Ipswich Town FC FA Cup Final Winners Coin Gift Set 1978

Ipswich Town (Tractor Boys) F.A Cup Winners 1978 Display Gift Set

Blues/Portman Road

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The display set contains two coins issued for circulation in 1978, namely: two pence and one pence. 

  The coins are all dated 1978 and are in uncirculated (UNC) condition.

 The item is housed in a display protection case. The set can be removed from the case for framing if so desired.

 This would make a great Christmas or Birthday present for a Ipswich fan.

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FA Cup Final 1978: Ipswich Town 1-0 Arsenal

Wembley Stadium: Saturday 6^th May

Ipswich Town           1-0           Arsenal

                  (Osborne)                                                         

IT: Cooper, Burley, Mills, Osborne (Lambert), Hunter, Beattie, Talbot, Wark, Mariner, Geddis, Woods.

AR: Jennings, Rice, Nelson, Price, Young, O'Leary, Brady (Rix), Hudson, MacDonald, Stapleton, Sunderland.

Referee: D Nippard             Attendance: 100,000

Arsenal, though strong favourites, soon began to lose their grip on the game after a promising start had seen them gain two corners in the first two minutes. Some of Ipswich's combined movements were a delight to watch, as they gradually overran Arsenal's midfield. Poor Liam Brady, obviously not fully fit, could do nothing right and was substituted after sixty‑six minutes.

In spite of their ever‑increasing superiority, the East Anglians had nothing to show for their efforts at half‑time. They finally got the breakthrough with just twelve minutes remaining, but before then Ipswich had deserved to score from each of three brilliant second‑half moves. Wark crashed a terrific shot against an upright after Woods had rolled the ball into his path, and then a similar Ipswich attack gave Wark the chance to hit the same post with another effort. Soon afterwards Jennings made the save of the afternoon from Burley's header.

With Ipswich beginning to wonder what they had to do to score, the long‑expected goal arrived. Inside‑left Geddis ran with the ball from near the half‑way line and fooled both Hudson and Nelson by feinting to cut inside and then using a sudden burst of speed to go outside them. Young merely cleared Geddis' low cross as far as Osborne, standing ten yards from goal, and he promptly dispatched the ball into the net to give Bobby Robson and his men the trophy.

Route to Final

Semi Finals

IPSWICH T v WBA 3‑1, Orient v ARSENAL 0‑3.

Sixth Round

Millwall v IPSWICH T 1‑6, WBA v Nott'm Forest 2‑0, Middlesbro v Orient 0‑0, 1‑2, Wrexham v ARSENAL 2‑3.

Fifth Round

Bristol R v IPSWICH T 2‑2, 0‑3, Millwall v Notts Co 2‑1, Derby Co v WBA 2‑3, QPR v Nott'm Forest 1‑1, 1‑1, 1‑3, Middlesbrough v Bolton Wand 2‑0, Orient v Chelsea 0‑0, 2‑1, Wrexham v Blyth Spartans 1‑1, 2‑1, ARSENAL v Walsall 4‑1.

Fourth Round

IPSWICH T v Hartlepool Utd 4‑1, Bristol R v Southampton 2‑0, Millwall v Luton T 4‑0, Brighton & H Alb v Notts Co 1‑2, Derby Co v Birmingham C 2‑1, Man Utd v WBA 1‑1, 2‑3, Nott'm Forest v Man C 2‑1, W. Ham v QPR 1‑1, 1‑6, Middlesbro v Everton 3‑2, Bolton Wand v Mansfield T 1 ‑0, Orient v Blackburn R 3‑1, Chelsea v Burnley 6‑2, Newcastle Utd v Wrexham 2‑2, 1‑4, Stoke C v Blyth Spartans 2‑3, Walsall v Leicester C 1 ‑0, ARSENAL v Wolves 2‑1.  

Third Round

Cardiff City v IPSWICH T 0‑2, Hartlepool Utd v Crystal Palace 2‑1, Sunderland v Bristol Rovers v 0‑1, Grimsby T v Southampton 0‑0, 0‑0, 1‑4, Rotherham Utd v Millwall 1‑1, 0‑2, Luton T v Oldham Ath 1‑ 1, 2‑1, Brighton & H Alb v Scarborough 3‑0, CharIton Ath v Notts Co 0‑2, Derby Co v Southend Utd 3‑2, Birmingham C v Wigan Ath 4‑0, Carlisle Utd v Man Utd 1‑1, 2‑4, WBA v Blackpool 4‑ 1, Nott'm Forest v Swindon T 4‑1, Leeds Utd v Man City 1‑2, W. Ham v Watford 1 ‑0, QPR v Wealdstone 4‑0, Middlesbro v Coventry C 3‑0, Everton v Aston Villa 4‑1, Spurs v Bolton Wand 2‑2,1‑2, Mansfield T v Plymouth Arg 1 ‑0, Orient v Norwich C 1‑1, 1‑0, Blackburn R v Shrewsbury T 2‑1, Chelsea v Liverpool 4‑2, Burnley v Fulham 1‑0, Peterborough Utd v Newcastle Utd 1‑1, 0‑2, Bristol C v Wrexham 4‑4, 0‑3, Stoke C v Tilbury 4‑0,  Blyth Spartans v Enfield 1 ‑0, Walsall v Swansea C 4‑1, Hull C v Leicester C 0‑1, Exeter C v Wolves 2‑2,1‑3, Sheff Utd v ARSENAL 0‑5.

The Year That Was 1978...

• On 18 April, the United States promises to return the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000 • On 27 April, a Communist/Islamic coup overthrows and kills Afghan president Muhammad Daoud • On 17 September, the Camp David accords between US president Jimmy Carter, Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat provide the basis for the Middle East peace process • On 16 October, Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland is elected pope as John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since 1522 • On 25 December, Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia with the aim of overthrowing Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge • In a mass suicide on 19 November, 911 men, women and children (many from the San Francisco area) die at the People's Temple of cult leader Jim Jones at Jonestown, Guyana • Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, is born in Britain on 25 July • On 26 October, the World Health Organization announces that smallpox has been eradicated except for small laboratory stocks of the virus • Edward Said, a Palestinian academic living in the United States, publishes Orientalism, an influential criticism of Western ideas about Middle Eastern culture • A committee of the US House of Representatives concludes that a second gunman was involved in the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 •

Sporting 1978...

• Football League Champions were Nottingham Forest leaving Liverpool in the runners up spot • Ipswich Town defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the FA Cup Final, Roger Osborne scoring the vital goal • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Lucius’ • The Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse was ‘Midnight Court’ • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Shirley Heights’ • Golf's British Open was won by Jack Nicklaus • Oxford won the Boat Race over Cambridge whose boat sank in this year • Snooker’s Embassy World Championship Final ended Ray Reardon (Wales) 25-18 Perrie Mans (South Africa) • F1 Champion was Mario Andretti driving for Lotus • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Bjorn Borg of Sweden (mens) and Martina Navratilova of USA (ladies) • American Sport - Super Bowl XII from the Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana: Dallas Cowboys 27-10 Denver Broncos (NVP Randy White Harvey Martin) – NBA Championship: Washington Bullets 4-3 Seattle Supersonics – Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees 4-2 Los Angeles Dodgers (MVP Bucky Dent) •

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