I thought KO was 3pm, so rushed to get home to watch. I wish I hadn't bothered...
Like a lot of the more mature football fans on here I remember the times when FA Cup final days were a special occasion.
It used to occupy broadcast coverage from 9am to kick off time at 3pm. It was probably one of the few live games that were broadcast and necessitated getting in food and beer and hours of sitting on the couch watching with mates.
The special nature of this match has been consigned to history.
Like a lot of the more mature football fans on here I remember the times when FA Cup final days were a special occasion.
It used to occupy broadcast coverage from 9am to kick off time at 3pm. It was probably one of the few live games that were broadcast and necessitated getting in food and beer and hours of sitting on the couch watching with mates.
The special nature of this match has been consigned to history.
It was very special but it never started at 9am , more like 11am or 12pm in the 70s/80s.
BBC ONE are doing 5 and a half hours today of coverage. As much as they ever did back then.
1995 - started 12.20pm - http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/95d3a35a61294f3a805e943900c5a985
1972 - started 10.45am http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f9f0ba18c3fa44298402cea4ea3cc0ce
1970 - 11am - http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/758135ed0a8c4f989a53a45042c53241
1974 - 11.15am etc http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5af1c91e15b74db1b3a9cf74cd82237f
etc etc
That is how I remember it but I am sure my memory tells me that on occassions they went to the hotels and met the players at breakfast.