A life-long Wembley love affair

Tottenham legend Steve Perryman led his club to two victories in the FA Cup in the 1980s. For him Wembley, and the FA Cup itself, retains all of the fabled romance and lustre.

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.