Second Thoughts
When Saturday Comes|January 2018

Roberto Baggio’s penalty in 1994, Holland’s double disappointment in the 1970s, Bayern’s late 1999 heartache – defeated finalists have created some of the game’s most enduring images, to which players at all levels can relate

Mark Sanderson
Second Thoughts

As captain it was my job to go up and col-lect the cup. I may have been 12, but I knew when I was being patronised. We hadn’t come close to winning the Eastleigh District League Cup final, yet here I was, being presented with the fair play award. This was no doubt dreamed up as some kind of consolation prize to ease the disappointment of defeat in a big game. Losing 8-0 was bad enough, but if I needed consoling it was after having to lift that thing in front of a congregation of parents which included my own.

Yes, you get a day out and a medal when you reach a final, but when you’ve built up a runners-up collection like mine you start considering semi-final defeat as a blessing in disguise, something you can forget about. Between 1991 and 2005 I played in six cup finals. I’m yet to win one, so I cringe when I hear pundits harping on about nobody remembering the losers in a cup final. The losers are all I tend to remember.

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