Tottenham and Nottingham Forest is a sport with loads of historical past – however there’s one match that did not end that lives lengthy within the reminiscence.
The 1991 FA Cup last win was historic for Spurs but in addition marked one other shift in supremacy between the 2 sides with the Tough Timber often besting them all through the Nineties.
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It is like a shifting of the poles, both Tottenham are on prime – as they have been within the late Sixties, early Eighties, and since Forest’s 1999 relegation – or it is Forest in management.
However in 1996, an FA Cup match between the pair appeared as if it was being performed on the North Pole.
With Tottenham seeking to get a uncommon Nineties win over Forest, they travelled to the Metropolis Floor on February 19.
However any optimism they’d about reaching the quarter-finals was whipped away by the swirling winds that introduced a blizzard spiralling in.
The climate started to vary an hour earlier than kick off when snow began falling, however forecasts again then weren’t adequate to foretell the chaos that was about to unfold.
Simply ten minutes into the conflict a blizzard hit the Metropolis Floor, and 5 minutes later issues turned insufferable.
Officers tried to salvage issues by swapping the usual white ball for an orange winter one, however even these efforts have been useless.
The pitch’s white strains quickly blended into their new background and the one choice left for referee Gary Willard to take was a suspension after minutes.
Talking on the time, Tottenham supervisor Gerry Francis mentioned: “It turned unimaginable.
“Everybody on the road would have gotten pneumonia if they’d stayed out any longer. We might have become snowmen.
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“No arguments, it had develop into ridiculous. I’m upset, after all, as a result of we had began effectively.”
His reverse quantity at Forest, Frank Clark, was in settlement, saying: “There was nothing else that the referee might do tonight.
“I’ve not seen a snowstorm prefer it since I used to be a boy within the North-east.”
Nonetheless, there might have been one disagreement, with Francis involved whether or not a reserving for Jason Dozzell would stand.
“If there had been a aim, it will not have counted,” he mentioned.
Fortunately for Francis, he was in a position to duck for canopy within the Metropolis Floor’s tunnel to talk to the press, however the identical couldn’t be mentioned for his crew’s supporters.
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The match turned a part of Tottenham folklore with talks of epic journeys again to London by means of thick and treacherous snow.
The match contained quite a lot of Premier League greats like Sol Campbell, Teddy Sheringham and Kevin Campell, whereas on the bench was Alf Inge Haaland, a person infinitely extra well-known now due to his already iconic son.
The FA managed to re-arrange the match simply 9 days later, and it was a 2-2 attract much better circumstances, with Ian Woan and Chris Armstrong each netting doubles.
Nonetheless, Spurs followers considering they could lastly get a reward for his or her February 19 struggles have been left upset by the return leg in London.
Bryan Roy and Sheringham traded objectives in a 1-1 draw earlier than Forest certified for the following spherical with a win on penalties.