[Archived] Top 7 Of All Time Cup Worst Defeats

[John Howarth]

After todays debacle, I wondered where the defeat fared in the all-time worst cup defeats;

19th March 1962 Away to Rochale. League Cup Semi-Final. Lost 3-1

15th February 1964 Away to Oxford United. F A Cup 5th Round. Lost 3-1

22nd October 1964 Home to Workington.League cup 3rd replay. Lost 5-1

24th September 1985. Away to Wimbledon.League Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg. Lost 5-0

18th February 1989. Home to Brentford. F A Cup 5th Round. Lost 2-0

13th September 1994. Home to Trelleborgs. UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Leg. Lost 1-0

5th January 2008. Home to Coventry City. F A Cup 3rd Round. Lost 4-1

[brfcshabba]

I would say the league cup exit to Bournemouth has to be up there

[John Howarth]

I would say the league cup exit to Bournemouth has to be up there

OK. 22nd September 2004. Home to Bournemouth. League Cup 2nd Round. Lost 7-6 on penalties after drawing 3-3 at end of extra time

[Paul]

I think the 1-0 home defeat to Stockport County takes some beating. I remember standing in the FS hurling abuse at the manager - Harford or Hodgson? Surprised I wasn't thrown out.

[FourLaneBlue]

18th February 1989. Home to Brentford. F A Cup 5th Round. Lost 2-0

That was an awful day. our best run in the cup for a long while and the quarter finals were there waiting for us,

If I recall correctly Brentford however than met Liverpool at Anfield so we wouldn't have gone too much further anyway.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I was going to school in Rochdale in 1962, we'd moved from Blackburn a few years earlier. You can imagine the stick I got at school, the worst thing was it was a terrible performance and we were hanging on at 0-2 down , got a breakaway to make it 1-2 right at the death and then promptly let them get the third !

"Wait till we get you back to Ewood" I told my mates, well we won 2-1 on a shocking mudbath of a pitch but it wasn't enough. The 'dale played mighty Norwich in the final rounds, losing 3-0 at home and , I think, 1-0 away. Another Cup that we just threw away.

[greggyk]

Losing to that girl from Greece earlie this season was pretty bad

[vizcaya]

I think the 1-0 home defeat to Stockport County takes some beating. I remember standing in the FS hurling abuse at the manager - Harford or Hodgson? Surprised I wasn't thrown out.

If I don't remember wrongly, that was the final nail in the coffin for Harford as Rovers manager.

[1864roverite]

Stockport and trelleborg stand out, Sheffield utd and wed in 3 days also stands out, bmoutha nd brentford also take the pi$$ !!

but its all a part of being a supporter and the ups and downs of football

[John Howarth]

If I don't remember wrongly, that was the final nail in the coffin for Harford as Rovers manager.

You are quite correct. We lost 1-0 to Stockport County at home in the 3rd round of the League Cup on 22nd October 1996. Ray Harford resigned the next day and Tony Parkes took over as caretaker manager.At the time we were bottom of the Premier League, not having won a game out of the first ten.

[Presty On Tour]

You are quite correct. We lost 1-0 to Stockport County at home in the 3rd round of the League Cup on 22nd October 1996. Ray Harford resigned the next day and Tony Parkes took over as caretaker manager.At the time we were bottom of the Premier League, not having won a game out of the first ten.

then we stuffed liverpool the following weekend, correct?

[John Howarth]

then we stuffed liverpool the following weekend, correct?

Correct. Rovers 3, Liverpool 0. Home game November 3rd 1996. First win of the season. Chris Sutton with 2 goals, 1 a penalty and 1 from Jason Wilcox

[Mr. E]

Losing to that girl from Greece earlie this season was pretty bad

Yep, this makes it two disgraceful cup exits this season.

[den]

No competition here.

22nd October 1964 Home to Workington.League cup 3rd replay. Lost 5-1.

