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through on goal, who found the net to put Yeovil back into the lead. With 15 minutes remaining to hold onto their lead, Yeovil were now on the back foot, with the superior fitness of
Sunderland's professional players beginning to tell. Three minutes from time, the referee blew for a free kick to
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Sunderland. The Yeovil supporters, thinking the whistle had been blown for full-time, prematurely invaded the pitch in celebration, threatening to abandon the game once more. Order was eventually restored, allowing the final minutes of the game to be played.
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to score a simple tap in. With neither side able to find a winning goal, the score remained 1–1 after the full 90 minutes were played. Under normal circumstances, the game would then have been re-played at
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scoring the goals for the winning side. The match is notable for being one of the few occasions in the history of the FA Cup where a non-league club has defeated a team in the top tier of
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was forced to drop out of the side due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Dickie Dyke, who had made only one first team appearance for the club. Sunderland made two changes to the side that defeated
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1242:"Yeovil Town's greatest giant-killing recounted in new book"
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1333:. Somerset County Gazette. 17 March 2009
1221:"The Yeovil Town Story: Season 1948–49"
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1244:. This is Bristol. 11 January 2009
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