Remember it well Ian. Also remember some very angry Chelsea fans outside Millmoor afterwards who were broken up by charging police horses. Didn't spoil the euphoria of the day though!

Great memories. We had a lot of good players in that lineup. The obvious star names Towner and Moore, but what great players Forrest and Stancliffe were too, and the rest of them were not too shabby. As Calypso says it was really the team that Porterfield built, partly with Anton Johnson's money. The 4-1 win in the return fixture was just as notable.

My own extra personal memory of that game is sitting in the main stand near a rogue Chelsea fan who launched himself over the front of the stand at a Miller who was taunting him, landed on the terrace several feet below and split his head open very badly. He didn't get a lot of sympathy from the people he landed near either, nor from the policemen who led him away For a fourteen year old (I think I was) it was borderline scary stuff.

I remember being a bit intimidated by the Chelsea fans. Looking at the video there weren't really all that many of them that made the trip but their reputation preceded them.

Like watching the Samba boys

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Thanks for confirming it wasn't a fake memory Calypso. The mind starts to play tricks post 50 - as I see you may know.

I am sure you helped the chap to his feet - gentleman that you are!

My Grandma used to work in the tea bar at the tivoli end of the main stand, next to the entrance to the stand. If that was your regular spot at Millmoor you will know where I mean.