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and were forced to put out a significantly weakened team because of a sickness bug which affected many of the first team. Although Stokes was one of the players', he scored a late equaliser in the game to draw it 1–1. Saints subsequently won the replay and
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and remained a popular and well respected figure all along the south coast. The pub was not a success though and Stokes took a job in the
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on 30 January 1951, and was brought up in the
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in the United goal. Initial thoughts were that he was offside but replays indicate that he was not. The result remains Saints' highest success as a club. He won a new car for scoring the first goal in the cup final but he was the only non-driver in the squad and still lived with his parents.
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in the fourth round in a 3–1 victory. In the fifth round, Saints were drawn against
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The year would be remembered for Saints reaching the
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