1983 FA Cup Final

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The 1983 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley. The first match finished 2-2 after extra time. Gordon Smith and Gary Stevens scored for Brighton; Frank Stapleton and Ray Wilkins for United. In the replay, United won 4-0, with goals by Bryan Robson (2), Norman Whiteside and a penalty from Arnold Mühren. The first game is famous for the Radio commentary quote by Peter Jones "...and Smith must score" talking about a shot by Gordon Smith which was actually a save by the Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey; the quote was subsequently used as a title for a Brighton Fanzine.

[edit] Match details

1983-05-21	Manchester United	2 – 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wembley, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Alf Grey (Norfolk)
	Stapleton  55' Wilkins  72'		Smith  14' Stevens  87'

Man United

Brighton

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 1 Gary Bailey RB 2 Mike Duxbury LB 3 Arthur Albiston CM 4 Ray Wilkins CB 5 Gordon McQueen CB 6 Kevin Moran CM 7 Bryan Robson (c) RM 8 Arnold Mühren CF 9 Frank Stapleton CF 10 Norman Whiteside LM 11 Alan Davies Substitute: MF 12 Ashley Grimes Manager: Ron Atkinson

BRIGHTON: GK 1 Graham Moseley RB 2 Chris Ramsey CB 3 Gary Stevens LB 4 Steve Gatting (c) CB 5 Graham Pearce LM 6 Neil Smillie CM 7 Jimmy Case CM 8 Tony Grealish RM 9 Gary Howlett CF 10 Michael Robinson CF 11 Gordon Smith Substitute: DF 12 Gerry Ryan Manager: Jimmy Melia

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. One named substitute Maximum of 1 substitution.

[edit] Replay

1983-05-26	Manchester United	4 – 0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wembley, London Attendance: 92,000 Referee: Alf Grey (Norfolk)
	Robson  25'  44' Whiteside  30' Mühren  62'

Man United

Brighton

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 1 Gary Bailey RB 2 Mike Duxbury LB 3 Arthur Albiston CM 4 Ray Wilkins CB 5 Gordon McQueen CB 6 Kevin Moran CM 7 Bryan Robson (c) RM 8 Arnold Mühren CF 9 Frank Stapleton CF 10 Norman Whiteside LM 11 Alan Davies Substitute: MF 12 Ashley Grimes Manager: Ron Atkinson

BRIGHTON: GK 1 Graham Moseley LB 2 Steve Gatting CB 3 Graham Pearce CM 4 Tony Grealish CB 5 Steve Foster (c) RB 6 Gary Stevens CM 7 Jimmy Case RM 8 Gary Howlett CF 9 Michael Robinson CF 10 Gordon Smith LM 11 Neil Smillie Substitute: MF 12 Gerry Ryan Manager: Jimmy Melia

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. One named substitute Maximum of 1 substitution.

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