Rest in peace, Diego. Embed from Getty Images. Preperation for such a big match can sometimes be fraught with problems, especially if you are a perfectionist in the same way that Cloughie undoubtedly was. When we got to Madrid, [assistant manager] Peter Taylor told me we had a great training pitch, but it was too hard. It was fairly quiet, but a few cars came past, beeping horns.
In the end, Shilton was left with roundabout nothing to do. The FA Cup final was the first time a team from Yorkshire had faced a team from Lancashire in the competition. On the day, poor old Wednesday were absolutely thrashed , which, I believe, is still a Cup final record score. Another record was set that day, when William Townley who was later to go on to great success as a coach on the Continent scored the first ever Cup final hat-trick, which helped send Blackburn home to Lancashire with the FA Cup trophy for the fourth time.
The FA Cup final of was a quietly important one, not only for its role in changing the tactics of the game but also its impact on the social standing and wider appeal of football. The public school dominance of the game was beginning to shift.
Blackburn were the eventual winners, beating the Old Etonians after extra time and becoming the first working class side to triumph in the competition. To commemorate this momentous step forward in post-war international relations , how did we celebrate? With Brexit looming ever closer or not, as the case may be , we thought it might be interesting to revisit this game forty-six years on — and maybe see how the football world reacted to our entry into Europe. Their concerns were more with the game itself, obviously.
Quite a start to this new European adventure…. Many thanks to Sid, who uncovered this unusual and strangely relevant match! Gordon Banks at the World Cup. He is the glory of English football. But Gordon Banks, the England World Cup winning goalkeeper who died last week at the age of 81, really was a legend. He was revered in my family, which makes his death feel almost like a personal loss. And I am sure I am not the only one to feel that way.
An inspiration to generations of fans and world-class goalkeepers alike, and, by all accounts, a bloody nice man too, his memory will live on. Stoke City, one of his former clubs, will be paying him a unique tribute this weekend — have a look at this:.
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Email required Address never made public. Name required. Loading Comments In the replay, Ardilles opened the scoring with some astute wing play, but it was Villa who wrote the headlines with an amazing 30 yard dribble during which he beat 4 City defenders and slotted the ball into the net. Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa By izadmin. Von izadmin Thursday, Share This Story!
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