I'm from Coventry. Never been a big football fan tbh, but as a 6 year old kid on that day I felt like Sunderland's biggest fan. Even my Mum was cheering. It was simply heroic.
Neutral here: I’ve watched nearly all the FA Cup Finals since the early sixties (on the tv of course). That moment when Bob Stokoe runs on to hug Jimmy Montgomery is still the best-ever memory from all of them.
No fireworks, no loud music, no on the pitch interviews - remember when we used to watch football on the telly and did just that without having to endure loads of unnecessary shit that came with it ?
From Australia..this game lives in memory forever, I was 11 and watched it when the FA Cup Final was a must see..Montgomery's saves have become legend, the best Cup final ever..the memory of 2nd div Sunderland beating that great Leeds team, and Montgomery the 'keeper, unbelievable..
Brian Moore was by far the best football commentator this country produced, worth watching for that alone. That Montgomery second save is on a par with Banksy's save against Pele, Lorimer had the goal at his mercy and not only did he get his hand to it but actually kept it out. Brother was a Leeds fan so got a lifetime of millage out of that result.
I was a young Leeds United fan at the time. Looking again at these highlights I reckon Sunderland deserved their win. Leeds didn't create many outright chances and Sunderland had more than I remember.
I love this. At the final whistle Bob Stokoe runs straight to Jim Montgomery to thank him for the incredible double save to keep Leeds out. What a wonderful sight...! :-)
An unbelievable achievement. The whole town of Sunderland must have been really proud of their team, especially too, with being a second division side!
I've just watched highlights of this game on BT sport. I remember this game back in 1973, everyone remembers Jim Montgomery's performance in goal, but the entire Sunderland defence was awesome especially the immense Dave Watson, one of the greatest individual cup final performance of all time, what a fantastic player he was, I'm a Manchester City season ticket holder since 1976, Dave Watson was one of our best ever signings, and always crops up when discussing our best ever teams, also the fantastic Dennis Tueart. Great Sunderland performance. MCFC CHAMPIONS.
Montgomery's double save was every bit as good as the Banks save in 1970. I must have watched well over 40 cup finals now, but this one I still remember as the best.
I'd have to say it was as good as Banksy's if not better, don't forget after the first save he had to get up very quickly to make that unbelievable second save, i couldn't believe it at the time the ball wasn't in the net watching it as a young boy
Fantastic! So great for those long-suffering fans. Proper football. Stokoe running to Montgomery. Salt of the earth people. Watson immense in that game but an admirable team effort for a gaffer who galvanised them. History right there.
This game was fantastic. The old stadium looks so much bigger than the new one on TV. The new stadium is unbelievable but sadly on TV it looks nothing in comparison. The 'Prawn Sandwich Brigade' are allocated the bank of seats directly in front of the camera and therefore the whole event loses its feeling of occasion due to it looking empty for 75% of the game. Even if Brazil were playing England in the World Cup Final they would still be in the bar for the majority of the game. Terrible decision making in a sporting sense by the stadium organisers. Oh by the way Montgomery's Save has to be the best ever because of having to get back up and dive backwards towards his line and fully stretch to divert the ball up and onto the bar. Truly amazing. Both BBC and ITV commentators thought it was a goal before realising he'd miraculously kept it out. Great memories.
First game of football I ever watched age 12. I squeezed into the back of a crowded cafe in the Lower Marsh near Waterloo station. Amazing atmosphere. Back in the glory days when the whole country came to a halt for the FA Cup Final... when it was a genuinely important fixture.
Your 100% completely right, I think I was 16 what a wonderful memory of this brilliant occasion, absolutely magical and its my home town,we followed the parade and the Sunderland echo newspaper done a brilliant reporting job and had its place in history just as Bob Stokoe boys Sunderland ,absolutely magical
“Monty” became a very popular name for pets in Sunderland. Still remembered by all who saw it. At the time, I was at school, and a bit upset at the result, because my favourite teacher was a Leeds United fanatic. Some fifteen years later I moved to the North-East and became a Sunderland supporter. THE best fans, just the best.
I remember watching this on TV as a 13 year old Aussie kid with no interest in 'soccer' - out of curiosity. I recall being glued to the TV and found the game mesmerizing. Modern games seem quite boring as the style of play seems to have changed. I agree with other comments that the atmosphere of the stadium was better then too. Everything good is systematically destroyed.
