Headingly, 7/4/79, with about five minutes to go in the Cup semi and Saints are about to make their second huge mistake that will lose them a game which otherwise was as tight as the proverbial fishes bum.
Their first mistake was Peter Glynn missing a rolling ball over his own line and leaving it for Andy Fletcher to touch down. Their second mistake was to give Dave Topliss half a yard too much space with the ball in hand, and to Dave that was an invitation that could not be refused. He shot through the gap and made halfway before handing it to Keith Smith who drew the full back before passing to Andy Fletcher, one of the best finishers in the game,and it was all over, we were going to Wembley.
I looked around as I celebrated, and a couple of yards away was a young Saints fan about seven years old and the look on his face was enough to break your heart, this was wrong, it wasn't in the script, he had come here to win. The moment was particularly poignant as I had seen the same look on the face of my son four years earlier when Trinity lost to Widnes in the semi at Odsal. Sadly, I would see it again a few weeks later.

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