simplyared
Full Member
I’ll go for the 1966 final Everton v Sheffield Wednesday:
We’d lost to Everton in the semi (without Best who was out through injury) which took place at Burnden Park. I was 13 at the time and went to the game with my dad. An odd goal by Colin Harvey meant we wouldn’t be going to Wembley. This would prove to be my biggest disappointment in all the years I’ve followed utd.
In those days winning the FA Cup was almost as important as winning the league. In terms of prestige it was even better. However Everton would meet Shefield Wednesday in the final and were clear favourites to win the trophy.
100,000 fans at wembley saw the underdogs take a 2 goal lead just after the break.
But it was an unknown who would change the outcome of this game. A young Mike Trebilcock who’d been thrown into the Everton side by the manager Catterick instead of the popular Fred Pickering. Trebilcock scoring 2 goals and then a third by Derek Temple saw the Everton players receive the cup from Princess Margaret.
Remember going straight out into the park with my mates afterwards. We got a game going. I was Mike Trebilcock and was just bangin them in!
We’d lost to Everton in the semi (without Best who was out through injury) which took place at Burnden Park. I was 13 at the time and went to the game with my dad. An odd goal by Colin Harvey meant we wouldn’t be going to Wembley. This would prove to be my biggest disappointment in all the years I’ve followed utd.
In those days winning the FA Cup was almost as important as winning the league. In terms of prestige it was even better. However Everton would meet Shefield Wednesday in the final and were clear favourites to win the trophy.
100,000 fans at wembley saw the underdogs take a 2 goal lead just after the break.
But it was an unknown who would change the outcome of this game. A young Mike Trebilcock who’d been thrown into the Everton side by the manager Catterick instead of the popular Fred Pickering. Trebilcock scoring 2 goals and then a third by Derek Temple saw the Everton players receive the cup from Princess Margaret.
Remember going straight out into the park with my mates afterwards. We got a game going. I was Mike Trebilcock and was just bangin them in!