EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: 21 years have passed since the pitch invasions at Cardiff as Alan Cork's side knocked Premier League leaders Leeds out of the FA Cup... as the Bluebirds prepare to host Leeds again, he tells them they 'just have to believe'

For Alan Cork, masterminding one of the great FA Cup shocks of modern times when third tier Cardiff City beat Premier League leaders Leeds United turned out bittersweet.

In football terms, it did not get any better than upsetting a star-studded team that included Rio Ferdinand, Mark Viduka and Robbie Fowler. But the battle of Ninian Park turned out to be more than Cardiff’s epic 2-1 victory.

Cardiff were fined £20,000 and controversial owner Sam Hammam banned from pitchside walkabouts after an orgy of trouble that saw referee Andy D’Urso and Leeds players hit by missiles and a post-match pitch invasion that turned sour and needed riot police to break up.