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.
I remember this game as a young boy watching it on TV when the FA cup final was a huge occasion, the camera's used to follow the team everywhere before the game, even on the players as they went for a dump lol 😂 didn't realise Sunderland played a great defensive game as well as making a few good chances, always thought Leeds were very unlucky at the time but Sunderland were quite comfortable looking at it again
Newcastle fan here. For many football supporters of my age (55) this FA Cup Final was our first memory of live TV football. Certainly in the North East it was. Our family are staunch Newcastle, but we cheered Sunderland to beat 'dirty' Leeds. For a few days afterwards I was 'Porterfield' as I vainly attempted to smash one into the imaginary top corner, while playing endless games of football on the school field. I soon went back to being 'Macdonald' though, or sometimes Tudor if 'Supermac' was out of form.
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Incredible - 50 years ago. Remember the whole day and the match very well. Every football fan who wasn't a Leeds supporter hated them in those days so it was a special moment . Jim Montgomery's save and Bob Stokoe's jig perfectly summed up the feelings of the day as Leeds were also the holders. A reminder of how short life really is and to make the most of it all because its gone in the blink of an eye.
utterly amazing - great sequence when Sunderland players taking shots at goal quickfire ; none of this poncing around looking for a pen - also kudos to them for still going for it late in game -not holding ball up at corner flag (am not sure when that became a time wasting tactic ?)
Still to this day can't believe Jim Montgomery kept out Lorimers shot. Most telling reaction is that of Mick Jones who raises his arms in celebration as soon as Lorimer let's fly. Magnificent reaction save. Whilst remembered as a great underdog story this was a pretty good Sunderland team in the making.
One of the greatest moments of my life. I can't believe how time has flown since then. That team were absolutely brilliant and would have walked the league the next year if wasn't for the wage freeze.
Truly glorious. Never been a bigger save at an FA cup final, surely. What a team effort: Montgomery, Watson, Kerr, Porterfield, Hughes and Hallam. What we'd give for some of that Stokoe inspiration now. I wonder if KLD has ever even watched this game all the way through? If he does, he'll get a true, unfiltered illustration of the ethic and strength of the club and the city. Ha'way!
Possibly the greatest cup final of all time. Those last ten minutes seemed like an eternity. For those heroes of Sunderland, unimaginable torture. But they ran and chased down every ball. Unforgettable.
I was only thirteen when underdogs Sunderland created the biggest FA Cup final shock by edging mighty Leeds 1-0 at Wenbley in the 1973 FA Cup final. Remember Sunderland last FA Cup win was in 1937,during the pre war years. Leeds were the overwhelming favourites.They paraded a galaxy of stars.Brenmer,Clarke,Madeley,Yorath,Jones,Lorimer and Hunter but Sunderland upset the odds.
Me too. I went with my brother to visit my auntie who lived on the other side of town. She had a colour TV. My oldest brother was actually at the match cheering for Sunderland.
@@nikkigothard3110 Hi Nikki, I remember this match well and the Leeds players were Shell shocked for days after .Ever so sorry didn't know Ian Porterfield had left us some years ago. Let's hope u go up in your play offs and follow on to the Premier league ' We're Sunderland belong and this league needs your club n Charlton too. Hope your manager as a plan cuz Lincoln look tough to beat .Although I am a Aston Villa fan since 1968 I follow all leagues and like to look how clubs like yours r doing. By the way Sunderland have a big following in the West Midlands. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🕊
I was 7 years old when this came on tv on that overcast day in May 73, and watched in disgust as the mighty Leeds got a lesson in football, and learning about the underdog as my mum picked Sunderland and was right, but for me the worse was to come three years later......
Jim Montgomery, what a goalie, and he didn't just save his best for games like this. Like Alex Stepney, he was playing at a time when England was awash with top-class goalkeepers otherwise he would have been in with a shout for an England place.
Mark Alex Stepney got one cap Sweden 1968 , Banks , Peter Bonetti , Shilton, springett, Hodgekinson all above him . Decent keeper but they didn’t call him Dracula for nowt scared of crosses.