For anyone who was around at that time, - that was a wonderful rovers team. Workington were the pits, Kit Napier and all.

[No Nay Never]

The most embarrasing one for me was Stockport at home as mentioned by others.......

On a personal note i remember losing at Bramall Lane on pens in the quarter final 1992/93 season (as i think 1864 mentioned) that was hard to take for a young lad !

[MarkBRFC]

The ones i have witnessed have pretty much been covered here.

Although one that comes to mind, losing to Charlton 1-0 at Ewood in a FA Cup replay in 1994? Not as bad as some that have been mentioned though.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Like I thought our worst home defeat in the FA cup for some 19 yrs.Like others, I have seen us go out to the likes of Brentford,Stockport etc but the manner of defeat was emphatically shocking yesterday....we were well and truly taken apart!

[rover6]

Not the worst but losing to Sunderland in the season they went down with a ludicrously low points total (may've been a record low). I can't remember which cup but I believe it went to a replay and I have vague memories that Jon Douglas played right back and was torn to shreds by Julio Arca. Someone fill in the gaps please!

[Neil Weaver]

Not the worst but losing to Sunderland in the season they went down with a ludicrously low points total (may've been a record low). I can't remember which cup but I believe it went to a replay and I have vague memories that Jon Douglas played right back and was torn to shreds by Julio Arca. Someone fill in the gaps please!

As I remember, drew at Ewood (0-0 I think), replay at the SoL. A rather chilly evening (par for a Sunderland game I suppose?), 2-2 aet with Flitty scoring right at the death (of normal time I think). Woeful with the pens - think we missed all three - I remember Cole missing - while Sund scored all theirs. Wasn't THAT bad, at least it went to pens and the game was fairly even, unlike Sat.

[AlanK]

Trelleborg was the worst for me.

I was working as a field service engineer at the time. I live near Oxford but was given a job in Oldham that day. I arranged to see the game and stay at my uncles`s in Darwen that night knowing I had to be in Weymouth the following morning for another job.

I remember phoning everyone and anyone telling them I was about to attend Rover`s 1st ever European game. None of them cared but I was proud to be there.

Oh God. The rest is history. That was a long drive to the south and I`m not sure if my enthusiasm ever fully recovered that day.

[jim mk2]

I was going to school in Rochdale in 1962, we'd moved from Blackburn a few years earlier. You can imagine the stick I got at school, the worst thing was it was a terrible performance and we were hanging on at 0-2 down , got a breakaway to make it 1-2 right at the death and then promptly let them get the third !

"Wait till we get you back to Ewood" I told my mates, well we won 2-1 on a shocking mudbath of a pitch but it wasn't enough. The 'dale played mighty Norwich in the final rounds, losing 3-0 at home and , I think, 1-0 away. Another Cup that we just threw away.

Don't remember that one but the shock around the town after the Cup defeat by lowly Oxford United two years later sticks in the memory.

[philipl]

Don't remember that one but the shock around the town after the Cup defeat by lowly Oxford United two years later sticks in the memory.

I was only 6 at the time and even I can remember that one. It was certainly the only thing talked about in Darwen for about a week afterwards.

[Blakey]

As I remember, drew at Ewood (0-0 I think), replay at the SoL. A rather chilly evening (par for a Sunderland game I suppose?), 2-2 aet with Flitty scoring right at the death (of normal time I think). Woeful with the pens - think we missed all three - I remember Cole missing - while Sund scored all theirs. Wasn't THAT bad, at least it went to pens and the game was fairly even, unlike Sat.

If I remember rightly we drew 3-3! I think we where 3-1 down with 10 mins to go and either Yorke or Cole get the equaliser in injury time.

[waggy]

i seem to remember a 4-1 drubbing by swinedon at home late 60's

[philipl]

It was 0-4 at Ewood in 1967. 18,000 crowd as well- those were the days when folks went to Cup matches even if they missed league games.