Tony Mowbray says Sunderland want to respect the 50th anniversary of their FA Cup triumph by embarking on another cup run, as they prepare to take on League One Shrewsbury Town in the competition this afternoon. It will be half a century in May since the Black Cats became the last team to bring the famous old trophy to the North East and Mowbray remembers as a nine-year-old watching Bob Stokoe's Second Division side pull off one of the great shocks in the competition's history when they beat the then-mighty Leeds United at Wembley in 1973.
"When I look back, 1973 was my first real memories of Sunderland and how massive it was," said Teessider Mowbray. "I was cheering Sunderland on that day - Leeds had an amazing team that was challenging for the First Division title every year under Don Revie, with Billy Bremner, Jonny Giles, Peter Lorimer, Jack Charlton, and Norman Hunter.
"So for Sunderland to do what they did that day was unbelievable because they were massive underdogs - it was a great story. I've always had an affinity because of that, and because I lived in the North-East as well and I was so young that rivalries didn't really come into it, I don't suppose.
