Remembering Bobby Stokes & the team - 40 years after Saints' FA Cup win

Players from the Saints side that won the FA Cup in 1976 are to recreate their open top bus parade through the streets of Southampton on 1st May - to mark forty years since the special win.

The launch of a book about player Bobby Stokes coincides with the anniversary.

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Saints' 1976 FA Cup win parade to be recreated

Open top bus parade through Spouthampton in 1976 after Saints' FA Cup win

A goal from Bobby Stokes sparked amazing crowd scenes in 1976, the year in which Southampton Football Club won the the FA Cup.

The parade is being recreated this Sunday - 1st May 2016 - with players of the time back onboard that bus. Among the footballers we spoke to ahead the event are Jim Steele, Hugh Fisher, Nick Holmes and David Peach.

Remembering footballer Bobby Stokes as Saints mark 40th anniversary of FA Cup win

Bobby Stokes holds the FA Cup high after Southampton FC's 1976 win

This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Southampton's F.A. Cup win of 1976. The city's streets were lined with fans celebrating.

It was thanks to a goal by Bobby Stokes, a man who was loved by both Southampton and Portsmouth fans. Andrew Pate spoke to Mark Sanderson, the author of a new book about Bobby's life.

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