After a see-sawing 3-3 draw in the first leg, Manchester United and Oldham met in a thrilling FA Cup semi-final at Maine Road on April 8th 1990. Brian McClair scored first in the 51st minute, only to see boyhood Manchester United fan Andy Ritchie – and Paul Scholes’ lifelong hero – equalise in the 81st minute.
The match went into extra time. Lee Martin was substituted for Mark Robins and, after a through ball from Mike Phelan (recently made the new Manchester United assistant boss), Robins scored the winning goal. He’d already scored important goals at Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, but this was the most important of all.
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Ahhh, those were the days! I went to the final replay against Palace. It was on a Thursday night. I didn’t know i was going until the night before! My Dad had spent a whole day queing twice round Old Trafford to get the tickets!! Got a day off school too! Nice one Dad, and nice one Lee Martin!!