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Bobby Stokes : The Man from Portsmouth Who Scored Southampton's Most Famous Goal, Paperback / softback Book

Bobby Stokes : The Man from Portsmouth Who Scored Southampton's Most Famous Goal Paperback / softback

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He's the man whose goal delivered Southampton's only major trophy in 130 years and counting.

Bobby Stokes's winning goal in the 1976 FA Cup Final marked an unforgettable 11-second sequence of play for Saints fans, but just how did a Portsmouth-born Pompey supporter end up scoring a cup-winning goal for his boyhood team's hated, local rivals?

Bobby Stokes: The Man from Portsmouth Who Scored Southampton's Most Famous Goal answers this question and so many others.

Such as, what led him to leave Saints just a year after his glory?

Why did he swap the glamour of the US League and crowds of 50,000-plus in New York for the grass roots of the Sussex County League?

How did he end up waiting tables in a Portsmouth cafe? And, why, less than 20 years on from that historic May afternoon, did he end up dying in poverty in 1995 at the tender age of just 44 - shortly before his testimonial match was due to take place at the Dell?

This book takes a long overdue look at the life of Bobby Stokes, answers those questions and tells the story of a legendary figure in Southampton's history and the man who scored the club's most-famous goal.

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