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Lawrie McMenemy on the build up to Southampton's last League Cup final: A night with Brian Clough in Jarrow for £1 a ticket... and then Freddie Starr on our bench!

Daily Mail | February 23, 2017

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Legendary boss Lawrie McMenemy took Southampton to their last League Cup final in 1979, against Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest.

Here are his memories of an unforgettable week...

Lawrie McMenemy enjoys a joke with comedian Freddie Starr on the Wembley pitch

MONDAY, MARCH 12

Southampton have to play an FA Cup fifth-round replay against Ron Atkinson’s West Bromwich Albion five days before the League Cup final.

‘Ron was on the phone early asking if I had any spare tickets for tonight’s replay,’ writes McMenemy in his book Diary of a Season. ‘“You’ve got too many friends,” I said.

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