Saturday's clash at St Mary’s is the first time Crystal Palace have met Southampton in an FA Cup tie since beating them en route to final glory in 1976.

Lawrie McMenemy’s Southampton side beat Malcolm Allison’s Third Division underdogs 2-0 in the semi final at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. The favourites had to wait until 74 minutes before Paul Gilchrist fired them in front.

David Peach sealed the victory with a penalty five minutes later.

The last time Southampton hosted Palace in the FA Cup was almost exactly half a century ago.

It was on January 30, 1965, in a fourth-round encounter.

The tie was played on the same day as Winston Churchill’s state funeral, and ended in Palace beating their Second Division rivals 2-1.

It was the third time that season Palace had beaten Southampton.

They also dumped them out of the League Cup, and won 1-0 at The Dell in the league.

Southampton got revenge two months later when they won 2-0 at Selhurst Park in the league return.

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