Then they held Leeds in front of 46,230."This is the first time I've been back there in a cup tie," Bassett said. "It was a great atmosphere, intense but enjoyable, even if our 200 fans were outnumbered. It was one of those moments you look back on as a non- League player."After 82 minutes of increasingly physical stalemate, Bassett brought down Eddie Gray in the box - "a perfectly legitimate tackle, about neck high Incredibly the ref gave it," he said. "Dickie Guy saved and it made him famous," he added, "but he never even thanked me.

He went on Match of the Day, pocketed a pounds 500 appearance fee, and kept it."They replayed at Selhurst Park in front of 45,701. If anything, this game was even naughtier, Leeds having been upset by some of Wimbledon's post-match quotes. There was a huge punch-up after about 15 minutes and later on Bassett copped an elbow from Joe Jordan - "I deserved it, I flew off at the mouth once too often." He and Jordan are the only two still involved in League management from that tie."They were two very physical games. They had [Johnny] Giles, [Billy] Bremner and [Terry] Yorath in midfield, and there was a bit of action going on, a bit of kicking But you live by the sword, you die by it. You gave it, you took it."This time Bassett gave away an own-goal "It was a shot from Giles It was not a great one and I heard Dickie call. I tried to get out of the way but it hit me on the kneecap."The modern Leeds are no angels - witness the mass protest that precipitated Bruce Dyer's penalty miss in the last minute of the first match.

But Palace, too, have had a couple of dust-ups recently, a brawl at Norwich which is the subject of an FA inquiry and some argy-bargy between team-mates Andy Roberts and Dean Gordon last Saturday."Sometimes people say `your side don't show enough passion', then when they do it's `hold on'," Bassett said. "Andy's upset, Dean's upset, there's a few words and for a few moment it's a bit tricky, but they didn't whack one another. It's like when you're married, your missus has a go at you and sometimes you snap. That's human nature, you're not going to change that."At Norwich it was two minutes from the end and there was a skirmish.