FA CUP SENSATION

STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN THE GLOVERS STUNNED SUNDERLAND IN THE FA CUP…

Brave: Yeovil keeper Dickie Dyke punches clear to thwart Sunderland

TO SAY Non-League Yeovil Town’s FA Cup giant-killing of the mighty Sunderland in early 1949 caused a stir is an understatement.
It made major headlines around the country when the ‘Bank of England club’, who had signed Len Shackleton for a then-British record transfer fee of £20,500, fell victim on the infamous Huish Athletic Ground slope.
For Yeovil, their major concern going into ...