 celebrating after the Newcastle FA Cup winCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd The ex-midfielder's 35-yard strike was a hopeful swing of a boot at a mud-curdled Edgar Street. Radford's wonderstrike of an equaliser sparked a pitch invasion. Hereford team-mate Ricky George went on to score the winner, dumping Newcastle out of the FA Cup. On his goal, Radford told the BBC in 2015: "I went in for a tackle with John Tudor on halfway and came up with the ball. He stayed on his backside, the ball came out behind me and I shouted to Colin Addison: 'Leave it, get out of the way!' "I turned, saw Brian Owen and played the ball up to him. He gave it back and it sat up just right. "I didn't think about the distance, I just thought: 'I've got to hit this'. It could have gone in the car park. But it didn't." Radford continued: "I was only one part of it, one kick. "There were 14 other guys who shared all those experiences with the people of Hereford. I just felt so uncomfortable about being singled out."){kind=link}
NON-LEAGUE Hereford United and FA Cup legend Ronnie Radford has died aged 79, it has been confirmed.
Radford scored one of the most iconic FA Cup goals of all time in Hereford’s shock 2-1 giant-killing of Newcastle United in 1972.
The ex-midfielder’s 30-yard strike was a hopeful swing of a boot at a mud-curdled Edgar Street.
Radford’s wonderstrike of an equaliser, which cancelled out England striker Malcolm Macdonald’s opener, sparked a pitch invasion.
Hereford team-mate Ricky George went on to score the winner, dumping Newcastle out of the FA Cup.