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We lined up in our usual 2-3-5 formation and the team was Montgomery, Irwin, Ashurst, Harvey, Hurley, Elliott, Usher, Herd, Sharkey, Crossan and Mulhall. United’s team was Gaskell, Brennan, Dunne, Crerand, Foulkes, Setters, Herd, Chisnall, Charlton, Law and Best. It was a real ding- dong of a match from start to finish and we played out of our skins with particular plaudits going to our full-backs, Cec and Len. We went one-up in the 43rd minute when a throw by Elliott was back-headed by Sharkey, who then blasted home Foulkes’s headed clearance. United equalized in the 62nd minute after an uncharacteristic error by Monty, who made a poor goal-kick that landed at the feet of Dennis Law and he duly put it away. In the first minute of extra time Sharkey’s shot from the angle of the area was turned into his own goal by Maurice Setters. In the 107th minute Law was close to an equalizer but with Monty beaten, his shot came back off the bar. United got their equalizer as the seconds ticked away with a Charlton header from a cross by David Herd.
The second replay was at Huddersfield on the following Monday and we lost 5-1. I believe I was watching ‘The Lucy Show’ as the goals piled in. My Dad was no football fan and so he thought the Herd who scored for United was our own George Herd and not their David Herd. United were beaten 3-1 in the semi-final by West Ham, who went on to beat Preston 3-2 at Wembley.
I was very disappointed that we’d lost, of course, but after all we were a Division Two side and United had won
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