Sunderland AFC 1973

[@tonybates7870]

I'm from East London and have no connection to Sunderland, but it really chokes me up to see Stokoe run straight to Jim Montgomery at the end of that final. Great moment.

[@kevinreay1510]

I'm a Newcastle supporter, but we cheered for Sunderland that day. Everyone in our street did, we all wanted them to bring the cup back to the north east. Brilliant memories, pity Newcastle couldn't repeat the feat the following year.

[@nasreireinas3392]

You cheered for safc ? Never thought i would have seen that!

[@rcurtis7583]

@@nasreireinas3392 To be fair the Sunderland/Newcastle rivalry (stemming from hooliganism) didn't properly start until about the 70s or 80s. Up until then it was commonplace for people to go to St James' Park to watch Newcastle one Saturday and Sunderland at Roker Park the next.

[@nasreireinas3392]

@@rcurtis7583 same thing happened at Arsenal spurs in the 50s and 60s , but that all changed mid to late 60s when the trouble started,

[@ashleycohen2258]

Or last Sunday.

[@billybop65]

Same happened with Hibs and Hearts, my old man regularly went to watch Hearts when Hibs were away

[@thomaspearson1919]

I was a 14 year old then a Newcastle fan i cried with delight when Sunderland won the cup.

[@stevecharlton145]

Different times mate. Football was played by real men, not cheats and all the supporters were different class. Black and white and red and white

[@mac1-nf6ic]

My late father told me pre 70s northeast fans just loved football, it was a working man's game, he said that people from Newcastle and Sunderland alternated every week to go and watch a match, yes they leant towards their fav team and supported them in derbies but they cheered each other on, it was mid to late 70s when the geordie/mackem bad rivalry started to kick in

[@jayveebloggs9057]

I'm a Newcastle fan and admit this is hands down the best FA cup ever...as an 8 year old it was football fantasy stuff... underdogs and then "that" save... wow...

[@cesirwin1973]

Canny game, nice comment...Newcastle one year later....the support both games...brilliant

[@stevecharlton145]

Both teams have great support

[@paulkersey9857]

I was 12 when Sunderland won the cup. It's funny, I could tell you the finalists and scores of all the 70's finals, but would struggle name one of the last 10. The good old days. When winning the FA Cup was almost the same as winning the league.

[@gmf121266]

I will never forget this amazing final. I was 6 years old. One of the great FA Cup finals. Me and my Mum were cheering for Sunderland all the way.

[@paulberesford9360]

Surely a day when everyone outside Leeds was a Sunderland fan. And one which epitomised the sheer incomparable magic of the FA Cup. Furthermore, being a Wolves fan who had seen his team beaten by Leeds in the semi final, it was all the more more satisfying to see Sunderland achieve the, seemingly, impossible. One can only imagine the pride their fans must have felt on that truly unforgettable occasion.

[@mehcol]

Monty's double save is a work of art .

[@malarki5]

I was a mere kid, and an Arsenal supporter to boot, but I will always remember what Sunderland did on that Wembley day in May 1973!

[@raywestgarth2073]

I was 17 then and on that memorable day I was working in John Colliers (the window to watch) at 96 High Street West in Sunderland. We had a little b&w TV beside the measuring table as we did not really expect many customers and the main town centre was quite quiet. So did not believe it when some customers actually came in to be served, and of course being the junior that came down to me. However, once that game was won the atmosphere and noise in the town centre was amazing never to be forgotten with cars driving round blowing their horns hanging out the windows. What a day - was proud to be a Makem.

[@jameshope398]

I'm a Celtic fan and Jim Montgomery is a mackems legend what a great goalkeeper he was Monty should've played for England

[@lorenzocorsi3884]

Much love for celtic from a mackem

[@footballsoccerx2021]

He was way down in the pecking order - don;t forget he had the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, Ray Clemence, Joe Corrigan, Phil Parkes etc as competition

[@MARKETMAN6789]

@@footballsoccerx2021 some great goalkeepers around when he played but he was up their with the best

[@RickyBrownsword]

Just watched this vid, first ever live FA cup final l watched as a kid, brilliant, when the cup was pure magic for fans from a toffee Ha way the lads!!!

[@JamieQ95]

Brings a tear to my eye every time, proud to be a Mackem.

[@mehcol]

magic magic magic had to be.

[@emmabulmer9596]

Snap xz

[@mehcol]

magic times.

[@mehcol]

Lovely memories, David Bell, 73 and going around pennywell on our chopper bikes celebrating our victory

[@paulnorris6253]

Im a 58 year old Evertonian Youre supporters are truly great Beat of luck to a great club

[@team19611]

I've just seen this , great comments from you , my first game at roker Park was against Everton, a 0 0 draw , Gordon West in goal for Everton, great memories .

[@tigerarmyrule]

No one under about 40 knows what it meant to win the FA cup at the time. Young people won't believe it but the FA Cup final was probably bigger than the European Cup final at the time. It was an enormous ocasion which dominated the thoughts of any team which reached the last 8 or 16. A player could become an instant and eternal hero. A manager could become a legend. Now it is an afterthought for the big clubs. Then it was the be all and end all.

