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1976 FA Cup final

Field	Value
title	1976 FA Cup final
image	Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg
image_size	200
event	[1975–76 FA Cup](1975-76-fa-cup)
team1	Manchester United
team1score	0
team2	Southampton
team2score	1
date	1 May 1976
stadium	Wembley Stadium
city	London
referee	Clive Thomas (Treorchy)
attendance	99,115
previous	[1975](1975-fa-cup-final)
next	[1977](1977-fa-cup-final)

The 1976 FA Cup final was the 95th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 1 May 1976 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Manchester United and Southampton.

United had finished third in the First Division that season, and were strong favourites, while unfancied Southampton had finished sixth in the Second Division, Southampton had more players with FA Cup final experience than Manchester United, namely Jim McCalliog (1966), Peter Rodrigues (1969) and Peter Osgood (1970). In one of the biggest shocks in the history of the final, Southampton won 1–0 through an 83rd-minute goal from Bobby Stokes. It was the first time Southampton won a major trophy, and the last time that Elizabeth II attended a final and presented the trophy to the winners. As their women's team had won the 1976 WFA Cup final a week earlier, they became the first club to win the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season.

Road to Wembley

Match summary

Manchester United started stronger, and missed several early goalscoring opportunities, with Southampton goalkeeper Ian Turner making a series of impressive saves to deny Gerry Daly and Gordon Hill. Southampton in turn began to create chances; Mick Channon was put through on goal before being denied by goalkeeper Alex Stepney. As extra time loomed, Southampton's Bobby Stokes received Jim McCalliog's pass and slotted the ball across Stepney and into the far corner to score a late winner and with it his side's first major trophy.

Match details

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SCO Tommy Docherty

ENG Lawrie McMenemy

In popular culture

Jasper Carrott immortalised the match in his song "Cup Final '76", which appeared on the album Carrott In Notts.

Footage from the match's winning goal was used in the 1999 one-off ITV comedy film Bostock's Cup. The viewers were under the illusion that the team in the final were the titular team Bostock Stanley, scoring the winner.

References

Print

Internet

References

Hytner, David. (25 February 2017). "Lawrie McMenemy: 'Southampton didn't have a cat in hell's chance'". The Guardian.
(9 January 2026). "Shirt marks 50 years since club's FA Cup win".
Office, Library of Congress Copyright. (21 March 1977). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series".
(1976). "Jasper Carrott – Carrott In Notts (1976, Vinyl)".
(3 July 2019). "Cup Final 76 folk song".

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