Classic Match Report

CLARKE JONES GRAY BREMNER GILES LORIMER Classic COOPER HUNTER CHARLTON MADELEY Match HARVEY In the spirit of LLL Leeds United 1 Chelsea 2 (after extra-time) magazine, Jon Howe FA Cup Final Replay takes a retro look at Wednesday April 29, 1970, 7.45pm Old Trafford Attendance 62,078 some of our most Goals: Jones (35), Osgood (78), Webb (104) Referee ET Jennings (Stourbridge) memorable moments. Chelsea (4-4-2): Bonetti, Harris, McCreadie, Hollins, Dempsey, Webb, Baldwin, Cooke, Osgood (Hinton), Hutchinson, Houseman. Robbed and assaulted? As an But ultimately, we lost... Yes, and what it was; another object lesson enthralling spectacle, this game lived in the 64th game of a trophy-less in not turning superiority into goals. up to the first encounter at Wembley season the final whistle came like We hit the woodwork countless 18 days ago. However, while that 2-2 a shot to the heart. An exhausting times at Wembley and tonight we draw thrilled the watching nation campaign that promised so much has were thwarted by a combination with attractive football befitting of ended in nothing, and Revie will have of deflections, Peter Bonetti and the showpiece occasion, tonight was to work miracles to raise his battle- the cynical deployment of Chelsea brutal combat between two teams worn troops from this. Currently, hatchet-man Ron “Chopper” Harris. bristling with an undercurrent of we reside in a dark place with no So a more physical encounter? It hatred. Furthermore, Leeds dominated windows and seemingly no way out. was like The Magnificent Seven, both games and finally, in a major Revie has to somehow find a chink of everywhere you turned there was final, showed the adventurous, light before next season. a duel taking place with another attractive intent that Revie had So how did we lose it? There’s only isolated scuffle, and the ref simply promised more of at the start of so many times you can tell a “hard couldn’t keep control of it. The tone the season. luck” story, and this is beginning to wear thin, but that’s effectively Tragic Number Minutes of the 240 over two games that Chelsea led. was set in the opening minutes when Simple and direct? Like a napalm And so to extra-time... With worse Harris, switched with Dave Webb who bomb in Vietnam, Clarke cut through to come? Leeds continued to had endured a torrid time quelling the Chelsea side with chilling ease. press, but buoyed by the unlikely the vibrant Eddie Gray at Wembley, He collected the ball in his own half equaliser Chelsea saw a chance to scythed down the fizzing Scotsman. and beat off three opponents before strike. A minute before the break in After that there was an incident every playing Mick Jones in on goal 40 yards extra-time a huge, looping throw five minutes; Hunter and McCreadie out. Still with plenty to do, Jonah from Hutchinson was flicked on at traded punches, Osgood clattered into held off two more challenges before the near post and Dave Webb, so Charlton from behind and Big Jack thundering a right-foot strike past comprehensively embarrassed by leapt in to retaliate. Jones followed- his nemesis Peter Bonetti. A deserved Eddie Gray in the first game, claimed a through into Bonetti causing a melee lead but, frustratingly, we spent the gut-wrenching redemption by nodding and Clarke and Cooke squared up rest of the game failing to add to it. A in at the back post. A knock-out blow to each other. You suspect Messrs Giles shot was deflected agonisingly way below the belt. Brynner, McQueen, Bronson and wide of an open-goal and Bonetti How were the Leeds fans? Like the Coburn etc would have looked on pulled off some excellent saves. But players; exhausted, disbelieving, approvingly. Chelsea soaked up the pressure and sunken and destroyed. slowly cleared their heads. But Leeds remained on top? Chelsea Best Leeds player? Mick Jones for his boss Dave Sexton had clearly We switched off, didn’t we? Chelsea goal, and 120 minutes of endeavor. identified their only hope of success had carried no threat whatsoever and I feel a bit of a tantrum as being to nullify the attacking David Harvey (replacing Gary Sprake In a nutshell? coming on. threat of Eddie Gray, which they who was injured two weeks ago in did in almost barbaric fashion. the European Cup semi-final defeat at Nevertheless, this opened up space Celtic) had very little to do. However, in Follow Jon Howe on Twitter @jonhowe1971 for the likes of Lorimer and Giles, the 78th minute an incisive chip from and Leeds were still the classier side. Charlie Cooke caught Jack Charlton David Webb scoring Jones shaved the post early on and out of position and Osgood arrived Chelsea’s winning goal. we took the lead on 35 minutes with on the blind side to emphatically and Peter Lorimer and a frankly brilliant goal. crushingly head Chelsea level. Eddie McCreadie. 70 71.

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