No. We haven't beaten a side ranked above us since Bolton on pens

And in the FA Cup, not since Stoke in 81/2!!! To be fair, we spent most of the period pre-1995 in the Prem ourselves - but our overall record over the past 15 years is scandalous.

Posted By: thebigfeller on January 16th 2008 at 10:15:20

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FAO Old Git (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:27:45
- Face facts, bigfeller, that belongs to another era (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:48:52
  - Eh? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:54:22
  - That is a really sorry list, not even the 5th-20th premiership teams (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:50:38
    - In the last TEN YEARS, only Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Yoo have won the FA Cup (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:54:00
      - No I'm not (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:55:05
        
        Why stop at semis? Why not quarters? (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:59:44
        
        So beating Bayern Munich didn't matter either, then? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:03:47
        
        its been so long since we had a run of any descript... (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 10:12:11
        
        No. We haven't beaten a side ranked above us since Bolton on pens (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:15:20
- RE "try to lose" (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:45:24
- thing is, where is the disdain? (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 09:37:41
  - it is a shame the first choice centre backs had a mare (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:48:45
    - yeah I agree, but no disdain in that is there? (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 09:52:57
      - In the end a win on Saturday and it is forgotten (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 09:54:47
        
        indeed, thing is I do love the FA cup (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 10:00:36
  - We should be giving ourselves the best possible chance of winning the game (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:40:39
    - You've been very quiet during our good run (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 16, 10:04:17
      - ... (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 10:22:40
      - I've been del (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:09:59
        
        ighted during our good run (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:11:20
    - "one of the most humiliating defeats in our entire history" (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 09:50:41
      - It IS fact (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:52:17
        
        You can measure humiliation with numbers? (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 09:55:22
        
        a crushing sense of dispair... (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 16, 09:57:42
        
        *despair (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:58:40
        
        oh yeah, that 'n' all (NCFC) - blindasabat, Jan 16, 10:01:33
        
        I assume Sutton knocking out Coventry wasn't one of the most humiliating results (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:57:37
        
        I think it probably depends on who you ask. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 10:01:18
        
        I look forward to you trotting this out (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:09:44
        
        Why? Will a non-league opponent suddenly mean that your frame of reference for humiliatio (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jan 16, 10:15:23
        
        wrexham arsenal was, (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 09:59:00
        
        We were awful in 1997/8 (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 10:00:20
        
        yes actually i would now you mention it. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 16, 10:05:10
- spot on (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 16, 09:29:36
- I agree with you feller!! (n/m) (NCFC) - capecodcarman, Jan 16, 09:29:23
- Hey, if we're safely mid-table, it's a nice competition. If we're threatened with (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 16, 09:29:06
  - Talking sense, even though I can't read your post (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 16, 09:49:41
  - Except, as I said below, you can employ that argument every single year (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 16, 09:32:31
  - how the fuck will we get relegated? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 16, 09:30:04
    - By finishing in the bottom three? (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jan 16, 09:31:47
      - totally impossible (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 16, 09:32:55
        
        We are 4 points off Preston, but now they have Chris Brown! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 16, 09:34:48
        
        Man of the match in a dream debut apparantly.... (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 16, 10:15:15

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