[@paulanderson1962]

The Book Stokoe, Sunderland & 73' teaches you all you need to know.

[@jayveebloggs9057]

you re so right...

[@steve2303.]

A blast from the past seeing all those images again, so glad i was was there before football changed forever. The build up to the F.A. Cup final was huge back in the day, reaching the Final meant everything for the fans and the players. I can't help feeling that nowadays the Final has been devalued with both Semi Finals also played at Wembley.

[@jakobgrimminger]

So proud to be related to Bob Stokoe.......This Mickley lad did us proud :-)

[@rokerlad49]

I was at bobs funeral at ncastle crem ...hes not gone hes still outside new roker end watching over us ..respect

[@rokerlad49]

My late brother n dad in that crowd ....iam 58 now still have a good old cry watching my boys why not iam one of them ....billy . Porter . Bob stokoe . My dad our kid altogether now .a leeds fan once said to me as a teeny in london one game he said never herd noise like it when we sung WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED AFTER OUR GOAL . always remember that bloke must be 80 now seen him regular london games on trains cos leeds always seemed to be in london same day as us ...

[@user-Neil-c9u]

I am a Leeds supporter born and bred, even i have to say one of the best finals ever. Was there that day as a young sixteen-year-old. We met three Sunderland fans after and have been friends ever since. So to Brian Alan and Andy ...Cheers fellas.

[@craigrobertson8364]

The truly great upset in the modern game,and the best goalie save ever.go England at the world cup!

[@mehcol]

As a mackem at the age of 13 remember us kids getting on our chopper bikes and celebrating. Magic times. it had to be, it had to be.

[@jasenwright1178]

I took time off work in Pembroke Refinery to get back to the 'digs' to watch this! I put my wet clothing in front of the landlady's electric fire and went to the local pub in Tenby! Best thing I did! I really enjoyed seeing the underdogs take the prize! Me being an Arsenal supporter or Gooner' absolutely delighted Leeds ran out losers!

[@team19611]

Really great story , great days my friend

[@PaulM_aka_4c21]

Fab, what a night that was vs City standing in the Roker End with me dad.

[@markdon1757]

Great day me and my dad went to my anuts to watch the match she was posh had a colour telly i was only 10 at the time remember people singing and dancing in the streets of penshaw after the match great memories

[@markstea69]

I am not a Sunderland fan but I love football and this is my favourite fa cup final

[@cloverdalewhite]

couldn't agree more i'm 47 and so was brought up on cup finals in the 70's. For me it has always been and always will be the greatest competition in the world. I am a Fulham supporter and well remember the dissapointment when we lost to West Ham in the 75 final. 38 years later I am still waiting to see a Fulham captain lift the cup. I also wish they would stop playing the final on the last day of premiership fixtures it should go back to being played when all domestic games have been completeted

[@f-wingkingunclejohn6199]

I was four years old and I have great memories of people all around me celebrating and gettin' drunk. Kept all the newspaper cuttings of that very special day. Hope we can win it again before I pop me clogs. Haway the Lads.

[@mehcol]

Magnificent memories

[@ralphhaldane3349]

50 years in May and I have great memories as a nine year old in my Sunderland strip my sister had bought me, watching our first colour TV and a house full of people.

[@JC-hu1wd]

Good video. I like the song at the end. All the big clubs seemed to have one in the 70s. I guess when times are hard you can always look back and feel inspired by the team of 73. From highlights and clips ive seen it looked a very exciting team always prepared to throw men forward in attack with some real characters.

[@clivelee6219]

One of the greatest seasons supporting my beloved Sunderland! The 73 cup heroes deserved every accolade given to them! I was so lucky getting a ticket for the final.

[@mehcol]

wow man! It was beautiful.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

The world stopped spining on f a cup final day and everyone watched it.Its so sad to see this great competition loose alot of its prestige , I loved going to all the different grounds and seeing all the replays ,and the semi finals at different grounds and reaching Wembley the holy grail of football for the final Semi finals being played at Wembley has taken alot of the shine off the final at Wembley ,I remember utd having loads of replays in the years 62-66,and I went to everyone only watching one final in 63,they reached semi final every year in them five years ,I lived for football in them days wouldn't go today with a free ticket even if they picked me up and brought me back As supporters in them days we had the best of football,we didn't have a load of mercenary prima Donnas from different countries We had players who played with their hearts for their teams and supporters ,not just for money

[@guddlom7655]

Absolutely spot on,all home grown players with home grown passion. The FA.Cup final the biggest tournament of the season in them.days,but now totally dictated by financial greed..

[@robalexander8065]

Thanks for this. Good to see the ITV coverage, Jimmy Hill before he joined Match of the Day and no decisive line from David Coleman "Porterfield! 1-nil". Instead " That's a good ball... and it's gone in!" Perhaps the weirdest thing, despite knowing we won, to see the injury time play - in real time, was agonising to watch!