To be fair, Coventry weren't given a hope in hell in 1987, cos it was Tottenham's before the game. Cockneys and the FA Cup seem to be inevitable, but thankfully, all the odds were upended and for once, poxy London didn't get anything except a League Cup with Arsenal. Now, it's Chelsea, Arsenal and poxy Spurs again, the rich boys of the South where all the players think the city is all glamorous, but in reality, it's a filthy dirty pollution ridden craphole. It's a damn shame the game wants to allow the three Cockneys, Liverpool and the two Manc mobs to control what other clubs can try and challenge their entitled dominance. Sadly, the corrupt Premier League fatcats are paid by these clubs to be nothing more than puppets, allowing fans to genuinely believe their clubs stand a chicken's chance in Thailand of being a force in that division. It's a load of stitched up dogs dick, designed purely to get pathetic gullible gambling addicts to "hit the bell" like some laboratory rodent, blow their VR money and completely remove the game from the working man altogether. Oh for the days of Sunderland or Southampton, Ipswich etc who could put together a good little squad and keep the players, without some parasite agent whispering in their ears that one of the Big Six oligarchy are waving a wad to entice them to join up, getting paid to sit on a bench for 75% of the season.
Working in Pembroke Refinery. Soaking wet and cold! Told my mates I was going to leave to see this Cup Final. We all from Durham so they joined me! Got washed , dried and headed for a pub with a good TV! Great afternoon ! Even as a 'Gooner' my second team were always Sunderland!
47 years later, I can feel the tension of the last 2 minutes - waitibg an eternity for the whistle to blow, the quicker you want it to happen, the longer the referee would take (or so it seems), so agonising And for the fans hundreds of miles away, at home in Sunderland, seeing the clock go over 45 minutes, it must have been even worse than those who had made the journey
Ya not wrong there but it was more of a roar than a shout and then singing and passionate chanting i was just a little lad but i will never forget the noise and passion me ears are still ringing.
@@nikkigothard3110 Funny, in the 70s I supported Leeds United and was probably the only one in my street who didn't have a red and white scarf on the window. Funny, as my local team is Newcastle
Leeds were the best team of their time 1968 1975 before Don Revie left to manage England & just didn't win enough if their finals though were centenary winners the year before against Arsenal, the 1971 Cup winners. In those days, the game was still a fast passing game but it was always an inspirational moment, that one goal that stood out to win... Arsenal's 1971 win, Charlie George's 20 yarder, Leeds Utd win 1972 Alan Clarke's diving header & of course, Sunderland's Ian Porterfield's 1/2 volley, plus that ridiculous save by Jim Montgomery that made the finals what they were, unpredictable, entertaining & memorable. Bobby Stokes run to Jim just about summed everything up with this game as Sunderland had beaten Arsenal in the Semis to after a reply, it was their trophy 🏆 that year, who could've wrenched it away. Brilliant 😂
Great seeing this again.....Brian Moore - commentating legend........Jimmy Hill - blind as a bat, God rest him! How on Earth could he not have seen that Leeds effort (3 minutes into the vid) hitting the bar did not cross the line?!! Also, how could he have missed the fact that Montgomery saved it?! Was eyesight that bad in the 70s?!! I'm joking of course....magnificent double save from Monty and an unforgettable day for Second Division Sunderland.
When the game was great and players weren’t in it purely for the money. When players didn’t need their name on their shirts and every name was pronounceable and English, Scots, Welsh or Irish.
Just noticed. wrong word comes out of Brian Moore's mouth in all the excitement "We've got one of the biggest upheavals of all time at Wembley" lol 07:50
I loved this . Could not stand Leeds or Revie . Sunderland beat Arsenal (my team) in the semis , so it was sort of ok to lose to the eventual winners . Plus Leeds beat us the previous year .
Notice how they play proper football without all these so called professional fouls that take place nowadays. No pulling shirts or physical barging each other all the time. What a difference.
No millionaire footballers with tattoos looking like male models scared to get their shirts dirty playing boring football style.Just honest working class lads wanting glory over money first.
Sunderland looked pretty good. Leeds should have won according to the chances, but Sunderland were not out-classed and they played with confidence, and they kept doing the right things.
