It is an FA Cup final usually reduced to four words by the lexicon of football. ‘And Smith must score…’ the commentary of Peter Jones seconds before Manchester United goalkeeper Gary Bailey saved from Gordon Smith late in extra time to force a replay.
Those four words served as shorthand for the time Brighton nearly won the Cup, became the title of a fanzine as the club plunged into crisis, and were later adapted for Smith’s auto-biography. ‘Gordon’s still dining out on it,’ quips former team-mate Gary Stevens. ‘It’s made him a fortune.