article_snippet: When a legendary figure like Pat Jennings  says none of the other 1,097 matches in Alan Sunderland career was comparable with the 1979 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester United, you know it was something special.
article_snippet: Pat Jennings  (left) and Pat Rice pose with FA Cup after the dramatic Wembley final of 1979 .
article_snippet: the impact of the game's 36 years on and people still ask me about it every week,' Pat Rice adds ruefully. '
article_snippet: people always want to know about that final rather than the one people won against Liverpool two years earlier.'
article_snippet: The 1979 showpiece took place eight days after Margaret Thatcher had been elected Great Britain's first female Prime Minister and given the prestige of the FA Cup final in those days, the two events seemed equally important at the time.
highlights_snippet: Pat Jennings feels the 1979 FA Cup final was the best game of Pat Jennings  career .
  