Late Tackle

YEOVIL’S GLORY DAY

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
22 October 2020

FA CUP SENSATION
STEPHEN BRANDT RECALLS WHEN THE GLOVERS STUNNED SUNDERLAND IN THE FA CUP…

Brave: Yeovil keeper Dickie Dyke punches clear to thwart Sunderland

TO SAY Non-League Yeovil Town’s FA Cup giant-killing of the mighty Sunderland in early 1949 caused a stir is an understatement.
It made major headlines around the country when the ‘Bank of England club’, who had signed Len Shackleton for a then-British record transfer fee of £20,500, fell victim on the infamous Huish Athletic Ground slope.
For Yeovil, their major concern going into the tie was the los...

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