Through the ages: The 1978-79 FA Cup - a podcast by The Football Pink

In this podcast, we go back to the late seventies and remember the 1978-79 FA Cup.

As the 2021-22 season comes to a close, I thought a trail back through time at some of the FA Cup campaigns of lore (well, of my childhood and adolescence, anyway) might be in order.

Deciding to kick off with the 1978-79 season simply because it coincided with my last year at primary school and so has remained as fresh a memory as any from my misspent youth.

As any true Gunner knows, the cup that year was won by Terry Neill’s Arsenal side which beat Manchester United three two in the final, and in so gained some consolation for the surprise one nil defeat under the Twin Towers a year earlier, at the hands of Ipswich Town. A not particularly inspiring match came alive in the last five minutes when, with Arsenal winning two nil, Manchester United scored twice to seemingly snatch at least extra time from the jaws of defeat. Rather amusingly, however, having done the hard part, United then switched off and allowed Alan Sunderland to score a last-ditch winner.

As interesting as the last five minutes of the final were, the competition as a whole over the season threw up more twists and turns along the way.

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