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Have no idea how many times I’ve seen this, but I am still in awe of Jimmy’s save. To this day it’s unbelievable
it was on par with banks against pele in 1970
So many great FA cups have been won by great saves as well as great goals. This is one of the greatest in one of the greatest games.
I'm from Coventry. Never been a big football fan tbh, but as a 6 year old kid on that day I felt like Sunderland's biggest fan. Even my Mum was cheering. It was simply heroic.
Amazing double save. One of the best bits of goalkeeping I've ever seen
Neutral here: I’ve watched nearly all the FA Cup Finals since the early sixties (on the tv of course). That moment when Bob Stokoe runs on to hug Jimmy Montgomery is still the best-ever memory from all of them.
Agree 💯
That save as got to be the best f.a cup final save ever.
And Jimmy Montgomery never won a FULL England ,what he did in that final he did in most games.
@@mervynhardy3693 pulls off a great save from a deflected shot in the semifinal.
@@Macm73 Yep he did .
The greatest save you will ever see.
No fireworks, no loud music, no on the pitch interviews - remember when we used to watch football on the telly and did just that without having to endure loads of unnecessary shit that came with it ?
and you got the broken bits for free
Times have changed and football too... not for better.
& flooding the pitch with sprinklers before games, never heard Best Cruyff Pele etc moaning about length of grass or surfaces
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From Australia..this game lives in memory forever, I was 11 and watched it when the FA Cup Final was a must see..Montgomery's saves have become legend, the best Cup final ever..the memory of 2nd div Sunderland beating that great Leeds team, and Montgomery the 'keeper, unbelievable..
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Brian Moore was by far the best football commentator this country produced, worth watching for that alone. That Montgomery second save is on a par with Banksy's save against Pele, Lorimer had the goal at his mercy and not only did he get his hand to it but actually kept it out. Brother was a Leeds fan so got a lifetime of millage out of that result.
I agree Brian Moore was the top man, totally professional !
Motson was
David Coleman was the daddy by far . Great save by Montgomery but gordon banks save was the best ive ever seen .
I was a young Leeds United fan at the time. Looking again at these highlights I reckon Sunderland deserved their win. Leeds didn't create many outright chances and Sunderland had more than I remember.
@@christalbot980 As was i Chris . Dave Watson & Jimmy Montgomery won that game for Sunderland that day .
I love this. At the final whistle Bob Stokoe runs straight to Jim Montgomery to thank him for the incredible double save to keep Leeds out. What a wonderful sight...! :-)
+blueleadguitar That second half double save was as great as any I've ever seen. Jaw-dropping.
Good save but as a leeds fan it makes me sad
Monty walked past me in Sunderland last year. I got his autograph. Great bloke
@@tojuemka so long ago...I'm an old fart now and I used to deliver Monty's newspaper! imagine
Old Bob Stokoe reminds me of Mr Gadget............or is it just me ?
An unbelievable achievement. The whole town of Sunderland must have been really proud of their team, especially too, with being a second division side!
I've just watched highlights of this game on BT sport. I remember this game back in 1973, everyone remembers Jim Montgomery's performance in goal, but the entire Sunderland defence was awesome especially the immense Dave Watson, one of the greatest individual cup final performance of all time, what a fantastic player he was, I'm a Manchester City season ticket holder since 1976, Dave Watson was one of our best ever signings, and always crops up when discussing our best ever teams, also the fantastic Dennis Tueart. Great Sunderland performance. MCFC CHAMPIONS.
As a Geordie I still feel the pride - well done Sunderland
Cheers saw a great deal of fab concerts in Newcastle City hall in the 70s as a kid from mackem land
Sunderland 🤝Newcastle
@@willmilne4967 whye aye man nowt's the bother. champion.
Saw it live, incredible save.
Montgomery's double save was every bit as good as the Banks save in 1970. I must have watched well over 40 cup finals now, but this one I still remember as the best.
Freeborn John Definately a close call between the 2 saves .but Banks just edges it because it was Pele he saved it from .
