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That is controversial! I think,as you say, we did possibly get the best of the deal as Ritchie did quite well - although, like Connor, he never even approached Ward's status with the fans (actually I remember Connor being reviled for a lot of his time with us, in fact at one time he was the...

That's correct. Didn't Clough say something like "I've never played in an FA Cup final so why should he?"

What are people's memories of this saga? It didn't really work out that well for any of the parties did it? (For younger viewers, Ward was transferred to Forest in October 1980 with their young striker Gary Birtles moving to Man Utd and Man Utd transferring Andy Ritchie to us at the same time...