h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm going to have to throw in the 1990/91 FA Cup third round match between West Brom (then of the second - now first - division) and Woking FC (A682445) - who were at that point not even in the Football Conference. There were about 100 clubs between them in the league and the result was a foregone conclusion...

Anyway, to cut a long (well, 90 minute) story short, Woking won the match 4 : 2 in one of the great FA Cup upsets - the kind of result which makes the FA Cup the most interesting domestic trophy in the world. Highlight of the match was the great hat-trick from Tim Buzaglo, who's career was unfortunately ended shortly afterwards through injury. Woking went on to play First Division Everton in the next round, and were unfortunate to lose 1 : 0.

I didn't get to see the match (I was on a university trip playing badminton in Holland at the time), and I heard the result at about midnight while sat in the pouring rain in a mini-bus waiting for the weather to subside so they'd let us on the ferry. I think I managed to deafen the other 11 occupants when I heard the score...

Some people know where they were when Kennedy was shot, some know what they were doing when they heard about Princess Diana - I know where I was when I heard Woking had beaten West Brom in the FA Cup. It's a funny old world...