I'd have to say it was as good as Banksy's if not better, don't forget after the first save he had to get up very quickly to make that unbelievable second save, i couldn't believe it at the time the ball wasn't in the net watching it as a young boy
Monty save won the cup ,Banks save won nowt Monty wins by a country mile
@@sido7779 agree
My first cup final memory as a 10 year old and still my favourite final .The Montgomery save was unbelievable ❤❤
Fantastic! So great for those long-suffering fans. Proper football. Stokoe running to Montgomery. Salt of the earth people. Watson immense in that game but an admirable team effort for a gaffer who galvanised them. History right there.
One of the greatest moments in English football history.
This game was fantastic. The old stadium looks so much bigger than the new one on TV. The new stadium is unbelievable but sadly on TV it looks nothing in comparison. The 'Prawn Sandwich Brigade' are allocated the bank of seats directly in front of the camera and therefore the whole event loses its feeling of occasion due to it looking empty for 75% of the game. Even if Brazil were playing England in the World Cup Final they would still be in the bar for the majority of the game. Terrible decision making in a sporting sense by the stadium organisers. Oh by the way Montgomery's Save has to be the best ever because of having to get back up and dive backwards towards his line and fully stretch to divert the ball up and onto the bar. Truly amazing. Both BBC and ITV commentators thought it was a goal before realising he'd miraculously kept it out. Great memories.
Banks Montgomery Jennings v Chelsea 1973 .. First equal. Believe me Jennings save was in this category
First game of football I ever watched age 12. I squeezed into the back of a crowded cafe in the Lower Marsh near Waterloo station. Amazing atmosphere. Back in the glory days when the whole country came to a halt for the FA Cup Final... when it was a genuinely important fixture.
Love Brian Moore brilliant commentating
The greatest FA Cup Final in my lifetime; and I have seen them all since 1970. Those Sunderland players are immortalised.
Your 100% completely right, I think I was 16 what a wonderful memory of this brilliant occasion, absolutely magical and its my home town,we followed the parade and the Sunderland echo newspaper done a brilliant reporting job and had its place in history just as Bob Stokoe boys Sunderland ,absolutely magical
“Monty” became a very popular name for pets in Sunderland. Still remembered by all who saw it. At the time, I was at school, and a bit upset at the result, because my favourite teacher was a Leeds United fanatic. Some fifteen years later I moved to the North-East and became a Sunderland supporter. THE best fans, just the best.
I remember watching this game and especially Montgomery's brilliant double saves.
Yer, Remember the day. Leeds Where favourites of course,
I remember watching this on TV as a 13 year old Aussie kid with no interest in 'soccer' - out of curiosity. I recall being glued to the TV and found the game mesmerizing. Modern games seem quite boring as the style of play seems to have changed. I agree with other comments that the atmosphere of the stadium was better then too. Everything good is systematically destroyed.
The 'old wembley' atmosphere was incredible i was there in 1985 and that was deafening but 73 must have been amazing, never will this happen again.
The old Wembley stadium was better then the new one
Atmosphere at the old stadium was 100 times better.
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.
I remember this game as a young boy watching it on TV when the FA cup final was a huge occasion, the camera's used to follow the team everywhere before the game, even on the players as they went for a dump lol 😂 didn't realise Sunderland played a great defensive game as well as making a few good chances, always thought Leeds were very unlucky at the time but Sunderland were quite comfortable looking at it again
Best cup final ever. The build up was brilliant too
Newcastle fan here. For many football supporters of my age (55) this FA Cup Final was our first memory of live TV football. Certainly in the North East it was. Our family are staunch Newcastle, but we cheered Sunderland to beat 'dirty' Leeds. For a few days afterwards I was 'Porterfield' as I vainly attempted to smash one into the imaginary top corner, while playing endless games of football on the school field. I soon went back to being 'Macdonald' though, or sometimes Tudor if 'Supermac' was out of form.
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In that season I have in my collection ,the record of the fa cup final autographed by most of the squad philp.😊
Incredible - 50 years ago.
Remember the whole day and the match very well.
Every football fan who wasn't a Leeds supporter hated them in those days so it was a special moment . Jim Montgomery's save and Bob Stokoe's jig perfectly summed up the feelings of the day as Leeds were also the holders.
A reminder of how short life really is and to make the most of it all because its gone in the blink of an eye.
utterly amazing - great sequence when Sunderland players taking shots at goal quickfire ; none of this poncing around looking for a pen - also kudos to them for still going for it late in game -not holding ball up at corner flag (am not sure when that became a time wasting tactic ?)
