Football: MARATHON MEN; REDS REWIND: Shanks' heroes finally kill off Leeds to claim first FA Cup Classic game: Liverpool 2 Leeds 1 (aet), FA Cup Final, May 1 1965.Byline: PAUL DOVE IT was not the performance but rather the result - and the heroics of an injured defender - that would go down in the history books. The FA Cup final of 1965 would not live long in the memory of the neutral fan but for Kopites it marked a significant breakthrough. It was the first time their club had lifted the FA Cup although it took an almighty struggle to overcome a battling Leeds side that forced the game into extra time. Conditions were not those of a typical Cup final on May 1, 1965. Driving rain hampered players and the football on display was unremarkable. After 90 minutes there was no score but there was one man who already deserved a medal - full-back Gerry Byrne For the footballer, see . Gerry Byrne, sworn in as a member of the PC at the age of 35, Byrne has been a MP in Canada since 1996 when, at the age of 29 he successfully ran, and won, in a byelection in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. . Byrne had broken his collar bone in the third minute and in the days before substitutes had soldiered on bravely. Indeed, it was his centre three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. into extra time that enabled Roger Hunt to stoop and head home an opening goal. Leeds were not to be denied so easily, however, and Bremner hit an equaliser eight minutes later. But the Reds had the final say when, with nine minutes left, Callaghan's right wing cross drifted beyond keeper Sprake to Ian St John, who was able to head home the winner. It had been a dour battle but nothing could dampen the spirits of the Kopites at Wembley that day. Liverpool had won the FA Cup - after 73 years of trying and a total of 207 ties! In nine years they would be back again, this time to turn on the style. Classic quote:`There's Man United and Man City at the bottom of Division One. And by God, they'll take some shifting' BILL SHANKLY William "Bill" Shankly, OBE (September 2, 1913 – September 29, 1981) was one of Britain's most successful and respected football managers. Background Shankly was born in the East Ayrshire mining village of Glenbuck, Scotland, into a family of ten children. , in his own inimitable in·im·i·ta·ble adj. Defying imitation; matchless. [Middle English, from Latin inimit way, running down the Reds' local rivals early in the 1972/73 season - a campaign that ended with Liverpool being crowned champions CAPTION(S): Classic picture; WHATEVER they replace Wembley with won't quite be the same. Climbing the steps to lift the Cup was an important part of the ceremony on what is still the most treasured day in the domestic football calendar - FA Cup final day. Here's Liverpool's 1965 side on their way down, captain Ron Yeats Ronald 'Ron' Yeats (born Aberdeen, Scotland, November 15 1937) was the captain of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s. Life and playing career Yeats was a Under 15 Schoolboy international who played for Aberdeen Lads clubs when he was signed by Dundee United. carrying the silverware followed by Tommy Lawrence and winger Peter Thompson, hero Gerry Byrne bringing up the rear |
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