1929 FA Cup final

March 2015 March 2015 1929 FA Cup Final 1929 fa cup final programme.jpg 200 Programme cover 1928–29 FA Cup Bolton Wanderers 2 Portsmouth 0 27 April 1929 Wembley Stadium London A. Josephs (South Shields) 92,576 1928 1930 The 1929 FA Cup final was an association football match between Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth on 27 April 1929 at Wembley Stadium. Match details Bolton won 2–0, with goals by Billy Butler and Harold Blackmore. It marked the 54th final of the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest football cup competition. It was Portsmouth's first FA Cup final and Bolton's fifth. En route to the final, Bolton defeated Oldham Athletic, Liverpool (after a replay), Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers (after a replay) and Huddersfield Town; Portsmouth beat Charlton Athletic, Bradford City, Chelsea (after a replay), West Ham United and Aston Villa. The match was played in a front of 92,576 spectators and was refereed by Arnold Josephs. After a goalless first half, two late goals in the second half from Billy Butler and Harold Blackmore secured Bolton the FA Cup. For Bolton this meant that they had won their third FA Cup title. No live radio commentary of the match was broadcast by the BBC, as permission to do so had been refused by the Football Association. 24 April 1929 Cup Final Hustle Evening Chronicle Newcastle upon Tyne Instead, the organisation sent various reporters to the ground, who each left the match at 15-to-20-minute intervals to go to a nearby house where a broadcasting set-up had been arranged. From there, they transmitted accounts of the game as they had seen it up to the point of their departure.Anderson Jess 17 May 2025 Oh how times have changed... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cm23zrkn7ryt?post=asset%3Af0c2c3d9-397d-4bc7-bc3c-bcf695351f74#post BBC Online BBC 18 May 2025 Road to the Final Bolton Wanderers Round Team #1 Score Team #2 3 Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Oldham Athletic 4 Liverpool 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Replay Bolton Wanderers 5–2 Liverpool 5 Leicester City 1–2 Bolton Wanderers 6 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Replay Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Semi-Final Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Huddersfield Town Portsmouth Round Team #1 Score Team #2 3 Portsmouth 2–1 Charlton Athletic4 Portsmouth 2–1 Bradford City5 Chelsea 1–1 Portsmouth ReplayPortsmouth 1–0 Chelsea 6Portsmouth 3–2 West Ham UnitedSemi-FinalPortsmouth 1–0 Aston Villa Match details thumb|left|A moment of the match 27 April 1929 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Report Portsmouth Butler 79Blackmore 87 Wembley Stadium, London 92,576 Arnold Josephs (South Shields) _old laced _2 white stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000088 000000 Bolton Wanderers right _collarwhite laced _2 white stripes 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 Portsmouth GK ENG Dick Pym DF ENG Bob Haworth DF ENG Alex Finney MF ENG Fred Kean MF ENG Jimmy Seddon (c)MF ENG Harry NuttallFW ENG Billy ButlerFW SCO Jim McClellandFW ENG Harold BlackmoreFW SCO George GibsonFW SCO Willie CookManager:ENG Charles Foweraker GK SCO Jock GilfillanDF NIR Alec MackieDF ENG Thomas BellMF SCO Jimmy NicholMF SCO Johnny McIlwaine (c)MF SCO David ThackerayFW ENG Fred ForwardFW ENG Jack SmithFW ENG Jack WeddleFW ENG David WatsonFW WAL 1807 Fred CookManager:ENG Jack Tinn Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. References External links Match report http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1929.htm www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20090210040655/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1929.htm 10 February 2009 FA Cup Final lineups FA Cup Final kits F.A. Cup Final Match Cards Category:FA Cup finals FA Cup Final 1929 FA Cup Final 1929 Final FA Cup Final FA Cup Final