FA Cup Third Round

Notts County 2     Bristol City 2
Christie (pen)                                          Crawford
Christie                                                   Ritchie
 

HT 1-1

Attendance :- 11,042
 

Notts County
Colours:- White shirts with black dual pinstripes, Black shorts, White socks
League Position:- 20th/22 in the top flight
Manager:- Larry Lloyd

1.   Seamus McDonagh
2.   Mark Goodwin
3.   Nigel Worthington
4.   Pedro Richards
5.   David Hunt
6.   Brian Kilcline
7.   Martin O'Neill
8.   David Clarke
9.   Trevor Christie
10. Rachid Harkouk *
11. John Chiedozie

Sub: Iain McCulloch *

Bristol City
Colours:- Red shirts, White shorts, Red socks
League Position:- 6th/24 in the 4th tier
Manager:- Terry Cooper

1.   John Shaw
2.   Paul Stevens
3.   Gary Williams
4.   Bruce Halliday
5.   Forbes Phillipson-Masters
6.   Glyn Riley
7.   Howard Pritchard
8.   Tom Ritchie
9.   Kenny Stroud
10. Martyn Hirst
11. Alan Crawford *

Sub: Terry Cooper *

Video of the match:- Central TV produced a report voiced over by Tony Francis.

Match Report
None available

Up the Maggies footnote:
This ought to have been an easy passage into the 4th round for Notts as the Robins were now three divisions below the Magpies (following three successive relegations after losing their top flight status only 4 years earlier). The tie was evidently a big deal for City who brought an impressive following, but unfortunately they turned out to be the worst behaved fans I'd had the displeasure of witnessing up to that point (it was my first cup match as well as my first Sunday Meadow Lane outing) - They threw coins at us and, unable to provoke a reaction, they then decided to start fighting amongst themselves and then the police. It was no surprise to see Bristol City hooligans making the headlines later in the season at Reading in April where their manager Terry Cooper made a tannoy threat to concede the points if they didn't behave themselves. As for this 3rd round FA Cup tie, City took a surprise lead before Christie equalised with a penalty, Christie then put Notts ahead shortly after half-time but City equalised to take the tie to a replay at Ashton Gate - which took place two days later in front of easily their biggest crowd of the season. Notts made no mistakes this time however and won 2-0.

Notts County Season 1983/84
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