Dallas was praised for his handling of the game and later the same month refereed the Scottish Cup Final between the same clubs at Hampden, without incident.
That sequence of victories also included an 18-2 win over Warrington in the only other Challenge Cup final meeting between the two clubs at Wembley way back in 1936.
But they were superior to the 1977 and 1978 clubs that cleared the final hurdle by taking home World Series titles.
It was the third and final regular season meeting between the clubs.
But as the season moves into its final furlong, both clubs have serious ambitions of reaching the promised land.
On September 15th, the county clubs spurned his final proposals.
The duo were in Mali preparing for Sunday's Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone but are now returning to Spain to help their clubs in the final matches of the season.
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The Wales international is in the final year of his Bluebirds deal and top flight clubs will monitor the progress.
That means for the first time in the FAW Premier Cup's history, none of the 'big three' of the Nationwide League clubs - Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham - will contest the final.
On top of that clubs were paid prize money relative to their final position in the league and, if that was not enough, the 20 clubs received income from the live matches in which they were featured.
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If Rangers make the Uefa Cup final on 14 May, the last round of fixtures for the top six clubs - which must be played at the same time on the same day - will take place on Thursday 22 May.
All five clubs have either reached the Grand Final or won the Northern Rail Cup in the last two years.
For example, nine of the 20 football clubs in the English Premier League last season were owned by foreigners. (The final count was eight: no amount of American cash could have saved Derby County from relegation.) One or two may be rich men's playthings, but most have been bought for the media rights, ticket sales and merchandising.
Huddlestone believes that it will be a tough race for fourth spot and any one of four clubs are in the running to secure the final Champions League spot.
The top four clubs at the end of the regular campaign are expected to enter into semi-finals and a final to determine the overall champion.
It was the final chance of the game - with the draw leaving both clubs still in a perfect position to qualify for the knockout phase.
The best news of the week was that both clubs pulled out exciting wins in their final at-bats.
The final, due to take place at the Stadio Olimpico ground both clubs share, could prove a headache for the authorities after last week's derby between Lazio and Roma was marred by violence, leading to eight arrests.
The final is now a massive day on the rugby league calendar for all of the Championship clubs.
Forty percent of the TV revenue will go to all Serie A clubs, while 30% will be based on final-table standing and 30% on fan following, both on a sliding scale.
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That would set up the mouth-watering prospect of four El Clasicos in the space of little more than two weeks, with the clubs also due to meet in La Liga on Saturday 16 April and in the Spanish Cup final on Wednesday 20 April.
Now that this task has been accomplished and he has all but won his seventh league title in nine full seasons, he's 90 minutes away from the Champions League final, where he can become the first manager ever to win the game's biggest prize with three different clubs.
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