1983 FA Cup Final Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion

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Manchester United 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2

Replay

Manchester United 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 0

The 1983 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley. The first match finished 2-2 after extra time. Gordon Smith and Gary Stevens scored for Brighton; Frank Stapleton and Ray Wilkins for United. In the replay, United won 4-0, with goals by Bryan Robson (2), Norman Whiteside and a penalty from Arnold Mühren. The first game is famous for the Radio commentary quote by Peter Jones "...and Smith must score" talking about a shot by Gordon Smith which was actually a save by the Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey; the quote was subsequently used as a title for a Brighton Fanzine.

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MANCHESTER UNITED:

GK 1 Gary Bailey
RB 2 Mike Duxbury
LB 3 Arthur Albiston
CM 4 Ray Wilkins
CB 5 Gordon McQueen
CB 6 Kevin Moran
CM 7 Bryan Robson (c)
RM 8 Arnold Mühren
CF 9 Frank Stapleton
CF 10 Norman Whiteside
LM 11 Alan Davies
Substitute:
MF 12 Ashley Grimes
Manager:
Ron Atkinson

BRIGHTON:

GK 1 Graham Moseley
RB 2 Chris Ramsey
CB 3 Gary Stevens
LB 4 Steve Gatting (c)
CB 5 Graham Pearce
LM 6 Neil Smillie
CM 7 Jimmy Case
CM 8 Tony Grealish
RM 9 Gary Howlett
CF 10 Michael Robinson
CF 11 Gordon Smith
Substitute:
DF 12 Gerry Ryan
Manager:
Jimmy Melia

Replay

MANCHESTER UNITED:

GK 1 Gary Bailey
RB 2 Mike Duxbury
LB 3 Arthur Albiston
CM 4 Ray Wilkins
CB 5 Gordon McQueen
CB 6 Kevin Moran
CM 7 Bryan Robson (c)
RM 8 Arnold Mühren
CF 9 Frank Stapleton
CF 10 Norman Whiteside
LM 11 Alan Davies
Substitute:
MF 12 Ashley Grimes
Manager:
Ron Atkinson

BRIGHTON:

GK 1 Graham Moseley
LB 2 Steve Gatting
CB 3 Graham Pearce
CM 4 Tony Grealish
CB 5 Steve Foster (c)
RB 6 Gary Stevens
CM 7 Jimmy Case
RM 8 Gary Howlett
CF 9 Michael Robinson
CF 10 Gordon Smith
LM 11 Neil Smillie
Substitute:
MF 12 Gerry Ryan
Manager:
Jimmy Melia