COLIN ALLAN RECALLS A VINTAGE SEASON OF FA CUP GAMES FULLY 60 YEARS AGO

Overjoyed: Nottingham Forest captain Jack Burkitt shows offthe FA Cup after his team’s 2-1 win against Luton Town and, inset, Tooting & Mitcham keeper Ray Secker grabs the ball to end an attack by Forest

IFELL in love with the FA Cup as a ten-year-old in 1959. It was little wonder as the competition that year included two classic third round ties, an amazing cup run into the semi-fi- nals by a Third Division side and an unexpectedly good final between two unfashionable teams.
My favourite match of the th...