The replay had to be postponed several times because of continual wet weather but eventually on February 5th 1972 the game went ahead. The pitch had been rolled but it was very muddy.
Newcastle, playing in red shirts, decided to play towards the Meadow End and almost immediately they were on the attack as Malcolm Macdonald latched onto a misdirected header from Ronnie Radford and broke into the Hereford penalty area. However Fred Potter in the Hereford goal saved well at the feet of 'Supermac'.
Hereford's Dudley Tyler had a couple of shots in the early stages which McFaul was equal to, before Colin Addison was booked for a late challenge on Irving Nattrass, a foul the Newcastle centre half did not appreciate. From the resulting free kick on the Newcastle left, Potter made a brave save with Pat Howard poised to score.
Newcastle had the ball in the net soon after, after Macdonald's looping header dropped in. However Tudor had clearly fouled Potter and the goal was disallowed by referee Turner. There followed a frantic moment when, from the free kick, Mick McLaughlin's clearance hit Tudor and rebounded back towards the goal, only to hit the bar. Terry Hibbitt followed up with a shot, which crashed off the crossbar again before Hereford finally got the ball away.
At half-time the Hereford players walked off to thunderous applause. At nil-nil they were still in the game.
Tyler had another chance saved at the near post from the edge of the area, as the non-leaguers made a good start to the second half. With Newcastle on the back foot somewhat, Hereford won a corner which found Ken Mallender at the back post. However the Hereford defender saw his header rebound off the post which Alan Jones then hit just wide.
At the other end Newcastle won a corner themselves with Macdonald's bullet header destined for the corner of the Hereford goal. However Potter dived across to make another great save.
As Newcastle turned up the pressure, Macdonald had a golden chance when he received a pass from Hibbitt and rounded Potter. But somehow he missed an open goal, much to the amusement of the Hereford supporters. He was to make up for this miss soon after when Viv Busby, on the Newcastle right, supplied a deep cross which Macdonald headed in at the far post to finally break the deadlock.
'That's it! Newcastle have scored,' screamed BBC TV's John Motson.
With eight minutes of normal time Hereford captain Colin Addison decided to make a change. Roger Griffiths made way for Ricky George. Although not realised at the time Griffiths had broken his leg at some stage earlier in the game but had played on despite the pain.
George's fresh legs were to pay dividends minutes later when he won possession on the Hereford left, turned well and found Mallender. Mallender's long ball was headed on by Billy Meadows and was not fully cleared. In the midfield Ronnie Radford challenged Tudor for the loose ball, won it and played a one-two with Brian Owen. The return pass bobbled on the muddy surface but sat up kindly for Radford who unleashed a 30-yard strike that, in the words of commentator Motson, "flew into the top corner of McFaul's net".
Radford's 85th minute equaliser forced extra time and the part-time carpenter also had a hand in the winning goal in the 103rd minute. He found Tyler on the right who hit a powerful pass to Ricky George who took a couple of touches, then turned and shot. It evaded a last gasp challenge from Bobby Moncur, and went past McFaul into the far corner to spark another pitch invasion.
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