Lanterne Rouge Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52416192 I remember both games as if they were played last week. Some interesting comments from some of the players involved in this article. Where did that fifty years go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 This is the first FA Cup that I can remember, what great games, the cup at it's finest, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Two years earlier for me - WBA v Everton, Jeff Astle got the winner and then Man City v Leicester in 1969 - Neil Young for Man City. Great days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, Med/MadHatter said: This is the first FA Cup that I can remember, what great games, the cup at it's finest, love it! Same here - to be followed later that year by Mexico the first world cup I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 1967 was the first FA Cup final I took an interest in. Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 with goals from Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul before Bobby Tambling scored a consolation for the Pensioners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 If you asked me who won it last season mind I`d have to look it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, Reigate Red said: Same here - to be followed later that year by Mexico the first world cup I can remember. That's when I fell in love with the game, first time I saw tv in colour too, was living with my Gran and Gramps in Mangotsfield, my Dad wouldn't get a colour tv until 10 years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 First one I remember watching was 1976, Southampton v United, Bobby Stokes and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Dave Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 First Cup Final I can remember, in fact I remember everything about the day! Went to Doug Hillards ( when it was at Eastville) and my old man bought me my first Chelsea kit and a pair of boots. I wore it, and the boots, to my school fete( Downend County) and went ass over tit in the school hall, because of the studs!! Remember everything about both games, but couldn’t tell you what I had for breakfast this morning!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 Leeds v Sunderland in '73, was the first one that I took any interest in. Can vaguely remember '70 WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtucks Posted April 27, 2020 Report Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: 1967 was the first FA Cup final I took an interest in. Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 with goals from Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul before Bobby Tambling scored a consolation for the Pensioners. That was the first and only cup final that I actually attended. I was 16 and at the youth club, when one of the senior members (who happened to later become my brother-in-law) came in asking if anyone was interested in a cup final ticket. I jumped at it, went home to get the money and the following morning booked a seat on a Wessex coach, and couldn't believe my luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 22 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52416192 I remember both games as if they were played last week. Some interesting comments from some of the players involved in this article. Where did that fifty years go? Leeds took the lead in both games, but still lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki's soulmate Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 22 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Two years earlier for me - WBA v Everton, Jeff Astle got the winner and then Man City v Leicester in 1969 - Neil Young for Man City. Great days. Two years earlier for me - Everton v Sheff Wed, then in 67 Chelsea v Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 1981 for me and the magical Ricky Villa goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 Great stories on this thread, what a disgrace it is that the FA Cup has been so devalued in the last 10-15 years. The 5pm kick off time for the final really pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 22 hours ago, One Team In Keynsham said: First one I remember watching was 1976, Southampton v United, Bobby Stokes and all that. Snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 I have every Cup Final programme from 1968 to 1976, didn't bother with 77, but do have every Ipswich programme for their games from the 3rd round to the final. Everton 1966, Spurs, WBA, Man C, Chelsea, Arsenal, Leeds, Sunderland, Liverpool, WHU, Soton, Man U, Ipswich 1978 that's 13 winners in 13 years. Will that ever happen again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 23 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: If you asked me who won it last season mind I`d have to look it up! I’ve no likes left, I’m the same as you, I genuinely don’t know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Can any one recall when Ron Harris was a guest pundit for one season on HTY's soccer programme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 !967/68 West Brom V Everton(never knew where these places where) first season watching City loved the build up I felt grown up talking to my Dad about football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 As others have said the cup was so special back then. I couldn't afford to get to many city games when I was a kid but would always go to home FA cup games, then later on home and away. At one point I hadn't missed a cup game for years and years at home and most away. When I was at school I could tell you every cup final winner since the war. Now I couldn't tell you the last 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsham Ed Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 27/04/2020 at 20:42, Reigate Red said: Same here - to be followed later that year by Mexico the first world cup I can remember. Same here as well. Mexico 70 was fantastic especially watching Brazil. What a team they were. Full of talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Corsham Ed said: Same here as well. Mexico 70 was fantastic especially watching Brazil. What a team they were. Full of talent. So many things…….. The world cup sticker book that my late dad bought for me – how I wish I had not thrown it away Watching via Rediffusion black and white TV The Bobby Moore Colombia bracelet incident. Gordon Banks save Gerd Muller El Salvador being in a World Cup The Mexico shirt – I loved it at the time and wanted a replica! France nor Scotland not being in it (that’s a retrospective view) Back home A lot about Brazil Etc etc…. Sorry this has strayed off of the FA Cup Final topic. I suppose there is a link with Bonetti, Terry Cooper, Jackie Charlton etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Corsham Ed said: Same here as well. Mexico 70 was fantastic especially watching Brazil. What a team they were. Full of talent. I still get the shivers at that fantastic 4th goal. Carlos Alberto, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeneys Penalties Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 