Saturday, 7 January 2017

Sutton United v Wimbledon

To commemorate the FA Cup 3rd Round tie being played today, I thought I'd post a memory from the 1963 Amateur Cup Final played between the sides.
Wimbledon won 4-2 on the day and here they are with the cup. Remarkably during my autograph hunting days I've managed to get EVERY member of the team to sign this picture.


Match report from the 'News of the World'"
Wimbledon 4 Sutton United 2 (Empire Stadium, Wembley, 4th May 1963. Attendance: 45,000. Receipts £16,700)
Jubilant Eddie Reynolds achieved the amazing feat of heading four superb goals to give Wimbledon their first Amateur Cup triumph... yet the result of this exciting final between Surrey rivals was in the balance until the burly Irish leader netted his last two in the closing three minutes of the game.
In fact Sutton were the more polished side for most of the time and, though centre-half Terry Price was partially concussed by a nose injury, they hit back to equalise through Mickey Goodall and Trevor Bladon after Reynolds had put star-studded 
Wimbledon two up in the first eight minutes of the second half.
Reynolds was the undisputed hero but Wimbledon, with six internationals in their side, could be rated lucky to have pulled off this smash and grab victory in their third final. Sutton deserved a better fate at the first attempt and it might have been a different tale had Price escaped injury.


(Slightly dodgy) YouTube footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&feature=related&hl=en-GB&v=EwyDcdJGnYs

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