FA Cup 1965 1966 Final Everton Sheffield Wednesday

Finale
7 Mai 1966
Wembley Stadium

  The other club in the 'sleeping giant' category were Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls, like Everton, had not visited Wembley since the war and had been sustained for three decades by their thrilling 1935 victory over West Brom. Wembley apart, Hillsborough is arguably the most famous FA Cup venue, but in 1966 it didn't stage a single tie. Wednesday's far-flung route saw them visit Reading, Newcastle, Huddersfield and Blackburn, emerging victorious each time. Johnny Faniham, David Ford and Jim McCalliog provided the goals, but they lined up at Villa Park as underdogs in their semi-final against Chelsea. Tommy Docherty's side were keen to avenge their defeat at the same stage a year earlier but failed to cope with a heavy pitch. Graham Pugh and Jim McCalliog saw Wednesday home and Chelsea left Villa Park with that sinking semi-final feeling again.

Division Two 1967 1968 Queen Park Rangers Huddersfield Town

39e journee
20 avril 1968
Loftus Road London

  If "1967" has become synonymous with QPR's Wembley Victory (and the Third Division Championship!) 1968 was in some ways even more beyond belief.  Back in 1967-1969, it was promotion for the top two teams; and no playoffs! And it was goal aggregate (goals for divided by goals agains( rather than goal difference that determined a position in same number of points) And then almost as a note in passing, 1967-1968 was also the season which saw Alan Wilks score a record five goals for QPR in their 5-1 League Cup victory over Oxford. Managed by Alec Stock and Bill Dodgin...Captained by Mike Keen...Inspired by Rodney Marsh and Roger and Ian Morgan... The Players: In 1967-1968: Mark Lazarus started with QPR and moved on to Crystal Palace. Formre England Goalkeeper, Ron Springett had returned to QPR in a swop, in which his brother Peter Springett moved to Sheffield Wednesday. Alan Harris joined QPR. Rodney Marsh missed the start of the season with a broken foot, but ended the season as top goalscorer with 14 goals. Near the transfer deadline, Frank Clarke joined QPR from Shrewsbury (after QPR failed to sign John O'Rourke) Les Allen, Frank Clarke, Dave Clement, Alan Harris, Tony Hazell, Ron Hunt, Mike Keen, Bobby Keetch, Mick Leach, Rodney Marsh, Ian Morga, Roger Morgan, Keith Sanderson Also: Mark Lazarus, Bobby Finch, Backup goalie, Mike Kelly, Frank Sibley, Ian Watson, Alan Wilks

League Cup 1968 1969 Arsenal Swindon Town Final

FA Cup 1962 1963 Manchester United Leicester City

Finale
25 Mai 1963
Wembley Stadium

  Manchester United finally got to start their third round tie with Huddersfield on 4 March. They made up for lost time by reaching Wembley just fifty-four days later, the quickest-ever run on record. Huddersfield were swept aside 5-0 with Denis Law scoring a hat-trick. A week later, Albert Quixall's goal was enough to beat Aston Villa. Five days on and United were in the quarter-finals after Quixall and Law had ensured a 2-1 win over Chelsea. Before the month was out Coventry had been seen off 3-1 with a brace from Bobby Charlton. Having wiped off the backlog. United waited the regulation four weeks before meeting this season's surprise package at Villa Park in the semi-final. Southampton have often reserved their finest Cup moments when playing outside the top division. 

FA Cup 1960 1961 Tottenham Leicester

Finale

6 Mai 1961
Wembley Stadium

  

