Article in The Guardian, fifty years ago this week Northampton Town lost 8-2 at home to Man Utd in the FA Cup, with George Best scoring six. Their goalkeeper was Kim Book, brother of Tony. The other two Utd goals were by Brian Kidd. Northampton's players had been promised a bonus of 15 quid a man if they won.
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Book and Kidd, 50 years ago
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B-b-but, I thought football didn't exist before 1992?
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Is there anything in the article about them disrespecting Northampton by scoring that many?Article in The Guardian, fifty years ago this week Northampton Town lost 8-2 at home to Man Utd in the FA Cup, with George Best scoring six. Their goalkeeper was Kim Book, brother of Tony. The other two Utd goals were by Brian Kidd. Northampton's players had been promised a bonus of 15 quid a man if they won.
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I remember that game.Article in The Guardian, fifty years ago this week Northampton Town lost 8-2 at home to Man Utd in the FA Cup, with George Best scoring six. Their goalkeeper was Kim Book, brother of Tony. The other two Utd goals were by Brian Kidd. Northampton's players had been promised a bonus of 15 quid a man if they won.
It wasn’t long after I’d started following football.
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It was.one of bests goals where he runs past half the Northampton team and scores must have been shown 2 million times ,with commentary, in last 50 years.I remember that game also, I'm sure it was televised!
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It was.I remember that game also, I'm sure it was televised!
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8-2? What a load of cobblers!
Kinky Boots?8-2? What a load of cobblers!
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Best was obviously the big news after this game. I vaguely remember it was his first game back after a lengthy suspension, bans at the time being measured in weeks rather than games. Does anyone remember any further detail about the length of punishment and what it was actually for?