47 years later and that double save is STILL impossible !
It is in the top 100 saves
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Still to this day can't believe Jim Montgomery kept out Lorimers shot. Most telling reaction is that of Mick Jones who raises his arms in celebration as soon as Lorimer let's fly. Magnificent reaction save. Whilst remembered as a great underdog story this was a pretty good Sunderland team in the making.
Apart from the birth of my children best day of my life i was only eight went to see them bring the cup back I'll never forget it
I still reckon that's the best-ever moment at any FA Cup Final-Bob Stokoe galloping on to embrace Jimmy Montgomery.
That young fan that ran on to the pitch with ST.George flag on his back is my uncle weh hey Haway The Lads
Im depressed still
@@nikkigothard3110 I'm still upset that Luton beat Arsenal in the league Cup final. 😆
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Clough said he had a photo of Bob Stokoe to frighten his kids. Surprised Montgomery didn't turn and flee.
One of the greatest moments of my life. I can't believe how time has flown since then. That team were absolutely brilliant and would have walked the league the next year if wasn't for the wage freeze.
This is what the FA cup was all about :-)
I think that might be the best FA cup final I've ever seen.
Being a Man Utd fan I've enjoyed a few, but this...
Truly glorious. Never been a bigger save at an FA cup final, surely. What a team effort: Montgomery, Watson, Kerr, Porterfield, Hughes and Hallam. What we'd give for some of that Stokoe inspiration now. I wonder if KLD has ever even watched this game all the way through? If he does, he'll get a true, unfiltered illustration of the ethic and strength of the club and the city. Ha'way!
Keeping it alive in 2024. I remember watching this in 73 to this day I still get chills.
Wow did you watch it at the pub or at home
@@chrisdawson6156 I was 12 so home it was.
@@mick3765 cool did you enjoy the match
Possibly the greatest cup final of all time. Those last ten minutes seemed like an eternity. For those heroes of Sunderland, unimaginable torture. But they ran and chased down every ball. Unforgettable.
I was only thirteen when underdogs Sunderland created the biggest FA Cup final shock by edging mighty Leeds 1-0 at Wenbley in the 1973 FA Cup final.
Remember Sunderland last FA Cup win was in 1937,during the pre war years.
Leeds were the overwhelming favourites.They paraded a galaxy of stars.Brenmer,Clarke,Madeley,Yorath,Jones,Lorimer and Hunter but Sunderland upset the odds.
Sunderland was the first second div team to win the FA cup ,since WEST Brom 1931
Leeds odds to win were 1/5 !!
These days have gone. The competition is undervalued nowadays. It's a shame
Even on replay it's amazing Montgomery saves the second shot
Real football,real pitch,real stadium,real kits,boots and ball
Today they play with plastic Ball and wet grass! Plastic Ball is gliding on wet grass today! Real football is leather Ball and dry grass!
...and real players!!!
What a vibrant play on both sides. Sunderland made a great play front a so dangerous always Leeds. Thanks.
First match I ever seen on colour TV.. Me my dad and Jack Black... Happy days.
Me too. I went with my brother to visit my auntie who lived on the other side of town. She had a colour TV. My oldest brother was actually at the match cheering for Sunderland.
Rip Ian Porterfield. . Bob Stokoe’s run on to the pitch will live long in the memory
Yes
But good
Ian Porterfield was awful as a manager at Chelsea.
@@nikkigothard3110 Hi Nikki, I remember this match well and the Leeds players were Shell shocked for days after .Ever so sorry didn't know Ian Porterfield had left us some years ago. Let's hope u go up in your play offs and follow on to the Premier league ' We're Sunderland belong and this league needs your club n Charlton too. Hope your manager as a plan cuz Lincoln look tough to beat .Although I am a Aston Villa fan since 1968 I follow all leagues and like to look how clubs like yours r doing. By the way Sunderland have a big following in the West Midlands. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🕊
The joy of Bob Stokoe dancing on the pitch at the end and embracing Montgomery is one of the most special moments in football as far as im concerned.
gotta love *Leeds* thumbs up for this video
I was 7 years old when this came on tv on that overcast day in May 73, and watched in disgust as the mighty Leeds got a lesson in football, and learning about the underdog as my mum picked Sunderland and was right, but for me the worse was to come three years later......
