CURRIE GIVES HODDLE THE RUNS?

The TITLE above suggests that QPR's Tony Currie was going to give the eloquent Glen Hoddle, the run around in the FA Cup Final! Read on.

May is Cup Final month, we all know that. On May 22nd 1982 Tottenham beat Second Division QPR in the Final, but without the Argentinian pair, Ricky Villa, who preferred not to play due to the Falklands crisis and and Ossie Ardiles, who had earlier arranged to join the Argentinian 1982 World Cup squad.
Managers at Wembley were Spurs' Keith Burkinshaw and Rangers' Terry Venables.

The clubs drew 1-1 at the first attempt at Wembley with a goal scored by Hoddle in the 110th minute (aet) countered by QPR's Terry Fenwick 115th minute goal.
Spurs crept in with a 1-0 win in the replay on the 27th, also at Wembley.

This was only the third FA Cup Final replay in the 20th Century and of course Spurs "retained" the cup having won it in 1981.
The Spurs, by now, had won the cup 7 times, equalling the record set by Aston Villa 25 years earlier and remained unbeaten in Cup Finals.
QPR missed out on promotion to Division One too and the FA had to wait another ten years to have a club in the final from outside the top division...who was that?

Actually in the replay, Currie tackle Graham Roberts "badly" and gave away a penalty from which Hoddle scored in the sixth minute....it was the winner.

It was Spurs Centenary Year, so things couldn't have turned about better! By this point in history they had won the FA Cup, the Football League Cup, The League Championship and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

On their way to the Final QPR drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 at home in the 3rd Round and then won away 2-3. Spurs beat North London rivals Arsenal 1-0.

In Round 4 QPR thumped Blackpool 5-1 at home, while Spurs were challenged with a 1-0 home win over Leeds Utd.

Round 5 saw QPR beat Grimsby Town 3-1 at home and Spurs had another tough one away v Aston Villa winning 1-0.

In Round 6 QPR beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at home and Spurs went away to Chelsea winning 2-3

The semi-finals were on neutral ground with Spurs winning at Villa Park against Leicester City 2-0 and QPR beat WBA 1-0 at Highbury.

Here's 5 minutes worth with Motty holding the mike.
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