The 100th FA (Football Association) Cup Final was played at Wembley Stadium between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City on the 9th May 1981 and a replay was played on the 14th May. It was the replay that will always be remembered as one of the greatest ever FA Cup Finals and certainly be remembered for one of the greatest Cup Final goals.

Both teams had a mediocre league season with Tottenham finishing in 10th position and Manchester City in 12th in the First Division, the teams only being separated by four points. In 1980-81 league seasons league fixtures Manchester City gained 3-1 home victory over Tottenham, while Tottenham were victorious with 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture.

In theory the teams would be evenly matched, and so it proved as the first game ended in a 1-1 draw. The game was significant for Manchester City’s player Tommy Hutchison who had the unenviable accolade of scoring the goals for both teams.

Hutchinson had scored a great header for his own team, Manchester City to give them a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute of the game, but unfortunately he deflected a shot from Tottenham’s Glen Hoddle into the opposite corner of his own goal, eleven minutes before the end of the game, that Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan would probably easily have saved.

The first game went into extra time but finished 1-1 to set up a replay at Wembley stadium five days later.

The replay was a much better match, with both teams attacking from the start, and Tottenham scored after eight minutes, when Joe Corrigan saved a shot but Ricardo Villa scored an easy goal from the rebound. Three minutes later Manchester City’s Steve MacKenzie scored a fantastic volley to level the scores at 1-1, and the scores remained level at half-time. Glenn Hoddle nearly scored again for Tottenham when his free-kick hit the post, and Joe Corrigan made some good saves for City to keep them in the game.

Four minutes into the second half Manchester City were awarded a penalty, and Kevin Reeves calmly converted the spot kick to give City a 2-1 lead. Tottenham pressed forward in search of an equaliser and had their just rewards after 70 minutes when Garth Crooks slotted home Tottenham’s second goal to level the scores at 2-2.

Six minutes later Ricardo Villa scored the winning goal for Tottenham and possibly one of the best goals ever in an FA Cup Final. Villa collected the ball and glided past three Manchester City defenders in the penalty area as if they weren’t there and he then slotted the ball into the goal passed the out coming goalkeeper. There were six defenders in the penalty area and none could stop Villa scoring the winning goal. Several City players sat on the pitch despondently after the goal, knowing they had been beaten by an outstanding display of football.

The 3-2 victory was the sixth time that Tottenham had won the FA Cup, and it will always be remembered for Ricardo Villa’s outstanding goal.

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