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[quote=WESTNORWOODGAS,302373]Alan, did you input your words with your new laptop? If so, that proves your laptop is very fast. Just kidding!

Hi Dreamlife, no I was at work and I had to move the keyboard for the cleaner, doh

As for the 1973 cup final I had won a ticket from my home town football club ( Burnham Utd ) who I was goalkeeper at the time.
I wanted Sunderland to win because Leeds had already beaten the team I support Bristol Rovers earlier in the competition ( and I had been attacked by 50 or so of Leeds fans and the police tried to arrest me! ) so yes I was very much in favour of Sunderland.
The guy who scored the winner was Ian Porterfield ( who died a year or so ago ) and as I was in the Sunderland end I joined in with celebrations, Leeds tried hard to get the equaliser but the goalkeeper Jim Montgomery played out of his skin to keep them out!
At the end the manager Bob Stokoe ran on the pitch and started a funny dance, then it was off to the pub for several beers before getting the train back home to Somerset and some more beers, he he
Alan[/quote]

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