1983-84: Plymouth Argyle v Derby County (FA Cup)

BBC highlights of the FA Cup quarter-final between Plymouth and Derby on this day in 1984 at a packed Home Park, as Argyle looked to join the small number of Third Division teams ever to reach the semi-finals.

[@TheOldschoolfool]

Umbrella Lil? 🙄🤣🤣. Umbrella Vi 👍♥️

[@kingkevinhector]

10:10 Astonishing how that Plymouth shot didn't go in; how many times has a ball hit both posts and still not gone in?

[@waynedarronwalls6468]

Cherry got his hand to it, deflecting it onto the post, but yeah, how it didn’t go in, well...

[@kingkevinhector]

@@waynedarronwalls6468 Either a freak gust of wind or the Derby fans behind the goal blew it out.

[@waynedarronwalls6468]

kingkevinhector hah yeah, something like that ...

[@johnmay7675]

I was in the Derby end that day, I was convinced it was going in, Cherry did remarkable to tip it onto the bar. I remember the day like it was yesterday.

[@davidpascoe6161]

And then three years later, promoted back into the top flight.

[@Porkcylinder]

And three days later beaten at home by Plymouth 😂

[@Porkcylinder]

@Draven Brentley I’m pretty sure no one cares

[@kingkevinhector]

Awful year for Derby: lost the replay 1-0, relegated to the third division, and then nearly went bankrupt. And all of this just nine years after winning the Division 1 title. Has there ever been a more calamitous decline in English football?

[@JasonC1782]

Wolves went down to Division 4, lost to non-league Chorley in the FA Cup and nearly went out of business altogether in 1986.

[@johnathanryan2117]

Bolton div 1 1980, Div 4 1987, hammered by newly promoted Scarborough 4 0 and sold one end of ground to a Co op to stay in business.

[@user-gr4ws5yd3c]

Was their.with my friend Stuart swain,his dad working rovers . design team.they needed miles on a range rover.so he took us ,free petrol.got to admit we we awful then