Chelsea 1 W.B.A 2
So for the fifth season running we approach the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup as bookie's favourites, with a home tie against the holders West Bromwich Albion, who we'd easily beaten 3-1 in our first home league game back in August.
Having blown our chances at the previous stage last season v second division Birmingham surely this was a routine passage to the semi finals for us, especially after David Webb headed us into a 10th minute lead. Sadly John Dempsey missed an almost carbon copy chance minutes later and we then lost control of the game, with Tony Brown equalising before half time.
In the second half Peter Bonetti summed up Chelsea when in the space of 8 minutes he saved a Brown penalty then allowed a Jeff Astle shot in that he would probably have saved 99 times out of 100.
We then peppered the Albion goal, but proof that our luck was out was demonstrated when John Osborne, the luckiest goalkeeper of the time, actually sat on the ball as Ossie's header went between his legs in the last minute. John Boyle was booked for kicking the ball (after the goalie) and there was a 14 man brawl in the area.
So for the third time in 5 years we went out of the FA Cup to teams we should have beaten easily.
Oh well , always next year I guess.
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