It should have been a classic

The match was ruined by the fact that the Horse of the Year show had been held on the pitch the previous week. Some of the goals were almost comical.

Eddie McCreadie sliced a ball into his own goal and Gary Sprake fumbled a 20-yard shot from Peter Houseman over his line. This was the first final needing a replay since 1912 and the illtempered Old Trafford replay was won by Chelsea with a late David Webb goal. MISS.

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1972 LEEDS 1 ARSENAL 0

A brutal final with Allan Clarke felling Alan Ball in the first five seconds and Bob McNab cautioned in the second minute for a foul on Peter Lorimer.

There was no love lost shown by either side. Both had their share of hard men, Billy Bremner and Johnny Giles on one side and McNab and Peter Storey on the other.

The game was dominated by Leeds' defence, "Sniffer" Clarke heading the winner and Mick Jones collecting his medal with a dislocated shoulder. MISS.

1977 MAN UTD 2 LIVERPOOL 1

Liverpool were days away from winning the European Cup for the first time, but these were not the days to rest players. United upset the form book as three goals came in five second-half minutes.

Stuart Pearson ran through to put Tommy Docherty's men ahead on 50 minutes before Jimmy Case's spectacular equaliser. But Jimmy Greenhoff's chest had the final say, as it deflected home Lou Macari's shot and United denied Liverpool the Treble. HIT.

1979 ARSENAL 3 MAN UTD 2

Arsenal seemed to be coasting, two goals up with four minutes to go and the 22 players gasping for breath on the hottest of days.

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But Gordon McQueen pulled one back for United and Sammy McIlroy's shot squirmed through for the equaliser. Arsenal heads dropped and extra-time beckoned, there could only be one winner.

At least until goalkeeper Gary Bailey missed Liam Brady's cross and Alan Sunderland did the rest. HIT.

1995 MAN UTD 0 EVERTON 1

This was a hugely disappointing game, with United without their best players - Eric Cantona, Andy Cole, Ryan Giggs and Andrei Kanchelskis. Everton were not very entertaining, playing cautious football.

The 100,000 crowd were fidgety and disappointed with the level of play and even Paul Rideout's winner was a scrambled affair. MISS.

1996 MAN UTD 1 LIVERPOOL 0

It had promised to be a classic, with United going for their second "double" and two vigorous young sides, great rivals, pitching against each other.

But it was a poor, uninspiring game only livened up by the goal scored, inevitably, by Eric Cantona who had just collected the Footballer of the Year award. MISS