The Man Behind a Football Fairytale

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Paul Gilder looks back on the career of Bob Stokoe, the man who led Sunderland to a fairytale FA Cup final success in 1973, who died yesterday.

Although many Sunderland supporters are too young to have witnessed the club's last major honour, an image of Bob Stokoe racing across the hallowed turf of Wembley, still wearing his trademark trilby, is ingrained in the consciousness of all those of a red-and-white persuasion.

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The Man Behind a Football Fairytale

It had been Wearside's greatest hour, the Rokermen defeating the mighty Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup final to become the first Second Division team for 40 years to claim English football's most- coveted trophy.

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