We beat Tampa Bay Rowdies 4-2. They were the reigning NASL champions at a time when the New York Cosmos et al were signing up Pele, Beckenbauer etc for a last pay-day. (And, of course, Jimmy Bone used to do his summer stint with Toronto Blizzard in the same league.)
Tampa were on a UK tour supposedly to show off the standard of the US teams. They turned over a couple of English top-flight clubs and beat (I think) Dundee. The Buddies were the only team to beat them.
Before kick-off, there was a mini-competition between the teams to demonstrate the NASL equivalent of a penalty shoot-out, where the striker got the ball about thirty yards out and then had to beat the keeper one-on-one. North Bank unimpressed. Cue "What the f*ckin hell is that?"
Then they brought out their cheerleaders and the mood improved.
I remember the Arsenal 2-3 game too, as it was the first time Saints had ever played on a Sunday. I also seem to remember two of Arsenal's goals looking way, way offside, but that might have been the visual effect of watching our back four being seriously outpaced by their strikers.
