Saturday 15 March 2008

The time my heart first broke

I sobbed upstairs when I heard the score from this FA Cup Semi-Final in 1981. Frank Bough declared on Grandstand that "it's Manchester City 1 Ipswich 0, with Power..."

I thought he was describing the impact of the goal. He was actually saying the name of the goalscorer, Paul Power. I think it's one of the best goals ever scored in a semi-final.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv5uufdRJJo

After that day, Ipswich just missed out on the League Championship (to Aston Villa), but scraped through to win the UEFA Cup. They could so easily have won the treble.

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