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“We weren’t afraid of United,” he recalls. “They were a young up-andcoming side but we had a lot of internationals who’d had good careers.

“Losing that final at 19 had been my biggest ever disappointment. I had tears in my eyes afterwards and I told myself I had to go back and put it right. “It took me 10 years. “On the way into Wembley our team bus hit a spectator. We all heard the bang. The police moved us on but we were worried when we got into the dressing room.

“Then Lawrie came in and told us that the fan was OK, so we could focus on the game.

“I gave Bobby Stokes the pass for his winning goal. I heard him calling for it and lifted the ball over their defenders. Bobby took it down, hit it early and surprised Alex Stepney.

“In those days there were no agents, so we had a players’ pool to share out the commercial benefits.

“One of the deals was with a garage who gave us a Ford Cortina to share between us.

“We all decided Bobby should have it because he won us the cup and didn’t have a car. He couldn’t even drive at the time.”