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YOUwillneverha~etostake~~ your lifel your house or your Llvl job on one football result. Neither will I. But, if I had to, I know I would choose a team of Liver- ~ool'stv~e rather than one iike ~ahLhesterUnited. Liverpool's consistency, monotonous to their enemies, FRANK McGHEE says makes a team you can trust to produce a guaranteed level of performance. have too many disast Not United. Thev are a lovelv. lively lot who have days when every- one and evwvthinn clicks and works. Theydisastrously also have doesn,t-like too-many dayslast whenSeas,s it fight for every point and at times have or a sudden thrum Cup Final. arelooked findinn drained, aoals exhausted hard to net.men. They ingLiveipool season. wLnger h United -h-contrast have Ton only But then both U Unbeaten two League matches since the semi - Coppell and the , final, but have neverbheless given very Gordon Hill. are f Liverpool also lose occasionally, but convincing impressions of a carefree riot agamst Phi1 If . they don't fall a,part-and they don't bunch of confident men, ready and often lose to Manchester United. eager to turn on the style again today. Throughout his Old Trafford reign True, Liverpool's treble incentive Eff il 3mmy Dooherty hasn't managed, to has ,to be greater, but United's is still win even one of six matches against considerable. Their desire to compen- Although Ma~tin Liverpool. And in all that time United sate for their flop against Southamp- tion is as efllclen have scored only one goal In nine ton last year is real and deep. he md Brim Gre hours of trying. They are n stronger team now than of United's detenc~ J wonder why I have taken so long they were then. The youngsters are a pensate for lack ( to meright out arid say bhat Liver- year more experienced. The attack has could be exploited pool, not United, shodd win the FA been vastly improved by the signlng Against that, Un, Cup at Wembley this afternoon. of Jimmy Greenhoff. know that nowa It is partly 8, question of mood. Both sides are crammed with poten- through the barbe Liverpool still have muoh on their tial matchwmners - and with areas of Tommy Smith': minds, a most notably the European CUP where each cmld be vulnerable. longer llkely to tu Fin& m Rome next Wednesday. Bteve Heighway's greyhound speed his man. The recent games which took them could get him in behind either of the Liverpool have to the League championship have in- United full backs, Jirnmy Nicholl and nique of mahng 11 volved immense strain. They had to Arthur Albiston, for dangerous crosses nents by closing dl

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BBC1 TRUST 11.30 Cup Final Grandstand: Cup Final Morning. 12.5 Women's FA Cup Final. 12.20 Cup Final Managers. 12.30 Cup Final Knock-out. 1.20 Boxing: Muhammad Ali v Alfredo Evangelista. 1.35 Inside Wembley—followed by Goal of the Season and iRPOOL Road to Wembley. 2.40 Abide With Me. gerous individuals. That isn't United's, more buccaneering style at all —• and 3.0 Kick-off. it could prove costly to them if it gives 3.45 Half-time. space. : United 3.55 Second Half. In midfield for United, Lou M-acari and Sammy Mcllroy command enviable 4.45 Presentation of Cup individual skills. Macari's perception is Medals. unrivalled. er days 4.55 Meet the Winners. Invaluable But for balance and teamwork I ITV it at goal. The lean prefer the Liverpool trio of Jimmy 12.0 World of Sport: Wembley as had an outstand- Case, Terry McDermott and Ray Ken­ nedy with the invaluable extra bonus Scene. . nited wingers, Steve of goal-snatching ability—though this. 12.5 On the Ball. infuriatingly erratic has tended to dry up lately. 12.30 Wrestling from Southend. ust as likely to run There could be a bonus for the crowd leal and Joey Jones. too of a really great final if neither 1.20 On the Coach. side freezes up on the day. 1.25 News from ITN. cient I can't see that happening to Liver­ 1.30 Australian Pools Check. pool. I can see it as a possibility for 1.40 On the Pitch. United. It is one more reason for tip­ Buchan's anticipa- ping against them. 1.45 Final Forecast. 1 as any computer, snhoff in the centre I deny emohatically a scurrilous 2.0 It's Goals that Count. rumour in Mirror Sport's office that 2.15 Wembley Pageantry. 5 can't always com- another reason is that by going against of height — which 2.50 Presentation. by David Johnson. a club for whom I have a known and declared affection I'm doing my best 2.55 In the Box. ited's attackers must to make sure they win ! .days, if they get 3.0 Kick-off. d-wire entanglement i tackling, he is no 3.45 Half-time Verdict. rn, chase and catch 3.55 Second Half. Drawings by 4.40 Final Whistle. jerfecbed their tech- ;fe difficult for oppo- CHARLIE DUPONT 4.50 The Teams Talk. »wn quickly on dan­ 5.10 Final Round-up.

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