The first Manchester United match I ever saw was the 1979 FA Cup Final and I never forgot that game.
Manchester United lost 3-2 thanks to Alan Sunderland's last minute winner having fought back from a 2-0 deficit. Trailing right up to the 86th minute, United scored 2 goals in 2 minutes thru Gordon McQueen and Sammy McIlroy to even the score. I decided there and then that United was my team..
It didn’t matter that within the next minute or so, Alan Sunderland scored the last-minute winner. I was already a Red Devil.
The defeat still hurts today. And I still remember Alan's horrible 70's porn star mustache.
But I also remembered that’s when my journey started………………
Grainy footages of the game can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoFY8DddSPY&feature=related
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