A life-long Wembley love affair
As the BBC go all retro with a full schedule of FA Cup final broadcasting today, expect Ricky Villa’s winner for Spurs in the 1981 replay against Manchester City to feature prominently in the nostalgia-fest.
A stunning solo effort which saw the Argentinian find the net at the end of a weaving dribble, it was voted the Wembley Goal of the 20th Century in 2001 and, in a new BBC poll, has been edged out as the greatest of all FA Cup final goals only by Steve Gerrard’s 35-yard blockbuster for Liverpool against West Ham in 2006.
