Steve Coppell walked out of the Wembley tunnel side by side with Alex Ferguson, took a seat on the bench and turned to his assistant Alan Smith. 'I can see some fear there,' observed the Crystal Palace manager.
The 1990 FA Cup final, 30 years ago this month. Two games that saved Ferguson from the sack at Manchester United, destroyed Jim Leighton's Old Trafford career and descended into 'a war' according to their captain Bryan Robson.
It brought Ferguson's first piece of silverware at United after three and a half years and launched an era of dominance under the Scot that was to last almost a quarter of a century.