The first FA Cup Final I recall watching on the TV was the Leeds v Chelsea games. I grew up on a council estate in Bath, and whilst most around me were City fans, they seemed to want Chelsea to win that final. I dont remember much about the games other than my Dad letting me stay up to watch the replay and the fact that I was about to nod off when Ian Hutchinson's long throw found David Webb's head and in the ball went into the back of the net.....it revived me for 20 minutes or so before I was once again asleep. Mexico 70....dont remember a lot. I remember bits of England playing Brazil and then England flunking it against West Germany (seems odd typing that now) to Gerd Mullers goal. From my Dads reaction at the time, and as young as I was, I learned, never bet against the Germans....borne out a couple of years later when Gunter Netzer seemed to be the only player on the pitch at Wembley. Times seemed simpler then.... well it was for me, I was very much in Primary School and I was reading heroic stories about the rise of Leeds United, Shankly's Liverpool, Jimmy of City and Jack of United in "Scorcher" and "Shoot" magazine. My dads much younger brother used to give me his old "Football Monthly" mags, but that was a bit advanced for me at the time. For some reason, I also remember Rodney Marsh being a hero of mine.....and a year or two later, reading a million Everton programmes as my mate at school had an older brother who was a huge Toffee's fan. By the time the 72 final came to life, I was watching the whole build up to the FA Cup Final on BBC or ITV with the "panel of experts" which inevitably involved Derek Dougan, Malcolm Allison, and Cloughie on one side or the other. It was a different game, a different time.....and I have no idea who won the FA Cup last season...weird innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Last 5 minutes of the 1979 final were pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 21 hours ago, Sweeneys Penalties said: The first FA Cup Final I recall watching on the TV was the Leeds v Chelsea games. I grew up on a council estate in Bath, and whilst most around me were City fans, they seemed to want Chelsea to win that final. I dont remember much about the games other than my Dad letting me stay up to watch the replay and the fact that I was about to nod off when Ian Hutchinson's long throw found David Webb's head and in the ball went into the back of the net.....it revived me for 20 minutes or so before I was once again asleep. Mexico 70....dont remember a lot. I remember bits of England playing Brazil and then England flunking it against West Germany (seems odd typing that now) to Gerd Mullers goal. From my Dads reaction at the time, and as young as I was, I learned, never bet against the Germans....borne out a couple of years later when Gunter Netzer seemed to be the only player on the pitch at Wembley. Times seemed simpler then.... well it was for me, I was very much in Primary School and I was reading heroic stories about the rise of Leeds United, Shankly's Liverpool, Jimmy of City and Jack of United in "Scorcher" and "Shoot" magazine. My dads much younger brother used to give me his old "Football Monthly" mags, but that was a bit advanced for me at the time. For some reason, I also remember Rodney Marsh being a hero of mine.....and a year or two later, reading a million Everton programmes as my mate at school had an older brother who was a huge Toffee's fan. By the time the 72 final came to life, I was watching the whole build up to the FA Cup Final on BBC or ITV with the "panel of experts" which inevitably involved Derek Dougan, Malcolm Allison, and Cloughie on one side or the other. It was a different game, a different time.....and I have no idea who won the FA Cup last season...weird innit? It`s not the same now is it? I remember cycling across Taunton on the afternoon of one final in the late 70s (can`t recall which one) to get to my then girlfriend`s house. Not a soul in sight, it was like lockdown is now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 "For the love of Ada" a comedy? with Wilfred Pickles and Irene Handel (ask your you grand parents) from the year 1970 featured the 1970 cup final with siome film footage of the actual game,can you imagine Sky doing the same nowadays? The programme was on Talking pictures at 17:00pm Thursday 30 April 2020. Not sure if it MIGHT be on catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsham Ed Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Back in the 70’s and early 80’s, the FA Cup final was the highlight of the footballing calendar. As said above it was similar to a lockdown. The TV would start at 9am with a number of shows including “it’s a knockout” it was a fantastic occasion, but now sadly ruined with kick offs at 5pm. The FA cup has been totally de valued by clubs playing second string sides, Man Utd pulling out of the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 On 29/04/2020 at 22:31, Sweeneys Penalties said: The first FA Cup Final I recall watching on the TV was the Leeds v Chelsea games. I grew up on a council estate in Bath, and whilst most around me were City fans, they seemed to want Chelsea to win that final. I dont remember much about the games other than my Dad letting me stay up to watch the replay and the fact that I was about to nod off when Ian Hutchinson's long throw found David Webb's head and in the ball went into the back of the net.....it revived me for 20 minutes or so before I was once again asleep. Mexico 70....dont remember a lot. I remember bits of England playing Brazil and then England flunking it against West Germany (seems odd typing that now) to Gerd Mullers goal. From my Dads reaction at the time, and as young as I was, I learned, never bet against the Germans....borne out a couple of years later when Gunter Netzer seemed to be the only player on the pitch at Wembley. Times seemed simpler then.... well it was for me, I was very much in Primary School and I was reading heroic stories about the rise of Leeds United, Shankly's Liverpool, Jimmy of City and Jack of United in "Scorcher" and "Shoot" magazine. My dads much younger brother used to give me his old "Football Monthly" mags, but that was a bit advanced for me at the time. For some reason, I also remember Rodney Marsh being a hero of mine.....and a year or two later, reading a million Everton programmes as my mate at school had an older brother who was a huge Toffee's fan. By the time the 72 final came to life, I was watching the whole build up to the FA Cup Final on BBC or ITV with the "panel of experts" which inevitably involved Derek Dougan, Malcolm Allison, and Cloughie on one side or the other. It was a different game, a different time.....and I have no idea who won the FA Cup last season...weird innit? Been lucky enough to watch two finals live, Leeds v Chelsea and Leeds v Sunderland. At the 70 final as a 14yo I wanted Leeds to win but couldn't cheer their goals as I was stood in the middle of the Chelsea shed mob.!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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