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[GolfRoader]

It was good to here the Birmingham fans chanting ALTY after the game.
 Thought there might be trouble after the game, but all was good.

Don't Villa fans still have a song about this?

Think this is the one:

There was a team called city, they come from Birmingham.
They got knocked out the FA Cup by non league Altrincham
And in the final minute, the referee blew up.
And now them blue nose b....... are out the FA Cup       

[Steve from Sale]

Gangstas

Remember that day so well, as if it was yesterday. Went with my mum of all people, she did not understand the value of the win, but harped on and on about how impressed she was with the police escort away from Birmingham City. Both my dad - now deceased and my mum were Brummies who moved to Sale in 1951 when dad got promoted. that side of my family were all Aston Villa fans, and took great amusement from our win. Our phone was pretty hot next day as cousins, Aunts and Uncles called me to get the low down on what happened. Mum still has her Birmingham accent though it is toned down, coming out strongly when she speaks with her own fellow Brummies - she is now 92 and lives near me in Sale. Cannot get to Alty games but always asks after them. she kept asking who the nice looking boy with blond curly hair was that night, the one who kept snapping at Birmingham's defender heels! I informed her it was Colin Chesters, and he was obviously in a bad mood!

I do remember Ronnie Ellis's equaliser clearly, as he swept in and scored from the left past David Seaman - bet Ronnie Ellis has had loads of credo from his family about scoring past an England keeper!! I also remember whatching Gary Anderson shadowing Mark Hopkins as he ran towards his own goal, he was trying to get either side of him and hussled, I think it was Mark Hopkins , into an own goal. The atmosphere that night from Alty was superb as we raised a crescendo of noise when the goals went in.

I remember going home with a incredibly sore throat afterwards, as we had chanted all through the game, but I found the atmosphere from the Birmingham end strangely eerie. I think to be honest it is a night which has been swept under the carpet, and I remember the words of Greavsie clearly. Saint said we have to congratulate Altrincham on a fine win last week, but Greavsie replied, yeh but another 1st division manager has lost his job in the fallout, hasnt he? No further words were said about it.

Since then the whole of the press, TV and other media outlets have closed off the fine win, Birmingham swept it under the carpet and even the Villa fans have little memory of it now. I still remember the Daily Mirror's single column about it with the heading - Rockin Robins. Then a birmingham City player saying a few days later that some of the Alty players were carrying weight - Round Robins!!! Oh the taste of bitterness in defeat.

Despite all that, I and other Alty fans present will never forget that night, especially the 'Was I really there, did I really see that' syndrome I was going through. I lost a full nights sleep after that game!! It took me two days to come down from the adrenaline burst. Jeez, what a night!

[AltyTunnelSteward]

I think it was Robert Hopkins Steve

I also remember when we were organising the Birmingham event at the Ashley that we were trying to get David Seaman to come. We were going to put him up in a hotel and all sorts but he refused to even acknowledge that it had happened at all

[JackSwindells No 1 Fan]

Quite simply an amazing night... I cried my eyes out at the final whistle.... whilst Brum were relegated I do recall going to OT to spy on them about 10 days before the game... Man U only won 1 nil in a tight game... overall it was one of the best team performances in our history despite the squad being inferior to Tony Sanders red & white army of 1978 through 82!

[GRACEO]

I remember the away end having a 15 foot perimeter fence and me and a hundred others climbing to the top of it at the final whistle as the players came over to celebrate !

I bought all the national newspapers the day after. The Daily Star had the best back page headline with 'ALTRINWHAM' 

[Hamilton]

 BBC Sportsday:

GET INVOLVED
William Taylor ‏on Twitter: "If it was over one leg it wouldn't be such a shock, but the fact Bradford won over two legs means its definitely up there!"

Raj Jamnadass on Twitter: "Surely the Crazy Gang v Liverpool."

Nick Smith on Twitter: "The most underrated cup shock still Altrincham's win at Birmingham in '86. Non league v top division club, David Seaman & all."

[Bob]

Wimbledon beating Liverpool wasn't a massive shock in footballing terms. They were in the same division!

[Derek Stubbs]

Wimbledon beating Liverpool wasn't a massive shock in footballing terms. They were in the same division!

correct & only 6 places apart in the final league table, so certainly not a shock.

[York Alty]

Wimbledon beating Liverpool wasn't a massive shock in footballing terms. They were in the same division!

correct.  but it is in colour on good quality film...

[Mallorca Alty]

I think it was Robert Hopkins Steve

I also remember when we were organising the Birmingham event at the Ashley that we were trying to get David Seaman to come. We were going to put him up in a hotel and all sorts but he refused to even acknowledge that it had happened at all

He doesn't mention anything about our win in his autobiography. I think his time at Birmingham was covered in about 2 pages. Miserable ****

[anglo alty]

The thing about this game was that it didn't get the publicity it deserved because a lot of pundits expected Alty to win, Emlyn Hughes in particular was quite adamant on football focus that we could win, It didn't help that the game was played in midweek after a Saturday postponment. That was nationally, however locally the Express and Star and Evening Mail had a field day with it From what i can remember we played really well and didn't deserve to fall behind and memories of a cup tie against Crewe in 1968 where we lost 1-0 and did everything but score came flooding back but Ronnie got us back in it and there og scorer who's name escapes me put a delightful finnish past David Seaman. Robert something was his name

[anglo alty]

just remembered Robert Hopkins

[York Alty]

can we make robert hopkins a freeman of the borough?

[Derek Stubbs]

I think Man City tried to sign him at the end of that season but he turned them down.

He was the scorer when Birmingham beat City that season too.