Southampton V Man United 1976 FA Cup Final

Man U build up.

[@derekharrison1582]

Great stuff Norman.This is what made the FA Cup final so great.The build up from breakfast time till it all ended at teatime.Then us kids would go out and play football till it got dark.The first cup final I watched was the 73 final,Sunderland vs Leeds,but this is the first cup final I watched in colour! Keep posting more of this terrific footage👍

[@fontenoy9]

Derek, thank you for your kind comments. Norm

[@johndelany8912]

This is fine wine getting better with age. May the memories of the old Wembley never be dimished, the colourful flags and banners never cease to wave. And most importantly, the stature of the FA Cup Final. As an eleven year old, we were allowed to stay up and watch this in Hobart Tasmania on a black and white TV. All of us gathered around a wood fire late at night with me and my younger and older brothers listening to the dulcit tones and commenteries of John Motson and Jimmy Hill. Dad sipping a COLD beer as we do here... and a claret after half time. I remember reading the Hobart Mercury's broadsheet backpage sports section that Saturday morning featuring South Hampton's giant goal keeper Ian Young, such was the spirit and pageantry of the FA Cup. It was revered even in Hobart! He was posing in front of the Wembley goal with his arms out stretched with a big smile as though to say 'nothings coming through here! They won then but sadly I feel, the magic and yes, pageantry of those halcyon days of the FA Cup Final has long waned.

[@fontenoy9]

Lovely post, thank you

[@steaks652]

Great Post by Norman, brings back Great memories of the FA Cup days, so very special.

[@fontenoy9]

Thank you.

[@keithsmith2652]

The underdog getting one over the big boys same here loved cup final day always bbc for me the commentaries were great in them days wonderful memories

[@edmundpower1250]

Great upload Norman fantastic you must have been one of the very few who had a VCR in 1976😀

[@mbvideoselection]

This has been taken from an archive master tape

[@meestermeesterhastings.3159]

Two English teams and 22 British players.

[@geraldowens3426]

Gerry Daly is Irish.

[@Macca-rb5ok]

Incorrect.

[@converse91970]

Brilliant post!

[@HandleGF]

United were all over them in the first half but somehow couldn't score. Then McIlroy hit the bar early in the second half. After that, it seemed like they felt they just wouldn't score at all.

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

Brilliant upload - as it happened at the time, and not through a filter of talking heads... mind you, it also shows that the annoying practice of dubbed over commentaries by commentators who weren't there wasn't a practice that began in the 90s with the BBC's retro documentaries. Moore far better at it than Motson or Davies though. Do you have the bit where Ed Stewart is meeting a load of young Southampton fans outside Wembley and asks "Is Mike Channon your favourite player?" Everyone shouts "YEAAAAAHHHH" apart from one little lad at the front who turned out to be a United fan and he'd wandered off into the wrong crowd having been confused by red and white scarves? That has stuck in my mind for nearly 50 years, and I was only six when I watched this final!

[@fontenoy9]

Great post! I remember the little lad in the wrong group of children! I think it’s on my KZbin page already.

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

@@fontenoy9 BRILLIANT! I just found it! I havent seen that for 45 years, that is so spooky!

[@fontenoy9]

@@KitCurranRadioShow I’m so pleased you found it!

[@erniescullion8452]

Davies was the Best.

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

@@erniescullion8452 oh Davies was a brilliant live commentator. But the dubbing on of commentary after a match has finished is such a difficult thing to do, only Moore seemed to be able to recreate anything like 'as live'

[@MrMcap70]

Great upload....!...but where did the BBC get that Southampton crest behind the fantastic Brian Moore? Looks like they made it up themselves.

[@Metal5678]

This is from itv coverage.

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

YESSS!!! That goal. Thank you, thank YOU! You made me very happy.

[@philauguste7310]

Why is The Doc being aloof in the interview with Brian Moore!? He's usually far more friendly than this.

[@fontenoy9]

I had the pleasure of meeting the Doc at a football presentation and he was absolutely charming and so approachable.

[@fengshui7384]

Great goals and no stupid over the top idiotic dancing celebration's.

[@stephenwalker8299]

Was off side definitely

[@paulhease1007]

absolutely not even close

[@johnfennell5864]

It was bloody well offside

[@johnfennell5864]

Well we will agree to disagree..

[@infrasleep]

I remember the BBC/Nationwide coverage-it was 99% how brilliant Man U were ,how they'd just missed out on the league but the FA Cup was a deserved prize for how fantastic they were and 1% informing the plebes that Southampton were the whipping boys who have the cheek to be on the same pitch the next day. At least Southern TV had the right to be bias and support the Saints ("When the saint's go Marching In" was played every interval/next programme announcement and the presenters all had Southampton Rosettes) but the BBC was just patronising and dire. It made it all the better when Bobby Stokes hit the winner ! The BBC actually ended up apologising for their Nationwide FA Cup "Preview".