The key, according to then manager Gould, was a unique style which he and assistant Don Howe had inherited from predecessor Dave Bassett -- "When we went there we didn't tell them how they were going to play, they told us" -- and which featured a pivotal threat from set-pieces.

"For the winning goal against Liverpool, Wisey (Dennis Wise) curls it in, Sanchez gets a near-post header and all you can see is red shirts...they couldn't defend it," Gould said.

"It might sound silly, but 20 years on Brazil are copying Wimbledon with the way that they put curled balls into the near post, from the right side with the left foot and vice versa," continued Gould, who recently concluded a second campaign assisting his son Jonathan, a former Celtic and Scotland goalkeeper, in coaching New Zealand club Hawke's Bay United.

"Everybody is copying us now -- even the Manchester Uniteds. Most teams score a lot of goals from dead balls."

Image: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish (left) and Bobby Gould (second right) of Wimbledon lead their teams out before the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London

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