[@rokerlad49]

you see those days everyone called us geordies and bob was a mag but he was a footy fan of the north east .. on the pitch for the mags as a player on the bench for us as a manager ..best days of my youth under bob stokoe gateshead train station those days from 12 onwards match days told its own story 1oos i mean 1oos waiting for trains to seaburn ....ask any gateshead mag in his 40s onwards gateshead on safc home games was alive with us as the mags did same their home games and derby games wow

[@themanftheworld8439]

Very sad that such a great and historic English football club have never won any major honours since 1973.

[@asacarrick1385]

they've won the Championship 3 times...That is the top league of the English football league

[@themanftheworld8439]

@@asacarrick1385 it isnt.The top division one or Premier league as it became is the top English title.Are you really a genuine footy fan ????

[@mrrational7885]

I have every program in the cup run plus semi final and final tickets.

[@Jim47ww]

I was at the final and all the games leading up to it and what a fantastic time it was. Thanks for posting this it was a real treat to watch. I'm busy reading Lance Hardy's brilliant book (see Amazon) so it's wonderful to see this video. Cheers!

[@binomesprite7829]

Just bought the book, thanks for the tip.

[@mickharrison9004]

Have you ever seen a better goal celebration than that first Sunland goal at arsenal ,out of this world limbs .

[@steviemac8885]

Fantastic memories.I remember neighbours & family piling into our house cos we had a colour telly. I was 9 yr old and just wanted SAFC to give a good account of themselves. Stokoe running on pitch at final whistle to Monty was brilliant.Game was end to end, all credit to Leeds. Amazing when ref blew final whistle.Happy times.

[@dannymanley8073]

I remember this well I was 11 about 15 years later I worked with a Sunderland biker who came down on that day and never went home 😂

[@tomshea8382]

The greatest save nobody ever saw.

[@rokerlad49]

this was when the fa cup meant something now its money money money and survival pathetic the new game is ...

[@trumpettelly]

I was 5 when this happened and remember the FA Cup Final now all I want is to do a Bob Stokoe

[@mehcol]

A part of my teens at 13 at 73 with me playing an air moog with me love for prog in Pennywell.

[@MrNelson2303]

Memories - great video

[@mehcol]

Remember my neighbour saying to my big bro ' we are ganning to Wembley ' and my bro being despondent and saying ' shit, we are playing Leeds ' but we did it.

[@mehcol]

gotta come back to this

[@mehcol]

good old days,David Bell. Hope you are in fine fettle and fit as a butcher's dog. Was happy to ride me chopper bike with the lads from Pennywell in 73 and celebrated.

[@gerardonjogu6345]

Back in the days 23 years later i was born and became a die hard fun

[@mehcol]

crying my eyes out my green chopper has long gone.

[@peterreid]

loads of safc fans at city...yet no city fans at roker for the replay

[@Claymor621]

We totally outnumbered the Leeds fans at Wembley. I remember looking across at their end from where we were and you could see a huge group of red and whites in amongst them, almost a whole corner.

[@nasreireinas3392]

Dont make excuses fair play to safc to out support leeds like that , not many teams would do that to them, yes there are tickets given to neutral fans , but safc fans wanted them more,

[@paulharper2963]

My dad told me that there were many coaches sent to lufc to queue and buy their tickets... they certainly did their job.

[@garymay799]

How the hell you win cup beat some cracking teams on way ,then Leeds mad hats off to you deserved it .I was sure we were gunna beat Liverpool 74 still won nowt .

[@ZeldaFitz]

Hard to say now what was the last true old style cup final? Hazard a guess I would say 1991 Spurs v Forrest.

[@normanwoods2279]

It's a real shame football has gone the way it has in as much as you can almost tell which one of three or four teams will win the league and cup. Leicester City were a one-off which was goog for the game but the top clubs have a stranglehold on the trophies.

[@mac1-nf6ic]

Mighty full international leeds team including terry yorath gabbys dad as sub v 2nd division club who played with their hearts every round and were indeed the better team against elites

[@johnsimpson3571]

Vic halom Vic halom Vuc halom La la lal la la la.

[@pauljohnston2483]

when you make the best double save of all time but it's not even your best double save that year 8:18

[@ibanez777vbk]

Fa cup was a big thing 70s 80s but the champ league changed that,nobody gives a shit about fa cup now.

[@dbtriverside]

Classic Sunderland. Write them off at your peril. Especially with the best fans in football behind them. Done nowt for decades - 40k averages. Ridiculous.

[@oskaboska30hj]

Red and black and white legend

[@georgeshippen3029]

There say impossible for Sunderland to win ,Great dirty Leeds,There did out played them ,HAWAY THE LADS,

[@dontsubscribetothischannel409]

mint

[@themanftheworld8439]

❤🤍❤🤍❤🤍❤

[@themanftheworld8439]

Noth East 1 West Yorkshire 0

[@johnpallas154]

I was at all the fa cup games in 1973, the fa cup now is crap compared to then

[@mehcol]

sun'land til I die.

[@KBR1C3]

Ha’way the Lads

[@charlie123safc123]

CHEERS MATE. CLASS HA'WAY THE LADS

[@bobbybland8255]

yes that was when we had a team. unlike todays hope less lot.and cant get out of the 3rd div. damned disgrace to the Sunderland NAME.

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[@nasreireinas3392]

Let me HAZARD a guess you support spurs or know nothing about football