Players wearing eye-offending knitwear and hitting all the wrong notes for an FA Cup final song that would have left Simon Cowell cringing were a traditional part of the FA Cup final build-up in the 70s and 80s.Few of those dreadful tracks on vinyl (ask your dad) endured longer than it took for the cricket season to move centre stage in the nation's sporting conscience.
There is one exception to the rule. Leeds United's effort "Marching on Together" for the 1972 Centenary Final remains the club's "Leeds, Leeds, Leeds" anthem to this day and a distinct reminder for long-suffering fans of the glory days under the uber-professional approach of manager Don Revie.
A club which enjoyed so many memorable days in the competition has since fallen so far that they were beaten by non-league Histon in the second round last season.
And they are back in the first round this weekend when the current League One leaders play Oldham Athletic, a far cry from the day 100,000 crammed into Wembley for the game against Arsenal and witnessed the diving header by Allan Clarke that deprived the previous season's double winners of another trophy.
It may be known as the Centenary Final, but it was only the 91st staging of the event, because of the interruptions caused by the First and Second World Wars.
Despite their brilliance, Leeds were reviled throughout the land and depicted as a overly-aggressive team that pushed rules to the limit - under a manager who simply hated the word defeat.
A booking inside five seconds for Clarke for a foul on his England international team mate Alan Ball was an indication of how desperate Revie's side were to prevent Arsenal and manager Bertie Mee from becoming the only the third team to retain the trophy.
Newcastle achieved the feat in 1952. Spurs emulated it a decade later and Mee wanted his name in the record books too after Arsenal's victory over Manchester United in an enthralling final the previous year.
Despite the stellar names in his line-up, Mee's team were no match for Revie's and the only surprise was it took 53 minutes for United's supremacy to be rewarded.
Peter Lorimer had already struck the woodwork when Mick Jones delivered an inviting cross for Clarke to create one of Wembley's iconic moments with his diving header and a subsequent one-arm raised salute of his winner.
Jones' heroics did not end there either. He played out the final moments with a dislocated shoulder before he had to be escorted up the famous 39 steps by Norman Hunter to collect his winner's medal.
That should have been the launch pad for a golden era for Revie and Co, but they returned to Wembley the following season and were defeated by Bob Stokoe's Sunderland, failing to add their name to that exclusive list of teams who have retained the trophy.
The line-ups on that May afternoon in 1972 were:
Leeds United: Harvey; Reaney, Charlton, Hunter, Madeley; Lorimer, Bremner, Giles, Gray; Clarke, Jones.
Arsenal: Barnett; Rice, McLintock, Simpson, McNab; Armstrong, Ball, Storey, Graham; George, Radford (Kennedy 73)
