Landmark match · 1970
Two finals, one first FA Cup
Chelsea and Leeds required 240 minutes to settle the 1970 FA Cup final, with Peter Osgood and David Webb overturning another deficit in the Old Trafford replay.
A final that did not finish at Wembley
Chelsea and Leeds drew 2-2 at Wembley after Chelsea twice came from behind. The difficult pitch affected the match, but neither that surface nor the later reputation of the rivalry should hide the decisive fact: the final produced no winner and required the competition's first replay since 1912.
Behind again at Old Trafford
The replay took place at Old Trafford eighteen days later. Mick Jones put Leeds ahead before half-time. Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Bonetti played on after injury, while the contest accumulated the forceful challenges for which it later became famous.
Osgood and Webb change the result
Charlie Cooke's delivery allowed Peter Osgood to equalise with a diving header twelve minutes from the end of normal time. In extra time, Ian Hutchinson's long throw was continued across goal and David Webb scored at the far post in the 104th minute.
The meaning of a first cup
Chelsea had lost the 1915 and 1967 finals. Victory therefore ended a fifty-five-year history without the FA Cup and qualified Dave Sexton's team for the following Cup Winners' Cup. The dedicated season page retains the third-place league finish beside this knockout achievement.
Reading the physical reputation
Modern reviews often focus on tackles that would be punished differently under later laws and officiating practice. That context is relevant, but it should not become spectacle detached from the football: Chelsea recovered in both matches, Osgood scored in every round and Webb supplied the winning moment.