to be fair. 605 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,040 Yeah. Did he win anything with 606 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,000 Liverpool? Don't feel like he did. 607 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,560 I don't feel like we've covered maybe a League Cup, but we 608 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,240 haven't covered Ethnic Cup. But but he's obviously they 609 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,880 didn't win the league. They maybe should have but 610 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,480 didn't. So yeah, there was an element 611 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,720 where he probably put to bed the fact that he wasn't a top level 612 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,560 manager. I mean, maybe that's true now. 613 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,960 I don't know. I mean, I'm wanted a little bit 614 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,240 by his David Brentisms. Yeah, I didn't know that about 615 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:41,960 him exactly. It's. 616 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,320 Difficult to take him seriously. And it's funny because I, I, I'm 617 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,720 undecided on whether he's a good manager or not. 618 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,960 Obviously it's difficult because everyone does the asterisks with 619 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,160 Celtic, like he was incredibly successful and played great 620 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,360 football at Celtic and normally say well that's not difficult, 621 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,560 but you've seen other managers in recent memory come in and 622 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,480 fail. I mean, how many managers come 623 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,800 from the Scottish League and succeed in the English league 624 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,360 barring Sir Alex Ferguson? Like there's not many at all, is 625 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:12,040 there? Like soon as ultimately it was a 626 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,160 flop. Gerard was a flop but Villa, 627 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,280 he's not had much of A go but he was a flop. 628 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,800 Obviously you got Rodgers didn't really succeed. 629 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,320 I mean he built a good Liverpool team but they didn't get it done 630 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,680 when it came down to it like it is. 631 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,600 It's a tricky one anyway. His quote afterwards is really 632 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,360 good, he said. I'm very proud. 633 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:31,640 It's a historic day for the club, winning the FA Cup for the 634 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,160 first time. It's clearly a special day. 635 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,160 The players were so courageous in the game. 636 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,720 It's it was a fantastic atmosphere and I'm so happy 637 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,120 Leicester supporters could be there to see us win it. 638 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:42,760 See. What a brilliant quote. 639 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,240 Alan Pardew, are you taking notice? 640 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,400 This is what it is to represent a club at the NA Cup final or 641 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,560 not. Tuned in to Leicester, not him. 642 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,000 That is great, I love him. Brendan yeah, it's cool. 643 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,640 So I mean ultimately only 10 odd 1000 Leicester fans, I imagine 644 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,160 there would have been 40 odd thousands. 645 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,440 So you're right, there's an element where they have missed 646 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,240 out there and that's a bit sad because you don't know if 647 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,160 they'll ever do it again. Like it took them unlikely years 648 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,960 to do it once, but yeah. So that the the day was marked a 649 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,160 bit of a sadness, I guess in similar to Liverpool's COVID 650 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,880 title win, always a little bit of like, but it would have been 651 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,480 better. But anyway, Rogers went on 652 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,480 described in describing Tillaman strike as an old school FA Cup 653 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,240 winning goal. There's a man with heritage. 654 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,280 Absolutely, and it gets added into every reel when you. 655 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,880 That's right, Ricky Villa and Tillerman. 656 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,600 'S yeah, absolutely it. It deserves to be up there with 657 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,680 them. It's sensational. 658 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,840 Yeah, great goal, but he also highlighted his goalkeeper's 659 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,560 influence on the game, saying Kasper Schmeichel saves. 660 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,240 Those are the special moments you need to win finals. 661 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,480 And he's right. Yeah, he's he's bang on. 662 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,080 We have our many finals where the keeper has been credited 663 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,240 with winning the the cup. Yeah, yeah. 664 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,040 So fair play to little Schmeichel. 665 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,760 It was Roger's 7th FA Cup final. Sorry. 7th Cup final win in 666 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,080 seven attempts. Wow. 667 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:01,800 Yeah, that has a great. Record. 668 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,080 I know before anybody says it, yes, six of them with a Scottish 669 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,120 Cup. But is there a Scottish League 670 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:08,520 Cup? Yeah, Yeah, there is. 671 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:08,920 Yeah. Yeah. 672 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,960 So some version of the Scottish Cup and then the one FA Cup. 673 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,360 He became the first manager to win both the English and 674 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,360 Scottish FA Cup since Sir Alex Ferguson. 675 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,760 Yeah, interesting. I was about to say I literally 676 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,120 it's obvious now that I think of it, it's of course it'd be 677 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,240 Ferguson. But I was trying to think if 678 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,480 there's because like you say, it's it's very rare I think for 679 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,960 managers to flick between Scotland and England these days. 680 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,840 It doesn't feel like it happens that much. 681 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,520 But you think about back in the day with soon as and the huge 682 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,800 influence he had of bringing a lot of English players over to 683 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,800 Scotland. It's quite an interesting like 684 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,560 partnership when the leagues are a bit more equal. 685 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,120 Whereas nowadays it's not really. 686 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,840 It doesn't really happen. We've had Pasta, Koglu, Rogers, 687 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,880 I think that's pretty much it. And Gerard? 