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Tavistock chief Mike’s field of cup dreams

Now 77, and a life member at AFC Tavistock where it all began for him, Mike Trebilcock bemoans the administrative error that has ended his chances of returning to Wembley to support the Lambs in the FA Vase Final.
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TAVI CHIEF WAS A WEMBLEY HERO
By Nicholas Harling

WEMBLEY HERO: Mike Trebilcock, left, parades the FA Cup around Wembley after Everton’s 3-2 win in 1966 and at Tavistock, inset
PICTURE: Alamy

MIKE Trebilcock has an engaging dry wit that has presumably stood him in good stead over the years.
When I told him I had been at Wembley for Everton’s dramatic recovery in the 1966 FA Cup Final, he replied deadpan: “I was there too.”
And so he was, firing two cracking goals in the space of five second-half minutes against Sheffield Wednesday that pulled the Toffees back from the brink of defeat bef...

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