1978 FA Cup Final
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1978 FA Cup Final took place on 6 May 1978 at Wembley Stadium. It was contested between Arsenal and Ipswich Town. While Ipswich were considered underdogs,[1] with Arsenal fielding a number of well-known players, including England striker Malcolm Macdonald, Ipswich won the match 1–0.
Ipswich dominated the game, hitting the woodwork three times (including twice from John Wark) before Clive Woods and David Geddis combined to produce a chance for Roger Osborne, who scored with a left-foot shot. Osborne promptly fainted at the emotion of the moment and was brought round by smelling salts prior to being substituted.
Contents |
[edit] Match details
| 1978-05-06 15:00 BST |
Arsenal | 0 – 1 | Ipswich Town | Wembley, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Derek Nippard |
Osborne  77' |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
MATCH RULES
|
[edit] Road to Wembley
[edit] ArsenalHome teams listed first. Round 3: Sheffield United 0–5 Arsenal Round 4: Arsenal 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Round 5: Arsenal 4–1 Aston Villa Round 6: Wrexham 2–3 Arsenal Semi-final: Leyton Orient 0–3 Arsenal (at Stamford Bridge, London) |
[edit] Ipswich TownHome teams listed first. Round 3: Cardiff City 0–2 Ipswich Town Round 4: Ipswich Town 4–1 Hartlepool United Round 5: Bristol Rovers 2–2 Ipswich Town
Round 6: Millwall 1–6 Ipswich Town Semi-final: Ipswich 3–1 West Bromwich Albion (at Highbury, London) |
[edit] References
- ^ 1978 - Osbourne's year. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
[edit] External links
- Match report at fa-cupfinals.co.uk
- Game facts at soccerbase.com
- Photo gallery on BBC Suffolk
|
FA Cup Finals
|
|---|
|
1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 |
