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Forest transcend Saints at Wembley to retain League Cup

40 years ago Forest won their third major domestic trophy in just over a year, after 19 years of winning nowt. In the middle of my most fanatical period as a Forest fan, it was a joyous return to Wembley to watch a classic game of two halves. Forest (apparently with good reason) looked like they were suffering from a hang over in the first half but came storming back in the second to give one of their best displays of the season. Garry Birtles had two clear goals disallowed so perhaps the score should have been 5-2. In this blog post, I pay due respect to the fascinating history of a great old English club, Southampton which includes sub-plots to the founder of football in Brazil and, surely, England's No 1 all-rounder of all time. As usual this history includes a look at their quaint old ground, the Dell which was one of my first away games. As is the trend, Southampton recently moved from the Dell to a standard, homogeneous-looking modern stadium. But this move, at least has a