York City 1 Arsenal 0 FA Cup 4th Rd 1985

[@frenchmanntube]

York put shit loads of hay down on the pitch to try and combat the frost... it worked and thank god. I remember this game crystal clear. Who could forget it!. I also recoded it from MOTD and had a copy on V2000 (i.e. not VHS or beta!) but my player broke, so thanks a million for posting this, great memories

[@mrblueeyes7889]

I was there....one of the greatest days of my childhood

[@philipking1788]

Me too. A special day indeed!

[@YJB8CCFC]

Thirty years on, are they still talking about this in York? Hope you find your way back into the league pyramid. Swans fan.

[@UXB-p5u]

​@@YJB8CCFC Thanks mate 😊

[@walthamer]

Coincidentally, these 2 teams met 10 years earlier in the FA Cup as well. York got a draw at Highbury in the original game but Arsenal won the replay with Brian Kidd scoring a hat trick.

[@motormouthalmighty]

MAN.I'D FORGOTTEN JUST HOW FANTASTIC THAT THAT VOICE WAS.BORN FOR FOOTBALL COMMENTARY,JUST LIKE SIR DAVID ATTENBROUGH AND NATURE.SOME SUPERB SAVES BY THE YORK KEEPER!

[@christopherpearson3266]

Keith Houchen went on to be an FA cup winner 2 years later with Coventry City in 1987.

[@hauntboy]

Yes, and he scored some priceless goals along the way... FIVE.

[@seltaeb9691]

The fa cup is a sad shadow of games like these & no replays either. Let's exclude the Premier League & the rest can play how it was.

[@iainclark5964]

Arsenal's team cost £4m, the past is a different country!

[@motormouthalmighty]

MAN.THAT JUST LOOKS BEAUTIFUL THAT DOESN'T IT!?THEY WERE BEATING LIVERPOOL TWICE WEREN'T THEY BEFORE THE EXTRA TIME IN THE REPLAY AT ANFIELD1-3? NOT THE 0-7!! BEAT ARSENAL 1-0? YORK LOST 0-3 AT HOME TO BOLTON THAT SEASON! 1-0 V ARSENAL.JIMMY GREAVES ALWAYS SAID THAT'S A FUNNY OLD GAME SAINT! THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MIND BOGGLING RESULTS HAVEN'T THERE? BUT NEARLY ALWAYS THE BIG BOYS WIN THE TITLES,THE CUPS AND THE FIFA WORLD CUP FINALS! AND SOMEHOW THE BRILLIANT MINNOWS,LIKE COSTA RICA 2014 SOMEHOW ALWAYS GET PIPPED TO THE POST!

[@Ray-xh6gb]

I had jokes about Yorkie bars when arsenallost

[@Ray-xh6gb]

Snowy pitch and arsenal loss

[@angelametcalfe9142]

Lol the foul for the penalty was yards out of the box

[@ajay999999]

I don't like this all film of Arsenal losing should be destroyed

[@forgive7449]

great bit of history. the icy pitch was a real leveler but arsenals attitude was all wrong. walsall also knocked them out of the league cup around the same time.

[@christopherpearson3266]

Arsenal don't have a devine right to win a game of football, just because they are Arsenal. That rule goes for any and every football club/team. York City played well and Earned their win on that particular day and occasion. That is the magic of the FA Cup David V Goliath.

[@ajay999999]

@@christopherpearson3266 Wonder when York will win the cup

[@christopherpearson3266]

@@ajay999999 When will mighty Arsenal next win the premier league ? Hmmm...

[@ajay999999]

@@christopherpearson3266 All we need is some Russian oligark