Steve Mackenzie wasn't it? A bit of a 'sitter' really. After his brilliant goal in the replay I turned to my mate and asked him if that made up for the bad miss in the final, he replied 'not really, as had he scored on Saturday we wouldn't be here tonight' .1981 cup final. Watching both games live at home in NZ.
Leading 1-0, cannot remember who it was but he was through, only had to put the ball in the net, admittedly from a tight angle, but hit the post. Had that gone in I'm sure we would have won. They then got a free kick which Joe had it covered until it hit Tommy who was running across the back of the wall, it hit his shoulder and deflected for their equaliser.
Then the replay. Their Argentina duo came to life and depite Joe's efforts (man of the match again) we lost.
But the worst for me was Buchan's (sic) tackle that ended Colin's career.
I considered myself lucky enough to have been at both games ,especially with what was to cone in the following years.
These days we almost take Wembley finals for granted in many respects but the majority of football fans don't get to see their team in a major final, let alone actually be there at Wembley itself.
Sometimes I do look back at that miss and wonder had that gone in and had we won the Cup in 81 would things have been very different.
Part of me thinks it would have been a 'springboard' to better things. However, part of me still thinks that Neil Young song where he sings 'why do I keep fucking up' would have still been our soundtrack for the next couple of decades regardless!