I’ve just watched the entire 1969 Cup Final for the first time since being there at Wembley , having been unable to bear it before .
In a number of ways it resembled the Chelsea game , playing a higher rated opponent who dominated possession ,but resilient defending denying them many clear cut chances .
Interestingly, we created several very promising chances / half chances which on another day could have changed the outcome ,with Andy Lochhead (twice) ,Len Glover , Peter Rodrigues and Rodney Fern all spurning them .
Poor Allan Woolllett was totally out of his depth and crucially was beaten by Mike Summerbee to set up the winning goal - a fit John Sjoberg would never have been rounded so easily .
The 69 side was , typical of Leicester City teams in the pre King Power era , an excellent core group , with a smattering of top quality players , but always suffering from a lack of squad depth , resulting in there being at least one or two substandard players for crucial games - fundamental weak links that we don’t seem to have any more .
I’ve finally exorcised my demons after 52 years !