The replay was postponed three times and was eventually played on 5 February, the day allocated for fourth-round matches. Newcastle had been forced to travel down to Herefordshire on three occasions, in the end staying for much longer than anticipated in a hotel in
Worcester to get the match played.
Edgar Street was packed to its 14,313 capacity for the match, with every vantage point taken. There were even spectators in trees and standing on floodlight pylons. Therefore, it is unknown what the exact attendance was, as Hereford also printed extra tickets, but it was estimated to be over 16,000. The
BBC were covering the match with a then fairly new voice, 26-year-old
John Motson on trial as commentator. Before the kick-off the pitch was in a very muddy condition, and it quickly deteriorated into a quagmire. Almost immediately Newcastle were on the attack as 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 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, when 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. 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. With eight minutes of normal time to go it seemed as if that would be the deciding goal, but Hereford responded by bringing on
Ricky George for
Roger Griffiths. The Hereford-born full back had broken his leg earlier in the match, but had played on through 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 strike from out that, in the words of commentator
Motson, ''"flew into the top corner of McFaul's net"''. The memorable scenes that followed saw a pitch invasion by many Parka-clad spectators, to be endlessly replayed for years to come. 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. The stunned Newcastle players could not respond and Hereford held on for their most famous victory. ==Match details==