"Yes, we got to a cup final a few times, but we have never actually won anything - sometimes it's like we are destined not to win anything. That hurts me and it hurts everybody.
"I just hope it happens before we [the 1969 team] die. It has got to, hasn't it?
"Mind you, I said that 40 years ago. Am I going to have to live to 105 to see it?
"We are probably as far away as we have ever been. We are going backwards.
"But I try to stay optimistic. Somewhere along the line, it can turn just as quickly.
"We have to keep believing. Maybe that's our problem - but we won't change."