To this day, Preston folk, and others, maintain that the penalty should never have been awarded. Clem Stephenson, now the brains behind the scenes at Huddersfield, was on the winning side that day, and nothing would please him more than for his side to repeat the victory of sixteen years ago.
The last clash between clubs from Lancashire and Yorkshise was ten years ago. ' Incidentally, Huddersfield Town were one of the finalists then. They lost to Blackburn Rovers by 3-1.
Both of this year's teams are making their fifth appearance in the final, and both have won the Cup once. Preston, a club steeped in football tradition, have not been successful since the season 1888-9 when, by winning the Cup and League Championship, the former without conceding a goal,. they became known as "The Invincibles."
It is a grand achievement to reach the Final in successive years, and the way they have been going from
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