Only FA Cup Final I go to. Looking at the goal now, Pearson's shot was going well wide and the reactions of Brooking getting down to that with his head were amazing.
We had our first colour TV (a soviet one) for Christmas of 1979 so I could watch the FA Cup final in colour. As far as I remember this was the first FA Cup match in Hungarian television.
Irish Arsenal and West Ham with players local to the club, when they played for the clubs because they dreamed for playing for them......and I'm a 35 year old, I envy the people who could witness the game at it's best in the 80's.
In the days when supporters of the losing side would stay on afterwards to give their team a hand. These days, the modern fan just clears off at the final whistle, leaving the Cup to be celebrated in a half-empty stadium.
Have a nice day. Thank you so much for the superb match. Enjoyed and liked of course. Greetings from your subscriber living in Baku city, country Azerbaijan
If it was not for Trevor brooking and Stuart Pearson we would have lost The match I was 14 yrs old and I was Watching this match at home - once they scored I jumped in the air and my Couch hit the glass door behind me 😂 this was a extremely hot day Maybe into the 40’s .
I agree Trevor brooking was a great player I even had a joke once with him and said we will never forgive you for scoring that goal but arsenal just did not perform on the day and west ham where just the better team on the day I think Trevor brooking has only had one headed goal in he'd entire carear
Missed this cup final - pity. Unfortunately I was traipsing the streets of Belfast with a rifle in my hand. Only found out the score when I got back to barracks bout an hour after the final whistle.
West ham were the 3rd second division team in an 8 year period (1973-80) to beat first division opposition in the fa cup final. The other 2 occasions were:- 1973. Sunderland 1 Leeds 0 1976 Southampton 1 Manchester United 0 In 1973 Sunderland were written off as nohopers but proved everybody wrong and west ham replicated it in 1980
