15 Mars 1969
Wembley Stadium London
FA.Cp.1968.1969.Swindon.Ars.Final.twb22.mp4
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Swindon Town (7-2-1) Downsborough, Thomas, Trollope, Butler, Burrows, Harland, Heath, Smart, Smith, Noble, Rogers.
Arsenal (4-3-3) Wilson, Storey, McNab, McLintock, Ure, Simpson, Radford, Sammels, Court, Gould, Armstrong.
Arsenal make the brighter start but Frank Burrows and Cap'n Stan Harland are stalwarts in the centre of defence and custodian Peter Downsborough is simply immense between the sticks. Half-time looms. A back-pass is played to Bob Wilson who, already beginning to regret not wearing wellies, makes a frightful horlicks of things and allows little Roger Smart to sneak in and tuck the ball away. 1-0 to the Wiltshiremen.
In the second half, Swindon fell back on a cautious 9-1-0 formation and erected a mighty fortress to repel the Mighty Gunners. Stalemate ensued until, how are the mighty fallen? The infallible Downsborough erred and allowed little Bobby Gould to sneak in and nod home.
Yet more extra time (and now might be the time to record what great value for money the Swindon fans received for their money during this campaign – the 1,140 minutes of football it took Swindon to lift the League Cup has never been surpassed). Less bold men than Williams might have requested Rogers move back from midfield to bolster the defence but Williams the Bold moved him up front. The rest is ... on YouTube. Don, mighty Don, skipping along the sodden turf to beat Bob "Safe Hands" Wilson not once, but twice. The second time rounding the keeper – now, but too late in the day, surely, wearing Wellingtons – before slotting the third.
The match-day programme, complete with introduction by HRH Princess Margaret, had described Rogers as "one of the most sought-after young players in the country". Three years later he moved to Crystal Palace.
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