Great list, I think you've summed it up rather well chaps
The bloody referees have had a MASSIVE hand in a lot of these defeats
If only the ref had/hadn't given that penalty... if only it was/wasn't offside...
Then again... if only Campbell hadn't inexplicably handballed against Saudi Sportswashing Machine
But if the refs don't conspire against us, the bloody pitch does
I didn't even remember that we lost 2-0 to Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi, I thought it was 1-0
"Tottenham Hotspur dominated and Peter Crouch, in particular, will be incredulous that he did not score. The striker, of course, used to be on the books at Fratton Park. There are many ties between these clubs and it often looked as if the sides would never disentangle themselves.
It took the referee to keep them apart even after Portsmouth had gone into the lead. Within moments of the goal, Alan Wiley wrongly disallowed an equaliser by Crouch from a Gareth Bale cross when he supposed there had been by a foul by Niko Kranjcar on David James. A curse was probably essential to deny Harry Redknapp's side. Even the opener depended on the random conduct of a pitch at Wembley that is already notorious.
Nine minutes into extra time, a Marc Wilson set-piece came off the head of Kevin-Prince Boateng and would have been attended to had Michael Dawson not lost his footing. The centre-half fell and Fr?®d?®ric Piquionne pounced, shooting beyond Heurelho Gomes. A wretched day for Redknapp's team concluded when Portsmouth scored again three minutes from the end. Wilson Palacios brought down Aruna Dindane and Boateng, one of a several former Tottenham players, converted the penalty."