  When Bill Nicholson died in 2004, there were genuine and heartfelt tributes at White Hart Lane. Tottenham are now regarded as a club starved of success since they have gone without a major trophy since 1991. A similar view prevailed in 1960-1961. A league triumph in 1951 seemed distant; Spurs had become nearly men, adept at reaching semi-finals and, occasionally, the upper reaches of the table, but never bringing home the bacon. During the 1958-1959 season Bill Nicholson was appointed as manager. A dour, almost curmudgeonly figure, Nicholson was a great talent-spotter and a great nurturer of that talent. Within three years he had built a formidable side: good enough to end the previous season on a high b: beating Wolves in their last league game and denying them the opportunity to win the Double. Spurs themselves had finished a point behind in third place. The captain and fulcrum of the team was Danny Blanchflower. Blanchflower was one of those mysterious players; not apparently blessed with amazing talent, he always seemed to take the right option, never wasting the ball and able to play the game at the pace he wanted. If Blanchflower was the head, the heart was Dave Mackay. The most uncompromising of players, he was a manager's dream; a totally committed player who could put the fear of God into opponents but could play as well. With a powerful centre forward in Bobby Smith and good wingers, Tottenham were a threat to everyone.

FA Cup 1963 1964 Preston North End West Ham United

Finale

2 Mai 1964
Wembley Stadium

 The semi-final draw guaranteed that a Second Division club would again reach Wembley and it was Preston who edged home. Although McLaughlin scored for Swansea, goals from Alex Dawson and centre-half Tony Singleton saw North End through. Joining them in the final were West Ham, whose wait had been even longer. Forty-one years had passed since they went down to Bolton, but Ron Greenwood was fashioning a side that would open a new chapter at Upton Park. Marshalled by Bobby Moore and spearheaded by Geoff Hurst,  the Hammers began their journey by settling local difficulties against Charlton and Leyton Orient. Hurst scored twice against the Os, and then hit two more as Swindon were beaten at the County Ground. The quarter-finals pitted West Ham against top division opponents for the first time. Burnley's star was waning from their tide-winning season four years earlier but they remained a top-half side. Two goals from Johnny Byrne helped the Hammers home 3-2. 

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First Division 1967 1968 Fulham Nottingham Forest

Craven Cottage

18 November 1967

Day 16th

On the morning of 26 February 1966 Fulham had just fifteen points from twenty-nine matches. The last thirteen games saw Fulham win nine and draw two to reach safety. Eventually the club suffered relegation in the 1967–68 season  having won just ten out of their forty-two games. However even that was not as catastrophic as the calamity of next season. Winning only seven in forty-two, the club were again relegated to the Third Division.

FA Cup 1964 1965 Liverpool Leeds United Finale

1st May 1965
Wembley London
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: W. Clements

  Only five days after the League Championship was snatched from under their noses United's players strode out at Wembley for their first-ever FA Cup Final appearance. They had booked their place with a last-gasp goal from Billy Bremner in the replayed semi-final against Manchester United and now faced the mighty Reds of Liverpool, Championship winners .the previous season. Prospects of a close contest were good, but Leeds froze on the occasion, leaving the more experienced Liverpool to dominate midfield. United's 34-year-old veteran, Bobby Collins, struggled on a sodden surface and was unable to bring wingmen Giles and Johanneson into the game. United toiled under strong pressure and only a series of fine saves by Gary Sprake enabled the game to go into extra-time for the first time since 1947. The best soccer was telescoped into the extra period. 

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Charity Shield 1966 1967 Manchester United Tottenham

12th August 1967
Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 54,106

It won't be often that Charity Shields make the cut when it comes to memorable matches, but I make no apologies here.
United had just won the league title for the second time in three seasons, and they would famously go on to win the European Cup in 1968.
Spurs also had a fine side at the time, and had beaten Chelsea at Wembley three months earlier to win their third FA Cup in seven seasons (remember the tournament was worth much more in terms of achievement and prestige back then).The first game of the season at Old Trafford was eagerly awaited and didn't disappoint.Two of United's legendary holy triumvurate of the era were on target, with Bobby Charlton scoring twice and Denis Law once.Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul scored two of Tottenham's goals, but it was their other goal that made the match famous.
A booming goal-kick from Pat Jennings completely caught out United keeper Alex Stepney, bouncing over his head and into the net.

Division One 1967 1968 Manchester City Tottenham

Maine Road Manchester
Saturday 9 December 1967

Genial Joe Mercer and his radical coach, Malcolm Allison, were two of television's first soccer pundits as the profile of the manager grew in the 60s. Their Manchester City team came out of the Second Division to win the Championship within two years.  One of the exuberant performances produced by their star-studded forward line came against Spurs on a frozen pitch. Francis Lee, Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Tony Coleman made light of the conditions to perform a football ballet on ice.

