Southampton won the FA Cup for the simplest reasons. They were better organised in defence than Manchester United, waited more patiently for a scoring chance, and when it came took the goal with a coolness which epitomised their performance overall.
"I was the shy one, he was the talkative one," Acton told BBC Sport. "We just connected," Dodd added. "We finished junior school and then went to the same senior school, so we literally spent the whole five years [and] school holidays in each other's pockets."