The 1970 final saw a hard-fought affair between Chelsea and Leeds United which saw the first Final replay for nearly 60 years. The replay was held at Old Trafford and Chelsea went on to win 2-1 with a goal in extra time from David Webb.

Charlie George, 20 years old and Islington-born, scored from 25 yards to complete the League and Cup double for Arsenal - a spectacular postscript to an oven-hot afternoon in which all the goals came in extra-time.   George, with his lanky frame and drooping socks, then did a somersault and flopped to the ground.  Arsenal had clinched the League title five days before by winning a Tottenham, a triumph for steely resolution and collective efficiency.

1972 - Leeds United

The Cup celebrates its centenary - The two managers Bertie Mee and Don Revie led Arsenal and Leeds United onto the pitch through an avenue of flags representing a century of Cup winners.  A Leeds banner was conspicuously absent; but two hours later, the Yorkshire club had won the Cup for the first time, achieved with a goal by Allan Clarke early in the second-half.

Sunderland were the first Second Division club to win the Cup for 42 years: a miracle, it was generally agreed, of dishwater into champagne proportions.  Leeds were one of Europe's most formidable teams, every one of their players an international, but Sunderland scored after half-an-hour - Ian Porterfield driving the ball through a cluster of players - and then, with goalkeeper Jim Montgomery in outstanding form, deflected everything Leeds could throw at them.