Man Utd to face Southampton in Legends match at St Mary’s Stadium on 28 March 2026

Following a turbulent few years that saw United go from European champions in 1968, to being relegated to the old Second Division in 1974, those supporters who travelled to Wembley as part of Tommy Docherty’s famous Red Army viewed the 1976 FA Cup final as further proof of the latest United rebirth, following the club’s third-placed finish in Division 1 after promotion in 1975.

Sadly for the Reds, the day was to end in defeat as the Saints pulled off a famous FA Cup shock, with a solitary 83rd-minute strike from Bobby Stokes enough to make history.

Docherty promised he would deliver the trophy, though, and FA Cup glory would arrive for the Reds at the end of the following season, but this was to be Southampton’s day.