First FA Cup Final You Watched?

[catfish]

1970 leeds v chelsea is the first i can remember

Same here.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

1976 Southampton 1 V Man Utd O (Bobbie Stokes the winner)

Same as me... went up the road (Holmes Avenue) to watch it on a colour telly

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

1983 too! First one I truly understood what was going on on the pitch was 1987.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

That was my first too. But it wasn't a Trebilcock hattrick, he scored two but the last goal was scored by Derek Temple after a shocking mistake by Gerry Young. Wednesday were 2-0 up at one stage.

Well spotted I forgot it was the almost hat trick but do remember the excitement of the comeback from 2-0 down

 

[Blackadder]

1968 - West Brom1 Everton 0

That was mine as well. I was in primary school and we had our school fete on. The school brought a colour television in to show it, to ensure that people actually came to the fete. The second one I remember watching was chelsea v Leeds. The replay should have been X rated.

 

[Thanet Seagull]

1972 Leeds V Arsenal, 1-0 to Leeds scored by Alan clarke.

 

[Thanet Seagull]

1973 Sunderland v Leeds.

Can still hear David Coleman's commentary in my head..

"Porterfield, one-nil!"

The cup final was so huge in the 70's, one of the only live games you saw on the television, preceeded by It's a Cup Final Knockout and Cup Final Question of Sport.

Always a fantastic day.

Missed this final. I was dragged to see Sooty and Sweep instead. Still not forgiven my parents.

 

[The Modfather]

1975 - West Ham V Fulham

 

[cheeseroll]

1969 Man City 1 Leicester 0, Peter Shilton played a blinder in goal for Leicester. Dad took me down the park afterwards so that i could leap about Shiltonesque like..

 

[matthew]

1971 arsenal v. liverpool

in colour too,most vivid memory, charlie george lying on his back after crashing in the winner

it used to be the biggest club game in the world back then,big shame an average champions league game is seen as far more important these days

checked it out on wiki and liverpool had no fewer than 9 english players in their team!

1971 FA Cup Final - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

100 000 attendance it says?!

 

[The Camel]

Missed this final. I was dragged to see Sooty and Sweep instead. Still not forgiven my parents.

My parents told me they were getting divorced on the morning of the 1975 Cup Final.

Totally ruined it the big game.

Mum never even packed her bags, they were like happened the next day!

I never forgave them for that!

 

[Gwylan]

The second one I remember watching was chelsea v Leeds. The replay should have been X rated.

An absolute feast of dirty football. Under today's laws there wouldn't have been enough players on the pitch to finish the game.

 

[tonymgc]

1991 Tottenham Vs Forest

 

[Knightsworld]

1977 Man Utd v Liverpool

 

[Deleted member 18477]

1996 man utd v Liverpool (awful White suits)... Cantona going backwards vollying from edge of penalty box. What a player!

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Couldn’t remember if it was the one won by Man Utd (1996 FA Cup Final - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) or Everton, which came first.

According to Wikipedia, it was Everton. So must have been the first one I watched.


1995 FA Cup Final - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Everton 1 – 0 Manchester United
Rideout 30'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 79,592
Referee: Gerald Ashby (Worcestershire)

 

[Braders]

1994 United 4 Chelsea 0

Same for me.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

1994 United 4 Chelsea 0

Same!

 

[KneeOn]

1971 arsenal v. liverpool

in colour too,most vivid memory, charlie george lying on his back after crashing in the winner

it used to be the biggest club game in the world back then,big shame an average champions league game is seen as far more important these days

checked it out on wiki and liverpool had no fewer than 9 english players in their team!

1971 FA Cup Final - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Same teams, only in 2001. Michael Owen brace from 1-0 down. Nearly bet my 1 pound pocket money on Liverpool to win with a neighbour. But I didn't... I still regret that decision and vowed to never gamble.

 

[brighton terra]

It was either Leeds v Arsenal or Leeds v Sunderland in the early 70s.