DOES ONE GOAL WONDER DESERVE STATUE?

It's a bit sad but I am going to upset you again with another "sad memory", this time a memorial to Bobby Stokes, whom I can see breaking away from the Manchester United defence and  slotting the ball with his left foot past the United keeper Alex Stepney, to win the 1976 FA Cup at Wembley. That was with 7 minutes to go and United did not recover.
Bobby and his chums led by Lawrie McMenemy went into the history books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HEHXl96Tr8 ............was he offside?

It was major upset and Southampton are now at Wembley again, playing Man U in the EFL Cup final. What chance a similar result?

Bobby Stokes was a local lad (Pompey supporter) who was 25 years old when he made his name, he died at 44.
He played 216 times for the Saints, scoring 40 goals. (1968-77)
There was little recognition for Stokes as the following season and after the Charity Shield, when the team last played together. He was not selected for future games and he ended up playing for his boyhood club Portsmouth (24 games 2 goals), then Cheltenham Town and in the North American Soccer League with the Washington Diplomats (98 games-17 goals between 1978-80) along side Johann Cruyff.
Stokes made some money from this venture and on returning he signed for non-league clubs (Waterlooville and Chichester City) before following the standard route in those days for ex-pros of owning a pub, becoming a labourer and working in his cousin's cafe.

There was no testimonial for him until HE asked for one and this resulted in a number of events which gathered some money. There was a hospitality room named after him at St Mary's ground and an apartment block at the old Dell still carries his name.

Mark Sanderson's book tells of his "decline". After his testimonial his marriage broke up, he lived on his owned, obviously did not look after himself and got pneumonia. He tragically died three months later in May 1995, on the same day as Ted Drake, the well known past manager of Southampton (who does have a statue in his memory).

Bobby shares a bath with Peter Osgood and the cup.