RIP Ronnie Radford - Hereford Utd FA Cup Hero.

[mickd1961]

Dead at 79.

Possibly the most famous FA Cup goal of all time!

https://youtu.be/EqK7TEOdO6k

[Dubbag]

Remember it well...RIP.

[Joy_Division]

Ah yes. When the FA Cup really was the cup to win over all others.

[DaveP67 is back!]

One hell of a strike! Mind you the build up was almost walking football on that pitch.

[Leicesterbaggie]

I'd left Herefordshire by then but remember it well. As you say mick, probably one of the greatest FA Cup goals of all time. Mind you, previously to that I saw Hereford beat QPR 6-1 but went out 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday, Albert Quixall and all, in Round Three. I remember all us kids sitting on munition boxes. There was an 18,000 attendance, obviously a record for Hereford Utd.

[mickd1961]

I'd left Herefordshire by then but remember it well. As you say mick, probably one of the greatest FA Cup goals of all time. Mind you, previously to that I saw Hereford beat QPR 6-1 but went out 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday, Albert Quixall and all, in Round Three. I remember all us kids sitting on munition boxes. There was an 18,000 attendance, obviously a record for Hereford Utd.

One of my good friends from the sports trade is a guy called Mark Ellis who was one of the founders of M&M Sports ( now M&M Direct ), I’m sure you’ll know of his family Leicester, they owned Ellis Sports in Commercial Street in Hereford?

He’s same age as me and was one of the kids in a Parka coat in that crowd in 72.

The goalie that day was Fred Potter, he lived in Stourbridge and his son Mark was my son’s best mate at school, I too knew Mark and his brother well.......I got to hear great behind the scenes stories of the two Newcastle matches.

I also got to meet Ken Mallender who was Hereford left back that day, he worked for Nike and I’ve worked in the sports trade for many years.

I’ve always felt a lot of affinity towards Hereford as a club.

How wonderful though to have scored a goal that will live for all time and still be played a thousand years from now.

[Omegstrat6]

Superb strike and an iconic goal from the days when the FA cup really meant something. I'd been reading a little about this match and the players recently in Jon Spurling's "Get it on" about 70s football and from both the book and this interview, Ronnie Radford comes across as a nice, down to earth, fella.

RIP Ronnie, you've forever left your mark and given pleasure to many with that goal alone.

[Albionic68]

Superb goal. As for the pitch invasion that's probably the finest collection of parkas outside of a Who concert or Brighton beach front back in the day. RIP Ronnie Radford.