FA Cup 1967 1968 Leeds Nottingham Forest

Elland Road Leeds

17th of Febuary 1968

Attendance 51,739

  Most football lovers have an allegiance not just to a club but to a particular team, the sequence of their names hard-wired into the memory, ready to be produced at the appropriate moment. It's a way, not least, of proving one's authenticity: by rolling out the names of Thompson, Whare, McDonald, Burkitt, McKinlay, Whitefoot, Dwight, Quigley, Wilson, Gray and Imlach, I demonstrate my right to be considered a Nottingham Forest fan. But maybe remembering an FA Cup winning team, even one from 1959, is not much more of a feat than reciting the names of Alf Ramsey's England heroes of 1966. So I reinforce my claim by rattling off another XI: Grummitt, Hindley, Winfield, Hennessey, McKinley, Newton, Lyons, Barnwell, Baker, Wignall and Storey-Moore, runners-up in the old First Division in 1966-67, left. And it's amusing to realise that such feats of memory are extended even to the enemies of that era: Sprake, Reaney, Cooper, Bremner, Charlton, Hunter, Lorimer, Clarke, Jones, Giles and Gray.

English Leagues the 60s: Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich Albion League Cup 1966 1967

Final
4 March 1967
Wembley Stadium,
London
Attendance: 97,952
Referee: Walter Crossley

The first final to be held as a single event - previous finals following the competition's formation in 1961 had been held over two legs - the Wembley showpiece did not disappoint. The famous stadium had hosted the World Cup final a year earlier and when top-flight West Brom took a 2-0 lead over Third Division QPR, thanks to two goals from Clive Clark against his old side, many thought that they would go on to finish the job.

However, the comeback began as Roger Moran headed home in the 63rd minute and one of the most memorable goals in the competition's history levelled the scores just 12 minutes later. Rodney Marsh dribbled through the Baggies' defence, eluding countless tackles on his way, before sliding his shot past goalkeeper Dick Sheppard and in off the post. With spirits high, QPR pushed on and, with nine minutes left, centre-half Ron Hunt challenged Sheppard and the ball broke for Mark Lazarus to smash home the winner. QPR had scored three goals in 20 second-half minutes to turn the tie on its head, and they became the first Third Division side to win a major trophy, although were not allowed to enter the Fairs Cup due to their league status.

English Leagues the 60s: Chelsea Manchester United Division One 1968 1969

Match of The Day
Stamford Bridge,
London
Saturday 15 March 1969

 The arrival of Dave Sexton as Chelsea's manager did nothing to dull the artistry of a side that painted on a broad canvas. In the next two years, they joined the privileged English masters in the European winners' academy.
The style and free spirit of their football was matched by that of the European champions Manchester United when a crowd of 60 000 saw
the teams walk out side by side in front of BBC cameras. Bobby Charlton was injured, but George Best was there, so was Denis Law, and Peter Osgood was back for Chelsea. The match was a thriller.
David Webb put Chelsea ahead in the first minute, Ian Hutchinson made it 2—0, then Steve James pulled one back for United.
In the second half, Bobby Tambling ran half the length of the pitch for Chelsea's third, and Law scored from a penalty.
But there was still time for humour in the game of the 60s.
The cameras caught referee George McCabe calming dowr an incensed Nobby Stiles by ruffling his hair.

Chelsea: Bonetti, Webb, McCreadie, Hollins, Dempsey. Harris, Boyle, Tambling, Hutchinson, Osgood, Houseman.
Scorers: Webb, Hutchinson, Tambling
 
Manchester United: Stepney, Fitzpatrick, A. Dunne, Crerand, James, Stiles, Morgan, Kidd, Sadler, Law, Best.
Scorers: James, Law (pen.)

Division One 1965 1966 Tottenham Manchester United

White Hart Lane London
Saturday 16 October 1965

 Along with Manchester United 5 Tottenham Hotspur 1 atOldTrafford, Saturday 18 December 1965, this was probably Match of the Day's best double bill.