2:36 and there he is. In case you’d forgotten. The stuff of nightmares.
Sad that most of those people are no longer with us RIP
When the final was an occasion not the ‘means to more money’ it has become
great footballing day's, that was the third final watched on tv, was 10 at the time, remember the build up on tv, what great Saturdays.
Jim Montgomery, what a goalie, and he didn't just save his best for games like this. Like Alex Stepney, he was playing at a time when England was awash with top-class goalkeepers otherwise he would have been in with a shout for an England place.
Stepney ok not England class .
@@garymay799 Alf Ramsey would disagree with you.
Mark Alex Stepney got one cap Sweden 1968 , Banks , Peter Bonetti , Shilton, springett, Hodgekinson all above him . Decent keeper but they didn’t call him Dracula for nowt scared of crosses.
@@garymay799 what?😂
@@mnd1955 Alex Stepney a top top goalie
Best underdog game at Wembley EVER !!!!!!
Wimbledon or Wigan maybe?
@@andymason5715 don't think so, nothing will ever top 1973, any victory against dirty Leeds is top. MCFC CHAMPIONS
To be fair, Coventry weren't given a hope in hell in 1987, cos it was Tottenham's before the game. Cockneys and the FA Cup seem to be inevitable, but thankfully, all the odds were upended and for once, poxy London didn't get anything except a League Cup with Arsenal.
Now, it's Chelsea, Arsenal and poxy Spurs again, the rich boys of the South where all the players think the city is all glamorous, but in reality, it's a filthy dirty pollution ridden craphole.
It's a damn shame the game wants to allow the three Cockneys, Liverpool and the two Manc mobs to control what other clubs can try and challenge their entitled dominance. Sadly, the corrupt Premier League fatcats are paid by these clubs to be nothing more than puppets, allowing fans to genuinely believe their clubs stand a chicken's chance in Thailand of being a force in that division. It's a load of stitched up dogs dick, designed purely to get pathetic gullible gambling addicts to "hit the bell" like some laboratory rodent, blow their VR money and completely remove the game from the working man altogether.
Oh for the days of Sunderland or Southampton, Ipswich etc who could put together a good little squad and keep the players, without some parasite agent whispering in their ears that one of the Big Six oligarchy are waving a wad to entice them to join up, getting paid to sit on a bench for 75% of the season.
@@andymason5715 or suouthmapton
1st cup final i ever saw and the best
Working in Pembroke Refinery. Soaking wet and cold! Told my mates I was going to leave to see this Cup Final. We all from Durham so they joined me! Got washed , dried and headed for a pub with a good TV! Great afternoon ! Even as a 'Gooner' my second team were always Sunderland!
Great night out in Tenby. Work again on Sunday. * As I was staff there was no OT paid, so why not?
As a young toon fan still felt emotion fa our rivals hteat da north east
SMB.
Even to this day, 50 years later, I still can't get my head around a very average Sunderland side beating Leeds. 🤔
The best final i ever experienced
The greatest save I have ever seen
Dave Watson and Dennis Teaurt went on to win England caps. Both also moved on to Manchester City.
Horswill went to City also.
Bobby Charlton used to let his boots do the talking and once again he knew what he was talking about !
47 years later, I can feel the tension of the last 2 minutes - waitibg an eternity for the whistle to blow, the quicker you want it to happen, the longer the referee would take (or so it seems), so agonising
And for the fans hundreds of miles away, at home in Sunderland, seeing the clock go over 45 minutes, it must have been even worse than those who had made the journey
Absolutely wonderful magnificent magical brilliant
Can remember Jim Montgomery double save that won the FA Cup that year
I remember the day . When Porterfield scored there was a great shout from every house in our street !!
Alan Bowman Probably a great shout from every house that had the match on tv
Ya not wrong there but it was more of a roar than a shout and then singing and passionate chanting i was just a little lad but i will never forget the noise and passion me ears are still ringing.
film off the cup final came to the working mens clubs saw the match in colour in southwick club amazing
Big Jim Montgomery got himself a European Cup winners medal in 1979
The young fan with England flag draped around him is my uncle. I would not swap this final for thd next 10 fa cups.
