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explained that the guys in the car couldn’t understand him because they were all deaf. I don’t suppose I would’ve enjoyed travelling with three Palace fans anyway. As it was, I got back without much incident.
Palace went on to play Second Division Southampton in the semi-final at Stamford Bridge and were beaten 2-0 in a game that was marred by a lot of violence on the terraces. Southampton beat Man United 1-0 in the final and so became the second side from that division to lift the trophy after a gap of forty years or so. Not that I’m biased of course but lightning doesn’t strike in the same place twice and although I was pleased about the result - I also won a little bet of £6, which was a few bob back then - it could never have had the same impact as Sunderland’s victory three years earlier now, could it?
Bob Stokoe is of course rightly remembered for 1973 but, as already mentioned, about eight weeks after getting us to the Quarter-Finals in 1976 he also took us up as Second Division champions. Not bad for a tenure of less than four years.
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