688 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,240 Who? Yeah. 689 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,280 I mean, I think Strachan managed in both. 690 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:54,680 I've got a feeling in my office. Yeah, he. 691 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:56,320 Was selling. Manager, I'm just I'm 692 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,040 questioning our own research here but we might need to do a a 693 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,840 pause because didn't soonest win the cup with Liverpool in 92. 694 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,000 Yes, he did. And then the only thing he did. 695 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,800 But then he but he came from Rangers to Liverpool? 696 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,840 Or did he go to Rangers from Liverpool? 697 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,240 Either way, he must have won the bloody Scottish Cup, right? 698 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,640 Let's check it out. Some time later. 699 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,280 So yeah. So what we figured out is they 700 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,440 did. Rangers won, yeah, multiple cups 701 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,320 under Sooners. And then we thought, hang on a 702 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,080 minute, didn't Liverpool win the cup in 92 under Sooners? 703 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,280 They did. However this was when Sooners 704 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,000 had his massive heart attack. So he picked the starting 11, 705 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,280 but he wouldn't technically manage. 706 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,760 That's a bit hard. But it doesn't go against his 707 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,120 honors because he wasn't manager. 708 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,600 It was Ronnie Moran who was named as the manager for that 709 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,240 game. So BBC are cut. 710 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,320 Through I know yes as. Soon as I got that. 711 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,080 Fact. He picked the 11, but he wasn't 712 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,320 manager. Wow, which? 713 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,560 Like you say, is harsh because if he'd, I don't know, had a 714 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,440 dugout suspension, he would still be the manager. 715 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:54,680 He would still that he'd still be. 716 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,160 His honour was. He so I mean he was in post 717 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,160 though, wasn't he? Like he came back and managed. 718 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,920 Yeah, yeah, no, absolutely. So weird. 719 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,840 Very strange. But yeah, apparently. 720 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,720 Sorry, Graham. Yeah, sorry, Graham. 721 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,920 You don't get the credit anyway, back to 2021 and let's just say 722 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,120 Schmeichel himself was jubilant, as you can imagine, he said. 723 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,200 To think of the people who have lifted lifted this trophy and to 724 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,640 be able to do it today is beyond my wildest dreams. 725 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,040 I mean, it's got to be satisfying when he's now sat at 726 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,600 the dinner table and he can, he's got the same, not the same 727 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,440 amount, but he's got the same trophies as Schmeichel Bar in 728 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:27,760 the Champions League. You're kind of like. 729 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:28,400 True. Yeah, yeah. 730 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,040 Yeah, you can. Imagine the friendly band. 731 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,720 Got your Premier League medal medals? 732 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,520 Come on, little cub, you've still got a lot to learn. 733 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:38,320 Come at the king, you better not miss. 734 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,120 Michael. Just a medal on each finger. 735 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,280 Yeah, too right Tommy, Too cool, the Chelsea manager suggested. 736 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,240 This is great and I kind of want to see this bit kind of 737 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,200 bitterness if if England crash that his team was simply unlucky 738 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,000 and suggested that barred Mr. Hamble in the build up to the 739 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,680 winning goal. He also described Tillerman's 740 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,920 goal as fantastic but lucky. Lucky you make your own luck. 741 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,360 If you hit a shot of that, it's not about luck with that. 742 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,240 I I love that, like Marina does that kind of thing. 743 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,160 It's like, yeah, the whole world knows you're just being bitter. 744 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:10,800 Yeah. Like, there's no one is. 745 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,960 Can't help themselves. Oh, it was lucky, too Cool. 746 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,600 Said so. So it must have been, Yeah. 747 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,920 No, nothing lucky about that. TT elements made his own luck. 748 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,680 Brilliant goal. So Chelsea became the first 749 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:21,560 team. This is cool. 750 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,680 Well, not cool for them, but since Newcastle United in 9899 751 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,720 to lose 2 consecutive FA Cup finals. 752 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,000 Oh yeah, wow. And this was the 45th FA Cup 753 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,400 final to finish one nil. Is that right? 754 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,320 And that is at least 20 more times than any other scoreline 755 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,280 in It's basically. 1/3 of FA Cup finals are one nil there or 756 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,360 thereabouts. Kind of shows how tight they can 757 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,720 get, isn't it? So I thought we finished the 758 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:49,680 2021 Historic Cup final with the the BBC report and kind of the 759 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,440 quote of it is. I feel like we should have ABBC 760 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:57,720 montage style music underneath. Maybe stop crying your heart at 761 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,120 the final whistle. It was just like old times as 762 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,640 those thousands of Leicester supporters stayed in their seats 763 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,640 for the trophy celebration to take in scenes that will live 764 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,440 them with them forever. While the chase Chelsea end was 765 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,600 a scene of desolation before it became a sea of deserted red 766 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,920 seats, it only emphasized once more that football, quite 767 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,120 simply, is not the same in any form without the fans. 768 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,960 I mean, I cannot think of a better way to end our episode 769 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,000 this week, so I'm going to let those words hang in the air. 770 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:28,480 But join us next week as we look into another great FA Cup final.