Haway the Lads.
no running to the corner flag.
Proper football in a proper stadium, no prawn sandwich brigade!
There's a great statue of Bob Stokoe outside the Stadium of Light ... I filmed it a few months ago😃
But is not as good as Billy bremner or don
@@nikkigothard3110 Funny, in the 70s I supported Leeds United and was probably the only one in my street who didn't have a red and white scarf on the window. Funny, as my local team is Newcastle
Leeds were the best team of their time 1968 1975 before Don Revie left to manage England & just didn't win enough if their finals though were centenary winners the year before against Arsenal, the 1971 Cup winners. In those days, the game was still a fast passing game but it was always an inspirational moment, that one goal that stood out to win...
Arsenal's 1971 win, Charlie George's 20 yarder, Leeds Utd win 1972 Alan Clarke's diving header & of course, Sunderland's Ian Porterfield's 1/2 volley, plus that ridiculous save by Jim Montgomery that made the finals what they were, unpredictable, entertaining & memorable. Bobby Stokes run to Jim just about summed everything up with this game as Sunderland had beaten Arsenal in the Semis to after a reply, it was their trophy 🏆 that year, who could've wrenched it away. Brilliant 😂
Great seeing this again.....Brian Moore - commentating legend........Jimmy Hill - blind as a bat, God rest him! How on Earth could he not have seen that Leeds effort (3 minutes into the vid) hitting the bar did not cross the line?!! Also, how could he have missed the fact that Montgomery saved it?! Was eyesight that bad in the 70s?!! I'm joking of course....magnificent double save from Monty and an unforgettable day for Second Division Sunderland.
The magic of the cup!! Similar to when West Ham beat Arsenal in 1980.
Greatest cup final save
Hi. This was probably the greatest cup final ever. Does anyone have a copy i could buy?
Bryn
Bradley Cruttenden you can get it from HMV Sunderland
Im a Leeds fan got mine from sunderland website
Free on RUclips ya flog
@@thanors1492 same
Remember when the fa cup meant something. Wining it was the greatest feeling
Liked the way Sunderland didn't time waste near end and still kept going forward
Jim Montgomery's double save better than Banks' against West Germany in 1970. Miraculous reflexes.
When the game was great and players weren’t in it purely for the money. When players didn’t need their name on their shirts and every name was pronounceable and English, Scots, Welsh or Irish.
48 years later I was happy if I was there I would have went to the touch line and shouted “yes you did it”
This is what football is all about, its real soul. Not buying your way into a close super league.
What was the temperature that day? Stokoe in a hat and coat and under a blanket in May!
Players were quite hard back in the day.
Just noticed. wrong word comes out of Brian Moore's mouth in all the excitement "We've got one of the biggest upheavals of all time at Wembley" lol 07:50
Yep he said upheaval instead of upset.
the Monty save is just like the Gordon Banks one, possibly slightly more juicy perhaps...i couldnt give a toss who wins this years FA Cup
Proud to be a mackem
Good always triumphs over evil !
I loved this . Could not stand Leeds or Revie . Sunderland beat Arsenal (my team) in the semis , so it was sort of ok to lose to the eventual winners . Plus Leeds beat us the previous year .
Yes we did and in 2003
we love SUNDERLAND
No we don't if we're leeds like me
Lol @ brian moore . Great shot by billy hughes just a couple of yards over . Jonny wilkinson wouldve been proud of that.
Judging from the highlights, Sunderland were certainly not outclassed.
yeah, I was surprised Leeds didn't do their normal kick everything that moved and then stomp on it stuff.
Why did the commentator say that Dave Watson stopped Leeds from scoring the equaliser? It was Montgomery!
Notice how they play proper football without all these so called professional fouls that take place nowadays. No pulling shirts or physical barging each other all the time. What a difference.
If the Toon couldn't have it, then the Maccums are the next best thing.
No millionaire footballers with tattoos looking like male models scared to get their shirts dirty playing boring football style.Just honest working class lads wanting glory over money first.
So Jimmy Hill worked for ITV back then?
From 1968 until this final in 1973.
Sunderland looked pretty good. Leeds should have won according to the chances, but Sunderland were not out-classed and they played with confidence, and they kept doing the right things.