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1983 FA Cup Final Man Utd v Brighton Whilst the scoreline of the replay suggests otherwise, the 1983 FA Cup final came so close to turning the form books upside down and producing the shock of the season, as Gary Bailey denied Gordon Smith and Brighton & Hove Albion from following in the footsteps of Southampton in 1976, and forcing the replay that United would comfortably win.
After going so close in the first match, the second time around was a completely different story as the difference in league standings was clear to see, as United produced a performance that was indicative of their unbeaten home record in the league, and clinch the Cup by the biggest margin since Bury defeated Derby 6-0 in 1903.
Norman Whiteside became the youngest player to score in a Wembley final, and United had won the cup for the fifth time on Sir Matt Busby's 74th birthday.
With the full uninterrupted 90 minutes of the replay along with goals from the first match, there's nothing quite like an emphatic United victory in the World's most famous cup competition.
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