1977 one of the happiest days of my life watching utd win the fa cup as a 11yr old school boy after the yr befores heartbreaking loss to Southampton, winning in 77 meant we stopped THEM from winning the treble, im 58yrs now & was lucky enough to have hospitality tickets last xmas against forest, met Alex Stepney that night & thanked him very much... Stuart Pearson was also in the no 7 suite but didnt get a chance to thank him too but still what memories.....
I think if he had scored we would still be seeing that goal now! I probably did see it back then but was too young to remember. My second season as a united supporter🙂
Ooft, ball looked well over the goal line before the cross for Macari's goal! Ah well. Hard not to get goose bumps watching the big games from this era.
United started well that season and were top of the league in early October. Then Buchan got injured and they couldn't function without him. He came back in mid-December and, of the 21 league and cup matches between Christmas and mid-April, United W 16 D 3 L 2. By then they were in the FA Cup semis and they threw three or four of the remaining league matches before winning at Wembley.
That was a great cup tie. Villa were a tough side to beat and even with key players out, they gave us a game. It was a mob scene in the Stretty when Lou got the winner. I was about half way down on the left side and got the wind knocked out of me.
5 years later Villa would be the kings of Europe. It will be another 50 years for Utd the way that club has been operated by the fuckin' Glazers and Woodward. Honestly, that leveraged purchase should never have been allowed. Now Burnley have owners doing the same thing and it will bury that club. Disgraceful is what it is.
