in a 20 yard scorcher. The Double was won.

Eddie Kelly became the first substitute to score in an FA Cup final.

1972 – The “Centenary Year” Final

6th May 1972

Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0

Wembley Stadium

Attendance: 100,000

Geoff Barnett, Pat Rice, Bob McNab, Peter Storey, Frank McLintock (captain), Peter Simpson, George Armstrong, Alan Ball, Charlie George, John Radford (Ray Kennedy), George Graham.

Favourites Leeds outplayed Arsenal in the Centenary Cup final. Geoff Barnett continued to stand in for the injured Bob Wilson, but could do nothing to stop Leeds scoring, when a header from ‘Man of the Match’ Allan Clarke went in from a Mick Jones cross. Arsenal went looking for the equaliser but to no avail as their best chance was in the 70th minute when Charlie George hit the woodwork

Despite itbeing billed as the Centenary final it was actually the 91st final due to the intervention of the First and Second World Wars.

1978 – The “Injury List” Final

6th May 1978

Ipswich Town 1 Arsenal 0

Wembley Stadium

Attendance: 100,000

Pat Jennings, Pat Rice (captain), Sammy Nelson, David Price, David O’Leary, Willie Young, Liam Brady (Graham Rix), Alan Sunderland, Malcolm Macdonald, Frank Stapleton, Alan Hudson.

The final was a disappointment for the Gunners as an injury-hit Arsenal, despite being overwhelming favourites, did not play to their undoubted talents and were beaten by Bobby Robson’s Ipswich Town, in their only appearance in an FA Cup final. The winner was scored by Roger Osborne after Ipswich had dominated the game.

The Cup final was the only round in which Malcolm Macdonald did not score in this season’s