John McCormick writes: I suspected this would be one of the grounds that Pete Sixsmith counts among his favourites. After all, not only is it old and venerable, like the man himself, with international matches and semi-finals galore on its cv, it has the Archibald Leitch connection that he relishes.
And there’s a bonus for me, by some coincidence. Some random bloke I met this morning started talking about the ’73 cup final and the save, which got me mentally singing “Aye Aye Aye Aye, Monty is better than Yashin”. But I couldn’t for the life of me remember who was better than Eusabio. Now I know, and I’ll sleep happily tonight. So it’s a double thankyou to Pete, for filling in that gap, and for another excellent read:
