David Pleat who was manager of the Tottenham Hotspur side for the 1987 FA Cup Final said that losing to Coventry City was not a big shock.
For an excellent series of interviews, speaking to those involved in the Final itself which City won 3-2 in extra time, the Coventry Observer’s Steve Carpenter got the view of David Pleat who said: "I'll always remember Chris Hoddle and a couple of other internationals in the team said let Coventry go out first.
"We got a knock on the dressing room door and got the message to come into the tunnel.
"But our international players were saying let them wait. Let them wait as long as possible and feel the nerves, we don't go out until we're ready.
"We weren't over excited or over believing that we could walk all over Coventry City, but we knew we had a very good team that year.
"We we had two difficult games with them earlier in the season and we knew Cyrille Regis was particularly good in the air and Richard Gough, for some reason, had a bit of trouble against him that afternoon.
"It wasn't as though it was a big giant killing, I've got to stress that.
"Coventry were a good team in the First Division, but of course the media suggested it was our year because we'd been playing such wonderful football.
"It was a shock to lose to Coventry. We hoped to win but I think the public expected us to win.
"I wasn't angry that we lost, I think I was more saddened. I was only angry once during the game.
"Coventry had a big centre back called Brian Kilkline who played alongside Trevor Peake, who started down the road at Nuneaton where I started.
"There was a terrible challenge by Kilkline on the halfway line towards the end of that game and he should have been sent off, I've always said that.
"Neil Midgley was the referee, he's sadly passed away now, a very good referee, but he allowed it to go.
"In the challenge Kilkline got injured, my man did too, I think it was Allen, but Kilkline was hobbling and was substituted.
"Another centre back came on, Graeme Roger, and he was influential in the winning goal.
"People tell me he made the pass out wide for Lloyd McGrath which led to Gary Mabbutt's own goal, but that's football."