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There was genuine sadness last year at the news of Sir Bruce Forsyth’s death.

The seemingly evergreen entertainer passed away at the age of 89 from bronchial pneumonia after being unwell for some time.

A multi-talented star of the small screen and stage for over 70 years, Brucey fronted a host of hit TV series, including Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right, and Strictly Come Dancing .

Perhaps his biggest television success, however, was the Generation Game, a rip-roaring gameshow which initially ran from 1971 to 1977.

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It was in 1974, while he was at the peak of his powers, that 46-year-old Bruce made an unexpected appearance before Newcastle United’s biggest game in decades.

The date was May 4, and the place was Wembley Stadium, where United would face Liverpool in the FA Cup final , and Forsyth would lead the traditional pre-match hymn, Abide With Me.

BBC1 TV footage shows Brucey - described by commentator David Coleman as a “professional entertainer” - emerging from the Wembley tunnel to thunderous applause from both sets of fans.

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Then, with a genuine turn of pace and with the 100,000-strong crowd cheering, he sets off with the ball towards the Liverpool end where he plants the ball in the back of the empty net.

Which is sadly more than Supermac and his Newcastle United colleagues did that day.

They lost 3-0 to a Liverpool team featuring a certain Kevin Keegan.

Whatever became of him?

And as for Brucey - didn’t he do well?!