WADDLE RECALLS PAIN OF CUP LOSSES
LEE DIXON told Chris Waddle that Sheffield Wednesday’s name was on the FA Cup the season the Owls reached two Wembley finals.
Well three if you include the 1993 FA Cup final replay agonisingly torn out of Wednesday’s grasp in the days when Trevor Francis’s side contained the likes of Waddle, John Sheridan, Carlton Palmer, Viv Anderson and David Hirst.
Today’s FA Cup Fourth Round trip to Chelsea is a reminder of those halcyon Hillsborough days before a decline which saw the club slide into football’s third tier.
“We faced Arsenal in both the League Cup final and the FA Cup final which went to a replay,” said Waddle. “That looked to be heading to penalties and as Arsenal were preparing to take a corner at the end of extra time Lee Dixon said to me ‘You’re going to win – we’ve missed four or five of our last penalties’.
“But no sooner had he said that I couldn’t believe it. Andy Linighan scored from the corner – we’d ended up losing to Arsenal again.
“It was a great season in many respects – we also finished seventh in the Premier League – but I felt that team needed a trophy.”
LENNON OUT FOR HIBS CLASH
HIBERNIAN look set to be without head coach Neil
Lennon for today’s Ladbrokes Premiership match at St Mirren. Reports from numerous media outlets claim the Northern
Irishman was suspended by the Easter Road club on Friday after an exchange with chief executive Leeann Dempster.
After finishing fourth last in season, Hibs sit in eighth place the table and are without a league win in five games.