Bristol Rovers v. Ipswich FA Cup 1978

I remember that freezing snowy winter of 1978. Would football be played on such a snow covered pitch these days?

Nice one mate. I was at the Leicester game, all i can remember was a massive punch by the tunnel in the embankment after the game, i was only about 9 and we had to leg it to the car!

Anyone got footage of the Leicester City cup game from the mid 80's,i remember that being a great game.I think we left Eastville not long afterwards.

Brilliant stuff,i remember this being my first ever Rovers game,the atmosphere 25,000 plus,i was hooked from then on.i'm sure we played them again at Eastville in the mid 80s in similar conditions.

Good call. I lived in Ipswich that year, and boy was it exciting. What's funny is how everyone insisted we couldn't win the FA Cup because we lucked into soft draws. We didn't face a first division foe until the semi-final. But it wasn't our fault that Hartlepool - the worst team in football - upset Crystal Palace. I mean, Orient was in the semis, too, that year.

I hate to break it to you, but this was a fifth round game. Even if Rovers had won, they would still have had to beat Millwall, West Brom, and Arsenal to win the Cup. Besides, didn't Rovers get a chance to beat Ipswich in a replay and lost, 3-0?

Great clip - orange ball and all!!
(can't remember the last time we had decent snow in Bristol!)