[2] Leicester were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the third round, and the tie was played at Blundell Park on Tuesday, 8 January, having been postponed from the previous Saturday because of snow.

[citation needed] The programme was presented by David Coleman from the pitch side, where he spent the build-up to the game interviewing the players and officials as they walked onto the field an hour before kick-off.

[citation needed] BBC Radio coverage was provided by Raymond Glendenning and Alan Clarke, with a young Brian Moore acting as pitchside reporter.

[citation needed] The opening fifteen minutes of the game were error strewn and Leicester could easily have found themselves three goals in front as United's goalkeeper, David Gaskell, presented them with three opportunities to fire into an unguarded net.

On each occasion, Keyworth, Stringfellow and Gibson in turn were unable to finish the moves off with a last-ditch United challenge keeping the scoreline level.

[citation needed] Having survived the third scare in the fifteenth minute, United took a stranglehold on the match which they never relinquished, peppering Gordon Banks goalmouth with several shots off target before finally taking the lead after half an hour.

Paddy Crerand read the throw and raced in to intercept the ball 25 yards from the Leicester goal before passing to Denis Law, who turned and fired past Banks and two defenders to open the scoring.

[citation needed] Leicester improved at the start of the second half and were presented with yet another chance by the nervous Gaskell, who dropped the ball at the feet of Cross who was unable to get his shot on target.

United though gradually regained their supremacy and deservedly sealed Leicester's fate after 57 minutes when a cross field ball from Giles found Charlton unmarked.

[citation needed] Leicester got a lifeline with ten minutes left when a speculative Frank McLintock shot was met by Ken Keyworth, who scored with a well-placed diving header.

The otherwise competent Banks came for a Giles cross and fumbled the ball into the path of Herd, who turned and fired past two defenders on the goal line to complete the victory.

[citation needed] Wolstenholme's view was shared by United manager Matt Busby, who felt that his team were a side of "big game players".