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In 1914, George V became the first monarch to watch the FA Cup Final between Burnley and Liverpool in the last cup final played at Crystal Palace.
In 1915 Sheffield United beat Chelsea 3-0 at Old Trafford in the last final held before the competition was cancelled during the First World War. It became known as “The Khaki Cup Final”, owing to the large number of uniformed soldiers in attendance.
In 1921, Birmingham set the record for shortest FA Cup run – they forgot to send in their entry form.
In 1922, England amateur international Wilfred Minter scored 7 goals for St Albans City against Dulwich Hamlet. Dulwich won 8-7.[12]
The first Wembley FA Cup Final, played on 28 April 1923, was marked by disorderly scenes unparalleled in the history of football. Before the match a massive crowd outside the stadium rushed the gates, burst the barriers and swarmed on to the pitch. Kick-off was delayed for 45 minutes as mounted police, with PC George Scorey on his white charge “Billy” – hence the “White Horse Final” – particularly visible, encouraged people to move behind the touchlines. Bolton beat West Ham 2-0 and the first Wembley goal was scored after just two minutes by David Jack. It was estimated that 200,000 fans had squeezed into Wembley and Cup Finals were made “all ticket” after that.
Billy Hampson of Newcastle United, the oldest FA Cup finalist, was 41 years and 257 days old when his side beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the 1924 Final.Just off the top of my head like, might not be exact, you’d have to check on google or wiki or something, but thought you might be interested
But in what context?
Your thinly veiled dig at me fails, because I at least had the context if comparing local North West clubs FA cup history with our own. You weakly tried to hijack that post by going off on a tangent about ‘west ham won it in 66’. Yes, I know you were referring to west ham so called winning the world cup in 66, but it failed. Miserably.
And no, I didn’t google any of it. I don’t need to. I can do pretty well when it comes to FA Cup knowledge. I think GarswoodLatic enjoyed my comments.
Oh and another fact for you is that the match ball burst in both 1946 and 1947 finals.
Another is that Spurs were the last non league side to win it, back in 1902 as a Southern league club.
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