We often speak about which one was better: City v QPR, or City v Gillingham.
They both have their merits and both are contenders, but the general feeling amongst the older Citizens is that the 1999 Wembley final sins out in the end, primarily because of what it would have meant had we lost. Stuck in the third tier another season, we'd have lost many loyal players, probably Joe Royle, and presumably faced Administration, which would have just compounded the issue. Club gone? It's quite likely, and therefore without Horlock and Dickov's goals and Weaver's heroics, there's be no ADUG, and there'd be no NYCFC. That you can count on. That's how important it was.
If one were to remove that from the equation, then the QPR match wins hand down - it's a fine line.