Wrexham's late surprise FA Cup win v Arsenal (1992) | From the Archive

[@keyallens1808]

The wonderful voice and commentary of the legend Tony Gubba. greatly missed and always brings back fond memories. Thanks for a great service.

[@TheFootyFamalam]

Mickey Thomas is my grandad ❤

[@jamesmason9925]

Mickey Thomas! ... what a quality strike! :)

[@rosiespole]

I was there as a kid, and Watkin's winner never fails to choke me up! #COYR #WrexhamFC #YmaOHyd

[@paulthurgood7822]

RIP David Rocastle. Quality player, and left us far too soon.

[@alynwillams4297]

Mad that this game is going to be made into a film.

[@alynwillams4297]

@Atlantis Rising “A league Apart” they’re starting filming this summer

[@no_soy_rubio]

Ryan Reynolds playing Mickey Thomas?

[@scherben8870]

None of that weakened team nonsense, neither.

[@Rulinator]

The Steward in the old away end after Waktin's winner. Class! :'D

[@rorymckee3125]

We were chsmpions in 91 to,i waa 14 but remember this well.Was sore at the time,now its brilliant,the old magic of fa cup,when fa cup was really special.

[@kisbie]

Some interesting parallels with the Hereford-Newcastle match in 1972. The BBC don't bother sending one of their main commentators because everyone is expecting an easy win for the away team. Especially after they get the first goal. But then... a scorcher of an equaliser and a scuffed winner turns the score around for a truly seismic upset. The hosts' first strike becomes the goal of the season and becomes the most replayed moment of Tony Gubba's career, as it did with John Motson 20 years earlier.

[@FootyFan678]

Wish I could’ve seen that game

[@FIFFAN18]

Fair play to Seaman for getting a hand on that free kick, absolute thunderbolt.

[@finchh1688]

Credit where credit is due that free kick was a peach 🍑

[@TokyoJoe703]

got absolutely ribbed the next day in school after this, great result for Wrexham

[@bin2926]

That was an amazing win!

[@nightlife6899]

"The magic little man.."

[@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104]

I was there..best match ever...21yr old kid..pitch invasion after was beltin as well...up the robins

[@OGSilverfox8]

I have fond memories of my Uncle getting so angry and swearing that Arsenal threw this match away. He’s an avid Gunners supporter my uncle Jim. ❤️ 90s football.

[@bigsnacks420]

WOW!!! Never knew that Wrexham pulled off a David vs. Goliath! What a game!

[@RW-nr6bh]

This is one of the legendary FA Cup giant killings. I remember it so well as a child seeing the highlights on TV. The true magic of the Cup.

[@ephebofreedomfighter2430]

i remember them beating west ham in 90s too

[@nozislam]

This has to be the biggest ever FA cup upset, the top team in league football lost to the bottom team in league football, wouldn't happen today.

[@thecallawaykid1763]

The mighty Wrexham

[@pghewrexham2704]

Amen

[@Adrian-cw8yu]

How many times have Wrexham won the FA cup? because Arsenal won it the most times. That aside, it was a great day for Wrexham

[@nicholasjones7312]

I was there on the Kop. A fabulous night.

[@gameloveryt1438]

0:51 I thought that was Martin Tyler asking Alan Smith a question in fifa commentary lol

[@m_wxm7950]

Greatest game in Wrexham history 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔴

[@Ephebo-ds9nq]

for now..

[@m_wxm7950]

@@Ephebo-ds9nq 🧐🤭😊

[@dsj82]

Not anymore

[@saraheardley5573]

My Dad literally told me about this just a few days ago & f**k me he was right... I can't believe it especially as Micky Thomas is a family friend how tf did I not know all these years!

[@marvelcontestofchampionsba1227]

what a shocker loool. this is why the fa cup is great.

[@MrDavewales]

I was there, what a night

[@heathstjohn6775]

They played, they won: Britain doesn't like the underdog to be treated with contempt. It's been, as a country, under-estimated too often itself as a whole before emerging as victorious, not to know that those who assert themselves to be superior have no right to claim that title unless they prove it. If the claimant to that superiority doesn't prove it, on a particular day, he must be prepared to bow, and make, even if temporarily, room for the conqueror. He shall have his opportunity again. In the meantime, learn what humility can teach you, prosper, and earn respect by your respectful civility to today's champions. They, too, now shall have to learn the burdensome weight that is now their own temporary glory, and behave as you are now learning to do, when their next defeat deprives then of their glory. They are not true sportsman if they don't.

[@EricK-mj7kr]

Love the gunners' bruised banana kit

[@liverush24]

And there was a party.

[@gameloveryt1438]

0:51 - FIFA commentary intensifies

[@TheFootyFamalam]

It’s my grandad❤

[@steventhomas3918]

I’m not an Arsenal fan, but this video omits Jimmy Carter’s injury time equaliser that was disallowed for.... no one knows!

[@leechipper8427]

Is that the Jimmy Carter who played for Liverpool?

[@MrShaneHardy]

Is that the Jimmy Carter who was president of the United States

[@paulwilliams8389]

It was disallowed because Paul Merson was standing offside when the free-kick was taken (that was the rule in those days.) You can't see it on the BBC coverage as the penalty area is out of picture as Seaman takes it but you can see it on the club video Wrexham brought out which used a different camera. It was the correct decision. As Tony Gubba says on the BBC version "The flag went up the moment the ball was knocked in."

[@gmonkman]

I was at that match.

[@shah5757]

Referee blew the whistle just as arsenal were going to score

[@paulwilliams8389]

You mean just as Perry Groves was about to launch it into the Kop.

[@shah5757]

We'll never know

[@ephebo2025]

so wrexham were great back then

[@dotdotdot-lol07]

No, they were in the 4th division

[@Userbanned420]

My grandads friends brother is mickey Thomas

[@alfiebrown286]

It is weird because I personally know Watkins

[@alfiebrown286]

I played for the same football club as his son mate

[@liverush24]

Now they've been bought by Reynolds & McElhenney.

[@alynwillams4297]

This game is all so being made into a film it’s been confirmed

[@liverush24]

@@alynwillams4297 No pressure in the dressing room, then.

[@PeaceDweller]

..As an Arsenal fan, this was one of the most painful and humiliating defeats ever for me. I still want revenge lol, I know it's 25 years or so later but I still want some sort of payback for this day!

[@MrBlackSheep331]

You can't have it, we don't even qualify for the 3rd round anymore :P

[@thecallawaykid1763]

The mighty Wrexham, and at the oldest international stadium in the world - The Racecourse!

[@tuddles71]

i was there that day..best match and pitch invasion after whistle ever...483

[@paulwilliams8389]

@@MrBlackSheep331 We don't qualify for the First Round all that often nowadays! :-(

[@cpetrizzi]

@@MrBlackSheep331 They did today!

[@munke69]

What's the commentators name

[@RW-nr6bh]

Tony Gubba

[@goteamdefense]

That pregame talk did not age well at all; about 90 minutes.

[@ComradeHellas]

Banter club

[@the.middle.of.90s]

arsenal was flop since then, now and eternal.

[@Adrian-cw8yu]

Arsenal won the FA cup the most times out of anyone, 14 times.. casual much?

[@kilianwilson2579]

First

[@WallopInn]

In line to get fucked up the arse by Mickey Thomas

[@RashaanSTLDN]

To make love to Justin Bieber...

[@roberttaylor298]

The commentator was shocking

[@kisbie]

Tony Gubba (RIP) was namechecked in Ron Manager's beatific poem 'Saturday Afternoon is Football'. And for that reason alone, he is a legendary commentator.